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Winter 2015 Anime Season First Impressions

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Kyonko Hizara
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Thank you Bliss for saying something about it

Like in the past first impression threads for a given anime season, you post here for anime you have watched what your initial view is on the first episode or first couple episodes.

List of Winter 2015 Anime

Link to the doc is here. blissfulyoshi, deadbeat and I will be the only ones able to edit the doc.

COLOUR CODE
Green for liked
Blue for neutral
Red for disliked
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Lanturn
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Well I watched the Tales of Zestiria special. I'm really looking forward to getting the game when it comes out in North America sometime soon..

That's about all I saw so far.
Kyonko Hizara
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Lanturn wrote:

Well I watched the Tales of Zestiria special. I'm really looking forward to getting the game when it comes out in North America sometime soon..

That's about all I saw so far.
I would have added ToZ to the list, but technically it aired on the 30th or 31st of December so it's classified in the fall season. ToZ was beautiful and amazing tho. ufotable also did animation for the Fate/Stay Night: UBW anime. The game for ToZ hasn't even been released in Japan yet but it's already licensed for US release. There are rumors it's gonna be coming to Steam.
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Personally, I thought the ToZ teaser was a let down, but I don't really care much since I preordered the jp version of the game already.

Tales of Zestiria: ~Dawn of the Shephard~:
This is pretty much ToV First Strike all over again, with a short prequal to the game in anime form. With that said, the climax of this short felt fairly rushed and meant just to tease you. Since I already preordered the game, I just accepted it, but if you are looking for a half decent plot, don't look here. In addition, this is definitely not Ufotable's best work. At best the fights are just okay. In short, play if you are interested in the game, or just ignore it.

Absolute Duo:
(Watched the raws) To be honest, I thought this ep would be far worse, but it was bearable besides all the transformation/cut ins for all the main characters... They seemed to stay true to the plot and are not speeding through this adaptation (only 2 chapters out of 7 for ep 1), and they executed most of the jokes decently. Besides that, everything else was mediocre, including the lackluster action scenes, so I'll probalby drop it but will give it a bit more time.
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Kyonko Hizara wrote:

and deadbeat too if he comes along
i guess i can try help :/
Kyonko Hizara
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deadbeat wrote:

Kyonko Hizara wrote:

and deadbeat too if he comes along
i guess i can try help :/
I already gave you access to the doc so you're good to go :U
blissfulyoshi
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Oh well, thread is going to be sort of dead for at least a few more hours. No real english subs for Absolute Duo, and the next show is not for 13 hours. On another note, Kyonko, can you add the anicharts link to the op, since I'm fairly sure someone will ask about it later on.
Kyonko Hizara
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blissfulyoshi wrote:

Oh well, thread is going to be sort of dead for at least a few more hours. No real english subs for Absolute Duo, and the next show is not for 13 hours. On another note, Kyonko, can you add the anicharts link to the op, since I'm fairly sure someone will ask about it later on.
Added a link to anicharts. I do go off of anicharts for listing the series in the doc, so it might be useful to know what is and isn't on the doc.

And I started the thread early so we don't end up with a disaster of something like what happened with the beginning of the Summer 2014 anime. I don't know what purple and yellow mean.
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No worries about starting it early, I used to create it after 1 show aired. I just wanted to let deadbeat know there was no rush since updates won't be for a while (at least until Absolute Duo is subbed). I'll probably rewatch after that.
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you know i'm only helping with this because you asked right? i didn't really have intentions on doing this. it's not like i've really followed new animes seasons for years now :p
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Kamisama Hajimemashita◎ (Kamisama Kiss season 2) - We've got more of the same for the Akitaro Daichi supernatural comedy-romance fare. It has cute moments, the comedy is loud and kinda lame (with the same repeated otokonoko joke repeated ad nauseum, eugh), and it's just a nice watch to unwind with. Nothing spectacular, it's just nice.
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Yurikuma Arashi:
Shaft styles+ Silver Link styles + Penguindrum + Yuri = ????, basically what we have here. All I can say is that shock factor from some of the things that happen, will be great, and if you are not ready for ridiculous amounts of yuri, please don't watch it. Besides that, I wish the art was better at parts, some of it was stylistic, but other parts needed more detail. Also, semi-depressed that the character Ogura Yui plays dies, admittedly the character was outside what she normallly played.
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tsukimonogatari
its like the 6th part of the monogatari series, need I say more?
headtilting all over shaft quality
good as usual
deadbeat
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i can't see tsukimonogatari on anichart :(
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Like ToZ, Tsukimonogatari aired on Dec 31st, so it counted more as a Fall 2014 show.
AnotherEpicName
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deadbeat wrote:

i can't see tsukimonogatari on anichart :(
http://haruhichan.com/static/images/cha ... er2015.jpg
saw it here, gotta zoom in on that chart tho xD
its down the specials
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I'll let someone else judge what to do about Tsukimonogatari

Kamisama Kiss 2:
I never was interested in first season, and 2nd season doesn't do anything to change that. I laughed like twice through the entire ep, but the amount of times I felt bored/depressed at low budget animations and a a mediocre plot line made the episode a lackluster watch.
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Yuri Kuma Arashi:
This was... pretty weird so far. I mean, really, what have I been watching just now? I admit that I'm not familiar with Ikuhara's previous works, so it might be that I'm missing something there. I'm not really sure whether I like or dislike it, so far. Has some gorgeous backgrounds, though.

Junketsu no Maria:
I-fell-asleep-during-the-first-episode/10
Kyonko Hizara
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I take seasons in 3 month intervals. January 1st starts the Winter season. Tsukimonogatari aired before then at the end of December, therefore not added. I go off of what series are on Anichart for this season. If it aired before January 1st, it will not be added.
AnotherEpicName
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absolute duo
I feel like I've seen shows like this a hundred times before
but then again there's a reason why I've seen this so many times
I'ld be lying to myself if I said I didn't like this kinda shit
Lanturn
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blissfulyoshi wrote:

Like ToZ, Tsukimonogatari aired on Dec 31st, so it counted more as a Fall 2014 show.
my only quarrel with this is that winter actually started on December 21st :P

I really don't see why you wouldn't include these titles.
Kyonko Hizara
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Lanturn wrote:

my only quarrel with this is that winter actually started on December 21st :P

I really don't see why you wouldn't include these titles.

Kyonko Hizara wrote:

I go off of what series are on Anichart for this season
Stop complaining
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Yuri Kuma Arashi - Weird as hell, but I like it. Bears are cute as hell, judges are FABULOUS, and dat eating scene. This better NOT be Twintails of the season. Class rep confirmed an Invisible.

Absolute Duo - Eh, I dunno. MC is your usual typical harem faggot and that flips the fuck out when he sees more than a centimetre of naked woman body. Best girl got eliminated right at the start too.

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! - I love magical girls. But magical boys? Nah. Wombat was pretty cool though.

Lanturn wrote:

my only quarrel with this is that winter actually started on December 21st :P

I really don't see why you wouldn't include these titles.
Winter season starts with the first episode of an anime scheduled for Winter season. Tsukimonogatari was scheduled for and still aired in Fall season.
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Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! - So this is directed by Shinji Takamatsu (Nichibro, Gintama).. What the hell. for real? This is cringe all the way.

Absolute Duo - It's like a copy paste of Trinity Seven and Mahou Sensou. As expected from a light novel adaptation. 8-bit also did the adaptation. Nothing to see here.

Yuri Kuma Arashi - So boring and bland. The only thing I liked is the music which is at least decent.
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I'll let someone else judge what to do about Tsukimonogatari
I hope you liked nisemonogatari










I'd say it was about as good as hanamonogatari, if you like the characters in it (I personally liked hanamonogatari more because suruga is the best).
Navizel
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b-b-but all of them are best except Nadeko
blissfulyoshi
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Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love!
I know this is supposed to be a comedy show, but I didn't laugh at all, execution of jokes was horrible. Nothing is going for this show, so dropped.
piruchan
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I'm just going to be blunt from now on.

Absolute Duo It's the action anime that's still going to get a fanbase despite being only slightly different from other similar stuff. The background and buildings are awesome, it's even better than the characters. I can already feel that the OP is going to get a beatmap with 5+ diffs and skystar is going to take part in it.
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Will likely check a few out.

Posting to come later in the week (hopefully)...
Kyonko Hizara
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My first show isn't starting till tomorrow but finally Kan Colle is happening :U
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Absolute Duo - this is my first anime in the winter, I haven't watch anything else yet. It's very reminds me to Seirei Tsukai no Blade dance, especially the silver haired girl...
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And what is wrong with Funi's translation of Absolute Duo!!!!! Why did they translate the mc's name as Thor? Also, Dorn agency....

For those that care, a certain character in Absolute Duo will come back in a later arc.
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xxdeathx
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Absolute Duo looks to be generic LN adaption #16572 about a dude with a dark past who enrolls in a school for people mostly female students with magic powers and ends up with his harem of cute girls.

not that I mind...
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AnotherEpicName wrote:

tsukimonogatari
its like the 6th part of the monogatari series, need I say more?
headtilting all over shaft quality
good as usual

nuff said. deep, dark and awesome.
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blissfulyoshi wrote:

And what is wrong with Funi's translation of Absolute Duo!!!!! Why did they translate the mc's name as Thor? Also, Dorn agency....

For those that care, a certain character in Absolute Duo will come back in a later arc.
Generally, they're given that sort of material translation by the committee working on the anime. If anybody's to wholly blame for naming trends, don't blame FUNi. The naming is intentional on Kadokawa's part. I think it would be neatly sneaky to have actually subbed it as Tohru, but eh. Official materials are official materials. Plus, ya know, actual name explanation is within the first episode. It's not from out of left field.

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love! - This was stupid in all of the right ways. It's inane, dumb fun with good comedic timing, so I'm holding onto it.

Absolute Duo - "Bad" translation or not (but honestly, FUNi's translation is good), this show is really not very good. It's got some okay art and character designs, even if they're generic. Animation employs a lot of obvious cheats that actually take me out of some action scenes. The background art looks neat. The plot is bog-standard and not interestingly-executed, with plenty of annoying tropes thrown in there for good measure. This thing basically reads as "dumb light novel thing I'll give three episodes but then never look back at". It's probably going to be one of the more popular shows this season, too, knowing my luck.
Jindujun93
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KanColle:
Remind me why this is so popular again.

Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love!:
As a parody, it's good, yes. But... I'm not really digging it. The thought of a Mahou Shounen just fries my brain too much to properly enjoy it.
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Shinmai Maou no Testament - The thing with light novels are most of them are just copy paste of another light novel. It might work in some cases but most of the time, it doesn't. They're not even trying to stand out and be the banana in a basket of apples. Just like this show. This show just screams horrible. Riding your brother in the morning with revealing clothes and then calling him a pervert is just downright stupid. Ten minutes into the series and too much is already happening. It's so rushed even the art says so due to how bad it is. Not even going to waste my time on this one.

Kantai Collection: KanColle - Basically cute girls in a battle, pretty much like Girls und Panzer. Fubuki's eyes when side view bothers me a lot. The switch to CGI scenes looks bad. This is going to be something I'm going to hate or like. It doesn't really stand out but it keeps itself to be in the average.
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Kantai Collection: KanColle: SHIP GIRLS. It doesn't stand out, but it's not super horrible. I really hope this doesn't turn from fighting waifus to some schoolgirl style anime. The CGI feels so unnecessary.
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Yuri Kuma Arashi - If you don't like Ikuhara/haven't experienced an Ikuhara show before, you'll probably want to avoid this. A lot of his typical symbols and directorial tricks are on full display, and there are interesting seeds planted for the sake of artistic development already planted. It's easier to follow than either Utena or Penguindrum at this point, but I can tell this is going to go neat places. It's got a lot of yuri, yeah, but it's definitely overt about it and not the blushing, mewling schoolgirls who are timid even due to a kiss hell, there's even a symbolic cunnilingus shot in this episode. It's going to go neat places and worth a shot if you can actually look beyond surface elements.
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Shinmai Maou no Testament: How low budget can you make a ln adaptation.... Well the jokes from the series are there, but with how bad this adaptation is, you are much better off reading the novel than trying to endure watching this.

Kantai Collection: KanColle: If only the quality wasn't so inconsistent. We have a horrible intro with some unfitting CGI, but we have nice junks of solid animation and cute interactions. However, I admit, I didn't understand 1/3rd of the jokes, and the battles looked silly... Adding on a slightly annoying mc, I am not sure how long I want to follow this series.
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After all I've seen of Testament of Sister New Devil (Shinmai Maou no Testament), it looks like the type of thing I'd avoid anyway, so why give it the time of day. Heard it's pretty porn-y so no thanks.

Kantai Collection: KanColle - So, this was definitely a nice show to look at, even if the CG was kinda bleh at times. The episode moved along at a decent pace, but a lot of the jokes and catchphrases didn't land with me. The overall experience of watching this show, to paraphrase from another critic I saw, is like being invited to someone else's family reunion: fans will get everything, and it's definitely geared towards them. Everyone else either has to be previously interested in military combat and moe or just kinda leave. We'll see where it goes, as it's at least nice to look at during some of the fights, but it's leaving me a little cold.
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Kantai Collection: KanColle - Being new to the fanbase and not played the game made me clueless of what was going to come. I was enlightened. The plot is interesting and gripping, and the character designs were really nice. (The VAs were great, too) The only fault I felt it had was the CG. It was a little unnerving to watch at times, but I'm used to it after watching Love Live and some of RWBY.
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Tokyo Ghoul √A: I knew Kaneki wasn't gonna be a fucking puss anymore, but damn he sure became one evil fucker really fast. I'm not disappointed with the start of the second season at all. The dark scenes and bloodshed were still up to par, and still some of them were fucked up. Considering how the episode ended, it's making me really curious how the rest of the season will play out.

Coming soon: Kyonko has a Jojogasm
xxdeathx
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Kantai Collection/Kancolle - First impression is that this is basically Strike Witches without pantsu everywhere. Unknown supernatural enemy can only be defeated by cute girls with military superpowers and the main character is new and inexperienced. I wager the anime will detract heavily from the main plot to focus on slice of life moe stuff.

The Testament of Sister New Devil/Shinmai Maou no Testament- the girl looks like Claire from Blade Dance with oppai lol. Totally in on this one cuz it's actually pretty entertaining and cute and I'm a sucker for twintails and lolis. The demon/gods plot thing was cool but I doubt anything significant will come of it.

Junketsu no Maria - boring
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Military!:
Super low budget show about fanservice and loli bodyguards.... no. It might be okay if this was in manga form, but the screen was terrible to look at, and the animation budget doesn't make me any happier.

Saenai Heroine no Sodate-kata:
This must be the season of bad ln adaptations when even A-1's ln adaptation is a disappointment. While having far better animation than the previous ones, the changing animation and bad attempt at both jokes and fanservice (yes, bad attempts at fanservice) make this a fairly boring show to watch.
xxdeathx
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Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend - the meta jokes were hilarious and the character designs were quite attractive, though their personalities are a bit generic. don't know what the main series is gonna be like but if it's anything like this I'm picking it up.
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Junketsu no Maria:
This was a strange manga to pick for an adaptation. I personally liked the series, and while there are points that are boring at times, I don't think they did anything too wrong with the adaptation. Going to stay around for a while.
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Saekano: How to Raise a Boring Girlfriend - Very, very shitty and problematic title aside (if you don't see why I have a lot of questions for you), there's stuff I liked in this episode and stuff I really didn't like. I liked the meta commentary in the cold opening, disliked it in the clumsily-handled-exposition joke. I liked a lot of the animation and neat stylistic cuts (they reminded me positively of Oreshura), disliked a lot of the out-of-place fanservice shots in non-fanservice scenes. I really disliked the sexual harassment at the end of the episode since it comes off as skeevy on all ends...there's potential for something here, but this episode doesn't really capitalize on it.
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Kantai Collection:

A more grounded version of Strikes Witches.

I think it serviced the fans in various ways, especially how the studio animated the girls' battle order & deployment.
Would've liked Akagi to retain that slightly relaxed facial look from the original artist work though, but this little pick aside I was pretty comfortable with the rest of the overall design.

I did think that going first-episode into a battle (that is supposedly pretty important) was kinda hasty, rather than giving some time to cash in on the anticipation while exploring the current cast on a basic level.

Finally, the CGI usage is slightly distracting at times, especially when the girls are maneuvering in formation on the water surface/some firing scenes.
It goes from fluid hand-drawn to stiff 3D model movements in the in-betweens, so that might take one out of the immersion.

Looking forward to more of this.
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Koufuku Graffiti - i like it for some reason. And it's by Shaft :v
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