Chihayafuru Season 2 just ended. My desire for more of that show only confirms how much of a sucker I am for sports anime.
EDIT: Also, Trigger just released the initial teaser for their first full anime, Kill la Kill: Unfortunately, Wikipedia says it looks like shonen in a fantasy high school setting (i.e. super generic), but it's written/directed by Gurren Lagann people so I'll probably give it a fair shot anyways.
Now watching the Yamato remake, because I'm a nerd and love anime history/space operas. Just got blindsided in the third episode by a reference to The Prisoner.
Finished Gargantia. Pretty good ending; Urobuchi writing the script makes a big difference. Overall, I'm glad I watched it, but I wouldn't tell everyone to run out and watch it right away. On the positive side, It had plenty of good ideas, I mostly liked and respected what it was trying to do, and it had a pretty cool and unique setting. Unfortunately there were a lot of moments sprinkled throughout that were kinda dumb or just didn't quite manage to create the intended effect.
Really liked this episode of Titan as well. Strong conclusion to the long battle and next episode's description sounds interesting.
Glad to see the battle of Trost storyline has come to and end!
It seriously dragged on for far too long. I'm still interested where they're taking it, but it seems like a straight path now whereas at the start of the anime I had no idea where we were going to be taken.
Now watching the Yamato remake, because I'm a nerd and love anime history/space operas. Just got blindsided in the third episode by a reference to The Prisoner.
More enjoyment to come if your early on in the remake. Really liking what they have done so far.
Glad to see the battle of Trost storyline has come to and end! Been watching some Ranma 1/2 lately. More nostalgia than anything else.
I think Ranma was the first manga I read tempted to go back and read a bit for nostalgia stake now too.
Watched the first new episode of the new Gits ova. They could take it a few directions waiting to see but the animation is superb.
Watched episode 13 of Flowers of Evil last night, which is quite likely the last episode. I enjoyed every bit of it. I might just have to read the manga to learn how the story ends; there's more there, but AFAIK there won't be another season.
Also watched episode 13 of Attack on Titan last night. I'm not enjoying these later episodes as much as I did the first 4, but I'm hooked enough on the story to keep watching. I just wish they'd spend less time on exposition and recap, and more time moving forward.
Word is that Sparrow's Hotel is the new hotness. I might just give that a try tonight.
I watched all the Sparrow's Hotel on Crunchyroll last night. It was okay. It's silly and cute, and three minutes per episode. A bunch of the humor revolves around the notion that it's funny to have big boobs and also be good at fighting, which got a bit stale for me. But I might watch more at some point.
So it got better? Because I gotta be honest, I thought the first episode was wretched. Putting aside the subtle sexism, none of the jokes were set up properly, nor was there any coherence to the characters or narrative. Possibly the biggest comedy misfire (from professionals) I've seen in a few years.
I'm not sure whether it got better, or I just have lower standards or a different sense of humor. The first episode wasn't one of the better ones IMHO, but I wouldn't say.the others were better by a wide margin.
Sparrow's Hotel. Eww. My problems with it (other than not being funny to me) was how amateur it was. Looked like rookie animators were put on it with no budget, and I couldn't stick around past 1 episode to see if they got better.
Just finished episode one of Free, the super controversial (for some reason) moe-moe-kyun swimming anime featuring FABULOUS MAX high-school boys.
It's KyoAni, so the animation is really solid (especially the water, holy crap that water looks sexy). The opening is metal, and the ending is hilarious. The nominal lead ha a tendency to strip down to his swimming trunks at any opportunity, or wear only them.
Does an apron count as additional clothes? Whatever.
Also, all the rock hard abs you could ever want. Who needs some grated cheese?
I gues there are some boring female characters around too, but honestly who cares when FABULOUS ABS!!!
Yeah, the one on the left is naked.
Overall, watch an episode just for the funny bits and ridiculous bits. If you don't like it by the end of episode one, then it's probably not for you.
I just watched this not an hour ago. I think this has killed many a homophobe. Their brains exploded like scanners.
Not a hint if there's going to be gay relationships in this show, but I think that dudes taking their clothes off constantly to display their super toned bodies is more than enough for the viewers, right?
Finished Hataraku Maou-Sama. I really liked the first couple of episodes, and could probably recommend the first arc overall (first 5 episodes) but it pretty much ran out of gas after that. Second arc had lots of slow episodes where barely anything happened and there were only a couple of effective jokes, but I kept watching for whatever reason. Wish the author had been willing to go a little deeper into the various emotional scars left from the war on the fantasy world, or at least not resolved every conflict so incredibly easily.
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EDIT: Also, Trigger just released the initial teaser for their first full anime, Kill la Kill:
Unfortunately, Wikipedia says it looks like shonen in a fantasy high school setting (i.e. super generic), but it's written/directed by Gurren Lagann people so I'll probably give it a fair shot anyways.
Been watching some Ranma 1/2 lately. More nostalgia than anything else.
Really liked this episode of Titan as well. Strong conclusion to the long battle and next episode's description sounds interesting.
Watched the first new episode of the new Gits ova. They could take it a few directions waiting to see but the animation is superb.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_Robo_(OVA)
Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee~ more delicious and wordy smut!
Also watched episode 13 of Attack on Titan last night. I'm not enjoying these later episodes as much as I did the first 4, but I'm hooked enough on the story to keep watching. I just wish they'd spend less time on exposition and recap, and more time moving forward.
Word is that Sparrow's Hotel is the new hotness. I might just give that a try tonight.
*ahem*
daaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaamn.
It's KyoAni, so the animation is really solid (especially the water, holy crap that water looks sexy). The opening is metal, and the ending is hilarious. The nominal lead ha a tendency to strip down to his swimming trunks at any opportunity, or wear only them.
Does an apron count as additional clothes? Whatever.
Also, all the rock hard abs you could ever want. Who needs some grated cheese?
I gues there are some boring female characters around too, but honestly who cares when FABULOUS ABS!!!
Yeah, the one on the left is naked.
Overall, watch an episode just for the funny bits and ridiculous bits. If you don't like it by the end of episode one, then it's probably not for you.
Not a hint if there's going to be gay relationships in this show, but I think that dudes taking their clothes off constantly to display their super toned bodies is more than enough for the viewers, right?
That's actually not a Godawful idea...