Anime for Q1 2010
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What Genshiken REALLLY needs is another OVA. The final (and best) volume of the manga never made it into Genshiken 2
It kind of seems like the ship has sailed on that though. Too bad.
Stranger things have happened...it took like ten years but now we have more Trigun. I'd say it depends on if it has fans and if the DVDS/BDs sell well enough. In fact a lot the reason things get sequels depends on how sales are. Bad series can get more seasons too if people buy them.
On another note, the moe moe K-On is getting a second season. I think KyoAni has basically given up and is just cashing out at this point. 
Yeah, like Ikkitousen
I was thinking more, Queen's Blade 2 or the incredibly pathetic Isshoni Training since I personally liked the first couple Ikkitousen series but the example still works for Great Guardians or the upcoming Extreme Executors which were totally unnecessary.
Boop. New shows started up - anyone watch anything yet? Chu Bra may end up being my "WTF" series of the season since it's both educational and creepy.
Sadly nothing yet but I haven't checked today as I've been at work so maybe.
The novel series is ending soon I hear, so hopefully somebody decides to animate the rest of them.
Definitely with you on this one
The novel series is ending soon I hear, so hopefully somebody decides to animate the rest of them.
The Chu Bra manga is written by a woman, I was surprised to learn. It's good to know that women mangaka get the same opportunities as men to be creepy.
Thought Sora no Woto showed promise, but could so easily be nothing but fluff. Will have to wait and see on that one. The Fire Maiden story was great though, and visually the episode was really nice. Would be a real shame to waste such a good looking production on fluff.
Seen a lot of complaints about the first episode of Dance in the Vampire Bund, but I quite enjoyed it myself. Suppose devoting a whole episode to that tv show parody was a bit much, and the chameleon-monster wasn't exactly impressive - vampires turning into giant chameleons? - but I thought it was quite a fresh and amusing introduction for a series. Also, I hate to say it, but Mini Tepes was pretty damn cool.
Ladies Vs Butlers was suprisingly amusing, but I guess I'm easily pleased when it comes to anime, and have quite a large capacity for enjoying the ridiculous and downright awful. Just as well really...
Ookamikakushi seems quite Higurashi-like; could be good.
Thought Sora no Woto showed promise, but could so easily be nothing but fluff. Will have to wait and see on that one. The Fire Maiden story was great though, and visually the episode was really nice. Would be a real shame to waste such a good looking production on fluff.
Seen a lot of complaints about the first episode of Dance in the Vampire Bund, but I quite enjoyed it myself. Suppose devoting a whole episode to that tv show parody was a bit much, and the chameleon-monster wasn't exactly impressive - vampires turning into giant chameleons? - but I thought it was quite a fresh and amusing introduction for a series. Also, I hate to say it, but Mini Tepes was pretty damn cool.
Ladies Vs Butlers was suprisingly amusing, but I guess I'm easily pleased when it comes to anime, and have quite a large capacity for enjoying the ridiculous and downright awful. Just as well really...
Ookamikakushi seems quite Higurashi-like; could be good.
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So far I've checked out:
Dance in the Vampire Bund: Interesting enough to watch but it didn't really wow me.
Okami Kakushi: This was great, but then it's from the creators of Higurashi and Umenako so that's practically a given. I'll definitely be following this.
Omamori Himari I'll watch as well but I'll wait for the legal stream on crunchyroll starting next week.
Aside from that I've been suplimenting my recent anime viewing by more Fist of the North Star and Black Jack. Plus I also started watching the original Kanon series for the heck of it and Viper GTS because mecha has been missing from repertoire for a while after I finished up Asura Cryin'.
Dance in the Vampire Bund: Interesting enough to watch but it didn't really wow me.
Okami Kakushi: This was great, but then it's from the creators of Higurashi and Umenako so that's practically a given. I'll definitely be following this.
Omamori Himari I'll watch as well but I'll wait for the legal stream on crunchyroll starting next week.
Aside from that I've been suplimenting my recent anime viewing by more Fist of the North Star and Black Jack. Plus I also started watching the original Kanon series for the heck of it and Viper GTS because mecha has been missing from repertoire for a while after I finished up Asura Cryin'.
Well that would explain the resemblance. heh I didn't know that.
Wasn't all that impressed myself. Rather bland and generic. Durarara(rararara?), on the other hand, was like a breath of fresh air. Seems like it'll easily be the best of the season. Great introductory episode; hope it develops well from there.
Omamori Himariis basically like Akikan or Kannagi or one of dozens of harem shows where dude attracts super mystical hot babe and childhood friend gets put off. I suppose it's male wish-fulfillment, which is why people keep telling the same basic story.
I also like how everyone seems to be hating on Sora no Woto. K-On meets Aria or whatever. But based on the first episode, it seems fine.
I also like how everyone seems to be hating on Sora no Woto. K-On meets Aria or whatever. But based on the first episode, it seems fine.
It's not always a miss though sometimes you get a solid hit like Shakugan no Shana or Sola out of that premise which started off by seeming unoriginal but were actually pretty darn good. Of course I'm not saying Omori Himari is one of them, since I haven't seen it. I know a guy on another board who's read the manga and whose opinion I mostly trust who says it's really good though so I'll give it the benefit of the doubt. I'll I'm expecting is a hot cat girl and some comedy though from the preview so I'd be happy with just that.Omamori Himariis basically like Akikan or Kannagi or one of dozens of harem shows where dude attracts super mystical hot babe and childhood friend gets put off. I suppose it's male wish-fulfillment, which is why people keep telling the same basic story.
I usually try to watch something funny to counter out all the serious brain food type stuff that I usually watch. Last season's entry was Natsu no Arashi which was great for much stupid fun and wackiness.
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omegaone, yeah, that was a nice little cameo.
I have no idea where people are getting this K-On thing from, as the first episode bore no more resemblance to that show than any other anime does. The more I read stuff like this the more my opinion of anime fandom sinks. A large portion of it is virtually completely illiterate. The ones who are somewhat literate don't appear to have ever read a book in their lives or watched anything other than anime. And many of the ones who are actually literate are insufferable snobs who spend most of their time insulting fans of shows they consider not intellectual enough.
Erm... I'll stop ranting there.
It certainly delivered a hot catgirl and comedy. It was just that the hot catgirl was only quite hot rather than scorching, and the comedy was the same old stuff. It didn't have a memorable character like Shana or Kannagi. Maybe it'll improve, or maybe you'll find it more entertaining than I did. Still, not like there's a huge selection to choose from this season anyway.
I have no idea where people are getting this K-On thing from, as the first episode bore no more resemblance to that show than any other anime does. The more I read stuff like this the more my opinion of anime fandom sinks. A large portion of it is virtually completely illiterate. The ones who are somewhat literate don't appear to have ever read a book in their lives or watched anything other than anime. And many of the ones who are actually literate are insufferable snobs who spend most of their time insulting fans of shows they consider not intellectual enough.
Erm... I'll stop ranting there.
I'll I'm expecting is a hot cat girl and some comedy though from the preview so I'd be happy with just that.
It certainly delivered a hot catgirl and comedy. It was just that the hot catgirl was only quite hot rather than scorching, and the comedy was the same old stuff. It didn't have a memorable character like Shana or Kannagi. Maybe it'll improve, or maybe you'll find it more entertaining than I did. Still, not like there's a huge selection to choose from this season anyway.
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Oh, I watch bad shows too, which means I probably won't drop anything yet. I just blew through the first half of To Love Ru, which is another show with the exact same dude-magic girl-childhood friend-love triangle angst premise.
I can sort of see the similarities between SnW and K-On - superficially they have the same moe designs, you have a ditsy enthusiastic main character and it's about... music. But yeah, it's a bit of a stretch.
I'm sort of at the point where I'm not sure if trying to be intellectual about anime is a losing proposition. But I suppose that's where all the wankery about Trapeze comes along. I've banked all the episodes and I'm going to marathon the sucker eventually, but that seems to be the "good" anime for last season.
I just wish I could read Japanese so I could lurk 2ch/2chan and see what nerds there think about all this stuff.
I can sort of see the similarities between SnW and K-On - superficially they have the same moe designs, you have a ditsy enthusiastic main character and it's about... music. But yeah, it's a bit of a stretch.
I'm sort of at the point where I'm not sure if trying to be intellectual about anime is a losing proposition. But I suppose that's where all the wankery about Trapeze comes along. I've banked all the episodes and I'm going to marathon the sucker eventually, but that seems to be the "good" anime for last season.
I just wish I could read Japanese so I could lurk 2ch/2chan and see what nerds there think about all this stuff.
Yeah, but ditsy enthusiastic main character must account for almost 50% of all anime; at least in the time I've been watching. As for the musical aspect, military trumpeters seem quite a long way from a school band. I dunno... "a stretch" seems like a massive understatement to me. heh
It's not really being intellectual about it that I object to, it's the snobbery that often accompanies it.
Edit: of course, I have a tendency to be a bit of a snob myself (hence complaints about illiterate anime fans), and dislike that tendency, which is why it annoys me so much when I see it from other people. At least I keep my mild snobbery to the occasional general moan instead of the "you're a retard because you watch show x; a show that drags down the medium of anime, unlike the marvellous works of art that I watch" type of stuff that goes on. Maybe I need a break from the internet...
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Ah yeah, medium snobbery is a bit different from intellectual snobbery anyway. There's a lot of "moe is the death of anime in Japan" talk of course, but I'm new enough that I think all the fanservice is more detrimental than cute girls being cute. But then again, that happens in a lot of other nerd places too - music (Taylor Swift is evil), TV (CSI is evil), whatever.
For me though, stuff like Chu Bra just sticks out at me because it doesn't make any sense in a western context. It may be "bad", because it's just middle school girls flashing "pantsu" at each other, but the fact that it's also trying to convey the technical aspects of underwear makes it an intellectual curiosity that's almost impossible to ignore if one is serious about the "merits" of a medium. Certainly no American cartoon (or any kind of show) would be able to do the same thing.
For me though, stuff like Chu Bra just sticks out at me because it doesn't make any sense in a western context. It may be "bad", because it's just middle school girls flashing "pantsu" at each other, but the fact that it's also trying to convey the technical aspects of underwear makes it an intellectual curiosity that's almost impossible to ignore if one is serious about the "merits" of a medium. Certainly no American cartoon (or any kind of show) would be able to do the same thing.
I'm new enough that I don't even think the fanservice is particularly detrimental. Can't comment with any authority, but I somehow doubt the ratio of good, intelligent shows to average or bad shows per season has changed much over the years, regardless of what the current cheesy fads are. All I know is that in my time watching anime, every season has a couple of reasonably intelligent, fairly mature shows, an experimental arty show or two, a lot of average stuff that's a bit silly but quite watchable, and some stuff that's best enjoyed ironically. Seems pretty much the same as any other medium to me.
People always remember the best stuff from the past and forget the vast quantities of mediocrity that was running along with it at the same time. The nature of the mediocre/bad might change a little, but that doesn't really matter. At the time it annoys, then later you forget about it and mourn the good old days that weren't blighted by moe girls flashing their panties. Then again, maybe I just don't take anime seriously enough.
It's a bit of an odd one for sure. What audience is it aimed at? The obvious answer is horny teenage boys, of course, but presumably the bra-size education stuff is aimed at girls. But why would they be watching a show like that? That would be quite different to guys watching shoujo. And there was a bit of stuff about bullying too, which seemed slightly odd. A noble effort to reel in drooling otaku and encourage some sensitivity about female issues? A misguided attempt to unite delicate young maidens on the cusp of womanhood and crude, ever-masturbating young males in one audience that they may better understand each other? Kinda curious to see where it goes, if anywhere.
Yeah, can't see that happening.
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I've been keeping up with the current stuff for about eight years now. Our area didn't have affordable broadband until then, but I was a fan through domestic television and DVDs long before then. It's basically the same every season when it comes to shows I like VS those I don't bother with; about a 1 to 3 ratio. What I usually do is read descriptions or watch trailers for all the new shows and then watch them if they sound interesting.I'm new enough that I don't even think the fanservice is particularly detrimental. Can't comment with any authority, but I somehow doubt the ratio of good, intelligent shows to average or bad shows per season has changed much over the years, regardless of what the current cheesy fads are. All I know is that in my time watching anime, every season has a couple of reasonably intelligent, fairly mature shows, an experimental arty show or two, a lot of average stuff that's a bit silly but quite watchable, and some stuff that's best enjoyed ironically. Seems pretty much the same as any other medium to me.
People always remember the best stuff from the past and forget the vast quantities of mediocrity that was running along with it at the same time. The nature of the mediocre/bad might change a little, but that doesn't really matter. At the time it annoys, then later you forget about it and mourn the good old days that weren't blighted by moe girls flashing their panties. Then again, maybe I just don't take anime seriously enough.
Maybe 30 something shows come out every season and only about 10 or so I find are worth checking out. Then again I'm pretty open minded when it comes to genres too and can enjoy almost anything as long as it's not heavy shoujo, lolicon, or yaoi. As long as it has some good characters or some aspect of the story I find interesting I'll probably watch it. I guess that means I either have broad tastes or low standards I guess.
I also have a kind of obsession to finish what I start even if it's kind of bad. So I rarely drop any shows at all. Only a couple dozen, and they had to have been totally boring or repulsive. I usually give everything at least 3 episodes to interest me too unless I can immediately determine I'm not going to like it in the 1st.
Even after all that though there's still stuff that flies under my radar. So much to watch so little time.
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