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Gelsamel wrote:
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Mekaku City Actors
JoJo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders
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Not much needed to say about this, it's JoJo. People who like it are going to watch it, people who don't aren't. If you have not watched it, try out the first season. Though it was weird that they lampshaded the American speaking Japanese well but then don't explain why the Egyptian is so good. How about just not lampshading it? No one gets pissed at characters speaking a different language.
Black Bullet
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The concept isn't too bad, but there was too much explanation of the virus... just say it's magic, details that just raise more questions engenders incredulity. The hand to hand fight scene was pretty cool, but not on Mahouka's level. The fight with the spider was pretty meh.
3 episode rule. It could get awesome, or it could be total crap. Even if it is crap it may be worth watching if the action is consistantly good.
No Game No Life
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Just awesome. You'll like this if you liked Mondaiji, I may even say it's a better implementation of the same concept, so far.
Captain Earth
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Very good so far, good story telling, and your classic everyguy main character who is thrust into greatness. Plot probably isn't going to be too amazing but the character development should be interesting. It could still end up going sour but so far it looks like fun.
M3 ~Sono Kuroki Tetsu~
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Selector Infected WIXOSS
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This show feels like a light mix of Yu-Gi-Oh + SMT/Persona + Black Rock Shooter, possibly with a bit of Madoka in it. Yu-Gi-Oh, cause card game... though I wish they revealed a bit of more the mechanics and focused more on how it works. We only get to see one mechanic and then they seem to skip a few turns? I hope we get more game mechanic shenannigans. Shin Megami Tensei and Persona because of the avatars, the feeling of this weird magical thing going on that some subsection of the population of a big town is in on, and the mention of famous people playing the game (reminds me of Devil Survivor for some reason). Black Rock Shooter cause of the whole schoolgirl friendship stuff and the avatars... and a bit of Madoka because I see the potential for this show to get dark realy quick and the magicalgirl-ish flavour.
I think this show will be great if they do go down that dark route and if they increase the focus on the game mechanics.
Knights of Sidonia
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
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I actually really liked this one, so I'll probably pick it up. Analysis type main characters are great and there definitely seems to be some weird stuff going on. I also like the whole school hierarchy fights thing ever since Freezing. The Sister's brocon stuff is a bit offputting but about par for the course for anime. Really interested to see where it is going, and I like the AU they've established so far. Strange that the female outfits betray their abilities but the male ones don't.
I especially like well designed magic/power systems which meshes VERY well with the analysis type main character because it will allow a lot of the mechanics of the magic to be explored and explained to the viewers, and I love that.
Also the fight scenes look like they're going to be awesome.
Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to
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Could be alright. So far it is kind of humerous. At first I was put off but it seems like they're really depricating and making fun of the main character's stupid views so maybe it's okay.
Ping Pong The Animation
Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou
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This show is a light comedy romance type show and it looks pretty promising. It's amusing so far and seems like it will at least be fun. The pervert character could end up being a miss but it might work out. Female lead voiced by Kana Hanazawa; her good voice (Like Akane from Psycho-Pass), not her stupid cute shit. She is pretty interesting, which is a good thing since this seems to be a romance anime. I like the detail shots and the light rays and such. Have a feeling it might degenerate into a bit of a harem though, I think it'd be a lot better if the OTP is clear from the start.
Possibly worth it solely to hear more of Kana Hanazawa's good voice.
Fuun Ishin Dai Shougun
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I couldn't get through the first episode. The art style is alright, but there is virtually no animation. The episode was really slow and the subject matter not to my taste at all. It might improve in the future but I can't see it becoming something I'd like.
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Akuma no Riddle
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I like the setup, but it looks like there may not be much focus on the investigations. That is a bit disappointing. Still it has some colorful characters and could have some interesting fights. I don't expect too much from the plot. 3 ep rule, lets see how it goes.
Gokukoku no Brynhildr
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Looks somewhat interesting. It might end up going nowhere though. I got spolied about a certain development in this anime and it turns out to be EXACTLY what I guessed ahead of time just from the facts in the first episode... so it looks like it'll be really predictable.
Edit: Added Fuun Ishin Dai Shougun
Statistics: Posted by Gelsamel — Thu Apr 10, 2014 10:23 am UTC