Summer 2015

Sequels:
Aquarion Logos: Reasons
im@s: Yeah, more best boy

New:
Charlotte: P.A Works and Jun Maeda. I can't possibly see how this will go wrong!
Chaos Dragon: It worked for Lodoss Wars, can it work for this?
Joukamachi no Dandelion: This sounds like a mess, but I wanna watch!
Gate: Nationalism and moe, wonder how that works.
Rokka no Yuusha: From the makers of Rail Wars. I'm just going to stop right there, this is the redeemer round.
God Eater: Not-monster hunter the show
Overlord: Game show, but the casting is pretty solid. Meh, I'll give it a shot.
Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan: Morbid curiosity
Gakkou Gurashi!: wat?
Prison School: Look at that casting!

There are some others I'm the side about, but I don't want to express any commitment. 12 is alright.

I should probably buckle down and do this............

Sequels and Continuations

Miss Monochrome 2015: I actually enjoyed these shorts quite a bit, the rumba is too good.

Durarara!!x2 Ten: The craziness continues.

Working!!!: I don't know how popular my opinions is that ServantxService was just a all-around better show, but this is continuing for the sake of continuing. Hopefully it won't focus too much on bro-phobic girl.

To Love-Ru: Darkness 2nd: I can't remember if I bothered watching the last season until it got uncensored, but maybe ATX will show a non-censored version like they just did for HighSchool DxD and I can just watch it as it comes out. I don't really care for this show, nor do I know why I got into it in the first place, but here we are.

Teekyu 5: IT NEVER ENDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh I gotta go marathon this last season of it real quick.

Non Non Biyori Repeat: I enjoyed this show much more than I should have, glad to see more of it.

Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Second Series: I wish Idolmaster would stop, but it's not, and I'm going to keep watching it against my will.

Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya Zwei Herz!: Oh baby jesus god has come to save us all. Definitely my most looked-forward-to show, I CAN'T FUCKING WAIT ANY LONGER.

New Shows

Charlotte: PA Works + Jun Maeda together again for the first second time?! I'm in. Also Lia's back?!?!

Okusama ga Seito Kaichou!: Somehow the worst part of this preview is the fact that the animation is done by Seven........ do they mean Seven Arcs?

Gangsta: The writer of Ergo Proxy eh? I wonder if he's done any big works since then. Even though Ergo Proxy had a great start and end, the middle was something horrendous, hopefully that doesn't carry over to this show. Also Manglobe? Did they do anything since butchering Hayate? On second thought this doesn't look too promising, but I'll give it a try. At the very least Annabel is singing the ED.

Chaos Dragon: Silver Link necessity, too bad this does not sound like my type of show at all.

Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace: Studio Lerche doing a school murder mystery? So Danganronpa? Either way, I'm in In IN!

Danchigai: 4-koma comedy shorts? I'm in. Now to figure out who Dream Creation is.

Aoharu x Kikanjuu: Ouran High School Survival Club? This sounds really interesting actually, I'm hoping it's not another C3-bu though.

Joukamachi no Dandelion: This could either be a let down a la Inou-Battle Nichijou-kei, or fantastic like the just-finished Mikagura Academy. I believe in you Japan!

Wakaba Girl: More shorts, but this one has the writer from Madoka and our recent jewel, Hibike! Sounds like it could be funny at times.

Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri: I think there's some noise about this show, and it has the director of Love Live along with A-1 pics, so maybe it'll be alright?

Classroom Crisis: I'm curious how this studio will handle their first full project, and the plot sounds amusing, but the writer from White Album 2 should be able to make this worth my while.

Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai: This sounds awful, but I took a second glance and decided to check it out since JC Staff is working on it. I might be their B-crew though since I think they have all hands on deck working on Souma still. Also, LONG ASS NAME.

Venus Project: Climax: Not only is this only 6 episodes, but I think it's the first show Nomad has done since...... oh fuck, Kageki Milky Holmes..... WELP I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU. But ya know, idols and such, so maybe it won't be unbearable.

God Eater: Probably one of the bigger titles coming out, ufotable + Sakamoto Maaya is appealing and the design looks interesting, never did play the games though.

Akagami no Shirayukihime: Not only is this my shoujo pick for the season, but it's once again Saori Hayami. I'm feeling reminiscent of Akatsuki no Yona, but I think it'll be lighter on the action and violence.

Million Doll: 10-minute episodes most likely it seems, I'm pretty much only in it for the idol aspect.

Jitsu wa Watashi wa: Yet another short, I don't know what type of vampire angle this is going to take in the long run, but I'll watch just about anything for 3 minutes.

Overlord: These MMORPG premises are becoming redundant now, but if Madhouse feels it's worth their time then it might just be worth my while.

Sore ga Seiyuu: Yoooo Gonzo is back. This awful studio is like a treasured joke now, I want to watch their anime because of just how flippant their past has been. But I dunno, this could be alright.

Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan: Diomedea was very strong two seasons ago, doing like 5 shows including the beautifully made KanColle, but now it looks like they're back to their usual 1. Also I dig these types of shows.

Gakkou Gurashi!: Studio Lerche keeping busy with 3 projects this season. I don't really understand where this show is going go to in the long run, but I like zombies a lot. I doubt it's going to be anything like High School of the Dead though.

Prison School: Probably the second biggest name I've been seeing for this season. JC Staff is doing two new shows along with their largely successful Souma, but I can't imagine them putting anything less than their A-game on this show as well. I'm just hoping quality doesn't drop for Shokugeki no Souma as it's really just an amazing show.

Leftovers

Denpa Kyoushi: I should have dropped this awhile ago, but now I'm too deep.

Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu: Probably the worst show of last season, luckily it's going to end in 3 more episodes, even though I wish it had never existed at all.

Ore Monogatari!!: I asked myself at episode 3 how this was going to be 24 episodes long, and I'm still not sure why it is.

Shoukugeki no Souma: Simply Fantastic, I could watch this show for 100+ episodes.

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30 New shows from the new season plus 4 leftovers; this would seem like a lot except 7 of them are shorts, and maybe one or two more that I don't know about at the moment will end up being short as well, also two of them will end by the halfway point of the season.

Looks like we have quite a bit of overlap this time around.

Gate 1:

Rock does not beat laser.

I'm pretty hooked, but the OP had some terrible CGI, so I remain cautious.

Charlotte 1:

And it's out of the ball park. An enjoyable show with fun characters. Plot's barely there at the moment, but let's hope Maeda was informed he only has one cour this time.

Tekkaman Calamity wrote:Gate 1:

Rock does not beat laser.

I'm pretty hooked, but the OP had some terrible CGI, so I remain cautious.

The only thing I'm cautious about is that I'm sick of the whole "otaku leader" trope going around recently, why couldn't it just be another Kazami Yuuji?

Tekkaman Calamity wrote:Charlotte 1:

And it's out of the ball park. An enjoyable show with fun characters. Plot's barely there at the moment, but let's hope Maeda was informed he only has one cour this time.

I loved this the most so far, that main guy is like Kanie Seiya x Lelouch. I think Jun was sick of making basic ass bro-tags.

Chumara wrote:
The only thing I'm cautious about is that I'm sick of the whole "otaku leader" trope going around recently, why couldn't it just be another Kazami Yuuji?

Marketing to the core demographic.

Tekkaman Calamity wrote:

Chumara wrote:
The only thing I'm cautious about is that I'm sick of the whole "otaku leader" trope going around recently, why couldn't it just be another Kazami Yuuji?

Marketing to the core demographic.

I guess I dunno how the Jap Otaku's mindsets are, but to me watching another Otaku in a fantasy world does not make me feel any better, I'd rather watch a badass.

Chaos Dragon looks like it's using its Fate/Illya team for the animation, but man I'm not sure how much better that CG dragon looked compared to Fate '06.

Chumara wrote:Chaos Dragon looks like it's using its Fate/Illya team for the animation, but man I'm not sure how much better that CG dragon looked compared to Fate '06.

I see they aren't going to be subtle about the red dragon part.

Dandelion 1:

Kinda meh. Nothing attention grabby.

Tekkaman Calamity wrote:Dandelion 1:

Kinda meh. Nothing attention grabby.

I like the big family aspect and the plot of the show, but if we're going to keep having lame games and have each episode focus on a different character's incentive to become king, I don't foresee the show being very entertaining.

Lemme roll out a bunch of ep 1 thoughts:

Okusama: So Crunchyroll has both censored and uncensored versions, and well that ended up being almost porn so...... let's see how far they're willing to go.

Classroom Crisis: I was pretty bored and didn't really care about what was going on, but the guy they rescued might be more interesting.

Jitsu wa Watashi wa: This was not 10 minutes as expected, but I somehow found myself entertained a decent amount, I think the kansai dialect helped that out.

Akagami: So they not only referenced just about every aspect of snow white and the 7 dwarves, but the events that occurred from start to finish were a very loose representation of snow white as well. All that aside though, I actually really enjoyed this show, probably top 3 at the moment some how, definitely looking forward to more.

Gangster: Noto Mamiko is a whore, this isn't what I want....... IS THIS WHAT SHE IS TO JAPAN NOW?!!!?! She needs to become the greatest gangster ever now to regain her glory.

I've been watching a bunch of other stuff as well, but nothing much else to say at the moment.

Overlord 1:
This show better start doing stuff real soon real fast. Stuff like plot!

Tekkaman Calamity wrote:Overlord 1:
This show better start doing stuff real soon real fast. Stuff like plot!

I thought him bossing people around was slightly interesting, I could probably be entertained with just that for a couple more episodes. Overall I did enjoy the show more than I expected. I wonder if he's going to be the last human in the world.

Also, I honestly feel sorry that he has a skeleton body when PLOT-chan is all over him like that.

Gurashi 1:

I want to see more of where they're going with their premise before I cast any real judgements.

Tekkaman Calamity wrote:Gurashi 1:

I want to see more of where they're going with their premise before I cast any real judgements.

The ending of that episode saved it from being dropped HARD

Chaos Dragon 2: Well I guess this is going to keep happening.. I'd better not get attached to anyone.

By the way, I really like the OP and ED for this show.

Chumara wrote:Chaos Dragon 2: Well I guess this is going to keep happening.. I'd better not get attached to anyone.

By the way, I really like the OP and ED for this show.

Iunno, I'm not really feeling wowed by this show.

Prison 1:
Now this I enjoyed, probably from all the M reactions.

Charlotte 2:

I had trouble connecting with the tragic story simply because, though it kinda had a transition to it, it simply hit too hard. Rest was fine though.

Tekkaman Calamity wrote:
Prison 1:
Now this I enjoyed, probably from all the M reactions.

Yeah I liked this a lot more than I was expecting, they really made each of the guys have their own unique quirks very well.

God Eater 1:

The art leaves much to be desired.

Gurashi 2:

They should kill pink. She's clearly trouble waiting to happen.

Tekkaman Calamity wrote:Gurashi 2:

They should kill pink. She's clearly trouble waiting to happen.

I've seen such a disparity between what's going on and............. what's going on. But yeah, she needs to snap out of whatever fantasy world she's living in. Since it looks like each character is going to get an episode about themselves and how the zombie outbreak affected them, I'm sure they'll go into why she's so against believing the truth.

I dunno if you're still watching GATE, but I'm liking the direction it chose moreso than what I was expecting it to be from the synopsis and get-go. Also their CG dragon was really well done, I think MC should bring goth loli chan to Akihabara and show her around.