Summer 2013 Anime Season First Impressions
I haven’t done one of these kind of posts in years. I’m sorry for the neglect. I can’t promise anything, but I’ll make a more concerted effort to review anime and manga in the future. I’ll keep my thoughts short here.
Insta-hate within 10-mins:
- Fantastic Doll: Clearly a show designed to get children to buy dolls and cards. The was a weird mix of Clamp-like shoujo, but poorly done. They even gave the main character Sakura’s hair style — CHEAP….
- Kiniro Mosaic: Japan, don’t English… just don’t… and I promise not to Japanese (I’ll only translate). We watched for a very uncomfortable 10-mins before the pain became unbearable.
- Gatchaman Crowds: We actually got through the entire first episode out of disbelief that that annoying girl was the main character. Who would trust a ditz like her with a secret. I wanted to put my fist through the TV
- Makai Oujo — Devils and Realists: uh…no… just no… (It’s too fabulous to live… >_>)
- K-On clones (Kitakubu Katsudo Kiroku, Love Lab, Tamayura More Aggressive…etc…): I hate K-On. I don’t understand K-On’s appeal. Stop making K-On.
- Dangaronpa The Animation: I’ve had enough of psychopath stuffed animals and extraordinary kids locked in a prison-school where exiting is contingent upon winning a life or death battle.
Didn’t Hate but probably not gonna watch:
- Blood Lad: I can tell that this is good and it’s going to be popular, but I smell endless shounen on it (even though I’ve been informed it’s seinen.) and I just don’t care
- Rozen Maiden 2013: Meh… the first episode was a recap, so maybe to be fair I should watch the second episode. But still I’m tired of psychopath females preying on other females to be the fairest to gain some man’s affection… >_>
- Gifuu Doudou!! Kanetsugu to Keiji — Way too much manliness
Gonna Give These a Few More Episodes:
- Servant x Service — I don’t know if this show can keep up the gag momentum
- Kamisama no Inai Nichiyobi — The first episode piqued my interest. I wanna watch some more to see what this is about.
Hooked and Gonna Watch:
- Free!: Hands down the best show of this season. It combines fanservice for females, wonderful characters, a nicely developing story, and every episode leaves me smiling broadly.
- Gin no Saji: Haha! I learned eggs come from chicken butts, and I laughed heartily at the main character’s frustration. It’s a keeper.
- Uchouten Kazoku — Tanukis and the like in human society. This show is immensely entertaining even though it’s not clear yet what the story is.
- Dog and Scissors — Another immensely fun show. I sympathize deeply with the poor little dog who used to be human.
Continuing from Last Season:
- Shingeko no Kyojin — ‘cuz now there’s Levi… >_>
- Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S
Haven’t Watched Yet, but on my list to try:
- Watamote
- Hyperdimensional Neptunia
- Yami Shibai
- Fate/Kakeid Liner Prisma Illya
Haven’t Watched and Avoiding Like the Plague:
- Brother’s Conflict — Yeah… I have a habit of avoiding Otoge series.
- General Moe Crap — too many to name