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