>> | No.37638 File: 1321435304322.jpg -(450.8 KB, 850x667) Thumbnail displayed, click image for full size. This seems like as good a time as any for opinions as facts, so here's my run-down of this season. If it sounds like a load of ignorant spiel from an boring faggot then I've done my job:
Busou Shinki Moon Angel - lol
Ika Musume s2 - Goddamn it Japan, what the fuck happened? S1 was one of the sleeper hits of last year and there's still plenty of source material to work with, so how do you fuck up a sequel this bad? Either the new director is a useless hack whose only other major work is Valkyria Chronicles, or the manga suddenly got exponentially worse right where s1 ended. Or both. None of the previous charm is here, the gags just aren't funny and besides Diomedea's crisp production there is nothing to recommend here. And I didn't even mention Senior Squid Girl. That's a topic for another time.
Bakuman 2 - lol no
C3 - Oh look, a generic harem show about a young girl suddenly living with a non-descript schoolboy who lives alone, what wacky hijinks will unfold? OH WAIT, it's actually a generic foightan show about a young girl with a mysterious power who fights with a non-descript schoolboy with a troubled past. Which one is the real show? Well the producers don't know, that's for sure. The tone shifts rapidly from light-hearted reaction-face pouting and cuteness to twisted violence and combat amputation seemingly at random, so any tension the serious scenes build up is instantly dissipated, while any heart-warming or funny moments are ruined by a sudden murder. Characters are fickle and one dimensional, the story is terrible and the inexplicable use of filters and papercraft reeks of an attempted Madoka cash-in. If Yukarin wasn't voicing a cute fangloli I wouldn't still be watching this, but I am a shallow man who's easily entertained.
Working s2 - Another shit sequel to a previously good show. Well, not good. I didn't think Working was all that besides A-1's production (and Yamada, fuck yeah Yamada) but this show is just the same jokes recycled from before, so much so that you'd believe they reused animation. Whatever, I didn't have too many hopes for this one in the first place.
Fate/Zero - I'm not the biggest fan of the Nasuverse; I agree with a lot of the criticisms raised against the VNs and I think KnK is incredibly overrated, but a few friends of mine kept assuring me that F/Z would blow me away and make me change my opinion. And they have been fairly right so far. Despite the first episode doing a rather poor job of introducing the plot (I know there are a lot of players in this war, but do we really need half an hour of info dumping right off the bat?) and the expected abundance of midfight speeches, I don't have a lot of bad things to say about Zero. Oh, except that lol child killing is the worst plot device to establish a 'bad guy' ever. I know Urobuchi likes his grimdark evil shit, but that just came across as cheap to me. As for production, ufotable are doing as good a job as expected; the show's worth watching just for their animation and beautiful backgrounds, and Berserker is probably the best use of CG I've seen in a TV production. Overall it's a great show, though I wouldn't call it a masterpiece. Not yet anyway, but there's still a long way to go.
Majikoi - Hurr durr another eroge adaptation. I actually quite like this one though, even though the first episode threw too much shit at the unsuspecting viewer; this show is fanservice for the fans of the VN and they made that blatantly apparent with the introductory episode. Things slow down a bit and establish the main characters after that though, so there's still something here for the uninitiated (if you can put up with 'wacky' censorship, that is.) A few decent seiyuus here too, for the record. One of the few things I'm still watching this season.
Horizon - Holy shit what the fuck is going on? I know it didn't help that I watched Hadena's subs (if they count as subs) for the first couple of episodes, but this was as big a clusterfuck as Oretachi. Even after episode 4 when everything seemed to come together a bit, I was still lost. I have no idea who a lot of these people are, why they're fighting, WHO they're fighting or pretty much anything about them. The world they're fighting in is just as confusing, some shit about Gods and reliving their own history to undo the mistakes of the past or some dumb shit that's probably just as stupid if you're following the story. Besides that, my biggest criticism is the sudden change in tone, something that is expectedly common when adapting a series that is 20 times longer than Lord of the Rings. One minute it's wacky harem slapstick, next it's explosions and death, then it's wackiness again even during the explosions, etc. Pretty jarring, and not conducive for an involving story-telling experience. On the plus side, if you listed your top 5 VAs I guarantee at least one of them has a role in this show; the budget for this show must be huge, because Sunrise has gone all out with the voicecast. And the animation as well to be fair; I can't deny how good the show looks in a lot of places. Overall, it's not that good, but I admit at least some of that is me being dumb and not following the plot. It can't be helped.
HUNTER×HUNTER - Meh, maybe later
Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle - No, fuck no. This show is fucking terrible. There are no redeeming qualities to it whatsoever. I can't hate on it like Aria because it got dropped after episode 1, but suffice to say it's about as bad. Fuck off.
Tamayura ~hitotose~ - The OVA was nice, and after a few episodes I'd say the same for this. I haven't been in the mood for it lately so it's on hold, but I might wait for BDs or something because of the low broadcast definition.
Kimi to Boku. - And here we are, the worst show of the season. I went into this expecting a tedious, homoerotic shitfest and it didn't even meet those standards. This show is absolutely terrible. The characters are beyond boring, and the 'humour' is derived from putting them in normal situations and watching them react. SPOILERS: Nothing happens. The show is barely animated, the art is flat and overly-simplistic and did I mention how fucking boring everything is? Not to mention gay. I once went to a Turkish brothel where I was gangraped by a fireman, a biker, an indian, a cop and the other guy from the Village People, and that whole experience was less gay than the 25m I spent watching Kimi to Boku's first episode. And did I mention how boring the show is?
Chihayafuru - This show is nice. The definition of the word, in fact. I'm a sucker for a good bit of shoujo and this is certainly that, but there's a little too much focus on the card game for my liking, or at least more than I was expecting. This is another one I've stalled, so I can't say too much about it, other than nice. It's nice.
Maken-ki! - Ahahahahahahaha, no. If you're going to make a zero-content pantsu and tits show, don't censor the pantsu and tits like this. Or don't make the show at all, that might be a better option. |