Fall 2008 anime! part 2
Errr took a while to finish this list cause... I'm too busy trying to catch up with all the series that I didn't drop yet!
Akaneiro ni somaru saka: errr... dropped it after watching the opening <.< The character design really isn't my thing and I don't want to listen to Hirano Aya :(
Kurogane no linebarrels: hmm... I love mecha series but somehow the Gonzo + Hirai combo is really scaring me >_> The character design looks weeeeird and first episode wasn't really that interesting, so even though I decided to keep watching I haven't had the will to watch episode 2 yet. Maybe I never will after all XD
Kannagi: Kannagi is pretty cute :O Character designs are cute and the animation is really good, also the opening animation is cute and the characters are cute enough... Well it's not really my genre but it's fun to watch, so I guess I'll stick with it for now .-. Tomatsu Haruka is confusing me though... 1) she changes her voice a lot 2) she changes her FACE a lot (can't find 2 pics of her that look the same...) 3) She changes even her singing voice a lot... in fact I don't like very much her tone in the opening but I find the ending great >_> Oh well, anyway her Nagi is fun enough to watch~
Toaru Majutsu no Index: Really enjoyed the first couple episodes, but the last two were a bit less fun for me >_< Anyway the animation quality is really good and the characters seem interesting enough, so this is going to be for sure one of my picks this season; I've sounds is doing the opening/ending and the whole soundtrack and the effect is quite cool :o Iguchi Yuka's Index is cuuuuute, but I think the voice of the loli sensei is starting to seriously hurt my hears DX
Kemeko Deluxe: hmmm, I was quite interested in this cause I love Kemeko's design XD And in animation it looks even better, seeing her fight is really awesome! Also Saitou Chiwa doing such a low voice is fun to hear XD BUT! I really don't like the character design much, the premise of the story sounds boring and the male lead looks horrible, plus it seems to have a good deal of gratuitous fanservice, so I ended up dropping it after first episode (did I even finish watching the first episode? Can't remember >_>;
Ga-rei Zero: This ended up being one of my favorites at the moment :O The staff had a really good idea and tricked perfectly the viewers with episode 1 XD Not going to say more about it cause spoiling it would take away all the fun, but it's been quite nice to watch till now and I hope they will keep up like this. Also the animation quality is good and I like the character design a lot, now if only they didn't use those ugly cg monsters... Chihara Minori sounds like Minami Chiaki in this .-.
Skip Beat: I've never read the manga for this but it seems to be very popular... well, until now it's been pretty fun, even though the character design is kinda ugly and the animation is not that good. I've been watching and then deleting the episodes for now, doesn't look like something that I would want to watch over and over but interesting enough to check what's happening next I guess? I don't care for the opening/ending but it has a stellar cast: Inoue Marina, Konishi Katsuyuki and Mamo-chan that is like, everywhere this season (I guess Fukuyama Jun was too busy last season to do enough auditions and Mamo is taking the throne this time XD)
Kurozuka: Minamoto no Yoshitsune complete with Miyano voice that travels through time? How can I miss something like this! (well, maybe this isn't exactly the concept of the series, but still!) I actually only watched the first episode, cause it's really weird and a bit hard to follow so even though I want to keep watching more I'm never in the mood for it <.< It reminds me a bit of Ninja scroll or generally Kawajiri stuff, and first episode had GREAT animation. Paku Romi as the female lead is really awesome (wouldn't expect any less from her!) Plus I'm secretly a Minamoto no Yoshitsune fangirl and I actually wanted to do my graduation paper about him, even though my teacher disagreed and gave me a different subject <.<
Mouryou no Hako: this is another weird series! Is taken from a novel series that also got a live action version, and the character design for the anime is by CLAMP. First episode looked great, the following ones a bit less great, but it's still fairly interesting for me; however I have to say that I didnt understand much of it yet >_> I'll keep watching anyway cause I'm really curious about it XD Half of the main characters didn't even appear yet :O
Chaos;Head: hmm, this might be another one of my favorites this season even though the character design is quite ugly and the animation is horrible half of the time cause Yocchin is doing such a great job as the main character cause the story is really interesting! Also you don't get to see characters like Takumi very often, I guess.... I'm really looking forward to seeing what's going on, and since the anime looks so ugly I actually want to play the visual novel now >_> The cast is really good, they're all doing a great job but Yocchin is really stellar! IMHO this is his best role this season (and one of the more impressive overall) since we get no Hallelujah/Allelujah interactions :( I wonder what they were thinking when they picked that ending song/animation though, it makes it look like some silly harem anime >_>;
Tytania: is... weird XD I quite like it till now even though the Tytania family makes me laugh (especially in the opening lol), also cause they're quite clearly the bad guys; who else could drink tea during space battles if not the bad guys?! The 4 young Tytania counts or whatever they are are quite interesting in their own way, of course I'm partial to the young blond evil one (Idris) cause he got the Yocchin-doing-evil-voice bonus
Michiko to Hatchin: this is the latest Manglobe (Samurai Champloo) series, and uh, as expected has a very particular style and great animation. The setting is weeeeird and it's hard to tell how it will go on from first episode only... coincidentially they've only broadcasted one till now anyway so I guess I'll check next one to decide if I want to follow it or not .-.;;;;
Also of course I'm following returning series, but not mentioning them since, well, they're sequels XD
Clannad, Nodame and of course my beloved Gundam 00 are in my watch list, but I kinda dropped Vampire Knight cause I'm following way too many series already and I know the story through the manga anyway .-. Really enjoying 00, seems much better than R2 luckily DX
Bonus for Niconico watchers! What if Allelujah was a hikikomori here and here , I found them really funny XD But need to have watched both Gundam 00 and Chaos;HEad to get them I guess :o
Akaneiro ni somaru saka: errr... dropped it after watching the opening <.< The character design really isn't my thing and I don't want to listen to Hirano Aya :(
Kurogane no linebarrels: hmm... I love mecha series but somehow the Gonzo + Hirai combo is really scaring me >_> The character design looks weeeeird and first episode wasn't really that interesting, so even though I decided to keep watching I haven't had the will to watch episode 2 yet. Maybe I never will after all XD
Kannagi: Kannagi is pretty cute :O Character designs are cute and the animation is really good, also the opening animation is cute and the characters are cute enough... Well it's not really my genre but it's fun to watch, so I guess I'll stick with it for now .-. Tomatsu Haruka is confusing me though... 1) she changes her voice a lot 2) she changes her FACE a lot (can't find 2 pics of her that look the same...) 3) She changes even her singing voice a lot... in fact I don't like very much her tone in the opening but I find the ending great >_> Oh well, anyway her Nagi is fun enough to watch~
Toaru Majutsu no Index: Really enjoyed the first couple episodes, but the last two were a bit less fun for me >_< Anyway the animation quality is really good and the characters seem interesting enough, so this is going to be for sure one of my picks this season; I've sounds is doing the opening/ending and the whole soundtrack and the effect is quite cool :o Iguchi Yuka's Index is cuuuuute, but I think the voice of the loli sensei is starting to seriously hurt my hears DX
Kemeko Deluxe: hmmm, I was quite interested in this cause I love Kemeko's design XD And in animation it looks even better, seeing her fight is really awesome! Also Saitou Chiwa doing such a low voice is fun to hear XD BUT! I really don't like the character design much, the premise of the story sounds boring and the male lead looks horrible, plus it seems to have a good deal of gratuitous fanservice, so I ended up dropping it after first episode (did I even finish watching the first episode? Can't remember >_>;
Ga-rei Zero: This ended up being one of my favorites at the moment :O The staff had a really good idea and tricked perfectly the viewers with episode 1 XD Not going to say more about it cause spoiling it would take away all the fun, but it's been quite nice to watch till now and I hope they will keep up like this. Also the animation quality is good and I like the character design a lot, now if only they didn't use those ugly cg monsters... Chihara Minori sounds like Minami Chiaki in this .-.
Skip Beat: I've never read the manga for this but it seems to be very popular... well, until now it's been pretty fun, even though the character design is kinda ugly and the animation is not that good. I've been watching and then deleting the episodes for now, doesn't look like something that I would want to watch over and over but interesting enough to check what's happening next I guess? I don't care for the opening/ending but it has a stellar cast: Inoue Marina, Konishi Katsuyuki and Mamo-chan that is like, everywhere this season (I guess Fukuyama Jun was too busy last season to do enough auditions and Mamo is taking the throne this time XD)
Kurozuka: Minamoto no Yoshitsune complete with Miyano voice that travels through time? How can I miss something like this! (well, maybe this isn't exactly the concept of the series, but still!) I actually only watched the first episode, cause it's really weird and a bit hard to follow so even though I want to keep watching more I'm never in the mood for it <.< It reminds me a bit of Ninja scroll or generally Kawajiri stuff, and first episode had GREAT animation. Paku Romi as the female lead is really awesome (wouldn't expect any less from her!) Plus I'm secretly a Minamoto no Yoshitsune fangirl and I actually wanted to do my graduation paper about him, even though my teacher disagreed and gave me a different subject <.<
Mouryou no Hako: this is another weird series! Is taken from a novel series that also got a live action version, and the character design for the anime is by CLAMP. First episode looked great, the following ones a bit less great, but it's still fairly interesting for me; however I have to say that I didnt understand much of it yet >_> I'll keep watching anyway cause I'm really curious about it XD Half of the main characters didn't even appear yet :O
Chaos;Head: hmm, this might be another one of my favorites this season even though the character design is quite ugly and the animation is horrible half of the time cause Yocchin is doing such a great job as the main character cause the story is really interesting! Also you don't get to see characters like Takumi very often, I guess.... I'm really looking forward to seeing what's going on, and since the anime looks so ugly I actually want to play the visual novel now >_> The cast is really good, they're all doing a great job but Yocchin is really stellar! IMHO this is his best role this season (and one of the more impressive overall) since we get no Hallelujah/Allelujah interactions :( I wonder what they were thinking when they picked that ending song/animation though, it makes it look like some silly harem anime >_>;
Tytania: is... weird XD I quite like it till now even though the Tytania family makes me laugh (especially in the opening lol), also cause they're quite clearly the bad guys; who else could drink tea during space battles if not the bad guys?! The 4 young Tytania counts or whatever they are are quite interesting in their own way, of course I'm partial to the young blond evil one (Idris) cause he got the Yocchin-doing-evil-voice bonus
Michiko to Hatchin: this is the latest Manglobe (Samurai Champloo) series, and uh, as expected has a very particular style and great animation. The setting is weeeeird and it's hard to tell how it will go on from first episode only... coincidentially they've only broadcasted one till now anyway so I guess I'll check next one to decide if I want to follow it or not .-.;;;;
Also of course I'm following returning series, but not mentioning them since, well, they're sequels XD
Clannad, Nodame and of course my beloved Gundam 00 are in my watch list, but I kinda dropped Vampire Knight cause I'm following way too many series already and I know the story through the manga anyway .-. Really enjoying 00, seems much better than R2 luckily DX
Bonus for Niconico watchers! What if Allelujah was a hikikomori here and here , I found them really funny XD But need to have watched both Gundam 00 and Chaos;HEad to get them I guess :o