Winter anime premieres
I just spent the evening catching up. It's winter, so my expectations aren't high. Its basically the dumping grounds for random stuff that would never air in another season. Plenty of shows haven't aired yet. I'll probably just check out as they air.
Here's a link to my MAL account
Standouts:
Noragami - I enjoyed it and at no point did I think it could have been done better
Tonari no Seki-kun - short anime starring HanaKana, extremely silly... I can't stop smiling.
Sakura Trick - cute girls doing cute things girls... b-b-but girls can't like other girls!?
Stuff I liked:
Nisekoi - Yakuza kids who hate each other are forced into a relationship. Made by studio Shaft.
Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda - "Lincoln had potential. However his weakness was he couldn't handle bullets." Loli plans to conquer the world.
Mikakunin de Shinkoukei (Engaged to the Unidentified) - with an arranged marriage as a premise, it's actually pretty amusing... although I guess there's quite a bit of "anime" comedy to it due to siscon.
Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta (A Certain Pilot's Love Song) - the rivalry seems a little too obvious, but I enjoyed the show and want to see more
Stuff I'll probably keep watching:
Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil - starts out as Law & Order parody. The titular premise of is certainly intriguing enough. Could probably do without the fanservice though.
Wake Up, Girls! - idol series with a somewhat cynical premise
Mahou Sensou (Magical Warfare) - warning: gaining magic powers may result in breast expansion. Okay, that's not all the episode at all, but it certainly stood out as a very fanservicey moment in an episode where people are accidentally exposed to and gain magical powers.
Nobunaga the Fool - because Kawamori and bishounen.
D-Frag! - comedy with HanaKana and general wtf-ery
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren - felt far too much like a "we're back" episode
Meh:
Witch Craft Works - the fight seen was impressive but everything just felt so dull
Nobunagun - much the same; impressive fight scene but just felt unengaging
Hamatora - too much exposition
Space Dandy is getting all the hype because it's Watanabe (Cowboy Beboy, Samurai Champloo, Kids on the Slope) and the English dub is being released simultaneously. While the animation is god tier (it's animated by Bones, who are also doing Noragami), I personally just found everything else to be kind of offputting. Although I'll keep in mind that the first episodes often see characters pushed to their extremes.
Here's a link to my MAL account
Standouts:
Noragami - I enjoyed it and at no point did I think it could have been done better
Tonari no Seki-kun - short anime starring HanaKana, extremely silly... I can't stop smiling.
Sakura Trick - cute girls doing cute things girls... b-b-but girls can't like other girls!?
Stuff I liked:
Nisekoi - Yakuza kids who hate each other are forced into a relationship. Made by studio Shaft.
Sekai Seifuku: Bouryaku no Zvezda - "Lincoln had potential. However his weakness was he couldn't handle bullets." Loli plans to conquer the world.
Mikakunin de Shinkoukei (Engaged to the Unidentified) - with an arranged marriage as a premise, it's actually pretty amusing... although I guess there's quite a bit of "anime" comedy to it due to siscon.
Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta (A Certain Pilot's Love Song) - the rivalry seems a little too obvious, but I enjoyed the show and want to see more
Stuff I'll probably keep watching:
Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil - starts out as Law & Order parody. The titular premise of is certainly intriguing enough. Could probably do without the fanservice though.
Wake Up, Girls! - idol series with a somewhat cynical premise
Mahou Sensou (Magical Warfare) - warning: gaining magic powers may result in breast expansion. Okay, that's not all the episode at all, but it certainly stood out as a very fanservicey moment in an episode where people are accidentally exposed to and gain magical powers.
Nobunaga the Fool - because Kawamori and bishounen.
D-Frag! - comedy with HanaKana and general wtf-ery
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren - felt far too much like a "we're back" episode
Meh:
Witch Craft Works - the fight seen was impressive but everything just felt so dull
Nobunagun - much the same; impressive fight scene but just felt unengaging
Hamatora - too much exposition
Space Dandy is getting all the hype because it's Watanabe (Cowboy Beboy, Samurai Champloo, Kids on the Slope) and the English dub is being released simultaneously. While the animation is god tier (it's animated by Bones, who are also doing Noragami), I personally just found everything else to be kind of offputting. Although I'll keep in mind that the first episodes often see characters pushed to their extremes.