The anime thread sequel (it's still not as good as the Manga though),

I quite liked Welcome to the NHK, although I think the Manga was better than the animé, but it does from memory require the right frame of mind to watch it.

I had to laugh earlier, my younger brother who is not a great animé fan asked me if i'd got "suzimaharuhi, sorry Suzimia Haruhi"* that he could borrow, then when we were in the car goes "is that redline?" when my mp3 player started one of the redline tracks :)
I'm slowly, very slowly converting him to the side of the green hair and overly large eyes :p

*he deliberately mispronounces animé names when he's talking to one of his friends.
 
Welcome to the NHK was a pretty dark show to be honest and it's not a very happy series. In all honesty it was quite depressing at times, and quite accurate with some of the issues it plays with.

A very unique watch.
 
Been doing other things so haven't been watching to much so far over the Easter break. I did finish watching the following earlier ...

Motto ToLoveRU .... on Sentai's DVD release. Okay .... this follows on from the first series of ToLoveRU and well ... if you are expecting a deep and meaningful story with character growth then don't apply here. Any chance for fanservice is taken and taken ... erm ... well? It's a no-brainer of a series which manages to make even the second series of Rosario+Vampire seem intellectual!

I can't say that I'm overly impressed with this seasons new shows so far (new series as opposed to season 2's or continuations) ...

Accel World .... this seems quite good but it will depend on where it goes after the first episode. I like most of the episode up until the very last part ... if it turns into one of those sorts of series then it's likely to be just average really.

Hiiro no Kakera .... I liked the first episode of this, seems interesting if a bit likely to go through the same sort of plot we've seen many times before.

Ozma ... I wanted to like this but I don't like the character designs and the last couple of episodes just haven't been that interesting.

Acchi Kocchi ... was reasonably funny but very much like a cross between Lucky Star and A Channel (one of the principle characters also looks a lot like Konata from Lucky Star).

Nazo no Kanojo X ... I'm sorry but this is just gross

Space Brothers ... I wanted to like this but I'm just not feeling anything for the characters at all.

Upotte!! ... this could have been good ... but episode 1 certainly wasn't with repetitive gags and a less than stellar concept.

Kuroko's Basketball ... it's a sport anime and doesn't have cute girls ... I really can't see it keeping my attention.

Medaka Box ... wasn't bad but needs more characters as it's feeling pretty weak so far.

Sankarea ... who doesn't like a good zombie series ... well we don't know yet how good this one will be but it was an ok first episode.

Sengoku Collection ... weak ... seems to be trying to duct tape together several different standard plot devices all of which have been done many times before.

It was interesting to see that CrunchyRoll had a news piece up talking about what series were in the spring season 10 years ago ... things included Azumanga Diaoh, Chobits, Tokyo Mew Mew, .hack//Sign, Ai Yori Aoshi, Tenchi Muyo! GXP, Happy Lesson, The Twelve Kingdoms, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi and Gate Keepers 21 amongst others ... I'm not sure that the new series starting now are likely to have the staying power of some of the above series.
 
This is what I have found with the new season.

Accel World - Better than I expected but I can't tell how it will go story wise, depends what direction it goes depends on how I feel on it.

Medaka Box - Was getting bored by the end of the first episode, just felt very samey to what I have seen before.

Natsu-iro Kiseki - Boring, or so far I find it is, we will see but it just feels like a slow moving program where nothing much happens.

Sankarea - This series has promise I feel, who says no to zombies. :p

Space Brothers - Not bad, just about to watch the second episode so we will see if it keeps moving on, though I agree the characters haven't stuck out to me yet.

Overall nothing too special yet except I am really looking forward to the second series of Kore wa Zombie desu ka. Loved the first one, if the second is anything like it, it will be brilliant. :D
 
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I can't say that I'm overly impressed with this seasons new shows so far (new series as opposed to season 2's or continuations) ...

Accel World .... this seems quite good but it will depend on where it goes after the first episode. I like most of the episode up until the very last part ... if it turns into one of those sorts of series then it's likely to be just average really.

Acchi Kocchi ... was reasonably funny but very much like a cross between Lucky Star and A Channel (one of the principle characters also looks a lot like Konata from Lucky Star).

Space Brothers ... I wanted to like this but I'm just not feeling anything for the characters at all.

It was interesting to see that CrunchyRoll had a news piece up talking about what series were in the spring season 10 years ago ... things included Azumanga Diaoh, Chobits, Tokyo Mew Mew, .hack//Sign, Ai Yori Aoshi, Tenchi Muyo! GXP, Happy Lesson, The Twelve Kingdoms, Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi and Gate Keepers 21 amongst others ... I'm not sure that the new series starting now are likely to have the staying power of some of the above series.
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Accel World has some interesting character designs, will have to see how that one goes.

Acchi Kocchi really does remind me of Lucky Star. I can see myself sticking with this. It seems to be the harmless fluff show this season.

I can see Space Brothers picking up a bit once the 'training' begins. I think it has potential.

It's hard to really offer an opnion on that news article as i only watched or recognise a handful of those shows. it just goes to show how finite the lifetime and appeal of some series are, blink and you've missed them. Which is a shame really as there are some real gems that pop up from time to time.

It's such a consumer driven industry and stopping power is so hard to aquire that unless you have some way of prolonging and expanding a show or franchise into other areas such as video games, toys/figures and card games.

Like all of the other entertainment industries it's such a consumer driven market. We consume new shows and have our fill as each new season comes out, only to discard a large chunk of them as the new season starts and new content is provided to satisfy or thirst for new content.

Of the last decade or so i struggle to really list shows that have had any sort of significant stopping power financially and in terms of popularity. Haruhi and FMA definitely spring to mind.

I think shows have got 'cuter' during the last few years, which has been good for some things, but not everything.

The anime industry as a whole isn't really that healthy at the moment and i do think it's lost some of what it had a decade or so ago.
 
Right watched a few more now. Too early to tell if there will be a really good one, I do hope there is one that drags me in as much as Another did.

Nazo no Kanojo X - Hmm the story itself doesn't seem bad but its not one to watch whilst eating. :p I think I will keep watching it.

Acchi Kocchi - Nice and light hearted, not the worst, certainly a harmless show to watch.
 
Watched Polyphonica Crimson S today on Sentai's DVD release. It's an ok series about people controlling spirits using music ... it was ok but not brilliant, the characters were just pretty dull for the most part and the humour has been done better before elsewhere.

Other new series ...

Saki Achiga-hen - Episode of Side-A ... fairly reasonable first episode setting things up and giving us the link to the first Saki series. It is pretty much possible to predict how this series will progress given the content of the first episode ... but the fun will be the getting there.

Tasogare Otome x Amnesia ... a bit conflicted over the first episode; it was reasonably good but the whole setup of this episode has just been done so many times ... hopefully the series will grow beyond it. Given it was so obvious what was going on was it really needed to show the episode basically twice ....
 
How is it I couldn't get into Shana final at all it just bored me and confused me, yet FATE/ZERO is brilliant and i've loved every episode so far!

Btw Fate/Zero is now on episode 14 :D
 
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How is it I couldn't get into Shana final at all it just bored me and confused me
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If you looked on the last page you'll see that i said the same thing, it seems like they wanted to do something different for difference sake. And Yuki's actions where dumb beyond belief (not explaining anything to Shana etc) Basically they had a war for no reason at all, and people ended up diying for no good reason at all. It was all very pointless. I'm sure they could've have come up with a better storyline.

Saw Listen to me Girls, I'm your Father, it was much better then i thought it was going to be. And Raika Oda is bloody awesome, just as funny as she is hot
 
Well i just watched the first episode of Eureka Seven AO. I'v been awaiting this series with bated breath ever since it was fist announced while crossing every digit hoping that it would be good. Eureka Seven is up there as one of my favourite series alongside the likes of Evangelion and A_ria.

After the frankly, disaster that was Last Exile: Fam i was worried that this might suffer the same fate, alas i was pleasantly surprised.

From the brief glimpse you get in the episode, the visuals look very nice indeed. As to the story, you can tell that there are allot of themes that appeared in the original series that are making a return in Ao. Nothing really as to the overall plot was revealed but it looks promising.

I might watch the first episode of the original just to see how they compare tbh, but overall i think it looks promiising. Definitely a thumbs up from me as an E7 fan.

I do wonder how long the series is though, does anybody know? The original had 50 episodes, which in todays economy would be a risky undertaking but the original really did benefit from that extended run.
 
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Well i just watched the first episode of Eureka Seven AO. I'v been awaiting this series with bated breath ever since it was fist announced while crossing every digit hoping that it would be good. Eureka Seven is up there as one of my favourite series alongside the likes of Evangelion and A_ria.

After the frankly, disaster that was Last Exile: Fam i was worried that this might suffer the same fate, alas i was pleasantly surprised.

From the brief glimpse you get in the episode, the visuals look very nice indeed. As to the story, you can tell that there are allot of themes that appeared in the original series that are making a return in Ao. Nothing really as to the overall plot was revealed but it looks promising.

I might watch the first episode of the original just to see how they compare tbh, but overall i think it looks promiising. Definitely a thumbs up from me as an E7 fan.

I do wonder how long the series is though, does anybody know? The original had 50 episodes, which in todays economy would be a risky undertaking but the original really did benefit from that extended run.
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Spotted this online yesterday :)
Is it a sequel?or is it akin to the movie where there were same people /different universe type? :D
 
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Spotted this online yesterday :)
Is it a sequel?or is it akin to the movie where there were same people /different universe type? :D
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Well it's basically confirmed that Eureka is Ao's mother in the episode through a brief flashback scene that shows an obviously much older Eureka than what we saw at the end of the original.It's been confirmed that he is Renton and Eureka's son elsewhere from what i've read. I'd have thought it was the same continuity, or one would hope. I hate the way that studios reimagine a series sometimes when it's not necessary and they have a perfectly good story from which to launch from already.
 
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I do wonder how long the series is though, does anybody know? The original had 50 episodes, which in todays economy would be a risky undertaking but the original really did benefit from that extended run.
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Well ANN seems to think 12 but I haven't seen anything either way. I would doubt it would be more than 2 cours now.

I haven't seen the episode yet but I'll probably give it a watch over the weekend.
 
Been watching a few things ...

Kimi ni Todoke S1 Part 2 ... on NISA's BD release. I do like this series, in all it's forms, and this is another nice set. Looks very nice and is a good gentle story (to gentle for me at the moment really as I fell asleep a couple of times). There is an issue with the set of course, NISA haven't included episode 16 which is a recap episode but other than that it's all good.

Getsumen To Heiki Miina ... not a new series, as anyone who knows Densha Otaku will know :) Silly girl with special powers type show ... in a spoof sort of way ... with far to many carrots :)

Madoka Part 2 ... on Aniplex's BD release. Looks good on BD. But I'm still not that sure of how much I really like the series ... it's a bit dark, the characters are a bit meh and I'm not that sure on the art style.
 
I finally managed to watch Utena the Movie last night, which was very good I thought, although it missed out some major bits from the TV series it seemed to flow well and was different enough (whilst keeping the same basic story) to be very enjoyable to watch :)

I think the ending was a bit more definite than the TV one :)

Tonight I start on a little birdy ;)
 
Getsumen To Heiki Miina ... not a new series, as anyone who knows Densha Otaku will know :) Silly girl with special powers type show ... in a spoof sort of way ... with far to many carrots :)
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another on my to finish list.Only got around 6 of these watched and lost interest a few years ago.Worth revisiting and finishing off do you think?
E7 Ao on hold atm,ploughing through star-gate Atlantis ,only 3 seasons left to watch:eek:
 
I fancy watching some Gundam anime, which would you all recommend?

I've only seen Gundam Wing (a long time ago I should add) but want to watch some more
 
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