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Regulus 777 · #138 Posted: Fri Aug 17, 2012 10:01 am

My Quarterly Anime Post....

~Spring 2012 Results, a bit late~
As a whole my last season was kinda so-so.

Acchi Kocchi - I enjoyed this show for what it is. It doesn't really develop much/if at all but it's cute and it's funny. It panders to my tastes so it was an enjoyable show. Slightly above average.

Nyaruko-san - This was quite funny at times and the characters were mostly likeable. Some good parodies and references. Otherwise average. Kana Asumi as the lead also helped make this fun.

Mysterious Girlfriend X - I really enjoyed this one! The music, voice cast and art were all a refreshing experience. The Retro art style and the new rookie female lead actress were quite nice. Story was slightly above average but enhanced by the characters/cast being likeable. Probably my pick for the season minus Fate/Zero which was a given.

Fate/Zero 2 - Yeah. This was friggin awesome...! It's better then Fate/Stay/Night. Ufotable's animation was mind-blowing at times!

I think I neglected to mention Ufotable in our animation discussions since they haven't done a crazy lot of stuff yet, kinda like Bee Train. Definitely worth a look though.
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=creator&creatorid=1117
Tales of Symphonia, Kara no Kyoukai and Fate/Zero are all excellent examples of their work.

Getting back to Fate/Zero, the characters were all awesome. I especially loved Berzerker and Rider. Such bad-ass men! Fight scenes were awesome, especially the ones toward the end of each season. Anyone that's even slightly liked Stay/Night simply has to watch this. They will love it, guaranteed.

~Summer 2012~
My picks are as follows...

http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=8820
Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate - Show is Meh so far.... A bit too goofy and some iffy characters but I do like the character designs (Incredibly similar to Amagami SS! Same studio and everything.) Not sure how it's gonna go may still turn out decent. Only seen 4 eps so far. From what I can tell it's been delayed a few weeks due to the Olympics...

http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9126
Natsuyuki Rendesvous - An enjoyable Josei Romance as I expected. I look forward to this each week. I enjoy the main guy's interactions with the ghost and I find his love interest, the older flower shop manager rather cute. Caught up to episode 7.

http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9158
Chitose Get You! - Another series of moe' shorts. I usually pick these up. They are all pretty much the same and it's just another title added to my list. Sometimes I get a laugh or two but they are obviously too short to be anything noteworthy. Caught up to episode 7

http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=8742
Kokoro Connect - This one was my pleasant surprise of the season. I figured it'd be a light-hearted, slice o'life comedy with a twist but its more serious tone and turn toward drama/love polygon is turning out quite interesting! May be my favorite this season if it keeps this interesting atmosphere. If not I can safely fall back on Natsuyuki Rendesvous. lol. Caught up to episode 6.

http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=8692
Sword Art Online - Picked up by recommendation from my friends. Very interesting show. Animation is fantastic (A-1 Pictures). Premise is very interesting and it'd done very well. I easily plowed through the first 5 eps. If it were a completed 13 episode series I very well probably would've finished it in one go. It can pack a nice emotional punch and overall kind of has a depressing atmosphere at times. The fast pacing is nice though and leaves no time for you to be left thinking things over or get bored at all. Everything is above average so far. If it keeps this kind of intense pace and good stories I'd be happy to watch 50+ episodes of it. Caught up to episode 6.

Overall this season is shaping up to be considerably better then the last one. I've got 3 shows I'm really digging so far.

In other news, The Papakiki special came out and I quite enjoyed it. In retrospect I realyl miss that show. It had great characters and a nice atmosphere.

I also watched Grave of the Fireflies. A terribly depressing movie. It was good but I don't think I could watch it again...