2014-11-23, 09:01 PM
Okay so we're a bit more than halfway through this season, here are my thoughts so far on stuff i'm still following:
And stuff i've dropped:
I think that was everything i'm following this season? I'm following way too much in just one season!
Spoiler
UBW - Overall good adaption, nothing to really complain about. Animation is top quality and they're following the route pretty closely with just a few minor changes. I'm not sure how glad i was with the way they showed Gae bolg, but then again i'm not sure how else they should've portrayed it.
Garo - This is one of the surprises for me this season, almost all episodes manage to be really good and enjoyable, episode 7 wasn't that great but that was essentially the lowest point of the series so far with episode 8 taking it back up again. Really loving Roberto, too bad he has deathflags up the ass.
Parasyte - This adaption is supposedly pretty faithful, and i'm enjoying it a lot. I can definitely see why it's a story that gets a lot of praise and i will probably end up reading the original after it is done airing.
DATABASE DATABASE - Akatsuki arc was a bit bland but atleast we're going raiding again, plus akatsuki will stop being gloomy and will be great almost 24/7 from now on.
Nanatsu no Taizai - I wasn't even planning to pick this up when the season started and i typically don't really care for new shounen series that seem like they're going to be generic as pineapple. But this series is really taking a somewhat generic setting and making the best of it with some fun characters. Also dat soundtrack and dat elizabeth.
Shingeki no Bahamut - Thought this was just going to be a generic ad for a stupid card game, instead i got a great fantasy setting with fun characters. Some people seem to dislike the main character but i really love his character type, they're pretty interesting when done right. Also if i didn't already know it was for a card game i probably wouldn't ever have made that connection.
Cross ange - Suffering and dragons seems to have become an alright story with some potential over the past few episodes and seems to have dropped the whole rape thing. Ange has also become a pretty good character whereas i hated her in the first few episodes. This can either be great or it can turn out really poorly. Also TOTALLY NOT JESUS is probably gonna win the angebowl.
Danna ga Nani - It's too short! Every week this manages to make me smile, it's not much but it's enough to make me look forward to it each week. Sad it's gonna stop in a few weeks.
Chaika - Chaika still just being adorable and Toru still not accepting the contract. ACCEPT THE CONTRACT ALREADY. Fredrica a best.
Vanadis - This started out pretty fun but honestly my interest in it has died down a little bit, i'll probably keep watching the anime and then read the novels after it has aired. We need more characters that use bows though, that's for sure.
Magic Kaito - I wish i could be that smooth, that's all i have to say about this great show.
Psycho-Pass 2 - Somehow i'm enjoying the individual episodes more than i did most of season 1 but i feel i'll end up enjoying season 1 more as a whole. I simply haven't come to care for a lot of the new characters and i have a feeling a few of them will die soon. Akane is also still moe as pineapple.
Sanzoku no Musume Ronja - One of the better adaptions this year, had to get used to the CG but damn this is like reliving my childhood all over again. So damn good and fun. They really nailed both Ronja and Birk's attitudes.
Amagi - This series is fun for the most part and Sento is great, but i feel like there's a lot of wasted potential and that it's going a bit too fast. There's a lot of things i would've loved to see them improve upon and work on and characters to develop. But oh well, only 1 cour to work with iirc.
Denki-gai - The show ranges from fun to boring to cringy, some episodes i'm really enjoying it and then the next episode i don't really care too much. Atleast the ending is super catchy.
Inou-Battle - pomegranate just got real in the most recent episode with hakoto. I've always been really bad with cringe-worthy characters which is probably my biggest problem with the series as the MC annoys me, but overall it's a good show i think.
Twintails - I love self-aware dumb shows! It's great fun where i can just turn off my brain.
Shirobako - This show is somehow really entertaining and makes me feel a bit more forgiving about stuff like recap episodes after 12-13 episodes in some shows(No that doesn't make a recap after 6 episodes okay @ bahamut). I love slice of life shows about people at work, glad "Working!!" is coming back in a few seasons.
Terra Formars - This adaption started out so bad but now it's actually become an alright adaption with some occasional bad animation. I wish the adaption had been like this all along and that they hadn't gone full BLACK CIRCLES. The few changes they've made to the story have also been overall okay i feel. Adolf best character.
Grisaia - Rushed as pineapple, just watching it for the cute girls, gonna play the VN relatively soon i think.
Trinity Seven - MC is great and almost all the girls are great too. It plays off the OP main character thing pretty well although i feel the school setting is kind of wasted. Lilith is also pretty annoying at times, if she'd just stop the violent tsundere pomegranate and would just be a tsundere she'd be great.
Akatsuki no Yona - Way too many flashbacks in the first 3-4 episodes but now it's become an okay show, not really great or good but it's alright. I didn't really like the whole "you must seek out the four dragons" reveal, seemed too sudden.
Shigatsu - Teen melodrama incoming, followed the manga a bit, not even sure why i'm watching it still. Probably because of the decent animation and music i think. Damn the anime made me dislike Kaori even more than i already did.
Garo - This is one of the surprises for me this season, almost all episodes manage to be really good and enjoyable, episode 7 wasn't that great but that was essentially the lowest point of the series so far with episode 8 taking it back up again. Really loving Roberto, too bad he has deathflags up the ass.
Parasyte - This adaption is supposedly pretty faithful, and i'm enjoying it a lot. I can definitely see why it's a story that gets a lot of praise and i will probably end up reading the original after it is done airing.
DATABASE DATABASE - Akatsuki arc was a bit bland but atleast we're going raiding again, plus akatsuki will stop being gloomy and will be great almost 24/7 from now on.
Nanatsu no Taizai - I wasn't even planning to pick this up when the season started and i typically don't really care for new shounen series that seem like they're going to be generic as pineapple. But this series is really taking a somewhat generic setting and making the best of it with some fun characters. Also dat soundtrack and dat elizabeth.
Shingeki no Bahamut - Thought this was just going to be a generic ad for a stupid card game, instead i got a great fantasy setting with fun characters. Some people seem to dislike the main character but i really love his character type, they're pretty interesting when done right. Also if i didn't already know it was for a card game i probably wouldn't ever have made that connection.
Cross ange - Suffering and dragons seems to have become an alright story with some potential over the past few episodes and seems to have dropped the whole rape thing. Ange has also become a pretty good character whereas i hated her in the first few episodes. This can either be great or it can turn out really poorly. Also TOTALLY NOT JESUS is probably gonna win the angebowl.
Danna ga Nani - It's too short! Every week this manages to make me smile, it's not much but it's enough to make me look forward to it each week. Sad it's gonna stop in a few weeks.
Chaika - Chaika still just being adorable and Toru still not accepting the contract. ACCEPT THE CONTRACT ALREADY. Fredrica a best.
Vanadis - This started out pretty fun but honestly my interest in it has died down a little bit, i'll probably keep watching the anime and then read the novels after it has aired. We need more characters that use bows though, that's for sure.
Magic Kaito - I wish i could be that smooth, that's all i have to say about this great show.
Psycho-Pass 2 - Somehow i'm enjoying the individual episodes more than i did most of season 1 but i feel i'll end up enjoying season 1 more as a whole. I simply haven't come to care for a lot of the new characters and i have a feeling a few of them will die soon. Akane is also still moe as pineapple.
Sanzoku no Musume Ronja - One of the better adaptions this year, had to get used to the CG but damn this is like reliving my childhood all over again. So damn good and fun. They really nailed both Ronja and Birk's attitudes.
Amagi - This series is fun for the most part and Sento is great, but i feel like there's a lot of wasted potential and that it's going a bit too fast. There's a lot of things i would've loved to see them improve upon and work on and characters to develop. But oh well, only 1 cour to work with iirc.
Denki-gai - The show ranges from fun to boring to cringy, some episodes i'm really enjoying it and then the next episode i don't really care too much. Atleast the ending is super catchy.
Inou-Battle - pomegranate just got real in the most recent episode with hakoto. I've always been really bad with cringe-worthy characters which is probably my biggest problem with the series as the MC annoys me, but overall it's a good show i think.
Twintails - I love self-aware dumb shows! It's great fun where i can just turn off my brain.
Shirobako - This show is somehow really entertaining and makes me feel a bit more forgiving about stuff like recap episodes after 12-13 episodes in some shows(No that doesn't make a recap after 6 episodes okay @ bahamut). I love slice of life shows about people at work, glad "Working!!" is coming back in a few seasons.
Terra Formars - This adaption started out so bad but now it's actually become an alright adaption with some occasional bad animation. I wish the adaption had been like this all along and that they hadn't gone full BLACK CIRCLES. The few changes they've made to the story have also been overall okay i feel. Adolf best character.
Grisaia - Rushed as pineapple, just watching it for the cute girls, gonna play the VN relatively soon i think.
Trinity Seven - MC is great and almost all the girls are great too. It plays off the OP main character thing pretty well although i feel the school setting is kind of wasted. Lilith is also pretty annoying at times, if she'd just stop the violent tsundere pomegranate and would just be a tsundere she'd be great.
Akatsuki no Yona - Way too many flashbacks in the first 3-4 episodes but now it's become an okay show, not really great or good but it's alright. I didn't really like the whole "you must seek out the four dragons" reveal, seemed too sudden.
Shigatsu - Teen melodrama incoming, followed the manga a bit, not even sure why i'm watching it still. Probably because of the decent animation and music i think. Damn the anime made me dislike Kaori even more than i already did.
And stuff i've dropped:
Spoiler
World Trigger - Dropped after 2 episodes, the world and characters were so uninteresting and unfunny it was incredibly. Ontop of that the animation was a little more than watching a powerpoint going from slide to slide. SO MANY STILLS.
Gugure! Kokkuri-san - Typically i thought this would be the kind of show i would enjoy, but somehow i just didn't really find any of the skits to be that funny. Just lost interest after episode 3 entirely.
Gugure! Kokkuri-san - Typically i thought this would be the kind of show i would enjoy, but somehow i just didn't really find any of the skits to be that funny. Just lost interest after episode 3 entirely.
I think that was everything i'm following this season? I'm following way too much in just one season!