2012-06-19, 01:21 PM
Derosis Wrote:In case you haven't seen it yet, here is the final Summer 2012 chart for anime this year.
Watch List: (YESS YESS YESS, F'UCK YES!) (YEAH!) (YAY(?))
Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
Sword Art Online
Dakara Boku wa, H ga Dekinai
Dog Days II
Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon II
Hagure Yuusha no Estica
Rinne no Lagrange II
ToS OST (Both)
Kenichi OST
Fairy Tail Movie
Rurouni Kenshin Movie
Mahou Shoujou Lyrical Nanhoha Movie
(maybe): Blood C Movie
OT:
Accel World 8: Lolis now? F'uck me, time to get the blast shield ready.
Eureka Seven Ao 7: Mother of God.jpg BONES You magnificent Bastards!
Medaka Box 8: Oh, so now were getting to the plot line? F'uck yeah!
Readable chart:
http://static.neregate.com/2012/06/nereg...e-v3.1.png
Anything with a girl on the cover I'm probably watching. It's a rather bad chart this season since it doesn't list voice actors or any other staff for that matter, only studio. Disappointed that SHAFT isn't pitching in this season (or last season for that matter). Outside of redoing their BluRays (and rolling in the dough), I think their only current public projects are Madoka 1 & 2, Kizumonogatari which doesn't even have a release date, and Hidamari 4 which is two seasons away.
With this season wrapping up, I think my favourite Spring shows were Saki: Achiga-hen, Hyouka, Nyarlko, and Kore wa Zombie Desu ka OF THE DEAD.
Natsuiro Kiseki is pretty good, but my god the production value had its head chopped off. It still has an amazing cast, but the animation quality is one of the lowest this season, I think only beaten by Medaka Box.
I think Medaka Box suffered from too poor production value. Everything was very blurry, fuzzy, derpy at times, and even the voice acting lacked. Not to mention they covered a pace of less than 2 chapters an episode, including a lot of filler frames and scenes with just dead space in it. Might have worked better as an OVA set, a better planned out 24+ season to fit more story, or a shorter season to condense the earlier episodes. I'd recommend the manga to any fans of the anime, it's much better. Can probably finish the first season worth of story in an episode or two of time too.
Accel World had a really strong start, but dipped down quite a bit in my opinion. The pacing of the story shows little progress, it feels really slow.
Jormungand doesn't really feel like it's about anything other than shooting people. Not sure what the second season would explore, but I hope they add a stronger story point in the next few episodes. That being said, the show has grown on me since they have such amazing gun fights.
AKB0048 always makes me wonder how something like this (AKB48 and whatever sister groups it has) can even exist. I think the story is getting to a really strong point, and I have some hopes of something super grim-dark, but at the same time, I expect something super fluffy ending. Voice acting isn't the best in this show, sometimes grates on me, but the animation is pretty good, and their use of 3D is very interesting.
Tasogare Otome x Amnesia I'm on the fence about. Not a big fan of Yuuko's voice actor. Story was portrayed really well, but what appears to be an anime-original ending vs the ongoing manga has me conflicted. It was really interesting, and I liked how they played episode 10 and 11 out (and that ending cliffhanger), but at the same time I'm wondering how the manga will play out and if it will be different.
Shining Hearts: Shiawase no pan's only attraction for me is Tony's amazing character designs, and the constant wonderment of what this show is supposed to be about, if it isn't about baking bread. I think it's a pretty good what feels to be slice-of-life thus far, since it's obviously not Action, as MAL indicates, and the only fantasy elements have not actually been explored. Xiao Mei has a tail. Kaguya has a glowy necklace. The dwarf guy has an android. There's a giant warship in the sea somewhere. But honestly, how much of this relates to what has happened at all? Also, releases are terribly slow.