Spring 2015 Anime Season

I'm definitely watching UBW and Arslan. I would like to check out Yamada-kun, that one seems funny. I think I will watch a couple of episodes of Nisekoi and Rinne, I dropped the latter's manga long ago, but I'll watch the anime for the old Rumiko Takahashi days.

Any other show you recommend?

I wouldn't say Rakuen is awful, exactly, but it's certainly goofy. Some parts are actually pretty good but there's just so much silly stuff that I can't look forward to it like I can the Meikyuu bits.

Does that mean that it has plenty of narm?

Voting wars are so annoying. UBW season 2 is somehow already in the top 50 without even airing yet.

edited 28th Mar '15 7:43:53 AM by Elfhunter

@potential Vivid watchers, I hope you're OK with naked eight-year-olds. Because that is a thing that will happen with some frequency.

How bad relative to the first season of Nanoha?

Toned up a bit, I think, and it never goes away like in Nanoha S1.

x7 @Sorako

SNAFU would be a I would recommend, S1 was really good and S2 should be right up there.

Euphonium should be quite nice if all I have heard about the source is correctly adapted. Yuki-chan should be quite good too, more so if you havent actually seen Haruhi or are open to the AU premise.

Hm. Well, it might be toned down some since it's an anime, which I don't think can get away with as much as manga can.

Since its a TV show and not movie or manga yeah, expect Anime Anatomy or various censors that might be removed later. Vividred Operation, A 1 Pictures's last Magical Girl show, did both.

Was Vividred the show that had a shot of the sunrise as seen through the main character's thigh gap?

Yes , they were◊ very obsessed with those shots◊.

The costumes were good though◊.

edited 28th Mar '15 11:05:12 AM by Memers

I'm kind of surprised it never got a sequel, I thought it sold well enough.

They said in an interview that it wasn't profitable enough and would focus on the magical girl series that really sold and was not an anime original. aka Strike Witches and now Nanoha, both of which A1 is making stuff for this season with Vivid and Strike Witches OAV 2.

edited 28th Mar '15 1:05:44 PM by Memers

Ah, too bad. Guess I'll have to content myself with my WMG imaginings...

Funi licenses Nagato Yuki

edited 29th Mar '15 7:22:42 AM by Logograph

… You sure Arslan's anime isn't a movie rather than a series? The trailer made UBW look like stop-motion… ò.Ô

I'm really not that interested in the series itself, but it makes me want to give it a try just for the visuals…

(okay, it's a trailer and I doubt the entire series will be that gorgeous, but still)

A look at Oregairu's new character designs.

...Which trailer did you watch, because ther's barely any animation at all in any of them.

The animation is the only reservation I have about Arslan. LIDEN FILMS did Terra Formars and the animation in that was awful. Sanzigen did Arpeggio which had good visual effects and battles but terrible character animation.

Which is a shame, because Arakawa really improved her art massively since her FMA and Silver Spoon days.

This one. Hard to say there's "barely any animation" in it.

… Okay, rewatching it maybe I overreacted a little, but it still looks gorgeous. A J-Pop opening for this kind of story though… no, just no. :x It's like giving a heavy metal opening to Mushishi, that's not gonna work.

She does Arslan and Silver Spoon simultaneously though.

edited 30th Mar '15 12:43:34 AM by Lyendith

@Memers: Holy shit, Oregairu must have been a bigger hit than I imagined. That looks like a massive animation upgrade.

edited 30th Mar '15 8:27:12 AM by Elfhunter

Crunchyroll to stream Baby Steps 2, I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying 2.

For this season, here are my choices:

• Will Watch
  • Gintama: Loved the previous seasons and I think the latest season will be just as good.
  • Knights of Sidonia S2: I was pleasantly surprised by the first season after checking it out on Netflix. Can S2 live up to its first season? Let's find out.
  • Ninja Slayer: Studio Trigger? Hell yeah. Also, Funimation is going to license this one, meaning no meddling from Aniplex (even if the latter has gotten somewhat better last year). Can't wait.
  • Plastic Memories: I'm really liking what Dogakobo has to offer from the trailer and it looks like a show that will receive universal acclaim and a cult following. Let's hope the studio pulls off an excellent story.

• Will Try
  • Blood Blockade Battlefront: Ever since the disastrous Eureka Seven AO, I haven't really been interested in checking out shows from Bones (Space☆Dandy aside). However, given that the creator is Yasuhiro Nightow and the interesting setting, I am going to take a gamble and check this show out for a few episodes.
  • The Heroic Legend of Arslan: I haven't read any of the books nor watched the previous anime adaptations, but this looks like an epic series that is going to be worth following. I just hope the studio in charge is going to step up on their animation...
  • Lupin III (2015): I can't honestly say I have watched too much Lupin, but I really enjoyed the episodes and films I have watched. Also, I heard this show is going back to its roots so it might be a gilt-edged opportunity to watch a classic franchise return to television.
  • Punch Line: This show gives me a whole bunch of Kill la Kill vibes, but I'm not sure if MAPPA will give the show the payoff it'll need if their last few shows in the last year or two were anything to go by. I'll probably choose Trigger's offering over this one, but this could be a good backup if Ninja Slayer falls in the seams.
  • Seraph of the End: Studio Wit proved that they could pull off excellent adaptations with beautiful animation and smart plot-pacing in Attack on Titan. The question is this: will lightning strike twice, especially given that the source material looks like its bandwagoning on the success of Titan? I'll give it the three episode check to make sure if this is a proper investment of my time.

edited 31st Mar '15 5:48:45 PM by sanfranman91