Saw the first episode of The Comic Artist and his Assistants (not interested in looking up the original title) and it was exactly what I expected from the first minute: using an idiotic, shameless pervert of an artist and the tsuntsun reactions of his female assistants to make a pseudo-harem comedy while trying to look meta about the genre. It did get a few laughs out of me but I was hoping that when artists talk about themselves they could inform the audience about their techniques or their industry. Even at ten minutes, I don't think it's worth following.
A blog that gets updated on a geological timescale.Mahou Shoujo Taisen: Went in expecting four minutes of epic fighting between gorgeously-costumed Magical Girls and instead I got a cheap gag series. Dropped.
Black Bullet: Delivered as an action series with guns, alien viruses, and Badass Adorable little girls beating the shit out of things. Hate the OP though. Hope it isn't the official one.
Dragonar Academy: Two words; generic crap. Nothing to see here AT ALL. Dropped.
Damidaler: I couldn't get past the ten-minute mark. Can't decide if it's stupid ridiculous awesome or just straight-up stupid. Too afraid to rewatch to fully solve indecisiveness.
Akuma No Riddle: A little cheesy, but an okay introductory episode. It succeeded in keeping me entertained which is all I ask for in an anime. Liked the opening.
Mahouka Blah-blah: Gosh, that first episode was a snoozer. I might watch the next one for fair judgement, but man! Please tell me that I wasn't the only one bored out of my mind. Nothing happened! They went to school, gave exposition, and not much else. Oh, and the lead's a stu.
Is there any action at all in Soul Eater Not? I was thinking about checking it out since I rather liked the original Soul Eater series, but if it's just straight-up slice-of-life, I'm not bothering.
edited 8th Apr '14 5:38:26 PM by HopefullySane
In the manga anyway, there's like a sidestory going on about a witch, but it happens sort of in the background spread out over many chapters. If I were an anime studio, I would make that into the main plot of a short cour. This storyline is implied to exist in the OP.
Honestly, it's a lot like To Aru Kagaku no Railgun in many ways.
edited 8th Apr '14 6:03:05 PM by Clarste
Black Bullet: I am getting some very uncomfortable lolicon vibes from this show.
I've got new mythological machinery, and very handsome supernatural scenery. Goodfae: a mafia web serial![]()
Hopefully, the anime series will condense itself accordingly. I'll give Mahouka a couple more episodes to be fair, but thanks for the warning.
I got those vibes too. Glad that there were only vague vibes. If it goes anywhere past an abrasive Precocious Crush, I'm dropping the shit out of this anime. I can tell you that much.
Given how it's been described as Ao T, except with lolis, I think the lolicon vibes is the least one has to worry about in Black Bullet.
Heck, a quick Google search reveals that Enju [massive spoiler] gets mercilessly shot repeatedly until she dies in the second arc. Kinda hard for things to proceed any further than the current Precocious Crush stage when something like that happens.
edited 8th Apr '14 10:10:19 PM by burnpsy
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... didn't see that coming.
Did you not see that Spoiler Hound plothole? I Googled out of my own curiosity.
To be fair, I can't find anything on what happens after that. May be a Disney Death for all I know.
edited 8th Apr '14 10:06:29 PM by burnpsy
Whoa. I definitely did not see that coming at all.
I guess the comparisons to Attack on Titan aren't unfounded then. Damn shame. Enju is a real cutie. If they adapt that far, I'm hoping for a Disney Death.
edited 8th Apr '14 10:28:17 PM by HopefullySane

Also creepy loli stuff.
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