Okay, first batch of impressions:
Akuma no Riddle: Quite good! Not high art, but definitely entertaining. Some differences from the manga, but they're mostly improvements. Also, best OP and ED so far
Blade & Soul: Despite what you'd probably expect, does not really resemble Queens Blade. Low on fanservice, high on self-seriousness. Very GONZO. And kinda boring. Has some moments of excellent animation, but they're buried in a mountain of mediocre animation. Not really bad, but you probably have better things to watch
selector infected WIXOSS: Strongly resembles Madoka Magica tonally and somewhat thematically. Which is a good thing if you don't automatically hate it for being a ripoff, as MadoMagi was excellent. Best put-together episode of the batch
Mushishi: Is Mushishi. Style changes from the special carried over. Has some moments with no real background, but it works. Still not really planning to follow
Jojo: Eh. The only enjoyment I found was from the ham. Mediocre animation, uninteresting fights and designs, and nothing suggesting much plot
That's almost exactly like what I expected, although I had no basis for it whatsoever. Mostly the "boring" part though.
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Yeah, the opening looks incredibly cheap, and the songs stink. I have no idea what they're going for with the songs because they sound really similar, and it seriously sounds like two different people composed it, one doing the vocals and the other the instrumentation and they didn't talk to each other at all.
...So, Daimidaler.
...uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
This is either going to be the worst or the most amazing. On the one hand, the penguin dudes are like, the most hilarious mooks ever and everything they do is the best. On the other...uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, I am really /really/ not sure if the whole 'be a raging pervert to power this giant robot' is going to work out. Like, maybe it could've been amusing, but the way it was executed made me feel very uncomfortable.
...We will see. Also apparently...Hindu? mythology is somehow related. I don't know either.
Why do you fight? Why do you exist?so opinions of stuff I watched up till now Majin Bone: that was awful. will give it 2 other episdes before dropping it
Jo Jo: IT'S BASED JOJO ORAORAORAORAORAORA!/10
Akuma no Riddle: interesting. shall keep watching
Daimidaler: that was hilarious. hoping someone will add subs to the AT-X raw though. since Funi censored every single Nippleshot with Lightbeams
Captain Earth: Can't wait until next episode
edited 5th Apr '14 12:52:57 PM by bassgs435
Captain Earth: Anyone else thought Eureka SeveN while watching? Not to knock the first ep, I really liked it (the animation tho), but I had that in mind throughout the entire episode.
Vote. .#Bayonetta 4 Smash@Jojo: Part I is really...Really outdated, so yes, tons of people only enjoy it for the ham.
It gets better, later on. A lot better. Come Part II and the series goes from "unintentionally hilarious" to "batshit bananas."
...Wait a minute. The first few episodes of Jojo didn't have a lot of fighting at all.
edited 5th Apr '14 4:05:25 PM by Mrsunshinesprinkles
"Curry killed the pussy hoping that I could kill the hate in you" - Curry, D. "TABOO | TA13OO." TA13OO, PH, 2018Just finished watching Mahouka. Not entirely sure what to make of it. Tatsuya and Miyuki are both pretty dull so far to be honest, although the setting interests me. Erika is by far the best character though
Mahouka actually enticed me enough to read the first manga adaptation. I rather like it, especially since the protagonist's ability is basically stopping people from activating magic out of sheer genius, and being able to keep up in a fight out of sheer physical skill. (That's a spoiler for ~1-2 episodes more into the anime at their current pace)
The World Is Still Beautiful made me laugh quite a bit, but I won't be able to get a read on what the series is supposed to be until we truly meet Livius I next episode.
Dragonar Academy is almost exactly the same as the manga adaptation, so I have nothing good or bad to say on it at present.
...I'll also take this opportunity to say that I took a peek at the preview version of episode 1 of Kanojo ga Flag and hate what they're doing with it.
edited 5th Apr '14 5:57:01 PM by burnpsy
Mushishi is, indeed, as Mushishi as ever, a good watch. I read the chapter in the manga that episode 1 was based on, and it's not one of my favorites. The OP kind of stinks though. The instrumental ED is good.
Selector Infected Wixoss seems promising, or at least worth following! I plan to pay zero attention to the dynamics of the card game, but the characters are genuinely interesting already. I also agree that it feels like some Madoka Magica-level dramatic twists and psychological things are going to happen, but I wouldn't consider it a rip-off at all; only the tone is similar and the fact that it's about high school girls trying to get their wishes granted. There's a lot of different directions they could take it.
Planning to watch Kenzen Robo, Sekai wa Utsukushii, Akuma no Riddle, Kenzen Robo, and possibly Mahouka Koukou shortly. And maybe give Captain Earth a try, although I really don't care for giant robots, just because it's already got people talking it up.
edited 5th Apr '14 6:01:53 PM by Ruise
Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.

Is the Sub out for Akuma yet? I kinda have no illusions that it'll be objectively good, but Yuri Assassins sounds like something I could get behind.
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