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Diamite Rainy Echoes Since: Jul, 2013
Rainy Echoes
#101: Jan 9th 2016 at 12:59:10 AM

Haruchika: Sound Euphonium with mystery vibes? Interesting.

It's Sweets Time with Dagashi Kashi and Old man and Marshmallows. DK's first episode was funny, and I didn't know that umaibou was that versatile. Sweet education. Oh, and Saya's face and hair reminds me of Kaoru. And OMM's funny.

Pandora Ghost Urn: This is gonna be fun. I can feel it.

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#102: Jan 9th 2016 at 1:07:12 AM

Got around to watching Divine Gate, I don't get what everyone is panning it for, of the shows I've watched this season its the best one. I don't see the chunni/terrible writing and I don't get why everyone is so butthurt about the MC being "dark".

I don't see anyone having issues with the protagonist? For it being chuuni... you did notice the opening monologue right?

Silentedge89 Since: Apr, 2012
#103: Jan 9th 2016 at 1:45:21 AM

ANN reviews slammed it.

The opening narration didn't strike me as anything too much up its own ass. Have you seen some of the poems from Bleach? Those are more cringe worthy.

mwisse Since: Apr, 2009
#104: Jan 9th 2016 at 2:24:23 AM

[up] For me it wasn't so much the dark and troubled past of our protagonist, but the hammy way in which it was shown: "it never stopped raining in your heart" and all that, not to mention that every time the focus was solely on him it felt like watching a different series from the rest of the show.

Iaculus Pronounced YAK-you-luss from England Since: May, 2010
Pronounced YAK-you-luss
#105: Jan 9th 2016 at 3:58:56 AM

He can only eat cold food... because of his cold heart. If you can't see what's funny about that, your sense of humour may need to go in for servicing.

What's precedent ever done for us?
Silentedge89 Since: Apr, 2012
#106: Jan 9th 2016 at 10:42:37 AM

I kind of usually just turn my brain off when I know its not a thinky anime, I guess lol

Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#107: Jan 9th 2016 at 12:12:53 PM

Koukaku no Pandora Sci-fi can be kind of intense, especially when we don't know what Uzal and Clarion's motivations are, but it seems cool, and I do like the cyborg angle. Comical, but with a lot of action. The characters are all very hammy so it's fun.

Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
Silentedge89 Since: Apr, 2012
#108: Jan 9th 2016 at 2:35:21 PM

Luck and Logic was pretty good.

Bubuki Buranki is confusing as fuck and hard to follow but its also pretty alright.

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#109: Jan 9th 2016 at 2:44:53 PM

Oshiete! Galko-chan: A comedy show that goes into some very unladylike humor, Galko-chan pulls no punches in what topics characters will discuss, but it's not all just dirty jokes for the shock value either. I think I got my comedy short of the season.

Koukaku no Pandora:Well, that was weird, I think "yuri magic girl Ghost in the Shell" is indeed the best way to describe it. It's lighthearted and funny, the characters are quirky, the action is good, and the world looks cool I'll keep watching.

SebastianGray (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#110: Jan 9th 2016 at 4:11:24 PM

Bubuki Buranki seems interesting, if confusing, and has some cool character designs. I'm not much of a fan of the animation but I will admit it is better than some CGI anime I have seen.

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#111: Jan 9th 2016 at 4:22:26 PM

Luck & Logic: In the future we'll discover this amazing thing called Logic! Who knew it'll take us so long? Jokes aside the first episode was pretty good, even if I did get a feeling as if I was watching a second half of a series. Main characters seem pretty okay. I like the Paradox effects and Trance forms. Will follow for now.

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#112: Jan 9th 2016 at 5:15:08 PM

Bubuki Buranki: Interesting, good style, reasonably well made, the characters look like ass

Luck & Logic: Passable but not quite good in basically every respect

Komugi-chan R: Sub-par all-around. I suspect this would make me angry if I was familiar with Komugi, but I'm not, so it's just eminently forgettable

HanabiraKage (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#113: Jan 9th 2016 at 9:35:49 PM

I read somewhere that the ED of the PSO 2 anime was an actual song from the game (to be exact, it's from a performance on the stage in the ARKS ship).

So here you go:

Sterok Since: Apr, 2012
#114: Jan 9th 2016 at 10:08:15 PM

So are people happy that Phantasy Star Online 2 got an official western release?

Silentedge89 Since: Apr, 2012
SebastianGray (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#116: Jan 10th 2016 at 4:29:24 PM

Dimension W seems cool with an nice setting and some good characters but for some reason I felt that the tone was somewhat inconsistent. I t does have the best opening of the series I have seen so far this season though.

Hai to Gensou no Grimgar is slow but seems like it has some potential with some funny moments but is a bit meh overall at the moment.

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#117: Jan 10th 2016 at 6:01:33 PM

Grimgar: Good style, good direction, decent writing. Will be watching unless the next episode or so screws up spectaularly

Dimension W: High production values, somewhat unusual premise, and that's about it. Direction is odd, dialogue isn't great, and the world-building is laughable

Schwarzesmarken: Does not have the budget to do what it wants to do. There's other things going on here, but when the first episode looks this bad...

KazuyaProta Shin Megami Tensei IV from A Industrial Farm Since: Jan, 2015 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
Shin Megami Tensei IV
#118: Jan 10th 2016 at 6:51:08 PM

No one want talk about Sekkou Boys? The series about Sculpture Idols?.

Was fun. Really.

edited 10th Jan '16 6:51:20 PM by KazuyaProta

Watch me destroying my country
Ruise Nyanpasu~ from your subconscious Since: Jan, 2001 Relationship Status: It's not my fault I'm not popular!
Nyanpasu~
#119: Jan 10th 2016 at 9:37:19 PM

Grimgar Um wow, I went in expecting nothing and it's actually really good!? For one thing, I really adore the pastel backgrounds! Also the guys are hot (I don't usually say that, but, muscles). But I just really like the mellow atmosphere, and the pacing...the music is quite nice, acoustic guitar...It takes place in a seemingly cliche fantasy RPG world, but I like that it doesn't use all the typical anime cliches. It's very, very atmospheric. Don't know if it's just me, but I felt like I was in that world while watching it. This may actually be the anime I get into the most this season.

Loves feel-good animation a whole lot.
mwisse Since: Apr, 2009
#120: Jan 10th 2016 at 11:44:28 PM

Dimension W was the series that looked the most interesting in the previews and The Gods Themselves know I like any setting that revolves around a proper science fiction concept and follows through, but the male lead came across as a jackass in the first episode so my interest has flagged a little.

Grimgar seems to be another "players trapped in the database, database" type of show, but won points by not having the characters realise that themselves and being realistic about how difficult it would be for normal people thrown freshly into a fantasy world to adjust and actually start slaying 'monsters'.

Schwarzesmarken: I realis this is a spinoff of something else, but it does seem strange to have a mecha fighting alien monsters show set in 1980s East Germany of all places. Both the mecha and monster designs look godawful and the animation itself is not much better.

Nurse Witch Komugi R slapstick magical girl show. Kinda meh.

Niji-iro Days had to stop watching this halfway through as it was just too generic.

Ooya-san wa Shishunki! two minute shorts about a middle school girl landlord. Just enough time to introduce the characters, no real comedy yet.

Shlugo_the_great King of Burgers from Far Far Away (On A Trope Odyssey) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
King of Burgers
#121: Jan 11th 2016 at 5:08:42 AM

Bubuki Buranki: The acing left me a bit confused, but it seems interesting enough. Some of the character designs are pretty weird though.

Midgetsnowman Since: Jan, 2010
#122: Jan 11th 2016 at 8:25:46 AM

well. after one episode Active Raid looks pretty promising to me.

CmdrStriker Since: Jun, 2013 Relationship Status: Hooked on a feeling
#123: Jan 11th 2016 at 12:19:01 PM

It does look to have a comedy side, to avoid the descent into the grimdark dystopia of a future with mechanized crime.

Active Raid reminds me of Patlabor, in that regard. We'll see if it gets bogged down by Drama! or if remains a bit light.

SebastianGray (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#124: Jan 11th 2016 at 1:12:01 PM

Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut/Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle (aka Dragon Infinite Stratos) was better than I thought it would be with the Drag-Rides being quite cool and a reasonably good bit of action. The characters aren't anything new but the series was seems to have some potential overall.

TropayXion The i. one. from HEART Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
The i. one.
#125: Jan 11th 2016 at 1:58:59 PM

BBK/BRNK - Animation so smooth my laptop struggles to play it at 720. Other than that, I... don't have a lot to say about it. It's... um... there. Might drop this next episode.

Schwarz Marken - I... am not gonna pretend I know a thing about how people felt about others in East/West Germany, but is that really a thing you should be focusing on during an alien invasion? Well, either way, MC's quite a dick.

Landlord Is In Puberty - Well, they're short.

Pandora in the Crimson Shell - Instant favourite for me. Lots of cute and silly. Can't wait for more of this.

Girls Beyond the Wasteland - Looks okay. Not exactly Saekano-tier fun, but not too bad.

Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash - Oh hey, this could be quite good. Definitely gonna be following this.

Ended up dropping Divine Gate about ten minutes in. Did not like that at all.


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