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Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#1: Jan 21st 2022 at 9:36:31 AM

Anime continues to happen

    Spring 

Lotta big name sequels, some new stuff of note... and twitter manga

Edited by Hylarn on Apr 6th 2022 at 3:36:07 AM

Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#2: Jan 21st 2022 at 9:57:31 AM

Definitely watching: ascendance of a bookworm, Kaguya, spy X family, your boy kongming

Kind of curious: fanfare of adolescence (I'm curious about the girl character since the setting seems to be an all boys school even though she's not the protagonist), executioner and her way of life (not usually a Yuri person but the dynamic in the story interests me even if some of the designs frustrate me)

I absolutely cannot help but adore handsome 2D boys
Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#3: Jan 21st 2022 at 10:15:33 AM

Lotta stuff this season comes with ~pedigree~

  • Aharen-san is from the creator of Denki-gai no Honya-san
  • Black Rock Shooter comes to us from a generally good director and the guy that did the script work for the parts of Psycho-Pass that people actually liked (and a bunch of other fairly well-liked stuff)
  • A Couple of Cuckoos is from the same person that made Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches
  • The Dawn of the Witch is in continuity with Grimoire of Zero
  • Estab-Life is promoting Taniguchi being involved, but he's really only working on the movie version. This version has the director of Is the order a rabbit? and creator of Full Metal Panic! on board instead
  • Healer Girl has the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood director... and the writer of AMAIM and Build Diversnote 
  • Heroine Tarumono is part of some music story franchise thing that also includes Our Love Has Always Been 10 Centimeters Apart.
  • In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki is, unsurprisingly, from the same person as Teasing Master Takagi-san

Other comments:

  • With BRS and Virgin Road we've got edgy lesbians is both SF and Fantasy flavours. Almost expect a surprise Murcielago announcement to get a modern day take
  • Lotta 3DCG. BRS and Estab-Life are almost entirely that, and Skeleton Knight is using it for the MC
  • The Executioner and Her Way of Life, Spy X Family, and Summer Time Rendering all come to me highly recommended
  • Black Rock Shooter and Summer Timer Rendering got picked up Disney for some reason. Probably not going to be on Disney+ proper, though

Edited by Hylarn on Jan 21st 2022 at 11:26:10 AM

32ndfreeze Since: Mar, 2012
#4: Jan 21st 2022 at 2:51:19 PM

This looks like a fairly good season for me.

Spy X Family is something I'll certainly be watching.

Demon Girl Next Door S2 I've been looking forward to for ages.

Love Live! Nijigasaki S2 is another I'm looking forward to. I didn't expect to enjoy it anywhere near as much as I did. Interesting to see if Yandere Ayuma shows up again or if that just gets ignored.

Not sure about The Executioner and her Way of Life the descriptions I've read of it rub me the wrong way. Most of the time I'm not a fan of Isekai that gets too meta about it. So I might give it an episode or three to see how it goes.

Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#5: Jan 21st 2022 at 4:02:34 PM

Not sure about The Executioner and her Way of Life the descriptions I've read of it rub me the wrong way. Most of the time I'm not a fan of Isekai that gets too meta about it. So I might give it an episode or three to see how it goes.

From what I've read of it (the first arc), "meta" is not how I'd describe it. The isekai element is... not unimportant, but only one part of the broader story. Not a mean-spirited attack on isekai, if that's what you're worried about

jun_kagami Since: Oct, 2018
#6: Jan 21st 2022 at 7:45:25 PM

So far Shikimori and Spy x Family is must watched for me, especially Shikimori since it's one of my favorite currently running manga. There's also the Netflix anime movie, Bubble, which has a rather stacked staff. Other than that, maybe Kaguya season 3, Summertime Rendering and Kakkou no Iinazuke. I can't wait for Summer, Futo Tantei time!

fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#7: Jan 21st 2022 at 8:17:44 PM

Random thoughts:

  • Still a bit funny to me that Disney picked up BRS and Summer Time Rendering.
  • Spy X Family is looking fantastic from the previews I’ve seen, tempted to also watch the anime.
  • A Couple of Cuckoos has messy writing and confused characterization. Right now I am telling people not to watch it.
  • There’s several sequels there I really wanna see but Tiger and Bunny has to be the biggest one.

Chariot King of Anime Since: Jul, 2014
King of Anime
#8: Jan 21st 2022 at 8:36:03 PM

Looking at that list DAL, LL, T&B, and YGO are the big ones for me.

thuse from see timezone Since: Oct, 2020 Relationship Status: Whoa, they're bisexual! I didn't know that!
#11: Jan 27th 2022 at 10:36:02 PM

Of all the upcoming spring anime, I'm of course looking forward to Spy x Family (which I'm going in blind), but I'm also looking forward to Tomodachi Game (because I'm a sucker for thrillers) and Fanfare of Adolescence (because it has seiyuu I like).
[up] This too is interesting! Sweets, seinen, Kansai-ben...

Edited by thuse on Jan 28th 2022 at 2:38:40 AM

Cortez from Parts Unknown (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
#12: Jan 28th 2022 at 10:38:06 AM

Is the original Tiger and Bunny good?

Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#13: Jan 28th 2022 at 11:07:51 AM

I can't give a strong opinion of it cause I didn't so much "watch" it as a child as I skipped around to see Kotetsu's scenes but I remember it being pretty well thought out and enjoyable.

I absolutely cannot help but adore handsome 2D boys
fillerdude Since: Jul, 2010
#14: Jan 28th 2022 at 12:51:02 PM

Tiger and Bunny was a good superhero action series. It really dives into the concept of corporate-sponsored superheroes (there’s even a guy who made it his gimmick to photobomb media shots/footage to show off his sponsors). Also thought it was interesting that one of the protagonists, Tiger, is a middle-aged has-been. The CG was also pretty good for something from… 2010? 2011?

Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#17: Feb 22nd 2022 at 12:36:30 PM

I have not watched a single episode of detective Conan but I know that dude as "That one guy that a LOT of Japanese women make self insert art for. Like, a LOT of it"

I absolutely cannot help but adore handsome 2D boys
slimcoder The Head of the Hydra Since: May, 2013
The Head of the Hydra
#18: Feb 22nd 2022 at 12:38:52 PM

Yeah I recall info that this guy is extremely massively popular.

Edited by slimcoder on Feb 22nd 2022 at 12:38:59 PM

"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Hylarn (Don’t ask)
32ndfreeze Since: Mar, 2012
#20: Mar 1st 2022 at 3:16:36 PM

Was that surprising?

I never watched it, but I was under the impression it was very popular going by the buzz around it.

Or is it a case where its less popular in Japan?

Mami Since: Oct, 2017 Relationship Status: Faithful to 2D
#21: Mar 1st 2022 at 11:09:20 PM

It's not and they announced season 2 immediately season 1 ended

I absolutely cannot help but adore handsome 2D boys
TropayXion The i. one. from HEART Since: Jul, 2011 Relationship Status: Complex: I'm real, they are imaginary
The i. one.
#22: Mar 1st 2022 at 11:17:26 PM

It's kind of surprising that S2 is arriving *this* quickly, it only just finished up. Or it was actually a split cour the whole time.

BattleRaizer from Realm of Khorne Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#23: Mar 1st 2022 at 11:22:43 PM

There're lot of anime has their season 2 announced right after season 1 ended lately.

E.T technically is a Isekai movie
Hylarn (Don’t ask)
#24: Mar 2nd 2022 at 12:59:14 AM

    Personal impressions of what's coming up (barring most sequels) 

Comedy

Aharen-san wa Hakarenai

It's basically a CGDCT series, except the main character is a bland boy

Deaimon

Starts out as a goofy comedy, but pretty quickly moves into being a drama with occasional comedy. Doesn't really try to educate the audience on wagashi

Detective Conan: Zero's Tea Time

Slice of life comedy with a bit of a food focus. Comprehensible without familiarity with the main work, though I'm not sure it gives much reason to care on it's own

In the Heart of Kunoichi Tsubaki

Not really sure what to make of this one—The girls are in fetish wear, but there's no fanservice to speak of; it's about a girl discovering she's interested in boys, but there's no males; it's a comedy, but it's not funny

Kono Healer, Mendokusai

The joke is that the fighter is weak and the healer has a sharp tongue. It's alright, but I can't see it working well in full-length episodes (I'm not sure what run time to expect)

RPG Real Estate

Cute girls doing cute things, and house-hunting, which I guess is the new comedy micro-genre? From what I read of the manga, it's mostly CGDCT, and a fairly standard take, at that

Shachiku-san wa Yо̄jo Yuurei ni Iyasaretai

Unsurprisingly, it's one of those "I want to be healed by a cute girl" series. The manga leans towards the comedic side of the genre, though the anime's promotional material is emphasizing the relaxing elements

Spy X Family

Oh hey, it's the latest Big Deal Series. Part spy spoof, part domestic comedy. And there's some actual action

Ya Boy Kongming

Fish out of Temporal Water: the series. There's more to it, of course, but from what I've read (all pretty early), much of the entertainment values comes from the title character acting out-of-place

Sports

Aoashi

It's a sports series, on the more shounen, big emotions side. Not sure how well this'll adapt to anime; the manga has a distinct style that gives it much of it's charm

Birdie Wing

Looks like it's going to be pretty bombastic; larger-than-life characters being very serious about golf. Like, I guess undergroundnote  golf is a thing in this series?

Dance Dance Danseur

First and foremost a drama

Fanfare of Adolescence

Looks like a pretty standard youth drama, just with more bougie trappings than usual

Love All Play

Uh, it looks like a fairly run-of-the-mill sports story? It's based on a novel, so you'd expect something more drama-focused, but the promotional material has been very sports-standard. ...Also none of the PVs so far have much animation to speak of, which concerning

Action

Black Rock★★Shooter DAWN FALL

So, Black Rock★Shooter started as a series of loosely connected drawings. Then someone made a music video about it, and it really blew up. The first adaptation was a (very good) OVA, which seemed to be an attempt to add context and narrative to the fight, while still keeping everything mysterious. Then there was a TV anime, which was basically an adaptation of the OVA, though it did pull from the original drawings when appropriate. The game, ...The Game, seemed to be an attempt to adapt Black Rock★Shooter as a character— It's the only version that gives BRS her sword, cannon, and bike, but also the only version not to include any of the other characters. Innocent Soul, a manga, was rather transparently the mangaka using the assignment as an excuse to tell a story they'd had kicking around in their head for a while. DAWN FALL's main drive seems to be... having an identity distinct from the other animated versions? I'd say that this is dumb, but since I've already seen people assume it must be connected to The Game purely on the basis of being a sci-fi take, I can see their point

Anyway, the director's done a wide variety of things, generally fairly well. The writer is pretty good, and has a more narrow band of interests: near-future SF, yuri, and general trashiness. So, uh, probably going to be fairly gay, and probably fairly edgy

The Dawn of the Witch

Related to Grimoire Of Zero. I think it's a sequel series with new main characters? Might be a bit difficult to follow, depending on how much they explain. Anyway, it's a decent enough fantasy adventure. Does a kind of odd thing where the main viewpoint character is a mildly interesting dude, but the main character is definitely this lolibaba witch

The Executioner and Her Way of Life

Involves isekai, but is absolutely not the standard narou-kei, nor really commentary on it. The best point of reference might be PS2-era JRPGs? Lots of worldbuilding, magitech, characters with big personalities. I quite enjoyed what I read of this one

The Greatest Demon Lord is Reborn as a Typical Nobody

Generic power fantasy

Skeleton Knight in Another World

Pretty standard isekai. People who are into isekai say it's a bit better than usual

Summer Time Rendering

The official summary is... uninformative, so this is about a bodysnatcher invasion of sorts, with time loops. It's pretty fun! Something of a Genius Thriller, with a fair amount of horror and action as well

Tomodachi Game

It's... very seinen. Kinda ugly, edgy but not in a chuuni way, the works

Trapped in a Dating Sim: The World of Otome Games is Tough for Mobs

Okay, so, first, this is mostly a standard narou-kei isekai with some mild otome isekai trappings. From what I've heard, it starts off seeming kind of pathetic and sexist, then works it's way past that into something decent... then just turns into a generic isekai

Yuusha Yamemasu

It's mostly what you'd expect from the premise. Fairly tropey, a bit more serious than comedic. Biggest surprise to me is that the main character is kind of scummy

Romance

A Couple of Cuckoos

Harem comedy from the creator of Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches. Mild drama, not much fanservice

Heroine Tarumono! Kiraware Heroine to Naisho no Oshigoto

An adaptation of part of one of those vocaloid song series. A really long one, focused on romance and idols. There's already been a couple of movies and another TV anime for it (Our Love Has Always Been 10 Centimeters Apart.)

Love After World Domination

Sugary-cute romance. Really too much so for my taste. Also has some okay comedy

Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie

It's about gap moe. The main girl is capable of being both cute and cool, so each chapter tends to be her being in one mode for most of it, until switching a the end. It is... very twitter manga. It did pick up a bit of continuity in serialization, but still doesn't have much plot or supporting cast, to the best of my knowledge

????

Estab-Life: Great Escape

It looks like they took the basic concept of those teen dystopias that used to be all the rage ("Oh no, the evil government dividing people by their traits!), and then went full-on anime camp with it. Anyway, while the much-hyped Tanigushi isn't particularly involved in this version, the staff is still pretty good. Worth keeping an eye on

Healer Girl

Has a good director and arguably the industry's worst writer. There is a wide range of realistic possibility for the quality of this anime

Sequel stuff

Date A Live IV

Staff got changed. Shares the director with the Date A Bullet spinoff, and the writer has done good work elsewhere. Should be fine?

Shin Ikki Tousen

Based on a sequel manga, but I don't think the anime will be skipping anything? Provided you've been keeping up with the OVAs, of course

Tiger & Bunny 2

It's a sequel to the movies, though I hear they don't really change the status quo. Has a new director, and that might matter. Not much experience with comedy

Edited by Hylarn on Mar 2nd 2022 at 6:41:12 AM

BattleRaizer from Realm of Khorne Since: Apr, 2016 Relationship Status: THIS CONCEPT OF 'WUV' CONFUSES AND INFURIATES US!
#25: Mar 2nd 2022 at 5:15:51 AM

I wouldn't call Mob Isekai sexist, more like the MC got trapped in a game that he didn't like and complain a lot about it setting. Imagine a game where it try to appeal to it demographic fantasy and then someone who has clearly not the target demographic got trapped in it.

E.T technically is a Isekai movie

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