The New Release Club's General discussion

Go watch Sakura Trick.
It’s actually quite alright, provided you aren’t turned off by 3-4 kisses every episode.

Who would be! It's for this reason that I'm smiling the whole time during every episode.

 

Late response to this @Metazoxan but I got distracted by other stuffMetazoxan wrote:
I think the reason she “reverted” was because she was forced to change too quickly. So when everyone allowed her to live her way she kidna shifted back. But notice that since the father thing was resolved she’s not quite as wild about it. Not her fantasies seem more like a hobby than an obession. Maybe it’s just me but during season 1 it seemed like she was really trying to believe her fantasies were real where as in this season she is just pretending they are real for fun.
Over all I don’t hate this season because I am finding it at least fun to watch but it’s also been rather disappointing because season 1 was much better. While I can see your point that it was too sudden for her to just stop everything because she was forced to, but I also think it was a way too quick of a regression as well. There was that Christmas OVA in between the series as well and from memory it appeared that she was doing okay. I’m not saying her reverting was a bad thing but it all happened way too quickly without an explanation provided by the character herself. Although a least you can still enjoy it, I’ve lost all enjoyment for it, I am currently finding it only 6 worthy compared to the first seasons initial thoughts of 8.Metazoxan wrote:
So what from this season would you guys recomend? I’m trying to see if there are any good ones I missed because while most of the shows I’m watching aren’t exactly drop worthy to me several are just to meh Honestly apart from second seasons and longer shows from previous seasons there is nothing I’d really recommend from these winter months. The best ones are only good worthy, there is nothing great that I am currently watching. Believe it or not I think the short series are actually better than the normal length ones so I’d say to definitely check out Tonari no Seki Kun because it is just pure fun. For actual series you may like Noragami, supernatural with a shounen vibe and some potential, how good it is actually going to be is hard to guess but for me it is 7-ish
How is Mahou Sensou, I couldn’t be bothered watching any more, and since it just looks like another boring shounen, magic/supernatural show.
I'd put Chuunibyou as maybe a 6 as well. Maybe a 6.5 or 7 if it finishes strongly but probably a 6. I'm enjoying it well enough but I don't like how it feels like it's pruposfully stalling just to avoid having to move onto other issues. Like the thing with Nibutani and Dekomori. That is what I see as the only real flaw with season 2.But anyway if you can suggest any "Good not great" shows that might be good. Just something that might be at least better than some of the stuff on my current list. It's kinda weird how the fall season was just overflowing with shows that were either really good or I at least enjoyed yet this season has next to nothing. Even if the Winter doesn't always have much doesn't this Winter seem a bit more dissapointing than usual?Anyway as far as Mahou Sensou goes it's....... another boring shounen, magic/supernatural show. All of the characters are boring the magic is really nothing special and the villains so far just appear to be your "Destroy/take over the world" types. One way this show could impress me would be if the MC ended up with his childhood friend instead of ditching her for the mysterious girl like EVERY OTHER SHONEN OF THIS TYPE! But yeah he MC is an idiot who can't figure out the two female characters like him, there is a somewhat hot headed but fairly dependable best friend, an attractive childhood friend who clearly doesn't stand a chance yet is too afraid to confess to him. The villains want to kill all non magicians and presumably take over the world because..... well they are evil. Nothing in this show is bad exactly it's just text book shonen to a T and as a shonen fan who has seen a lot I'm just finding it really boring. If the characters were at least fun to watch then this could at least be a fairly enjoyable series but they are all so flat that there is just nothing remarkable about any of them. Oh did I forget to mention it's strongly hinted hat his brother is working with the bad guys and that his mother may secretly be a part of these group of sages that saved the world? So we have the evil brother and the parent with a secret past cliches as well.The pacing is also pretty slow and the few things that seem like they could have been interesting were rather poorly executed. Some things like how things work or why characters do certain things don't make much sense either. The more I think about it the more I think I should just drop this already but I hate dropping series so....... I'll think about it later. Even Strike the Blood is better at least IMO because at least it's characters aren't a complete bore and it's setting and pacing are better. Strike the blood is still pretty average so I'd only give it a 5 or 5.5 at best. But Mahou Sensou i'd probably give a 4 because it's worse than average it's just bland.

 

I’ve only been watching new releases since part way through 2012, so I’ve only experienced one other winter season but I can’t remember specifically any titles so I’d imagine this time is always slow. I think a range of meh to good is all I’m going to be expecting from this time period from now on since the only really good shows are either continuing or 2nd season.
Okay for good shows then I’d recommend Noragami, it is the same shounen supernatural genre with decent enough characters, all I can say is that at least I’m not finding it boring. At most it is 7 worthy for me but in comparison to strike the blood and tokyo ravens it is much better.
Definitely the short series Tonari no Seki Kun, it is enjoyable just watching kids screw around in class instead of paying attention. At 7 minutes an episode it is a pretty good watch.
And possibly Wake Up Girls, I rated the prequel movie an 8 so I really liked it, but the series has taken away something an I’m not sue what. For now it is 7 worthy to me but I’d definitely recommend checking out the 50 min movie that was released before ep 1 first and decide for yourself.
What I would recommend from last season for you if you can catch up is Nagi no Asukara, from PA Works it is a good drama series with the most complex romantic links I’ve ever seen. The coming of age story coupled with a certain situation makes for an interesting first half and the series is still good even now that it is 20 episodes through.

I find the anime list for last winter
http://i1.minus.com/ibfb4amzrNugez.jpg
yeah it looks like winter is always slow like Amnesia and Ore no Kanojo. I guess I just noticed the slowness more than usual since the Fall season was one of the best ones I've seen IMO.

Well if you're rating Norugami better than those two which I find okay (Not great but better than Mahou Sensou) then I'll probably enjoy that. If I do drop Mahou Sensou then I'll probably replase it with that. I'll give those other suggestions a look as well.




I thought as much, I’m glad I never gave this one a chance because I’m honestly watching enough garbage already. To be as cliche ridden as that with boring characters and uninspired special abilities, they really should have reconsidered making it. I also hate how romance is just thrown in because everything has to have it as a background theme.

Man that show sounds bad, and considering I’m rating strike the blood 5 currently [it has raised my impression of it ever so slightly since I last judged it] it sounds like I’d find watching this almost unbearable.

Yeah I'm really regretting picking this one over Noragami. Both seemed like equally interesting Shonen based on their descriptions so it was just luck of the draw unless you knew the studios really well or something which I do not.

The main character is probably the worst one. I can't seem to really pin a personality on him and not because he's complex but just because he's so plain and a little inconsistent at times. All I can tell is he's your typical nice guy who will rush to save a girl he just met (No questions asked) and probably wouldn't know a girl liked him if she went up and kissed him (That hasn't happened but I wouldn't doubt it). And I'm just sick of that character type. It's also the kinda show that tries to be mysterious by just not really telling you stuff so there is no mystery or suspense just confusion.

Kill La Kill is a good example of how to do that part right. Kill La Kill tells you plenty and doesn't make you feel like they are holding back more than they need to for a cheap "Plot twist" but at the same time they tell you info in such a way that it's hard to guess the full picture. Like with all the stuff that happened recently. I didn't expect any of this to happen but looking back on it there were hints to some of this stuff (like Ryoko talking to Senketsu was probably a hint that she was fused with life fibers) and other stuff just had no opportunity to be mentioned.

But enough about that thanks for the advice hopefully I can brighten up this dull season if only just a little.

 

3 more cast members have been added to Mahōka Kōkō no Rettōsei's cast:
Kana Hanazawa as Mayumi Saegusa
Mai Nakahara as Suzune Ichihara
Saki Ogasawara as Azusa Nakajō

Spoiler

This means I have to watch it now.

 

kana hanazawa.... ;3

 

kana hanazawa…. ;3


Mai Nakahara.
Dude, it's gonna happen, she's gonna come back.

 

Noobs wrote:
kana hanazawa…. ;3Mai Nakahara.
Dude, it’s gonna happen, she’s gonna come back.
hmm havent heard nakahara's voice in a while now. lets just keep your fingers crossed that the staff wont make any last minute decisions.

 

Sir Maddy wrote:
Noobs wrote:
kana hanazawa…. ;3Mai Nakahara.
Dude, it’s gonna happen, she’s gonna come back.hmm havent heard nakahara’s voice in a while now. lets just keep your fingers crossed that the staff wont make any last minute decisions.
Someone needs to watch Hiugrashi Kaku then.

 

This anime is always the high point of my week.

 

This anime is always the high point of my week.



Holy shit I actually caught up to this.
Worth it, those kiss scenes.

Also:
Noragami >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Magical Shitfare

 

Yeah they both seemed to have some sort of potential but its too bad that a few of them decided to just do nothing at all. At least with Noragami there is what I find to be interesting aspects instead of just the typical themes [although it is somewhat easy to guess what they will do next after situation x happens]. I was just lucky to choose Noragami over it I suppose, I had no idea about the company behind it but the more defining supernatural tag was what caught my attention.
So while it is the typical shounen and easy to guess what will occur next at times it does have a certain hint of mystery that they haven’t yet told us much about. Although since about 2 eps ago they added more fan service which I was disappointed about, it was pretty much devoid from it previously which I thought was rare for a new series of this genre.

I watched about 4 or 5 episodes of Noragami and it's looking pretty good. The MC is fairly eccentric but still kinda normal and has some good complexity to his actions. The rest of the cast mostly range from average to decent which is good and the world itself is fairly normal but with supernatural elements hidden from normal peoples eyes. It's a supernatural series that wants you to feel like it is our world and the supernatural elements are the things we can't see. This is definitely much better than that Magical warfare show which was just "Yeah magic exists, there is a world where magicians all want to kill each other for vaguely established or generic reasons, lets all go there and fight!".

Noragami certainly isn't a masterpiece but it seems to know what it wants to do, who it wants to entertain, and how to do that. I feel like the writers at least gave a damn when making this and I'm actually interested in what happens next. Thanks for suggesting this.


BTW it might be a bit early to talk about this but what do you think about how the Spring line up?
http://anichart.net/spring

The thing I noticed first was FAIRY TAIL IS BACK! I bet Spor will be happy about that.

 

Here's what I'll be watching in Spring:

TV:
Akuma no Riddle
Atelier Escha & Logy ~Tasogare no Sora no Renkinjutsushi~
Black Bullet
Blade & Soul
Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?
Hitsugi no Chaika
Kenzen Robo Daimidaler
Mahou Shoujo Taisen
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei (I hate you Mai Nakahara, how dare you be in this show)
Mekaku City Actors
Sadon Desu
Selector Infected WIXOSS
Soul Eater Not!

Movie:
Tamako Love Story

Short:
Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san

OVA/ONA/Special:
Choujigen Game Neptune: The Animation OVA
Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi OVA
Mitsuwano

 

Knight's gonna be watching Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san then, it is the only short on there at the moment.
Also, you gotta watch Akuma no Riddle with me, so we can discuss it.

 

Oh well, at least we can calmly discuss Inugami-san together.

 

@supernatural-knight You know how you said you were not going to pick up Fairy Tail if it was just began from the start?
This is actually a direct sequel, it's continuing on where the anime left off.

 

Abarenbou Kishi Matsutarou [from the creator of Ashita no Joe which I've only heard good things about]
Haikyuu [because a volleyball I've not really heard about before, although there apparently was one back in the 70's or something]
Love Live 2nd season [because the first was great]
Ping Pong the animation
Ryuugajou nanana no maizoukin [because it is airing on noitaminA and I watch everything that airs there now]
Sidonia no Kishi [that CG effect looks great, love me some CG anime]
Selector Infected Wixoss [sounds dark enough, I hope it doesn't disappoint]
Fairy Tail [only if new footage not starting from the very beginning]
Soul Eater Not
And basically any short series that is airing next season that I am told about
As for Movies I will be watching all 4 of the young animator training projects and a few of the OVA’s


I see. I don't think you need to worry about Fairy Tail it's listed at Fairy Tail(2014) which likely means new plus they wouldn't list in on anime charts if it was just reruns.

A few I'm looking forward to
Date A Live 2nd Season- I liked season one well enough so hopefully season 2 doesn't waste time and continues the story.
No Game No Life- It looks interesting
One or two of the Mecha one the chart
Fairy Tail
Soul Eater Not!

there are a few other potentially intersting ones but I can't say enough about them yet to judge them one way or the other.