I like to go back and read these little season previews and see how right I was. Anyway, I usually just do a quickie list and a short initial impression; please visit some of the other better crafted lists, like the one that Impz put together or the amazing collection of sprites that Aroduc gathered. As usual, my impressions are based on the art on the splash page and character profile page combined with the small PR plot summaries.
I have 3 shows that will soon be exiting my blogging lineup (ZnT2, Claymore, and Kaze no Stigma), so I will probably pick up 2 immediately and perhaps one after a few episodes. The tilda seems to be popular in This Upcoming Season ~The Fall Season 2007~.
Talk To Me
- Dragonaut ~ The Resonance: Fantastic artwork, plenty of characters to cheer for, and a goofy name. What more could you ask for? A lot of famous voice actors? Ok, done. World peace? Sorry, only one request per visit.
- Rental Magica: So will the sequel be Leased Magica? The art looks absolutely fantastic on the promotional images, and the hero has a criminally ugly eyepatch! The idea of various magical types possibly competing makes me wonder if this can settle some age old disputes (like if ninjas or pirates better).
- Gundam 00: I want to try blogging a current mecha (especially a Gundam) series from the beginning, so that I can have like 2 billion comments on the first and last entries. I am however, wary that it will be more than 26 episodes, and thus represent a huge commitment.
- Shakugan no Shana II: This one comes with a feeling of obligation. I was not that big a fan of Shana herself, and I worry that Marjorie will get her screen time cut like Kirche did in ZnT2. However, the lure of those wacky -tan clips and the easy parody points will probably keep me going.
Talk Me Into It
- ef -a tale of memories: Normally I would say no to this very standard adaptation, but the art so strongly resembles that of OtoBoku that I will give the series a chance.
- BLUE DROP~Tenshitachi no Gikyoku~: The concept of aliens scouting the Earth and coming to love humans could be epic, but I probably won’t blog the series.
- BAMBOO BLADE: If the art doesn’t plummet into badly animated stock footage, I will definitely give this series a chance. I have never seen a Kendo sports anime before, and am intrigued. However, I am already annoyed by Kojirou and I haven’t even met him yet.
- Goshuushousama Ninomiya-kun: Two girls take care of a chibi-guy. I’d say no, but with so few details available, it’s hard to deny this series outright.
- Moyasimon: Every time I see this title, I think Moyism. It will be interesting if these bacteria cause people to buy lots of anime goods. I might watch a few episodes to see if there is anything beyond the quirky hook.
- Prism Ark: This is a great example of a series that has great promotional art and will hook me into watching a few episodes in hope that a reasonable plot will develop.
- Myself; Yourself: The use of the semicolon has me very interested, so I will probably give this a chance. However, the very standard plot description turns me off, and I may be tired of romance series by then.
- Jyushin Enbu -Heros Tales-: The decision to go with dashes instead of tildas is an interesting one. I will likely give this a chance, because of the FMA art style, though.
- Genshiken 2: I didn’t really find this portion of the manga as interesting. I will probably still watch it, but I will almost definitely not pick it up as one of my series to blog.
Talk To The Hand
- GHOST HOUND: It looks ok, and there aren’t too many details out, but I have found that these trippy-scary shows often get rather boring midway through the season.
- Minami-ke/Minami-ke ~Okawari~: Looks to be the mind-numbing slice of life type that Ender so dearly loves. Art looks good, but I’ll probably pass on this one.
- CLANNAD: I have never watched Air or Kanon because the art style just drives me away. Yeah, I really am that shallow. It sounds good though, and I bet many will love this series.
- Da Capo II: No, for pretty much the same reasons as CLANNAD.
- Mokke: Not much information, but I see the words “slice of life” and my brain turns off. Then I forward the link to Ender instead.
- Shugo Chara: Building a series on moe is like building a dish around salt. Just as you probably wouldn’t eat a fried block of salt, I won’t watch a series built on moe.
- Sketchbook ~full color’s~: Doo doo doo, slice of life *forwards to Ender*. Looks like Ender is going to be marathoning into the wee hours of the night this season.
- Night Wizard: This one sounds like a mediocre shounen game adaptation, and I’m not thrilled by the character designs.
- Suteki Tantei Labyrinth: Shouta with butler and detective skills… Sorry, I’m busy tonight.
- Maple Story : I never played the game, and these anime types generally have a low success rate. If the art was cuter, I could make a joke about this being an MMMoeRPG.
- Kodomo no Jikan: While there may be a sick suspenseful pleasure in wondering if the jailbait will succeed in seducing her teacher, I will probably miss out on this series.
- Kimikiss pure rouge: Everyone knows that rouges are overpowdered.
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I think CLANNAD, Da Capo II, Minami-ke and Ghost hound don’t belong in the third category! Oh well I guess to each his own. You should watch CLANNAD and Ghost hound they seem to be some of the few heavy-hitters of the season. As for KnJ I believe that pile of crap belongs in a 4th category if you ever decode to make one..seriously first they introduced lolis and such and now they’re making some very very repulsive jokes. Boundaries are meant to keep us in line not pass them. Hehe so ya the fall season can’t come any sooner hee
Well, I did note that those four will probably be good or better, but they aren’t my cup of tea. All the ones in the third category represent shows that I will most likely not watch, so just being in the third category doesn’t mean I think a show is bad.
I can’t wait to hear what people say about the first few episodes of KnJ, though. I guess there really is no such thing as bad publicity.
So I’m pretty sure that I’m the only one who is really excited about Goshuushousama Ninomiya-kun….other than that, ef is looking like it will be a big hit, and I will be watching all the shows everyone else will be like: Shana 2, Clannad, Genshiken, Gundam, KnJ…..I’ll have to check out a lot of the others too…if I can!
I read a bit of Jyushin Enbu -Heros Tales- yesterday. It starts off rather average but then again so did FMA. Nevertheless I have a weakness against historical period pieces so I’m gonna sit through it anyways.
As for the rest, I’m not sure. This is the third season preview I read and my opinions have shifted for the third time o.O. All I know is that I’m not gonna be picking up anything harems. I guess I’ll see when the time comes.
Well first LMAO for the Moyasimon comment. I guess I’ll need to check out the anime when it’s airing, to confirm if it’s worthy of having my nick (sorta) eh?
And oh man, like 3/4 of your “Talk To The Hand” section I’m actually looking forward to. I guess my tastes are more easily pleased than most ^^;; Actually looking forward to all the “harem”-ish anime mentioned, since I’ll know WTF is going on. Really dying to see Kimikiss pure rouge considering the insane seiyuu cast on *that* anime!
Great post, very entertaining to read.
I’m not too interested Dragonaut…don’t particularly care for the art style or setting.
I am definitely looking forward to what you have the say about the other three shows, though!
O.o; I know this will probley fall upon death ears but, you can watch something with designs like Claymore but you can’t watch art styles from things like Kanon/Air? …. Wow. sad. Even though the art’s bad imo Claymore’s awesome story and such made it one of my favorites. Man some people have such wierd tastes. I can’t understand how you could consider the friggen ART of Kanon/Air and ect bad. It’s better then OtoBoku’s stuff, well atleast I think so.
I can’t believe the fall anime season is coming soon! I still have a ton of anime to watch! Can’t watch Clannad till I finish Kanon, and can’t see Genshiken 2 till I’m done with Genshiken 1, so won’t be seeing those for awhile. I’m definitely looking forward to ef ~ a tale of memories (why do I get the feeling someones gonna say)
Clannad is going to blow minds. I know I do it too, but turning a show down because of animation isn’t cool. Air and Kanon’s stories were the best I have ever seen. FMA is complete crap compared to it in my honest opinion. As said, to each their own, but you WILL miss something good.
Try to watch at least one episode of each show. You never know.
weirdly enough i’m actually looking forward to Gundam 00. i think i could bear one episode of mecha series every week and also would more or less find out what all those gundams are about.
while i also really dislike the Air/Kanon style animation i think i could bear it if it’s one episode per week, so i will watch Clannad and see what all those eroge adaptations are about.
now Ghost Hound is something I’m really looking froward to. i really hope it won’t disappoint me like most of the summer season shows did.
I just watched the trailer for Dragonaut, and it actually greatly diminished my expectations of the series. Those CGI dragons look so bad!
I also saw the trailer for Ghost Hound. I’ve been hearing a lot of buzz about the series, but it just doesn’t look like the sort of series that will grab my interest. I tend to get impatient with slow-burn mystery-horror series.
Jyushin Enbu’s trailer was not that exciting, but it did showcase some very good animation. Based on pedigree, I am more excited about this series than I was before I watched the trailer.
After hearing that Gundam 00 will span 2 seasons, I don’t think I want to cover it, although I will probably watch it. I expect to pick up 3 series for next season (for blogging purposes, obviously I will watch more). Since Shakugan no Shana 2 is pretty much a lock, this leaves 2 totally open spaces.
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