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Super duper little reviews again!Anyone check out some of the new anime? I've watched a few, and here are some thoughts:
Shokugeki no Soma - This is a show about a boy who wants to eventually take over his father's restaurant (whom he has a very awkward, competitive relationship with). I don't want to talk about too much more, because that's actually the plot of the first episode. In other words, the whole first episode is pretty much setup for the real plot of the series, and as such, I can't really get a feel for what I think about it. However, holy ecchi, Batman! This show takes a look at other shows, says, "You call that ecchi?", and takes it up to 11. Yes, that is in fact an actual screenshot from the series. Overall, I think the ecchi is a little awkward, but since I haven't had a good feel for the series yet (given it hasn't settled in its main plot), I don't want to pass judgment yet.
Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Darou ka - I think this series has some good possibility. This one is about gods coming down to the "normal world" to live amongst the people. People pledge fealty to the gods and join their clan. The story follows this one guy who's the sole member of this goddess's clan. Now, this is also a bit of an ecchi series, but it isn't too bad. Most of it is just suggestive humor of the goddess hitting on the main character, but it's fairly tame. The story starts off with the main character pinned down in a dungeon by a huge minotaur when he's saved by this girl.... who he instantly falls for. The main character is a bit of a wuss, which is usually a detractor for a series, but at least he's one of those strong-willed characters. So far, this is the new one that I'm looking forward to the most.
Re-Kan! - Ugh. This series is just terrible. I almost turned it off a few times, but I said that I had to watch it for the good of humanity! The animation is terrible. It looks like they used far too few tweening images. They also use just about any stereotypical anime expression about every few seconds. The art... bad. It looks like a poor visual novel. Honestly, the story in itself could actually be decent, but it's still pretty shitty. It's a slice-of-life series, but it just isn't that interesting.
Owari no Seraph - I wasn't too sure what to think about this series after I read about it. It's about vampires that release a virus that kills off anyone in the human population above 13. "More vampires... yay." However, this one might actually have a bit of potential to it. Similar to Shokugeki no Soma, the whole first episode looks like setup for the main plot. Honestly, when I was first watching it, I suspected that the series was going to go a certain way (, but I was... well, I'm not sure if I can say pleasantly surprised, but it was good to see that I was wrong whenI figured they'd have the one kid turned into a vampire and the main character would end up having to fight against himthe mean, creepy, BL vampire killed the friend of the main character and his entire "family".
Denpa Kyoushi - This feels like a somewhat poorly animated, second-rate Great Teacher Onizuka. The only difference is that instead of a ex-gang leader, the teacher is an otaku genius. I don't know... I might give it an episode or two to see if it can catch my interest, but I wasn't all that enthralled by what I saw in the first episode.
Arslan Senki - This is another hard one to really discuss because the first episode seemed like setup. The series is about a prince who isn't exactly ready to assume the throne from his tough, battle-scorn father, and it's hard to miss that fact as it's shoved in your face the whole first episode. However, you get the feeling that this guy's going to be less about fighting and more of the intellectual type. It could be interesting. I'll probably give it a few more episodes to see where it's going.
Gunslinger Stratos The Animation - This looks like it's one of those weird sci-fi stories, and I'm really not sure what's going on. The first episode also seemed to consist entirely of setup, but the characters are at least kind of interesting. The story takes place in the future where Japan has been split up based upon corporation control (or at least that's what it sounded like), and people are given tasks based upon their genetic potential. However, the setting takes a strange turn by the end, but the previews show that to not be the case. So, we'll see where this one goes.
Plastic Memories - I originally missed this series when I was looking up things to watch, and I'm glad that I decided to check it out. The series deals with a corporation that makes lifelike androids that can only remain properly functional for a certain period of time. Well, it's the job of a specific department, which is where our main character goes to work in the first episode, to get those units back before they malfunction. Now, that sounds like it might be more of an action series (e.g. the movie Repo Man), but I'll be frank... it's not. The series seems to focus far more on the bond formed between humans and human-like robots, and the reclamation process takes that quite seriously. So, it's definitely more of a low-key, sci-fi drama.
I have not seen any above but I'm looking forward to start http://myanimelist.net/anime/26243/Owari_no_Seraph
Looks promising!
Btw have you heard about the Steins gate sequel? O M G