Friday, October 8, 2010

My (very) brief thoughts on fall 2010 anime

Note: These are only the shows I was interested enough in to try watching. The onces I liked I am still following.

Here are my slightly more extended thoughts on the shows so far this season.

Bakuman:
Good story about two boys who want to become manga artists. Ironically my only real knock against this show is its poor animation.

The World Only God Knows: 
Cute, fun story about a boy who plays too many dating games that encounters a demon who forces him to "capture" the hearts of various girls. A little to moe for my tastes, but an enjoyable watch overall.

Star Driver:
Bad. I'm sorry but I don't even want to talk about this it's so terrible.

Ore No Imouto:
Probably my favorite show this season. It follows the life of a teenage boy who has to help his little sister keep her obsession with anime and galge a secret. I like how it is ambiguous at first, I wasn't sure if this was going to turn into an incest etchi show or not for the first few episodes. Really funny, always look forward to it.

Samuri Girls:
Terrible, couldn't even finish the first episode so I won't say any more. Can anyone say strike bitches?

MM:
God awful. Didn't finish the first episode of this either. The protagonist is a masochist, can anyone really identify with this?

Index II: 
Good show. Not much more to say. If you liked the first season you will definitely enjoy this. I personally liked Railgun more than Index I and I hope to see a second season of that sometime in the future.

Fortune Arterial:
Good straightforward High School romance drama but with vampires. Well animated and excellent score, this will look good on Blu-Ray. Thankfully no Edward Cullen fagpires.

Yosuga no Sora:
I ordinarily avoid etchi shows because they often have no plot whatsoever and just end up being an extended softcore henti. This show however has a quite well done 2 episode arc style plot and good characters. Although there certainly are R rated scenes, this is definitely not a etchi only show. The ending theme is the most amazingly funny shit I have ever seen. Even if you don't have any intention of watching the show SEE THE ED, it will blow your mind.