[Anime] Winter Season 2014

[Sage Shinigami]

I kinda like Nobunagun. Yeah, the "awkward new girl meeting all the 'colourful' locals" bit can get pretty so-so, but the bits where she channels Nobugana are exciting. It's enough for me to stick with it. Space Dandy is mostly my kind of humour, and on top of that it tends to drop into the kind of synthy background music that you'd expect from low budget 80's sci-fi (the zombies episode sounds exactly like John Carpenter's 'The Thing' at certain points), which I just love. I pretty much agree with your assessment of Hamatora though. It's a decent enough X-Men wannabe but nothing about it makes it a "must see" show.

I didn't continue with Mahou Sensou beyond the initial three episodes. It wasn't bad, but I got the feeling it would be like Strike The Blood - a potentially decent fantasy show that's drowning in a sea of harem, fanservice and "accidental pervert" comedy - and considering that I'm still hanging on in with StB in the hope that it will toss a life ring to the "decent fantasy show" part, I don't really want to be doing that twice per week :sweat:

Aside from StB, I've also carried over Kill la Kill (not as good as Gurren Lagann, but still quite enjoyable once it got over the insanely fanservicey first half dozen episodes) and Samurai Flamenco (which seems like a massive waste of potential the longer it goes on TBH) from last season, and I've picked up Nobunagun, Space Dandy, Hamatora, Hozuki no Reitetsu (a wonderful combination of workplace comedy and Japanese mythology, albeit one that I often feel I'm not getting the most of because I'm not familiar with many of the legends they're referencing) and Wizard Barristers (an interesting show that is brought down only by the inclusion of a literal horny toad *facepalm*) this round.

Strangely enough I concur with your opinion on Mahou Sensou/Strike the Blood...which is why I dropped StB, lol. The main character's "watcher" or whatever pressed too many of my "bad characterization" buttons. Despite the fact that it had the makings of a well-developed modern fantasy series, those elements continuously took a backseat to the harem/tsundere bullshit. I can even point out the exact moment I dropped it, too:

Spoiler

When the main character switched bodies with the witch after a kiss, and the story came to a screeching halt because Himeragi couldn't get over the fact that he got kissed.

I deleted the entire series then and there.

Mahou Sensou on the other hand seems to have far less of that sort of behavior. Still, neither series is very good because of anime's overall terrible handling of relationships due to their catering to the hikkikomori/otaku crowd.

Overall, I'm glad most of these won't be carrying over to the new season. Too much new stuff to watch in two months.

 

[Dark Kabuto]

I'm really enjoying Nobunaga the Fool…it's a little Code Geassy, and I was expecting a Sengoku era period drama with mechs.

I didn't expect them to incorporate important historical figures…this s a weird series but Nobuaga is a pretty interesting lead, it beats the usual stereotypical mecha pilots that's for sure. He kinda reminds of Zengar Zonvolt in a way.

 

[ooo5]

I'm enjoying Nobunaga The Fool too... except not for Nobunaga :sweat:.

I liked him at first, but over time he's kind of just come off as a big jerk who everyone just "misunderstands" and can't comprehend his awesomeness. It's not that I mind something different from your traditional mecha pilot, but still, he's just not doing much for me.

I do like the rest of the cast though, and I'm quite interested in seeing how the Jeanne->Nobunaga<-Himiko love triangle develops. Well, if it develops at all after what happened at the end of episode 6 :shakefist.

The mecha designs are just really awesome, but that's no surprise since they have Shoji Kawamori, the guy who created Macross and designed the Nirvash, behind the series.

And I personally quite enjoy Strike The Blood, though I admit I'm more tolerant of harems than most people. I can definitely see why that specific element of it would dampen peoples enjoyment of the show.

 

[Dark Kabuto]

Episode 6 just about made my jaw drop with how much **** hit the fan.

It's a weird series…at times with how the dialogue is written it feels like I'm watching a play. Wish there was more mech action though because the Furin Kazan VS The Fool fight was pretty bad ass.

 

[ooo5]

I'm definitely anticipating the first real duel between The Fool and whatever Caesar's mecha is called :buttrock:.

 

[Dark Kabuto]

Man we're only 7 episodes in and already the body count for Nobuanaga the fool is getting there.

Do we know how many episodes we're going? If the episodes are based on Tarot card names they can do as many as 78...

 

[Toku Prime]

Well, the quarter is drawing to a close and most single cour series are entering their penultimate or final week. What have people thought about the first anime of the year? The only ones I've seen to their conclusion so far are kill la kill and Samurai Flamenco (both holdovers from Autumn 2013) but I'm fairly certain that the one I will remember most fondly will be Hozuki no Reitetsu.

 

[ooo5]

Man we're only 7 episodes in and already the body count for Nobuanaga the fool is getting there.

Do we know how many episodes we're going? If the episodes are based on Tarot card names they can do as many as 78...

24 episodes.

 

[Amakuza_Itahitsu82]

Psycho Pass season 2
kiseijuu sei no kakuritsu
Shingeki No bahamut
Mars terraformars
the seven deadly sins
Akame Ga kill
baby steps

ARE OFF THE FREAKING HOOOOKKKKKK

 

[Toku Prime]

Psycho Pass season 2
kiseijuu sei no kakuritsu
Shingeki No bahamut
Mars terraformars
the seven deadly sins
Akame Ga kill
baby steps

ARE OFF THE FREAKING HOOOOKKKKKK

<whispers>Those are all autumn season shows. Winter 2014 was back in January :sweat:
Can a mod transfer just one post?