YES! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I'M NOT ALONE!
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It was pretty good stuff. I wish more slice-of-life anime had supernatural elements. Hajime was a man's man, the anti-oblivious/wimpy harem protagonist. Funniest use of time travel in any anime. Deliciously freaky fanservice. SHIO KUDASAI. And dialogue that was good enough to compensate for the complete lack of budget and fact that 50% of the scenes were in front of the same backdrop inside of the Haokbune. It was more like watching a play then an anime at times, hah.
Okay, guess I'll add my fall 2011 impressions.
Busou Shinki: looks like a moe version of Angelic Layer used to sell expensive models. PASS.
Chihayafuru: I ask myself, would I be even half as interested in this if the protagonist was a man? I guess that there's a draw to women taking up hobbies that they don't normally take up. WATCH.
Guilty Crown: Like the character designs. Like Production IG. Premise could easily become a trainwreck. WATCH.
Koukai Senjou no Horizon: Not a fan of those character designs. Sunrise sci-fi shows that aren't Gundam tend to be bad. They're 1-1 this year for me with Tiger & Bunny (great) and Sacred Seven (horribad) so…I dunno. WAIT FOR IMPRESSIONS.
Fate/Zero: FAAAAAAAATEEEEEEEEE. WATCH.
Tamayura ~Hitotose~: I need to be convinced that this isn't just cute girls doing cute things. WAIT FOR IMPRESSIONS.
Fujilog: uh…….wha? PASS.
Mashiro-Iro Symphony: "boy going to girls school" premise sets off alarm bells. The generic eroge-looking character design guarantees that this premise will be played straight and completely without irony. I can't believe Manglobe has to make series like this to survive now. PASS.
Shinryaku?! Ikamusume: sequel to one of the best series of last year. WATCH.
Working!!: I never made it past a couple of episodes in the original. That androphobic girl annoyed the hell out of me. PASS.
Last Exile: Fam the Silver Wing: as sacrilege as this may be to admit, I never made it all the way through the first Last Exile. The CG was really jarring to me and even though I love steampunk, by halfway through it felt like the plot was going nowhere. It's been five years since I last tried it, though, so maybe my tastes have changed. I'd have to give that a second chance before watching this. PASS.
Un-Go: Bones has really fallen from grace in my eyes in the past couple of years. Since Darker than Black: Gemini no Ryuusei, the only series of theirs that I haven't dropped was FMA Brotherhood. Somehow, having no synopsis at all is probably sustaining my interest more than if it actually had one. WATCH.
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE: a dagger through my heart, Sunrise. PASS.
Kimi to Boku: possibly the least-interesting synopsis I've ever read. JC Staff is not a name that I generally associate with quality, so there's zero incentive for me to watch this. PASS.
Maji de Watashi blah blah: eroge adaptation. Has there ever been one not titled Fate/Stay Night that was actually good? PASS.
Lupin III: never got into the original. PASS.
Mirai Nikki: I hear much praise for the manga. Definitely intrigued. WATCH.
Boku wa Tomodachi no Sukunai: I've seen too much fanart of this on…uhh…fanart sites not to give it at least a try. WATCH.
Persona 4: The Animation: PERSONA 4 THE FREAKING ANIMATION WHOAAAAA. WATCH.
Shakugan no Shana III: the first never impressed me. Another sacrilege comment from me: Rie Kugimiya's voice is pure nails on a chalkboard. PASS.
Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle: It looks like a forgettable anime from the mid-00s. Oh, Sunrise, that's why. WAIT FOR IMPRESSIONS.
Bakuman Second Season: waiting for this to totally wrap up before watching any of it yet. The manga's not even completed, right? PASS.
C3: a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in something that sounds like a bad light novel premise. WAIT FOR IMPRESSIONS.
Ben-To: looks like generic fanservice but with a premise that freakish, I have to at least try. WATCH.
Battle Spirits: Heroes: Toyetic anime tend not to be my thing. I have a friend who will probably be watching this with bells on, though. PASS.
Cross Fight B-Daman: same as above. PASS.
And then all the OVAs and movies, which I'm not bothering with except to say that I'm FREAKING PUMPED that we're getting an s-CRY-ed movie, even if it's just a recap.
Also, calling all PC Precure fans (all one or two of you): in the Suite Precure movie, IS THAT SHIRABE AKO AS A CURE???? I always kind of wanted her to become the third cure even though
