Other series I've been watching came to end (that be Mushishi and Strawberry Panic)... so I've dled 4 episodes of Chevalier D'Eon and 1st ep of Pumpkin Scissors, but haven't bothered to watch them yet :/ Sigh.
you really
should catch up on
Chevalier, it's very good, probably the best thing on at the moment (well, apart from
Kanon of course, but you can hardly compare them - one has high quality art + story, the other is moe-tastic).
i've had a chance to catch most of the autumn season (or at least those that have started) now, so my quick opinions:
009-1. i watched this raw, as i was hoping it would be like
GITS. unfortunately, it's like
Totally Spies meets
Najica Blitz Tactics. i'm actually
glad no-one is subbing this.
Asatte no Houkou. kind of like
Freaky Friday, but without Lindsey Lohan and not crap. very nice art, good character setups - this looks good.
D.Gray Man.
Yume Tsukai for boys. very high quality art: but it's
Yume Tsukai for boys (and
Yume wasn't very good...) but then i don't like
shounen stuff, which leads me to....
Death Note: well, i watched it. was bored stupid, and insulted by the 'moral quandaries' the story sets up - but then i'm not the target audience as a: i'm too old; and b: i don't like
shounen stuff. very high quality art tho...
Negima?! i know nothing about
Negima - i gather it's a manga, and that the first series is usally used as a yardstick (ie, '
it's not as bad as Negima'). this wasn't bad - harem stuff with wacky hijinks, but it seemd to be well done wacky harem hijinks. don't think i'll continue with it, but it wasn't bad.
Pumpkin Scissors: i actually liked this. post-war anti-bandit military story with some conspiracy undertones. it could easily degenerate into typical
shounen fare, but it could equally end up being good. i'll keep watching for a while.
Red Garden: this looked very good (except for the character designs, which didnt) but i couldn't play it as it's only in h264 and my old laptop can't play widescreen h264 encodes. shame.
Sasami Magical Girl Club: i'm going to hell for watching this. but i didn't know what it was, honest! won't be watching any more, either: i'm
so not the target audience....
Shounen Onmyouji: i can't even remember what this was about. my notes say 'period shounen rubbish', if that's any help.
Tokimeki Memorial: wacky harem hijinks in school setting. upside:
very cute character designs (reminiscent of
I"s Pure). downside: lots of wackiness. inevitably, it's based on a h-game, so if it gives lots of fan-service it'll be good
(hey - i
did say the characer designs were good!)
Yoake mae yori Ruriiro na - Crescent Love: more wacky harem hijinks, also based on h-game. the art isn't as good as
Tokimeki, but the story is stronger. it looks like it could do a
SHUFFLE, so i'll stick with it for a bit.
and finally:
:drum roll:Kanon 2006: the biggie. the touchstone. the Katamari Damacy of autumn's anime (it collects every subbing group it comes into contact with). what needs be said? it's sad-girls-in-snow, animated by
KyoAni of
FMP:TSR and
Suzumiya fame.
of course it's ace. and it's 24 eps, instead of 2002's 13 ep version, so we might -
might - get a Nayuki ending. Nayuki ftw! and in the meantime, we get enough moe to put us all in hospital.
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