Anime/Manga Anime Contract Challenge 4

[gimmepie]

Anime Contract Challenge 4

It's the beginning of a new month, which means it's time for a new Contract Challenge. For those of you who aren't yet familiar with these events, don't worry it's easy to participate in and very casual. As an added bonus, it's a great way to find new anime to watch and new people to talk to.

The way this works is pretty straightforward. If you want to join, you simply comment in this thread to say so. Then, after about a week has gone by, everyone who has joined goes into an RNG to be paired with another participant. You and your pair give each other a series to watch and enter into a contract to watch the series during the month and then come back here and review it.

There's no pressure though! Whilst you're encouraged to try, you don't actually need to finish the series you get. The idea is just to try something new and see how you like it. If you don't, that's totally fine you get write a scathing review at the end ;).

Some helpful tips going into this, a month can creep up on you surprisingly fast so it's a good idea to start the series you get as soon as you can. It's also helpful to give your partner for this month a link to your MAL (or something similar) or to tell them the sort of things you're into - it makes their job easier.

Participants

gimmepie
Meyneth
Lipstick Vogue
Donavannj
O'aka XXIII
Uzumaki Naruto
Marth
Selena Fluorspar
Florges
OuterTsuchinoko
Noraxia
Machomuu​

 

[pkmin3033]

Count me in for this one. I seem incapable of picking worthwhile series for myself as of late >.>

 

[Lipstick Vogue]

In/

 

[donavannj]

In again. Maybe I can get my contracted series soon enough and subject my convention going group to it while we're actually at the convention next weekend.

 

[Sonata]

In.

 

[Desinishon]

In \o

 

[Megan]

I think I'll give it a try.

 

[Selena Fluorspar]

I'll give it a shot

 

[Florges]

Hello darkness, my old friend.

 

[OuterTsuchinoko]

In for the first time.

 

[Kana]

me too please o/

 

[machomuu]

You're local thread terrorist is here to pollute your thread with toxic opinions

Sign me up boss

 

[gimmepie]

Spoiler:

Count me in for this one. I seem incapable of picking worthwhile series for myself as of late >.>

In/

In again. Maybe I can get my contracted series soon enough and subject my convention going group to it while we're actually at the convention next weekend.

In.

In \o

I think I'll give it a try.

I'll give it a shot

Hello darkness, my old friend.

In for the first time.

me too please o/

You're local thread terrorist is here to pollute your thread with toxic opinions

Sign me up boss

Alright, it's been five days which is approximately when I've started the last two and since sign-ups have slowed right down I figure it makes sense to start now whilst we have an even number. The pairs for this month are as follows

Liptick Vogue and O'aka XXIII
Meyneth and donavannj
Florges and OuterTsuchinoko
Machomuu and Uzumaki Naruto
gimmepie and Noraxia
Marth and Selena Fluorspar

Have fun!

 

[gimmepie]

I got Psycho-Pass from Noraxia and gave her Serial Experiments Lain. I've been meaning to watch this for a while so I'm pretty hyped.

 

[donavannj]

I received Mawaru Penguindrum as my contracted series and I assigned Love Live! School Idol Project Season 1 in return.

 

[Lipstick Vogue]

Penguindrum was an event. Good job whoever picked him that.

 

[Megan]

Got Log Horizon and gave Trigun in return.

 

[OuterTsuchinoko]

Traded School Live and got back Shirobako. Watched the first two episodes so far and enjoyed them a lot.

 

[gimmepie]

I just finished Psycho-Pass which was quite the ride. I loved pretty much everything about this series. There were interesting and complex characters with real development. Almost all of the main cast were really well developed and even those who were a little lacking in development still left an impression.

The animation/art was fantastic too with fluid scenes and appealing designs. I really like the sort of gloomy atmosphere of the city too. There's something very telling in the art and music there from the get go, that despite Sibyl supposedly creating a sort of utopia there's a lot of shady shit going on behind the scenes.

Finally, the story was magnificent and also very well executed. the first few episodes made it look like it would be very episodic in nature, but as the big picture started coming together and everything was tied in it became clear a very well constructed overall plot had been constructed. My only complaint here is that the relationship between the characters, the Sibyl system and the events surrounding it was not explored to its fullest extent. However, as there is a sequel I'm willing to not drop my rating for that depending on how the sequel handles the aftermath of this season.

So Psycho-Pass gets a tentative 10/10 for me that might drop to a 9/10 if things with Sibyl aren't properly resolved in the sequel.

Spoiler:

Count me in for this one. I seem incapable of picking worthwhile series for myself as of late >.>

In/

In again. Maybe I can get my contracted series soon enough and subject my convention going group to it while we're actually at the convention next weekend.

In.

In \o

I think I'll give it a try.

I'll give it a shot

Hello darkness, my old friend.

In for the first time.

me too please o/

You're local thread terrorist is here to pollute your thread with toxic opinions

Sign me up boss

How is everyone else doing on their own contracts?

 

[pkmin3033]

I just started, watch this space.

Also, prepare to be disappointed by Psycho-Pass 2, the drop in quality is substantial...