Anime/Manga uguu?

[Pokestick good times.]

Well, until the SAO train gets running again.

 

[Chikara]

I rue the day.

So guys, I've been so busy IRL, that admittedly, I haven't had a chance to so much as look at what's showing this season. So I'm wondering what everyone's favorites are so far? I'll probably have to skip out the whole Summer season, so I'm curious about what's worth watcher later on or not :)

 

[Pokestick good times.]

Honestly can't say, since we're just about three weeks in. Aside from the two sequels I'm enjoying atm, most of the shows I've seen this season I've liked but am worried about what direction they'll take further on. Shimoneta had a fun start but might stagnate into a generic shounen with sex jokes thrown in, if they don't keep inventing as the show goes on. Gate has a really cool idea behind it, and the execution is good so far, but I'm seeing dangerous red flags signifying it'll all turn into some battle harem. sao
Sore ga Seiyu is Shirobako Light I guess. What could go wrong?

Probably the smartest to check back when it's over, just as you were planning to! :D

 

[Sonata]

So far I'm enjoying most of the things I've been watching. Gangsta, Classroom Crisis (it's kinda slow but I feel it has the potential to be better with coming episodes), Aoharu x Kikanjuu, Overlord and Prison School (please don't let me be the only one). I'm not really feeling Charlotte or Sekiryuu Seneki right now but I'll probably end up watching them through anyways since I've already started them. But yeah best just to come back at the end of the season. I'm still trying to catch up with some stuff that aired last season myself.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

Prison School (please don't let me be the only one).

Kangoku AOTS, no doubts here.

 

[derozio]

Shimoneta is AOTS material, Satoshi. Wtf you smokin' m80?!

Anyway, so far, it is like this:

Awesome tier:
Shimoneta to Iu Gainen Sonzai Shinai, Taikutsu na Sekai
Gangsta.
Ushio to Tora
Himouto! Umaru-chan
Charlotte
Monster Musume (this is tons of fun lol)

Above average tier:
Prison School
Aoharu x Machinegun
God Eater (even tho I love the art and music)
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime

Meh Tier:
Overlord
Rokka no Yuusha

Dropped or Almost dropped tier:
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace (might drop after ep 3. idk. 2 was very weird. Mystery was underwhelming)
GATE (dropped. boring.)

 

[Pokestick good times.]

Are you watching all of those, Vikalp?

 

[derozio]

Yes. I am. I thought I'd watch at most 2-3 series. But then I ended up picking a lot more, heh.

 

[Satoshi Ookami]

Shimoneta is AOTS material, Satoshi. Wtf you smokin' m80?!

You and everyone knows :P
It's called Hana that is actually Kana :P

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

Hate to break it to everyone but...
Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Season 2 is AOTS.

 

[derozio]

You and everyone knows :P
It's called Hana that is actually Kana :P

Wait what shimoneta has HanaKana?!

Also @Elite Overlord LeSabre - Not watching that so I'm not gonna comment on that. :p But it just seems like it is one of your generic moeblob idol anime so...idk.

 

[Pokestick good times.]

Sure did not hear any H/Kana in Shimoneta. And that voice is hard to miss.

But it just seems like it is one of your generic moeblob idol anime so...idk.

Sounds like prejudice m8. Embrace it.

 

[derozio]

I have nothing against moeblobs but I just can't get myself hyped up for one of those unless they're critically acclaimed or if a close friend/trusted person highly recommends them. That's about it, really =p

 

[donavannj]

Hate to break it to everyone but...
Idolm@ster Cinderella Girls Season 2 is AOTS.

But how can it be AOTS if it's not even the best music anime running this season? :P (okay, I actually don't know if it's not the best since I haven't watched either of the music anime that I'm aware of yet since there's a pair of Season 1s for those I'd need to watch first).

My early AOTS candidate is Himouto! Umaru-chan, though the season has plenty of solid candidates. I'm not sure there's actually anything that's earned its way into the Masterpiece tier yet.

 

[Pokestick good times.]

Question. What's the best summer season anime of all time?

Limiting ourselves to 2015 is boooring.

 

[derozio]

Gintama.

I'm just gonna assume it came out in summer. :p

 

[donavannj]

Question. What's the best summer season anime of all time?

Limiting ourselves to 2015 is boooring.

According to my personal scores, the best Summer anime is Kokoro Connect. It's the only summer anime I gave a 10. My other four 10s were not summer series.

 

[machomuu]

Question. What's the best summer season anime of all time?

Limiting ourselves to 2015 is boooring.

Summer Wars. Came out in August and though it's not a series it's my favorite anime and my favorite movie, so I'd say that's AOTS.

 

[Elite Overlord LeSabre™]

But it just seems like it is one of your generic moeblob idol anime so...idk.

Moeblob idol anime is love. Moeblob idol anime is life.

I honestly don't remember which specific series came out in the summer because of sheer volume of what I've watched. What I do know is that "Natsuiro Kiseki" translates to "Summer-Colored Miracle" and I gave that show a 10, and cosplayed one of its characters back in April, so that's my nomination for AOTS.

 

[machomuu]

This is what happens when I have too much sugar, a few moments of contemplation, and an ever-growing need for sleep.

Spoiler:

machomuu's random brief 2 cents of the day.

So there's about a half of me that's really annoyed with otaku culture in Japan. Not all of it, of course, since there's a part of it that feeds me the stuff I like. But it's more the people who drink of anime and video games like it's water and buy all the merch.

This isn't to say I have anything against figurines or going on all out Akiba-sprees, do what you feel like. It's not really an individual thing, it's the quiet side or the side that asks for more of the same. Honestly, I feel like we get so much generic in anime with scenes that can be found almost frame for frame in several other anime because it's...demanded, I'll say.

But I just realized that it doesn't much feel like Otaku Culture is really has a lot to say in terms of supply and demand...it very much feels like the studios and authors have a lot better control over the consumer than vice versa, especially since they know the water drinkers will drink up whatever they put out, anyway. But I'm not going to digress and talk about generic anime as a whole, in fact, what I'm talking about here is more involved.

Specifically, the things that happen in anime. Be they episode themes that are constant from anime to anime (Hot Spring funday), Convenient falling in non-ecchis (not all of it, just the poses you know best), and the lack of ass-phasis (camera pans on upper things, breast, and even the glistening clavicle or face, generally when the ass is focused on...there isn't really much to focus on, kinda missing the point), the mainstay exaggerated gestures, and the like. Oh, and the lukewarm gags in pretty much any anime that's not a comedy. If you don't know what I'm talking about, it's because they weren't funny, which is absolutely normal since they aren't trying to bust your gut.

But I suppose the reason I can eat up shows like, say, Baccano! or Eden of the East (Seinen anime also don't do this much) is because they don't do these things (save for the convenient falling) consistently. And I can't much think less of an anime because they do these things because they're industry standard and completely normal- no one's pushing them to try something else because the culture that fills their wallets isn't exactly the most aggressive. And this isn't even to say that I want less of what's described- hell, if there were more I'd be satisfied, but you don't really see new trends in the form of those practices- generally when a anime wants to do so they use older gestures (the Monogatari does this, though they're pretty media-savvy). More or less, it doesn't particularly matter to me, I'd just like to see it go one way or the other rather than remain in stasis.

*cough*

There wasn't really anything to conclude this, but I do somewhat worry that anime of 20 years from now will be anime of now, since anime of now, save for the rise of varies archetypes and directing techniques, is very much the anime of 15 years ago.

Next time I'll ramble on about something even less interesting, probably seiyuu archetypes. Jesus Christ I hope no one's actually reading this. If you are...I'm sorry