Pre-emptive anime post.
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elwenThis season is going to be the death of me. o_O So many second seasons coming out that I am almost definitely going to follow, plus so many interesting-looking new shows, some of which I've always been curious about.
Definitely on the watch list:
Code Geass R2 - First ep was gooood. I had been getting frustrated with things toward the end of season 1, but it feels like everything's gone back to when I still liked it. (Except Suzaku. He still needs to die.) Some of my more spoilery thoughts are here. In general, though, consider me in a state of excited anticipation for what's to come.
Kyou Kara Maou! 3rd Series (At least once I finish the OVA. ^^;;)
xxxHOLiC: Kei
[BTW, what's up with people trying to be clever with the title of second seasons? I thought Code Geass R2 was a way to talk refer to Region 2 DVDs or something. D: And Hidamari Sketch x 365? What's wrong with a straight-up "Second Season" like Saiunkoku?]
Other things that look interesting:
Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk - Like I said, it's going to take at least the second episode to really figure out what this series is going to be like, but it seems promising. Though I don't have a good history with fantasy-comedies. [ETA: Okay, after the second episode, I guess it's not really a fantasy-comedy. It does, however, have an annoying idealistic clueless main character. But Neeba. D: I'll wait and see how it develops, I think.]
Nabari no Ou - It looks promising from the trailer. Since I've avoided Naruto, I've never really watched a pure shounen-style ninja series, even though I think ninjas are cool. So I'm hoping this is the show.
Wagaya no Oinari-sama - Actually, this is on the list almost entirely because I liked the art on its AniDB page. ^^;; (That's a major way I screen shows, actually. ^^;;) Plus, I've had good luck with shows based on light novels lately.
Vampire Knight - I've always been curious about the manga. I'm kind of put off by how much it looks like Zombie Loan in its promotional art and stuff, but I doubt they're actually similar in very many ways.
Real Drive - I always try out these mindbending sci-fi type shows, but don't generally take to them. But just sound so interesting...
Toshokan Sensou ("Library Wars") - Libraries standing up against government censorship in 2019... Wouldn't it be awesome if this was like Read or Die? Or it could be like Fahrenheit 451. :x
Junjou Romantica - A BL series! I feel like there hasn't been one since, like, Princess Princess and Gakuen Heaven or something. It's been way too long. :3
Nijuu-Mensou no Musume - Something about a thief girl. Dunno, it sounded interesting and Lupin-esque.
So yeah... I'm going to have to pare that list way down, or be backlogged forever. In the meantime, I've been trying to finish off what's already on my plate. As I've alluded several times, I finished CLANNAD and loved it, but there is canon that they left out of the anime that I object to strongly. I also finished Spice and Wolf and adored it. I hope they continue with it as more novels come out, because Horo and Lawrence's relationship was really cute, and I really want to know more about Horo's history and what happens when she makes it back home. Though at times it was kind of funny because the novels focus on sort of ordinary merchant life in medieval times, so they have to play up the tension in moments that in other series would be really pedestrian. Like, in other series you'd have the hero facing off with his enemy with swords or something, and in Spice and Wolf it's "We're going to defy the church and smuggle gold! OMG, how daring!" XD
Now it's just Hatenkou Yuugi, Rental Magica, and Saiunkoku left. I dunno, I haven't been in the Saiunkoku mood lately. Maybe it's because I'm in a part without a driving plot (around episode 25), just Shuurei running around trying to save her job. I could feign interest in counterfeit paintings for a while, but not cutting salt. D: Also, I just couldn't care less about any of the new characters. Bring back Kouyuu! Meh.
Definitely on the watch list:
Code Geass R2 - First ep was gooood. I had been getting frustrated with things toward the end of season 1, but it feels like everything's gone back to when I still liked it. (Except Suzaku. He still needs to die.) Some of my more spoilery thoughts are here. In general, though, consider me in a state of excited anticipation for what's to come.
Kyou Kara Maou! 3rd Series (At least once I finish the OVA. ^^;;)
xxxHOLiC: Kei
[BTW, what's up with people trying to be clever with the title of second seasons? I thought Code Geass R2 was a way to talk refer to Region 2 DVDs or something. D: And Hidamari Sketch x 365? What's wrong with a straight-up "Second Season" like Saiunkoku?]
Other things that look interesting:
Tower of Druaga: the Aegis of Uruk - Like I said, it's going to take at least the second episode to really figure out what this series is going to be like, but it seems promising. Though I don't have a good history with fantasy-comedies. [ETA: Okay, after the second episode, I guess it's not really a fantasy-comedy. It does, however, have an annoying idealistic clueless main character. But Neeba. D: I'll wait and see how it develops, I think.]
Nabari no Ou - It looks promising from the trailer. Since I've avoided Naruto, I've never really watched a pure shounen-style ninja series, even though I think ninjas are cool. So I'm hoping this is the show.
Wagaya no Oinari-sama - Actually, this is on the list almost entirely because I liked the art on its AniDB page. ^^;; (That's a major way I screen shows, actually. ^^;;) Plus, I've had good luck with shows based on light novels lately.
Vampire Knight - I've always been curious about the manga. I'm kind of put off by how much it looks like Zombie Loan in its promotional art and stuff, but I doubt they're actually similar in very many ways.
Real Drive - I always try out these mindbending sci-fi type shows, but don't generally take to them. But just sound so interesting...
Toshokan Sensou ("Library Wars") - Libraries standing up against government censorship in 2019... Wouldn't it be awesome if this was like Read or Die? Or it could be like Fahrenheit 451. :x
Junjou Romantica - A BL series! I feel like there hasn't been one since, like, Princess Princess and Gakuen Heaven or something. It's been way too long. :3
Nijuu-Mensou no Musume - Something about a thief girl. Dunno, it sounded interesting and Lupin-esque.
So yeah... I'm going to have to pare that list way down, or be backlogged forever. In the meantime, I've been trying to finish off what's already on my plate. As I've alluded several times, I finished CLANNAD and loved it, but there is canon that they left out of the anime that I object to strongly. I also finished Spice and Wolf and adored it. I hope they continue with it as more novels come out, because Horo and Lawrence's relationship was really cute, and I really want to know more about Horo's history and what happens when she makes it back home. Though at times it was kind of funny because the novels focus on sort of ordinary merchant life in medieval times, so they have to play up the tension in moments that in other series would be really pedestrian. Like, in other series you'd have the hero facing off with his enemy with swords or something, and in Spice and Wolf it's "We're going to defy the church and smuggle gold! OMG, how daring!" XD
Now it's just Hatenkou Yuugi, Rental Magica, and Saiunkoku left. I dunno, I haven't been in the Saiunkoku mood lately. Maybe it's because I'm in a part without a driving plot (around episode 25), just Shuurei running around trying to save her job. I could feign interest in counterfeit paintings for a while, but not cutting salt. D: Also, I just couldn't care less about any of the new characters. Bring back Kouyuu! Meh.
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Date: 2008-04-12 01:18 pm (UTC)I hope the new Saimono novel will built up the, well, love triangle is perhaps the wrong word, but let's call it the complicated relationship between Shuurei, Kouyuu and Ryuuki. I was somewhat annoyed that they started to introduce Kurou and his schemes into the story and then completely abandoned everything for the Shuuei-centred arc *sigh* (yes, I think Kouyuu is by far the more interesting character than Shuuei).