No.32976
Estab Life: Great Escape looks bad, but it has good names behind it: not only the obvious Taniguchi Gorou, but also the director of, among other things, Laidbackers, which I found to be a pretty fun short movie.
Shokei Shoujo no Virgin Road also has reputable ancestry, with the series compositor of Akane Sasu Shoujo, some of the later Railgun, and the unexplainable cult classic Rokujouma.
Plenty of stuff looks worth a shot: the kunoichi romcom, Onipan, RPG Fudousan, Heroine Taru Mono, Deaimon to name a few. In general, quite a few things look like potential hidden gems.
When it comes to sequels, there's more Yatogame-chan, raburaibu, Kaguya-sama and Shamiko, and quite oddly more rikekoi too - all fine.
I'm optimistic for a bountiful season right now.
No.32988
>>32976Yeah, there's some nice variety.
>DeaimonCan't wait for this one!
No.33000
How did Black Rock Shooter get another anime.
No.33003
>>33000Dark magic, probably.
No.33008
>Otoge isekaiThat was entertaining for a first episode. The next should be more important to show the meat of the series.
>AharenThis is way more hilarious than it has any right to be.
>RikeiS2 is about the same as S1: good enough.
>Shoujo Virgin whatever isekaiI can't believe they managed to make such a concept be ultra boring. Dropped.
>>33004Best fucking girl.
Beyond this ray of sunshine the anime didn't actually have much promise, unfortunately. But hey, I'm not complaining.
No.33010
>>33008>>Shoujo Virgin whatever isekai>I can't believe they managed to make such a concept be ultra boring. Dropped.Funny, I had sort of the opposite impression: the concept itself was boring, but the execution was good. I found the character interactions and dialogue to be its strongest point, but that can only carry a show like this so far - starting next episode, it's going to have to handle its actual plot well.
>AharenAlso opposite impression here, I actually couldn't finish the episode. I distinctly felt that it was written for a different audience.
>>33009I must confess I laughed at the RPG jokes, even though they weren't that good. Low quality overall in visuals and writing - quite surprised to see Doga Kobo's name on it, in fact.
>>32987I thought your reference was rather forced. Then I watched the scene, and now I don't think so anymore.
And now for some more:
Healer girl was absolutely stupid, but quite enjoyable. My chief complaint is that the musical fragments sound rather disneyey. Still didn't stop me from enjoying them.
Deaimon was fine, but I'm left with the feeling that it should be more than that. A 'sudden daughter appearance' story that touches on themes like owning up to one's past decisions and failures can make for a really fucking good anime, but this one seems content with falling short of that. Wasn't the pacing hurried? With her backstory all laid out, and a nice savepoint reached by the end of the episode, it was practically a self-contained OVA! Nothing wrong with slowing down to enjoy the atmosphere of a traditional confectionery shop, or with a hurt kid having a thick AT field, is there?
No.33013
>Tensei Shitara Autist DeshitaMaou Shokugyou de, Sekai Saikyou Autist.
>Yuusha YamemasuThis can be a good workplace comedy… but I kinda doubt it. Welp.
>>33010>Funny, I had sort of the opposite impression: the concept itself was boring, but the execution was good. I found the character interactions and dialogue to be its strongest point, but that can only carry a show like this so far - starting next episode, it's going to have to handle its actual plot well.I mean, they could have at the very least made the girl a psychopath instead of making it seem like she is correct to just kill people. They are not committing to the idea of "an organization that genocides isekai'd people", half-assing it instead. The banter overall was very transparent too that none of it really matters. They are just showing off the premise until they get to the actual plot, that'd be when the two lesbians start working together or whatever. Hopefully this level of banter keeps up between the two lesbians too, but I'm not staying around to find out. There's enough other good shit this season.
No.33019
Not much is especially appealing right now. Little bummed out.
No.33040
>>33032Zero is much cuter than this. Go watch Zero's show.
No.33041
>>33040Translated novels when? Is there a chance now that the sequel is airing? I need to read them.
No.33042
>>33040I'll probably watch it if I like this one enough. Zero must be really cute though.
No.33045
>>33042>Zero must be really cute though.She is indeed.
>>33044Next arc is about best girl. I wonder if they are cutting out a lot from the novels and we've already seen the first volume adapted. Considering the novel seems to have just three volumes, probably not?
No.33051
>>33049Dressed for a day of being "raped" by bandits.
No.33060
>>33057That's a fair solution (especially since the OP is shit).
No.33084
>>33076Her earnest compassion is something to behold.
No.33085
Looked at the calendar and realized it has been 3 weeks since new season started and I haven't watched a single anime. I have problems.
No.33088
>>33085No time like the present!
No.33091
Indeed, most anime are now in their 3rd or 4th episode - it is the dropping week! What ballast are you letting go of, and what are you sticking with? That is, those of you who've actually picked up some anime.
I'll go first, although I've voiced many of these already in this thread.
Dropping:
- Aharen-san: I fail to see the appeal of this; the MC's one-catchphrase dialog is annoying, and the girl's clinginess is too datesim-like to fit a comedy setting.
- Deaimon: what it wants to be is not something I'm interested in.
- Heroine taru mono: I'm up for a shoujo reverse harem now and then, but this one's too low-effort. The MC lacks personality, and too much energy is spent convincing the audience that she's totally not chasing after the two hot dudes.
- Paripi Koumei: granted that the only attack P.A. know is Hyper Beam and this is their recharge turn, but even so I'd rather rewatch Glasslip.
- RPG fudousan.
Hanging by a thread:
- Summer Time Render: if it doesn't have something of worth to add to the genre, I'd rather just look at screenshots of the brown imouto.
Better than expected:
- Estab life: strong points played on ok, weak points kept reasonably in check, and a surprise here and there.
- Healer girl: I'm not yet sure what the fuck, but I'm having fun finding out.
- Kunoichi Tsubaki: I was in for a one-trick pony anime anyway, but it turns out it knows two tricks.
>>33085Do you, uh, need help?
No.33099
I'm giving up on Kyoukai Senki. One can only hope that Sunrise Beyond's next production will be good.
No.33105
>>33095It has been a lot of fun so far. I have to wonder where the story will go after this school arc.
No.33106
>>33105I wonder too. It should be fine either way, the cast is strong enough to tide us over plot or no plot.
No.33107
I have a feeling the latter episodes are going to be bad, but I do like a flat, earnest maou.
>>33105>>33106Going by the OP and the manga adaption, a giant jump in stakes and combat. Also a healthy dose of drills.
No.33108
>>33107>Also a healthy dose of drills.Ohoho.
>I have a feeling the latter episodes are going to be bad, but I do like a flat, earnest maou.Logically speaking, the hero should now fuck off to the demon realm and we should have a timeskip until he figures out a proper plan to heal it. After all, he actually knows what the philosopher's stone can do, while the maou seems to just be assuming.
I somehow get the feeling that the development won't be logical, though.
No.33151
It's a nice season for everybody, except for action shounen fans maybe (though they have Spy and Kunoichi airing this season).
>>33129That fucking pose.
No.33191
>>33165Oh wait, what. Just checked, and this is indeed connected to Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho. I thought it looked similar, but thought it was just that. Guess now I have to check it out.
No.33192
Accidentally started Yuusha, Yamemasu at episode 6. It was a surprisingly good place to start the story. It was only around the 11-12 minute mark that I started realizing, that maybe, just maybe, I had skipped some episodes.
No.33215
>>33192I'm surprised you continued watching after ep6. This series had more promise as a workplace comedy than as a chuuni drama.
The setting really doesn't make sense. If the humanity has deteriorated so much, isn't our guy directly at fault for that? Or what? Why is the demon realm so bad? Why has he never before wondered about these structural questions? At least when you write chuuni drama, put effort into it and slap some chuuni explanation. This here really feels like the author put zero effort into it.
No.33216
>>33215Well put. The genki fluffball deserves a better story, too.
No.33217
>>33216I'd actually be fine with the exact same story but the genki fluffball being the protagonist and sole PoV. Imagine her hard work dealing with all of the chuuni bastards around her, especially her beloved. "My coworker is brooding again. What should I do to raise his spirits? I know! I will draw him a picture!" then some time later "My S.O. seems to be several thousand years old. This means our children would live long and healthy lives. Nice!"
No.33249
>>33248>Also, I think there was a translation issue or something, because Purple-kun named Carla as his ex-fiancee, but later referred to that earl's daughter as his ex-fiancee as well. I'm pretty kuzu-chan was his fiancee since his description describes her, and her position is significantly more suitable for him than Carla's.Huh, I didn't catch that. He does say "Carla wa boku no moto konyakusha" in the Japanese however.
Meanwhile this episode convinced me to read the novels. But the Western industry is so bad that they can't even keep their own books in stock. How dumb must you be to NOT have the first novel ready to fly into people's hands while the ultimate ad for that novel is airing?
No.33250
>>33220Neetball was marathoning that yesterday, and I watched about 4 episodes in a row
at work.
I have to agree it was quite good. A few of the jokes went places I didn't expect, and the execution was always good. I'm not too fond of this genre, but this is about as good as it gets.
No.33251
>>33250Well, the side bonus of watching it is that I expect godly doujins next comiket. She's practically begging for rape correction.
No.33252
>>33249>He does say "Carla wa boku no moto konyakusha" in the Japanese however.Another explanation is that they're both Purple's former fiancees. Leon's dad has two wives too, after all. However, given that Carla's family is subordinate to the Offerys, that would be odd.
This is just weird.
No.33292
>>33289No way, Sumire, they're too much work. Take them back to the mountains.
No.33301
>>33292I bet Sumire is forced to teach these two idiots the proper way to have sex too.
No.33304
>>33301I rather suspect Sumire is the kind that thinks she has to teach others even the proper way to have sex. There's a kunoichi like that in every village, isn't there?
No.33306
>>33305Nights up in the mountains get lonely.
Or, rather, I bet Sumire exiled them to the mountain cause they were too loud and were bothering the other girls.
No.33336
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Lewd.
No.33348
Rikei's last episode was… rather bad. The mangaka manages to portray a flanderized university group but sucks at the actual romance stuff.
But hey, if I managed to watch three seasons of DAL, I surely can watch a third season of Rikei.
No.33350
>>33348It was abysmal. Focusing on Kanade and giving her some growth was not a bad idea, although character progression isn't this anime's forte. Complicating the romantic landscape was, again, not a bad idea per se, although, as you say, romance isn't handled all that well either. But the events in the last two episodes were a clear case of writing yourself into a corner and pushing forward nonetheless.
How's DAL, by the way? I tend to avoid harems, because typically the MCs are unrelatable and the dick-blinded girls behave in uninteresting ways, but I've caught glimpses of the latest season and everyone seemed reasonable enou- oh, wait
>I managed to watch three seasons>three seasons… I think you've answered my question already.
No.33353
>>33350>But the events in the last two episodes were a clear case of writing yourself into a corner and pushing forward nonetheless.Honestly, it would have been sufferable if they simply left the guy be just a normal guy. But that wouldn't have made for a flashy end of arc, instead leaving a murky, bogged down, true-to-life situation.
>How's DAL, by the way?Clock is definitely a peak of anime girl design.
Sadly, the rest of the harem is very bad. One of the girls was okay but she practically got character assassination in the third season. Plot is awful. Every new season gets worse than the last one. Only the OVAs that don't care for the plot are fine. As far as harems go, this is one of the worse ones. Clock nonwithstanding.
No.33354
>>33353>this is one of the worse onesShit taste.
No.33355
>>33354Clock alone can't make the harem good.
No.33356
Two more series over.
The tl;dr of the plot of the last arc of the autist demon lord:
Suicidal tomboy lesbians are a plague upon this world, and harem-obsessed bitches and haughty childhood friends are the cure. The autist killed the him that is still in love with his former crush, thus finally becoming less of an autist. Good end.
I'd S2, shit was fun.
Shachiku: it stayed a better version of Senko till the end. Good enough.
Bonus round: I finally finished Akebi. Honestly, the anime never managed even a yota of the needlessness that is the characteristic trait of the manga. As far as writing goes, all of the choices made sense. But that making sense is exactly what makes the adaptation depart from the original in terms of how it feels. It doesn't make sense to waste pages upon pages on one simple action. It does makes sense to interpolate the accomplishments of the athletic festival through Akebi's dance. It shouldn't have made sense: they should have just gone extremely silly and animated the entire dance as one sequence, preferably on ones. And cut the budget from elsewhere.
I enjoyed it nontheless, so eh.
No.33362
>>33361She should deliver them to Sumire for rape correction.
What does 3fu think, are they all brainwashed with ninjutsu to not be able to perceive men? Auto-censorship. Or maybe it's just Tsubaki for some reason? Sensei and the transfer student don't have such problems for sure. No.33366
>>33359She really knows how to enjoy life, this lolihag. She has 300 years of experience in it, after all.
No.33380
>>33377>After writing that based on the anime I couldn't resist peeking at the manga scroll, and now I don't evenfuck lol
I'd forgotten about ep1, loli foreheads were more important than plot details. No.33386
This really was one of the best fantasy series lately. It was also less rushed than Zero's season, which made it even more enjoyable in some ways. The whole world really sparks your imagination. Hope we get translation of the novels and/or S2 soon.
No.33402
>>33394Shit was great. I also don't even now.
Hope S2 is soon but I gotta check out the manga either way.
Season end ranking:
Machikado >>> Otomege >= Reimeiki >= Tsubaki > Kaguya >= Aharen > Kono Healer >>> Yatogame-chan > SpyxFamily >= Shijou Saikyou no Daimaou, Autist ni Tensei suru >= Shachiku >>> Rikei > Yuusha, Yamemasu
No.33419
>>33386>The whole world really sparks your imagination.Yeah. Things like the Remnants and the Northern lands really intrigued me since there's an air of danger and mystery surrounding them.
The magic is also pretty cool.