More anime series of this season
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salineaTiger & Bunny
A Buddy series in a world where super-powered people are sponsored by corporations to act as heavily mediatized superheroes. Our main protagonist is a veteran, divorced father, and has been hero who is all hearts and impulse and little brain, and he's just been paired with a new comer who has the exact power set as him (can boost all his physical capabilities for a limited time) who isBatman ambitious, perfectionist and a planner.
I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this one. It's not great, it's not really bad either. Part of the premise is intriguing, but the story so far hasn't been excessively interesting. The characters can be likeable, but a lot of the humour I found overly awkward so far.
Ao no Exorcist
Teen guy who always tends to get into fights and failing at part time jobs, unlike his twin brothers who succeed at everything, both of them raised by a (lecherous) priest. Weird, supernatural events that he can see happens, and suddenly he's told he's the son of Satan.
I have at least one person of my flist very excited about this one, and it does seem like a solidly characterized battle shounen series so far. Animation's quite all right and the main character is already pretty likeable. Have to see what they do with it in terms of plot and action.
Ano Hana aka the one with the overly long series title
A group of childhood friends have grown apart now that they're teenagers after the death of one of them. Now the ghost of the dead girl appears to the guy who used to be the leader and is now a shut-in, asking him to gather everyone in order to fulfil her (as yet unknown) wish.
Hmmmm, this one mixes some excellent sense of drama and direction with some slightly more annoying elements. The ghost, for example, is overly moe and keeps being used for those awkward sexual comedy moments despite having the characterisation of the time when she died (yuck); and while there's an excellent sense of pain and awkwardness to all the teens and the way they interact with one another; I fear that their characterizations might be a bit too stereotyped to make the drama really feel good. I can't help to compare this to Cross Game which played the effect of a child's death on her family and friends in a much more understated and thus elegant way.
Hyouge Mono
Very odd duck of an anime, set in the Sengoku era, our main protagonist is a vassal of Nobunaga Oda who serves him as a messenger, and is overly obsessed with tea, tea paraphernalia and other aesthetics. So far a kind of weird comedy. I have absolutely no idea in what direction it is headed, but it's rather refreshing and entertaining so far.
A Buddy series in a world where super-powered people are sponsored by corporations to act as heavily mediatized superheroes. Our main protagonist is a veteran, divorced father, and has been hero who is all hearts and impulse and little brain, and he's just been paired with a new comer who has the exact power set as him (can boost all his physical capabilities for a limited time) who is
I'm not entirely sure how I feel about this one. It's not great, it's not really bad either. Part of the premise is intriguing, but the story so far hasn't been excessively interesting. The characters can be likeable, but a lot of the humour I found overly awkward so far.
Ao no Exorcist
Teen guy who always tends to get into fights and failing at part time jobs, unlike his twin brothers who succeed at everything, both of them raised by a (lecherous) priest. Weird, supernatural events that he can see happens, and suddenly he's told he's the son of Satan.
I have at least one person of my flist very excited about this one, and it does seem like a solidly characterized battle shounen series so far. Animation's quite all right and the main character is already pretty likeable. Have to see what they do with it in terms of plot and action.
Ano Hana aka the one with the overly long series title
A group of childhood friends have grown apart now that they're teenagers after the death of one of them. Now the ghost of the dead girl appears to the guy who used to be the leader and is now a shut-in, asking him to gather everyone in order to fulfil her (as yet unknown) wish.
Hmmmm, this one mixes some excellent sense of drama and direction with some slightly more annoying elements. The ghost, for example, is overly moe and keeps being used for those awkward sexual comedy moments despite having the characterisation of the time when she died (yuck); and while there's an excellent sense of pain and awkwardness to all the teens and the way they interact with one another; I fear that their characterizations might be a bit too stereotyped to make the drama really feel good. I can't help to compare this to Cross Game which played the effect of a child's death on her family and friends in a much more understated and thus elegant way.
Hyouge Mono
Very odd duck of an anime, set in the Sengoku era, our main protagonist is a vassal of Nobunaga Oda who serves him as a messenger, and is overly obsessed with tea, tea paraphernalia and other aesthetics. So far a kind of weird comedy. I have absolutely no idea in what direction it is headed, but it's rather refreshing and entertaining so far.
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Date: 22 April 2011 06:11 pm (UTC)But I should go back and watch some of the other new ones I was interested in. Ao no Exorcist does sound interesting.
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Date: 22 April 2011 06:27 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 23 April 2011 05:38 am (UTC)I think Tiger & Bunny could be a lot better than it aspires to be, which disappoints me.
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Date: 23 April 2011 03:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 22 April 2011 08:58 pm (UTC)... It's me, isn't it. XD
As much as I love the series, I have to admit, I'm worried about the plot, because the first really interesting plot arc even in the manga is only now just warming up. Prior to this, it's mostly been setup. Interesting setup, but still, setup. It really has been worrying me that they greenlit the anime adaptation way too soon -- and I believe it's a 26 episode adaptation to boot. It'll probably have to go the FMA/Soul Eater route, but the question then is whether they can pull it off well... (And I think both FMA and Soul Eater actually had more chapters out than this one did when they got adapted.) Fingers crossed!
As for Tiger & Bunny... I think for me it is kind of my "mindless entertainment" series this season.
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Date: 22 April 2011 09:38 pm (UTC)aah, that can be a big issue for shounen adaptation :( though from what i heard the Soul Eater anime was pretty good?
As for Tiger & Bunny... I think for me it is kind of my "mindless entertainment" series this season.
I could see it going that way for me #1 if the humour isn't too consistently annoying for me #2 if it doesn't have too much competition from all the other "mindless entertainment" series of the season (there's quite a few more interesting shows this season than the two before).