Hello everyone! This is my preview for the upcoming Summer anime 2015 which begin this July! (Some of the series synopsis are taken from other sources)
Okusama ga Seito Kaichou!: The story begins with Izumi Hayato running to be student body president. But when a beautiful girl swings in promising the liberalization of love while flinging condoms into the audience, he ends up losing to her and becoming the vice president. At the student council meeting, the newly-elected president invites herself over to Izumi's house, where she promptly announces she is to become Izumi's wife thanks to an agreement between their parents when they were only 3.
Gangsta: In the town of Ergastulum, there exists a feared group of people with increased speed and strength called Twilights. The town is ruled by four gangs: Paulklee, Corsica, Monroe, and Cristiano. Worick Arcangelo and Nicolas Brown make a living here as independent jacks-of-all-trades and find themselves caught in the middle of more than a little trouble.
Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Senyaku: The story takes place in the year 3015. Donatia and Kouran, two countries fighting for supremacy, are causing the world to be torn apart due to the constant war. Amidst the strife is the island country Nil Kamui, which has lost its independence. Red Dragon, the guardian god of Nil Kamui, goes out of control. Will the island country be able to regain its independence?
Aquarion Logos: A new season for a new generation of pilots who piloted the Super Robot Aquarion!
Ranpo Kitan-Game of Laplace: The story takes place at a certain middle school where several murder cases take place. Kobayashi, a boy who goes to this school, meets genius detective Akechi, who comes to the school to investigate. Kobayashi takes an interest in Akechi and, in spite of his friend Hashiba's worries, he volunteers to be Akechi's assistant.
Aoharu x Kikanjuu: When Hotaru moves into a new apartment alone, there’s a mysterious man standing nearby the apartment. Hotaru decides to confront the man, who turns out to live in the neighbouring apartment. The next day at school, Hotaru’s best friend Kanae tells Hotaru that a host tricked her out of her money. When Hotaru goes to confront the host, he happens to be none other than Hotaru’s neighbour, Masamune?!
Joukamachi no Dandelion: The Sakurada family is a pretty ordinary family of eleven people living in a solitary house. Except that their father is the king, and each of the children has special powers. Also, to ensure their safety and to help citizens decide the next king, the house is observed by more than 200 security cameras.
Ushio to Tora: A remake of the hit manga of the 90s.
Miss Monochrome: 2nd Season: 2nd season of Monochrome and her adventures created by famed Seiyu, Horie Yui who voiced the lead character too.
Wakaba Girl: The story centers around the activities of Wakaba Kohashi, "a slightly out-of-tune super" daughter of a well-to-do family, and her friends. Wakaba looks like an elegant rich daughter, but she admires the trendy gyaru fashion subculture. There is also the pure, innocent, fairy-tale-like Moeko. Mao is capricious and behaves in her own way. Nao used to be an athletic type of girl, but now loves the boys-love genre.
Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakeri: A portal to a parallel world, known as "Gate," suddenly appeared in Ginza, Tokyo. Monsters and troops poured out of the portal, turning the shopping district into a bloody inferno. The JSDF immediately took action and pushed the fantasy creatures back to the "Gate." To facilitate negotiations and prepare for future fights, the JSDF dispatched the Third Reconnaissance Team to the "Special Region" at the other side of the Gate.
Classroom Crisis: With aims to one day reach out into the stars, humanity has colonized all the planets of the solar system. This story of young high school hopefuls is set in Fourth Tokyo in a Japanese Martian prefecture. Iris Shirasaki is a third year student/aspiring test pilot. Mizuki Sera is her peer/mechanic and Mizuki's brother Kaito is their homeroom teacher and the young director of the program developing their talents.
Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX: Third Season of the action packed series about Hibiki and her friends who used the power of Symphogear to battle aliens invaders.
Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai: 16 years after a law was passed to banned coarse language in the country, Tanukichi Okuma enrolls in the country's leading elite public morals school and is soon invited into the Anti-Societal Organization (SOX) by its founder, Ayame Kajou. As a member blackmailed into joining by Ayame, Tanukichi ends up taking part in obscene acts of terrorism against the talented student council president Anna Nishikinomiya, whom Tanukichi has a crush on.
Durarara!!×2 Ten: The second half of the second season.
Working!!!: The third season of about the wacky working staff in a family restaurant.
Gatchaman Crowds Insight: One year has passed since the Galactor invasion and the Gatchaman Crowds saved the city however a new organisation has arise to cause chaos again...
Rokka no Yuusha: The story centers around six heroes except seven heroes appear instead. One must be a fake and the heroes' enemy.
Dragon Ball Super: After 2 revival movies, Dragonball returned to the small screen with new story contents as Goku and his friends take on new challenges after the Buu Saga!
God Eater: Based on the popular Playstation game of the same name which a group of fighters battling larger than life creatures for the survival of the Earth.
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime: The story revolves around Shirayuki, a beautiful girl working as a medicine woman who has red hair, which is very rare in her country. When she is proposed and chased after by the prince of her country, she runs away, only to meet Zen, the prince of a neighbouring country. Finding respect for the young man, she decides to serve at his side as his court doctor.
To Love-Ru-Trouble Darkness 2nd: The second season of the popular harem manga which focus on Yami and the crazy (ecchi) misadventures every day.
Million Doll: Sūko, an idol-loving hikikomori who has one ability: To make any idol popular through the power of blogging. She puts her sights on the Fukuoka idol Itorio and tries to make her sell more, but she is impeded by the charismatic idol Ryūsan and the underground idol Mariko.
Jitsu wa Watashi wa: Kuromine Asahi who can't tell a lie all his life discovered that his crush Shiragami Youko is actually a vampire! Can Asahi actually keep her secret?
Non Non Biyori Repeat: The second season of the adventures of five friends who lived in the countryside.
Overlord: In the year 2138, virtual reality gaming is booming. Yggdrasil, a popular online game is quietly shut down one day. However, one player named Momonga decides to not log out. Momonga is then transformed into the image of a skeleton as "the most powerful wizard." The world continues to change, with non-player characters (NPCs) beginning to feel emotion. Having no parents, friends, or place in society, this ordinary young man Momonga then strives to take over the new world the game has become.
Sore ga Seiyuu!: The series centers on Futaba Ichinose, Ichigo Moesaki, and Rin Kohana, three rookie voice actresses. The manga features small but humorous observations of the voice actor industry.
Bikini Warriors: In a RPG-style world with swords and magic, where adventurers form a party to challenge the demon king's right to rule. But all the adventurers have beautiful breasts, enormous breasts, and bikini armor!!
Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan: Humanity was driven off the land by the threat of magical armored insects, now live in aerial floating cities. Thus wizards-aerial combat mages who fight the insects with magical powers. Kanata Eiji is a young man who lives on the floating wizard academy city of "Misutogan." He was once celebrated as the "Black Master Swordsman," the elite ace of the S128 special team. However, he is now despised as the "traitor of the special team." One day, he is assigned as the instructor of E601, a team that has suffered 10 consecutive defeats.
Gakkou Gurashi!: Takeya Yuki is in love with the school. For her, it’s a wonderful place, where she enjoys her school activities, especially the activities of her club: School Life Club. The club has Rii-chan as the president, Kurumi-chan as another member, and the teacher, Megu-nee, always there for them. Yes, she is in love with her school… on her mind. Because, for her, the reality of the school and their club’s activities is way too hard to be perceived.
Danchigai: Haruki and his four sisters: Mutsuki, Yayoi, Uzuki, and Satsuki. While their life may seem monotonous, aside from the fact that Haruki's sisters don't give him a single opportunity to rest, lecturing him about every perceived mistake and playing tricks on him, Haruki still likes his life.
Kangoku Gakuen: Hachimitsu Academy, known for its strict academic standards and even stricter school code, is making a giant change this year. In the first time in school history, they are allowing boys to be admitted. As Fujino Kiyoshi starts his first day at Hachimitsu Academy he is shocked to find out that there are only 4 other guys in the entire school, making the ratio of girls to boys 200:1. And to their dismay, not one of the thousand girls will talk to them or even acknowledge them.
Venus Project-Climax: In this world, data devices and video technology have been progressing to new heights, and people are abuzz about a new form of entertainment-Formula Venus. In Formula Venus, abbreviated as F-V, the chosen top idols battle in live performances with their willpower, skills, and all the experience gained.
The Idolmaster: Cinderella Girls Season 2: The continuing adventures of a group of girls who dream of becoming top idols!
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma Illya 2wei! Herz: The 2nd half of the second season which focus on Illya and her new "sister", Kuro and her best friend Myu who is hiding a terrible dark secret.
Charlotte: The story centers around the special abilities that occur among a small percentage of boys and girls in puberty. Yuu Otosaka uses his power without others knowing, and lives a fairly normal, average school life. Before him suddenly appears a girl, Nao Tomori. Due to his meeting with her, the fate of special power-users will be exposed.
Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou: Three years ago, the world learned that harpies, centaurs, catgirls, and all manners of fabulous creatures are not merely fiction; Thanks to the "Cultural Exchange Between Species Act," these once-mythical creatures have assimilated into society. Kurusu Kimihito is inducted as a "volunteer" into the exchange program, his world is turned upside down. A snake-like lamia named Miia comes to live with him, and it is Kurusu's job to take care of her and make sure she integrates into his everyday life.
So what are the shows on my watch list? Aquarion Logos looked interesting since I enjoyed Aquarion Evol which is one of the best Super Robot shows for the last five years. Gatchaman Crowds which despite not being a true Gatchaman series was pretty all right and I enjoyed the soundtracks each time the action start. Cinderalla Girls, To Love Ru Darkness and Fate Kaleid is also a confirm watch for me. I read Monster Musume and it is fun although how much censorship is going to happen since the monster girls are almost naked most of the time.
I never got a chance to play any of the God Eater games. Perharps after watching the first episode might change my mind. Bikini Warriors looked very tempting to watch since it was created by the same people who did the Queen's Blade series however each episode is only five minutes long which is really dumb.
Of course, the biggest hype is Dragon Ball Super! I have stated before that Dragonball changed my life about anime and being a big fan till today make me feel like Christmas has come early this year! I am suspecting that the two revival movies were a test run on whether old and especially new fans will like it and true enough, it does! Similar to Dragonball GT, there won't be a manga to adopt so fans won't know what to expect for the new series. Let the Dragonball Craze return and beat Naruto and One Piece fans off the roof! (Joking!)
So what are the new shows you looking forward to this Summer? If you have a particular show you want me to review, let me know in the comments. Until then, see you this July for the new shows!
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
Quick Picks: Gatchaman Crowds Ep 12 FINAL, Fantasista Doll Ep 12 FINAL and other shows that I watch to the finale...
Gatchaman Crowds Ep 12 FINAL: The battle continues as more people become CROWDS and creating more chaos in the city. The Gatchaman were tied and Berg decided to kill JJ and enter the lair.
However OD was there and transformed to a Gatchaman. They began to battle and somehow OD defeated him but at the cost of his life. Rui had an idea to motivate everyone into using the CROWDS for good. He gave them missions in the GALAX app and soon everyone was helping up.
Berg saw that everyone was helping rather than killing. He was outraged and Hajime convinced him to give up. One year later, the CROWDS are still helping around and Berg got turned into a ribbon and wore on Hajime's uniform...
So if you are expecting the Gatchaman to become a fiery fire bird or JJ becoming G-1 in the final episode, you are clearly disappointed. Instead Hajime used a pacifist way to end the battle and Berg was convinced and even become good.
Final thoughts: Gatchaman is one of the best classic series about good vs evil. Using the names and references for this show is a big responsibility and somehow it didn't go so well. The first two or three episodes will have make people stay away from it, seeing we have an odd ward main character who think TOO out of the box. I stayed on and the ten episode was really the highlight. Seeing the Gatachman in action was great and I thought Berg Katze will be defeated in classic hero style.
But then No. Berg is like the Joker from the Dark Knight who want to spread anarchy and chaos. However people will make the right choices and it was these choices that Berg lost. Overall, Gatchaman Crowds was an all right show but because the Gatchaman title was slapped into it, fans of the original series including myself felt cheated out of it.
Fantasista Doll Ep 12 FINAL: Years ago, Komachi were best friends with her doll, Sonnet. However her card was damaged beyong repair while trying to save Komachi from a truck. In the present, Uzume and her began to battle but Proto Zero was too strong for them.
Kagami and Makoto met Anna who asked him to find a method to repair Sonnet. Komachi asked Uzume what will she have if she has one desire? But she is unable to reply. Komachi answered that her sole purpose is to revive Sonnet at the cost of all the dolls' data.
Kagami and Manai also joined into the fight but Proto Zero is too strong for them. However she started showing emotions and refused to fight. Uzume then told her that Sonnet will never allow her revival to be at the cost of others.
Anna and Makoto arrived and explained they found another way to revive Sonnet. Her data is spread all over cyberspace and they have to find every piece of her. The other doll users from the past also arrived and aid Uzume to find the data.
The dolls entered cyberspace and began searching. As dawn approached, Uzume's dolls were on top of a Ferris wheel and a flower bloom revealing a revival Sonnet. Komachi was touched and Uzume was glad that everything was over... (She did found the birthday present by the dolls.)
A better finale that Gatchaman Crowds. Komachi became obsessed with reviving Sonnet that she is willing to sacrifice everyone to do it. But thanks to Makoto and Anna, the battle was halted and everyone including the doll users Uzume battle before, joined in to search Sonnet's data. It was a bit rushed for this ending but I am glad it ended with a good note.
Final Thoughts: When I first see this show, I was thinking...if Uzume was a male, this show will become a Harem anime. But instead, we get a good show about friendship. I love the cast especially Katina and Miko's friendship. The minus point of this show is since this is a show about a Smartphone card battles, they didn't really do much explaining of the rules and everything randomly appeared out of nowhere from their cards. If they do explain what is going on, it will be a better show but then it will be as long as Yugioh.
I did watched other shows but didn't have the time to review it as there were too many. Here are some of the shows that I felt was either a miss or a hit.
Silver Spoon: This is one of the better shows that I have seen this whole season and the characters are lovable. You might shed a tear especially when Hachiken's pet pig was sent to be slaughter. Recommend as one of the better slice of life shows this year!
Love Lab: A white lie caused Riko to be mistaken as a Love Guru. Maki is one naive girl who imagine all sort of love scenarios with hilarious results. The last two episodes was a bit heavy but I hope for both Riko and Maki to find their true love...
Hyper Dimension Neptune the Animation: Combining the three game installment into a twelve episodes series is not easy but the characters are fun to watch and an unexpected enemy from the past brought them together to overcome it. Great show if you know your video games references!
Geni'o Kakeru Taiyo: Based on the tarot cards and battling corrupted souls, it started strong but the last few episodes was confusing which leave more questions than answers...
C3: Suppose to be the spiritual successor of K-ON, however an unlikable main character and less interesting supporting characters make it a downer. Especially when Yura behaved like a jerk for the last few episodes...
Dog and Scissors: Writers used their words to fight and I wonder how many people know that they are talking to a dog who used to be a human? An interesting show but the random plots here and there was a turn off.
Danganronpa the Animation: A murder mystery that keep you guessing who is the mastermind until the end. Although the survivors make it but a more bizarre world is awaiting outside..remind me of LOST...
Fate Kaleid Prima IIya: A spin off from the Fate series and it was pretty good and intense. Especially the battles with Dark Saber and Dark Berserker. There were some yuri tension between IIya and Miyu which seem to be resolved at the end. A second season is confirmed which introduced more Servants from the Fate universe.
Rozen Maiden 2013: The show spend almost 3/4 showing Adult Jun making a doll which is a trap for him to kill off Shinku. The final episode ended with a cliffhanger as young Jun is in a coma and his adult self need to come to the N-field to rescue him...Disappointed for a show that we have been waiting for more than 5 years...
Kiniro Mosaic: A sweet show about two England girls who came to study in Japan. There were some sweet moments especially Alice who remind me of Chiyu from Azumanga Daigo. The characters were fine but it felt like your generic Slice of Life show...
Watamoe: You really feel sorry for Tomoko who is considered a broken girl who is treated like a nobody in school, have an only friend who is a hottie, a younger brother who is better than her and her life is nothing but hoping to get laid by a 2D bishouen...
Ro-Kyu-Bu SS: You will cheer for Tomoka and her friends at the end of this series. Even though they have moved on to the next phase of their life, you will cherish those moments together! Recommended despite a lolicon show...
High School DxD New: We have two storyline for this season and it was interconnected. Issei's life changed completely after meeting with the White Dragon. Furthermore, the girls are moving into his house which complicated things further. If they do a third season, I will follow it!
Tamayura Aggressive: The second year for Fu and her friends and despite some slow moments, it was very good in it's pacing. As the third year began for them, it could mean the girls might go their separate ways after graduating. But I will still cheer for this show like how I like Aria the Animation!
Mushibugyo: This is one underrated Shouen anime. Set in Edo Japan where giant insects attacked the city. A young Samurai, Jinbei joined the Mushibugyo to battle it. The pacing was pretty fast although the ending is different from the manga but at least it was a good one!
To Aru Kaguku Railgun S: I reviewed some episodes and the SISTERS storyline was not so good but the second storyline-Silent Party was actually good and the finale was one of the better "everyone come and help" for a while. Recommended but watch the second half!
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