Winter Anime 2015 Preview: Strange, no Ero Game adapations? That's new...

Hello everyone! This is my preview for the upcoming Winter anime 2015 which begin this January! (Some of the series synopsis are taken from other sources)

Musaigen no Phantom World: In the near future, spirits and monsters are in full sight.
A boy leads a group of people with special abilities as they plot against a massive organization that takes advantage of a certain incident and eventually know the truth about their world in the process.

HaruChika-Haruta to Chika wa Seishun Suru: The original novels revolve around two high school students named Haruta and Chika, who are members of a wind instrument club that is on the verge of being shut down. The two are childhood friends, and they spend their days practicing hard while also trying to recruit new members. When a certain incident happens within their school, they work together to solve it.

Active Raid-Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hakkei: The story follows Unit 8 of the 5th Special Public Security Section's 3rd Mobile Assault Division also known as "The Eighth" who don powered armor "Willware" exoskeletons to counter the rise in crime.

Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu: Buntarou doesn’t know what he wants to do in the future, he does not have any kind of dream that he wants to pursue. So currently he just spends his days hanging around with his friends. When one day his classmate Sayuki asks him if he wants to help with development of a galge...

Boku Dake ga Inai Machi: Struggling manga author Satoru Fujinuma has a supernatural ability of being forced to prevent deaths and catastrophes by being sent back in time before the incident occurred, repeating time until the accident is prevented. One day, he gets involved in an accident that has him framed as a murderer. Desperate to save the victim, he sends himself back in time only to find himself as a grade-schooler one month before fellow classmate Kayo Hinazuki went missing.

Ansatsu Kyoushitsu Season 2: The continuating story of a mysterious alien who vowed to destroy the Earth in one year unless the class he is teaching could kill him. However his class were full of problem students and the alien is actually a great teacher who he is able to win them over...

Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation: The popular online game by SEGA is adapted for an original story which take place on Earth in the near future.

Dagashi Kashi: Shikada Kokonotsu's father owns a rural sweets shop, and his plan is for Kokonotsu to take it over one day. However, Kokonotsu wants to be a manga author instead! One day in summer, the cute but weird girl Shidare Hotaru, from the famous sweets company, comes to pay a visit...

Divine Gate: When the Divine Gate opened, the living world, the heavens, and the underworld became connected, ushering an era of chaos where desires and conflict intersect. To restore order, the World Council is formed. Boys and girls deemed fit by the World Council are gathered and their aim is to reach the gate for their personal objectives...

Oshiete! Galko-chan: Follow the daily school life of Gyaruko-chan, Otako, and Ojyo. Gyaruko-chan has a tendency to speak rudely but she's basically friends with everyone.

Koukaku no Pandora: It is a time when cyborgs and autonomous robots are beginning to appear on the market in technologically advanced nations and how two cybernetically enhanced girls meet in such an era.

Reikenzan: Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage: A comet falling will bring about a great calamity, and in order to choose a child fated by the falling comet, the family of the "Reiken" clan with a long storied history is once again resuming its entrance examination process to find disciples.

Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri 2nd Season: Second cour covering the light novel's Flaming Dragon Arc.

Bubuki Buranki: When Azuma Ikki returns to Japan after 10 years, he was abducted by a group of armed men. Kogane Asabuki, a childhood friend, saves him with a weapon on her right hand known as Bubuki; a weapon with its own mind.

Luck & Logic: In Tetra Heaven,  a hundred years of war had come to a close. The gods who lost the war searched for a new place to live, and found it in Septpia, the human world, which they proceeded to attack.

Durarara!!×2 Ketsu: Final cour of "Durarara!!×2."

Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R: A remake series of the Magical Witch Komugi who is originally a character from Soul Taker.

Nijiiro Days: The series details the lives of four main characters named Natsuki, Tomoya, Keiichi, and Tsuyoshi. They spend their days trying to have fun by finishing their studies and debating about romance.

Dimension W: In the year 2071, the world's energy problems seem solved by a network of cross-dimensional electric-field inductors- "coils" -that extract energy from a seemingly infinite source. In this world, unofficial "illegal" coils harness powers that the police can't hope to counter. Dealing with these coils is the job of coil-hating repo man Kyoma, whose run-in with the unique coil android Mira leads the two to form a reluctant partnership.

Hai to Gensou no Grimgar: When Haruhito lose his memory when he is awaken. Around him there are several men and women who have the same circumstances.  Together, they advance forward away from the darkness, and a world they've never seen before called "Grimgar" spreads out before them.

Schwarzesmarken: The story follows the East German Army's 666th TSF Squadron in its battles and political conflicts during the BETA's westward push in 1983.

Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut: The story of the light novel series revolves around Lux, a former prince of an empire named Arcadia that was overthrown via a rebellion five years earlier. Lux accidentally trespasses in a female dormitory's bathing area, sees the kingdom's new princess Lisesharte naked, and incurs her wrath. Lisesharte then challenges Lux to a Drag-Ride duel.

Akagami no Shirayuki-hime 2nd Season: The continuting love story of Shirayuki, a commoner who has beautiful red hair and her romance with Prince Zen and the amount people objected their relationship...

Mahou Shoujo Nante Mou Ii Desu kara: The comedy follows Yuzuka Hanami, a young girl who has few friends but who can do anything. One day, Yuzuka gets accosted by a strange creature named Miton who is digging through a trash dump. Miton tells Yuzuka, "you have the makings of a magical girl" and seems extremely suspicious.

Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm: From the discovery of anti-gravitons came the dream invention of anti-graviton shoes ("grash") that let people fly the skies. They introduce people to a new realm by enabling flight with just one's own body strength, without feathers or engines. This led to the rise of the sport of "Flying Circus" (dogfight race).

Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo: Satou Kazuma, a hikikomori who likes games died in a traffic accident but when he woke up, a beautiful girl who called herself a goddess was in front of his eyes...

Ajin: Ajin are humans that cannot die. Seventeen years ago, they first appeared on a battlefield in Africa. From then on, more of their kind are discovered within the human society...

Mahou Tsukai Precure: The latest season of Precure which centered around Witches and Magic.

What are I am looking for the final cour of anime series of 2015? Not really much except Mahou Tsukai Precure which I will be doing the reviews when it come out in February. Akagami Shirayuki Hime which I did enjoyed the first season due to Hayami Saori's wonderful portrayal of a strong and courageous Snow White. Gate is another mixed bag as I have already read way further the 2nd season. (Trust me, the fight with the dragon was one of the most ridiculous battle ever and it is not really that interesting.)

Phantasy Star Online 2 look interesting although my only knowledge of the game was from Phantasy Star Nova on the PS Vita. Galko Chan looked like a sleeper hit but it is probably because of the amount of doujins based on Gyaruko Chan.

The rest of the shows I have to watch it to give my thoughts. But overall, I see you in this January for the new shows. Happy New Year 2016!

Quick Picks: Marvel Disk Wars Avengers Ep 28-31, Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls Ep 1-4, Amagi Brilliant Park Ep 1-5

I know I am not updating my Quick Picks for a while but it is due to my personal work and also wondering what new shows to do other than Marvel Disk Wars. But finally, these are the shows which I will probably will do. 

 

 

Marvel Disk Wars Avengers Ep 28-31: The short version will be Red Skull has created a doomsday machine to destroy the "Gaia Lines" on Earth and the Avengers have till midnight to stop it. Iron Man gave the kids their new Built Up Disk to be use against the Masters of Evil who are guarding in five different locations.

 

 

 

 

 

Akira, Iron Man and Falcon went to their location and after knowing that Hawkeye and Falcon are partners (The former got captured by Red Skull earlier while rescuing a scientist) Falcon prove his worth against Crimson Dynamo and Whiplash. Akira used the Built Up Disk on Iron Man to defeat Modok and destroy the doomsday machine. But Falcon was badly injured and with his permission, Akira sealed him in a disk to heal him.

 

 

In Wakanda, Tiger Shark invaded the land and Black Panther tried to stop him but fell off a cliff. Jessica, Wasp and a team of Shield agents were pinned by Hydra forces but Black Panther returned and saved them. Jessica volunteered to sneak into the Hyrda camp as a prisoner and later that night, freed the prisoners with Black Panther as a distraction.

 

 

 

 

 

A big battle ensures with Jessica used the Built Up Disk on Wasp to defeat Tiger Shark, King Cobra, Diamond Back and Cottonmoth. But Black Panther got sealed in a disk however he entrusted his people to protect Wakanda.

 

 

Meanwhile, Black Widow hired Deadpool to assist Captain America to battle Baron Zemo which he agreed as he has the hots for her. The Shield agents with Chris were honored to fight with Cap which Chris was kinda of taken back. They then ordered Chris to find Baron Zemo as they fed off Green Goblin. Along the way, Deadpool appeared to help Chris and took out Green Goblin. They met Baron Zemo who threatened them with Hawkeye in a block of ice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deadpool took on Baron Zemo and his powers affected Deadpool's healing factor. But Deadpool fired a shot on Hawkeye which happened to be a fake. Chris called out Captain America and using the Built Up Disk, they defeated Baron Zemo. Deadpool refused to be seal up and Chris carried him to safety. They were blocked by rumbles and Deadpool gave Iron Fist's Disk to Chris to use it. He called him and destroy the rumbles. After escaping, Deadpool was recovering in the Helicarrier and annoyed Black Widow and she threw him off the Helicarrier.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ed and Hulk arrived at the Raft where the doomsday machine is. He met up with Tim and his comrades who want to take revenge on Red Skull for taking their Bio code powers from them. Jubei gave Ed Luke Cage's disk which he later called out to fight his way through. Luke Cage took on Abomination and even snatch back the Built Up Disk from him when Ed dropped it earlier. Ed called out Hulk and using their new powers, defeated Abomination and destroy the machine... 

 

If you have been staying on watching this series till now, it has been a treat seeing all the various Marvel heroes appearing in every episode. We have Falcon, Black Panther, Black Widow, Iron First, Luke Cage and even Deadpool again! Although the Built Up Disk's armor look and the Dragon Ball Scouter head set look silly, they are now on even grounds to take on the Masters of Evil. Beside, the kids got a secondary hero disk which I hope I can see them again. Black Panther and Luke Cage were the most interesting to watch. So with one more device left, can Hikaru and Thor take down Gravtion and bring the fight to Red Skull after destroying the doomsday machines?

 

 

Hi-sCoool! SeHa Girls Ep 1-4: This is an interesting series and a love letter for anyone who loved the Sega Games in the late 80s and 90s. Our three main characters, Dreamcast, Sega Saturn and Mega Drive enrolled into the SeHa Academy and their teacher who is called Center Sensei explained they earned credits by entering the various games by Sega.

 

 

 

Their first game was Virtual Fighter and it was funny seeing them going through a 100 man match and characters from various games (example: the villains from Golden Axe, Alex Kidd, Bruno from Dynamite Deka, a giant Hercules beetle and finally Shinguji Sakura from Sakura Wars! It was fun to see her again like seeing a long lost lover!

 

 

 

The next game was Space Channel 5 and together with Ulala, they went on a dancing adventure to save people and defeating the aliens. Gilius from Golden Axe had a crush on Sega Saturn after she wore only a bikini outfit and Jeffrey from Virtual Fighter started beating anyone on sight after rescuing him. After some funny moments, they completed the game but Center Sensei claimed that Sega Saturn's outfit was getting a lot of complaints and she was not given any credits...

 

I love the Easter eggs and trivial around the class like Sonic the Hedgehog posing around, NIGHTS flying on their celling, Segata Sanshiro's motto hanging on a wall, a Super Hang On arcade bike machine and so on. Furthermore the games they entered are the actual in games graphics with some changes here and there. Even listening the Sakura Wars theme song was nostalgic for me.

 

Our three main characters represented the three important eras of Sega. Mega Drive represents the 16 bit era where the games have reached a certain level that international audiences enjoyed. Although she has the lowest processor among the three but she has a vast knowledge of many retro games.

 

Sega Saturn is the first CD based console for Sega and is probably my favourite (I love the various Japanese Sega Saturn games especially the more mature theme games) She represents how disk games are the next step of gaming and every consoles that follow are using a similar disk system.

 

Dreamcast is the final console by Sega and it has the highest processor and a built in modem. I was laughing to myself as Dreamcast used her modem to browse the Internet and the familiar dial up tone could be heard.

 

Overall, a good series to look at if you love retro gaming. The only flaw is that it is ten minutes long which seriously, they could make a full length 22 minutes episodes and introducing more Sega games. Next the girls enter Puyo Puyo Puzzle games and is that Phantasy Star Online?!

 

 

 

Amagi Brilliant Park Ep 1-5: Kanie Seiya was once a famous child actor but retired after a certain incident. Although he is smart and good looking, he has a self centred attitude until a girl named Sento Isuzu took him to the Amagi Brilliant Park. But the park itself was in bad shape and Kanie hate it. He was brought to the owner of the park, a young girl named Princess Ratifa and she want him to be the new manager of the park.

 

He was granted the abilities to read people's mind by Ratifa and later learned that the residents in the theme park are beings from another dimension. Kanie is now given the task to bring in 250000 visitors to the theme park in three months or else the park will be bought over by a large corporation. Kanie agreed to do so after some thoughts. From extending the operating hours, a cheaper entry fee, a viral video of one of the mascots, Moffle (who resembles Bonta-kun of FMP fame) getting into a fight. The theme park has seen little sucesss.

 

 

In the latest episode, Kanie, Sento, Moffle, Macaron and Tiramy went to a forgotten section of the theme park and got into a crazy adventure of exploring. Sento and Macaron got separated with the rest and discovered that one of their mascots, Dornell who was presumed missing for ten years was relaxing himself and playing online games all day long.

 

 

Kanie and the other two mascots confronted a talking dragon and pig warriors. However they were pushover and the pig warriors are revealed to be mole creatures who have been hiding from their enemies. Kanie decided to hire all of them and sold Dornell's collections for extra income for the park. Although Macaron and Tiramy found some strange beans from the cave...

 

So far, I kinda of enjoy the crazy cast of characters. Kanie is arrogant and self centred but he actually have a knack for management although he clash a lot with the residents of the park especially Moffle (who I am surprised that it was Kawasumi Ayako doing his voice instead of Kaneda Tomoko) But I am guessing since Moffle has a more active role, Ayako was a better choice.

 

Sento reminds me of a female version of Sagara Sousuke with her military background and mindset. She whipped out a musket from her skirt (how did it fit into her skirt is another question?) and fired on anyone who step out of line. She was the original manager before Kanie and everyone feared her authority. But when a water pipe burst and flood the park, she took the lead and everyone praised her in the end.   

 

Raffie is the sweet princess but it seems in the flashback, she knew Kanie a long time ago but something bad happened and they never see each other again. The rest of the cast were fun and wacky most of the time and a running gag will be Moffle, Macaron and Tiramy drinking in a bar and getting drunk which completely ruined their image if kids will to spot them.

 

So far, I am enjoying this show and I want to see if Kanie is able to make a miracle by hitting the target in three months and Sento is like my favourite heroine for this season. (Who can forget her shower scene in the first episode?)