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Regulus 777 · #192 Posted: Thu Oct 31, 2013 11:44 pm

Ha ha, yeah Hien! Yutaka Hasabe was the guy I was talking about. Best character in the show.

I think Watamote! is a great series. It kind of comes off as built for a certain audience though I've read people like it for different reasons. On one side you have the crowd that associates or sympathizes with Tomoko (The main character) and on the other hand you have the people that enjoy the humor aspect of her failure to fit in with people. (I'd fall in with the former group) So I guess you have people that can laugh at themselves and people who just like to laugh at others' misfortune.

I've been interested in watching Tari Tari at some point. Those types of shows are almost always up my alley.

I watched the original OVA for Tamayura and enjoyed its relaxed atmosphere and scenery. I've been sitting on the first TV series "Hitotose" for awhile now but haven't gotten to it yet. When I do I'm sure "More Aggressive" will follow shortly after.
However if you liked that show for its atmosphere I'd definitely recommend "Non Non Biyori" from this season which I'll talk about more in a bit.

I love K-On! Such a cute fun show. The movie was an awesome finish to the series and I do miss it.

Nausicaa is also a great movie, probably still my favorite Ghibli film of all the ones I've seen so far. (about 8 of them I believe?) Mononoke and Porco Rosso are right behind.

I've had Hyouka on my queue for awhile too. Looks interesting. It'll probably be picking up on that once I've knocked out some more of my stalled list.

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Soooooooooo.........
~On to Fall 2013~

This is looking to be a great season. I had a light season this past summer so I wanted to try upping the ante and seeing if I could watch more this time around. So far, I'm glad I have!

Let's start with my favorite so far

Non Non Biyori
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9722
This is my usual girls slice o' life light comedy. A fine replacement for last season's Kinmoza! This one takes place in the countryside where there isn't much society. No close stores etc. The school has 5 kids in it all mixed grades. So the girls are different ages. It's a very relaxing feel good kind of show with beautiful backgrounds and scenery. Plenty of laughs and smiles to be had. Lovin' it!

Golden Time
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9771
4 episodes in and so far this is shaping up to be a good romance show with some good comedy bits and perhaps some drama on the way. Yui Horie plays the main girl.

Galilei Donna
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9966
I liked the premise for this show and the first episode was awesome, but it's gonna feel too short and rushed since it's only gonna have 11 episodes. Action scenes are pretty good and I love the character designs. Overall a solid enjoyable show for me.

Nagi no Asukara
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9387
So this show has great animation but the setting and premise are kind of weird what with the whole underwater village people interacting with surface people thing going on. That aside it looks like it's gonna turn out to be a solid romance drama. Great voice cast too.

Outbreak Company
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9855
After reading the premise for this show early on I went in with low expectations but, it's really taken me by surprise! It's quite funny, has cute characters, and it's telling a fairly serious story that I'm starting to get into. I hope it keeps up! This is like my sleeper hit of the season right now.

Walkure Romance
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9931
On the other hand this show surprised me in the opposite way. I liked the premise quite a bit and the animation I saw in the preview caught my eye. The first two episodes were pretty trashy and full of fan-service. A couple of the characters are annoying too. I was on the verge of dropping it but the 3rd and 4th episodes have been much better. The story is starting to kick in and it has toned down the ecchi, at least for now. So while its nothing special its worked its way back up to mediocrity. I'll continue watching for now and see how it goes.

Wanna be the strongest in the world!
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9794
Here's and interesting show. ha ha. It's about an idol that decides she wants to become a pro wrestler! I tried the first episode on a whim and it was surprisingly decent. I haven't gotten to anymore yet so I can't say much else right now but it was better then I thought it was gonna be.

Also this season I have 2 shorts that have been enjoyable so far.

Super Seishun Brothers
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=10007
Cute show about two pairs of brother and sister who are opposites from each other but are close pals and its just them hanging out. funny sometimes.

Miss Monochrome
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=10023
So a Yui Horie concert mascot gets her own anime. lmao! Yui Horie playing the main character of course. It's pretty funny and pokes fun at veteran voice actresses in the industry. While funny it is black humor. The first few episodes were the best so far but it's continued to entertain me each week.

So altogether I've got 9 shows I'm watching from this season thus far (2 of which are shorts) and I'm still considering adding a couple more. The two I'm considering the most are

Unbreakable Machine Doll
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9665

and
Kyoukai no Kanata
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9518
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As for some other recent stuff I just finished

Kill Me Baby!
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=8552
A wacky random comedy series. Though its clearly low budget I still enjoyed it.

Hentai Prince and the Stony Cat
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9341
Great show I had kept hearing/reading good things about. Love the characters and it was consistently funny. Around the middle though it starting jumping all over the place and got a bit hard to follow for me when it really started pushing its contemporary fantasy element. The main thing that disappointed me about this series is that right as it finally explains whats going on and how the characters got where they are it abruptly ends. I'd really like to see another season to this show.