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Regulus 777 · #206 Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 10:26 pm

Good evening folks! It's time for another update from me in the increasingly quiet anime topic...

I wrapped up my shows from last season today and am raring to sink my teeth into some new shows tomorrow! So time for my excited post.

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~Spring 2014 results~

It wasn't as good as the Winter Season was but I enjoyed most of the shows I watched so I'm pretty happy.

Nisekoi
Awesome show! I loved the cast/characters and it ended quite nicely. Show was very funny too. I also loved Shaft's EVERY Girl is BEST Girl Plox in this show. Though if I had to choose my personal favorite its definitely Onodera with Marika close behind.

The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior
I was thoroughly entertained til the end. Consistently funny show that does rely on you liking the characters to entertain you. Was one of my favs of the season.

One Week Friends
A calming show that was pleasant to watch, though the end left a bit to be desired IMO.

No Game No Life
Definitely the best show this season. Very exciting with a great premise and awesome main characters. Great animation with a neat art style I really liked. If you enjoy battles of wits you'll totally love this show.

Is the Order a Rabbit?
My standard cute girls doing cute things show. I always enjoy these. Fans of this type of show will be satisfied, but there's nothing special about it.

Nanana's Buried Treasure
Was a bit short so it didn't get to flesh itself out enough which is a consistent problem for many shows in the noitaminA programming block. Even so I still enjoyed the series.

Mekaku City Actors
Got to this toward the end. First few episodes are pretty confusing but I really started getting into it around half way through and enjoyed the story. Shaft's animation style really suited this well too which added to the enjoyment for me.

~shorts~

Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san
Guilty Pleasure

Tonari no Seki-kun
Quite funny and the eps are short. Recommended!

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~Side Projects~

-Currently watching-

I started up the last TV season of Slayers, Evolution-R so that will be fun as usual!

Also picked Those who Hunt Elves back up which is a show I've been meaning to finish for years now after sampling it at a con awhile back. Goofy show with a ridiculous premise that you'd expect from the 90s.

-Recently Finished-

Recently finished the first season of Black Lagoon and that was awesome, excited to watch more.

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So let's talk about.....

~Summer 2014~

My likely picks are as follows...

Sailor Moon Crystal - http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=9306
Long time Sailor Moon fan here, so I will of course be watching this and seeing how its modernized. Should be fun! I was really surprised they replaced almost the entire cast! Especially since a lot of them are still prominent voice actors. But the cast they selected are mostly all people I really like so I think it'll go well.

Sword Art Online II - http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=10376
I enjoyed a good portion of the first season but was becoming detached in the 2nd half. I'm gonna give this a try though and see how it goes. My favorite voice actress Miyuki Sawashiro is also playing one of the main characters so that makes me happy.

Hana Yamata - http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=10351
I didn't know a whole lot about this other then staff for awhile. Even the cast is fairly young/fresh (not a bad thing, I sometimes actually like that! (Girlfriend X, Engaged to the Unidentified)). Then a PV finally came out and after watching that I really get a good vibe that it'll be my kind of show.

Locodol - http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=10404
I haven't really gotten into Idol shows yet which have been increasingly popular recently but this one is being handled by Feel which is one of my favorite underdog studios and they've done alot of shows I liked alot more then I thought I would initially. So with that in mind I'm cautiously optimistic and hoping for another winner.

Jinsei - http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=10446
Watched a PV and my guilty pleasure senses are tingling again...
I apologize... I apologize to the whole world!!! This is also a show animated by Feel.

Glasslip -http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=10506
Probably the nice Romance/Drama show this season. I tend to like this kind of stuff too.

Sabagebu! - http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=10041
At first I thought this would be one of those short eps shows but it appears its not so not I'm kind of on the fence but I still think I'm gonna try it out.

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun - http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=10542
Not high tier, I'm on the fence but it may be worth a try. Gives me that feeling that it could be more interesting then the premise makes it sound. If I end up liking the characters that could probably be enough to give it a solid standing. Kinda like Yamada's first time or a show in that realm, where I liked it more then I thought I would.