Comments on: I remember what you said in the last winter 2007/2008 preview…

By: QNVN

QNVN — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:15:41 +0000

[ahhh, I gave up, my post got cut off again. Your spam detecting system really doesn't get along well with me]
3. Ookami to Koushinryou

By: QNVN

QNVN — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 13:11:46 +0000

I don’t think I used any special symbols.

Before I said that I will be watching
1. Gunslinger Girls II
2. Aria
3. Hatenko Yugi
But now
1. Gunslinger Girls II: my love for the series is still the same. I just miss it so much that despite the not-so-positive comments from many bloggers, I will continue watch it
2. Aria : excellent, no more to say
3. Ookami to Koushinryou

By: Impz

Impz — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:25:55 +0000

@Serial: Arr, so I am not the only person who is thinking something like “stupid harem and Shinigami no Ballad clone” crap. I am very happy of sorts (no, i am no maschoist) that I am wrong about it.

@Totali: HAH! That shows that previewers always have mistakes with their prediction. However, without our random prediction, it is not as fun, isn’t it?

@Calawain: we always disagree anyway, you evil punk! ^+^

@Nekonron: Ya, in fact, I nearly dozed off four times during the few minutes of Shigofumi because it really bores the shit out of me. I remember spamming in IRC about the ending because I completely woke up after the revelation in the last few minutes

I wish I could give it a chance, but I have no time to keep up with that many anime. Sigh X_X

@QNVN: no worries. Were you using any special symbols? I thought Aria kept on with its style, what caused you to stop.

@Shippoyasha: See, that’s something interesting. I completely dismiss things but I always give stuff a chance to impress me. In fact, h20 and True Tears impressed me a hell lot in the first episode to make me watch on. You already know how I feel about H20, but True tears is one that gobsmacked me. I thought that i have enough of supposedly crap harem series, but hey, it’s actually damn good! Noe is perhaps the key factor to making True Tears a notch above the rest.

Good graphics always help too. My personal favorite is still Hatenkou Yuugi though. Despite the bad action scenes, the banter is just so refreshing.

By: Shippoyasha

Shippoyasha — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:06:35 +0000

If you didn’t like True Tears or H2O or others of their ilk from the get-go, it’d probably be hard to change minds about them later. I found both to be above adequate (just not great) and it stayed course.

I don’t think Kimiaru is ‘trash’ since it is all about the sleaze and ridiculous, layman’s comedy like last year’s Seto no Hanayome. No harm done. I would daresay it’s not even close to being some ‘guilty pleasure’ for me. Why would it be? I’m fully unapologetic as to watching it and loving it.

Shigofumi is obviously one of the best ones, though I find its story a bit too exploitive to the point of silliness (fetus anyone?). And its ’shock after shock’ thing doesn’t sound all that mesmerizing to me personally. Though it’s still very well made.

I actually watch just about all the new season’s show and is decently enjoying the lot of them. Spice and Wolf strikes me as weirdly Economics 101 style though..

Personal favorite: Major 4th season. Same hilarious Goro antics, EPIC baseball, insanely amazing music.

By: Impz

Impz — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:23:08 +0000

@Becky: I think Extrange is blogging it when he has time. Not too sure ~_~

Will reply later to the others. Got to teach my class now ^_^

By: Nekonron

Nekonron — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 02:46:44 +0000

Shigofumi was looking to be a rather normal and not so exciting anime throughout the first episode, and even when the contents of the letter was revealed, it didn’t really do that much to shake it up. But that final twist in the last moment was pure gold.

Maybe it’s because I don’t play the game so my expectations were rather low, but I found Persona to be very interesting even on the 3rd episode.

And you really should give Spice and Wolf a try

By: Becky

Becky — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:32:02 +0000

Is anyone going to be blogging Spice and Wolf? I’m really enjoying it so far.

By: Calawain

Calawain — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:16:03 +0000

I disagree with most of the shows you like, but that’s not really anything new~

By: Totali

Totali — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:49:33 +0000

Ninjas…always ruining everyone’s plans!

I’m still calling Shigofumi the best of the season after guessing that it would be hit or miss before it aired. Shi-go-fu-mi let’s go! BOKU!

By: serial

serial — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:31:09 +0000

I shared your views on Shigofumi and True Tears, back before the season started.
And I am also watching those two shows religiously now. For the very same reasons.

By: Impz

Impz — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:06:47 +0000

@Kabitizin: darn so! Well, the animation for Minami ke is never its strong point, so I don’t really wanna fault it for something that it does not intend to do at all ^_^

@Leviahan: I am guilty of not watching Spice and Wolf. I just have too little time T_T

By: Leviahan DarklyCute

Leviahan DarklyCute — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:26:48 +0000

Shigufumi, True Tears, Spice and Wolf and Aria are the best shows of the season

By: Kabitzin

Kabitzin — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:25:20 +0000

Ninjas are fast =D. No mention of the herky-jerky animation style of Okawari?