...what are you watching...

One of those days where only bad emails were received...grrr

Magi 3! Aladdin and Ali baba quickly clear the dungeon. I have a feeling the anime is really speeding through the manga. There was a 1 second flashback to Morgiana's past where she met the sharif...who was probably not insane back then. The djinn of that dungeon send them back to the real world, but they are dropped off in different locations. I like how the djinns are all Disney-like blue. :)

Hunter x Hunter 2012 52! Killua's father and grandfather take on Chrollo. Hope the fight lasts longer than half an episode.

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun 4! Haru's friends meet his brother.

Little Busters 3! A bored student with deep cleavage joins the Little Busters. The reoccuring jokes are failing to get laughs. Dropped.

Psycho-Pass 1! the last new show on my list.

+ Decent production
- Typical naive female character lead who will undoubtedly soften the heart of the icy male characters...zzz...hope she at least goes 'psycho' once.
+ Dark world

Quick impression~ Machines are able to read people's mental state. If a person is a 'latent criminal', they are rehabilitated or eliminated. In episode 1, a newbie female detective is introduced to the Enforcers, latent criminals who are used to catch other criminals. They use guns, Dominators, that tell them what kind of force is needed; stun or eliminate. The newbie and Enforcers chase someone who knew about his bad readings, then ran, then thought all was hopeless, and decides to rape a woman. The guns then read the victim as being beyond help, thus, needing to be eliminated, but the newbie talks her out of her bad mental state. Fairly predictable in the first few minutes, but has potential to be a great thriller. The elimination mode on the guns cause the target to explode with maximum blood spillage...if you are into that sort of thing. Wasn't there a movie like this...


Hunter x Hunter 2012 51! Chrollo Lucifer lets his gang run wild at the auction site. This episode doesn't stray too far from the original OVA. Hope the upcoming battles have some goodies.


Jojo's Bizarre Adventures 2! Now, that's an opening! While the production in the first episode didn't impress, the opening song and visuals are a great representation of this extreme anime. It's 7 years later and Jojo and Dio have become huge young men admired by everyone. Jojo not totally naive, suspects Dio of poisoning his father. He travels to London to find proof and an antidote. He befriends some thugs with his honesty. Dio experiments with the vampire mask.


K 2! Is it me or is Viz's broadcast not as sharp as CR's or Funimation's?...blech. A gang of super-powered young people are looking for a young boy, Isana Yashiro, who is presumed to have killed one of their members. He taunts one of the guys before getting away. While there's plenty of action and bromance, naturally, there's also a cat that can turn into a naked woman. This show feels like Durarara, and there's some sort of story, but so far it's just aimless running around, and almost funny humor.


Zetsuen no Tempest 2! Hey, Shakespeare-influence anime. Mahiro gets his friend, Yoshino, up to speed on how he obtained magic powers from Hakaze who is stuck on an island before advising Yoshino to escape the area. The residents of the city have all turned to metal. Mahiro is set on revenge against the person who murdered his sister. Yoshino finds that he wants to help him. The dramatic music and roundabout dialogue didn't make much sense at first until they mentioned Shakespeare. With exception to the dialogue, the anime just resembles any other mysterious sci-fi action show, so far.

Little Busters 2! Naoe finds Sakura Kinomoto-clone character on the roof of the school. They eat sweets. She is recruited for the baseball team. Rin is sent mysterious messages via stray cats. Thought about dropping this until the cliffhanger.

Code Breaker 2! Ogami fails to kill Sakura twice. Sakura is persistent at telling him to stop killing. She angsts when he tells her off. Zzz...dropped.

Sukitte Ii na yoi 2! Thought I recognized the singer of the opening song; it's the late Ritsuko Okazaki. Anyway, the popular boy tries to get closer to the outcast causing the other girls to become jealous...where have I heard this before... Despite the nice production, this is really a sappy, predictable romance. Dropped.

Ah! the fall season when boys go back to school and dream of living in an RPG or being surrounded by girls. Throw in some bromance and yay, I'm there. (Part 1...the good)


Magi 1! Aladdin and Alibaba...?

+ Cute production
+ Feel-good kids show

Quick impression~ Aladdin is a naive little pervert who likes to fondle boobs, even man-boobs...who knew? He meets Alibaba who dreams of wealth. They form a friendship. Aladdin also has a djinn friend and it sounds like they wish to befriend other djinn who are stuck in dungeon towers...something like that. Gotta love the kids' shounen genre; humor and charm, as always.


Zetsuen no Tempest 1! Boys with magic and a funny princess

+ Decent production
+ Almost interesting

Quick impression~ A young, lethargic boy misses his bff and gets caught up in something when bff returns with magical powers. There's a mysterious disease turning people into metal spreading in the city, and a cult trying to bring something destructive to the city. For some reason Mashiro's girlfriend comment switched the BL potential on. Enough hints at a story were thrown out to make me interested in seeing this through.



Little Busters 1! a group of friends in high school

+ Nice characters
- Voice actors are too old for their characters
+ Funny

Quick impression~ The five characters have been friends since they were little. They would pretend to vanquish evil around the neighborhood; cute flashback. It's the last year of high school for the leader of the group and they try to hold on to their past while they can. In episode 1 Kyousuke wants them to form a baseball team. The characters are mischevious and funny. And the writers don't try to kill you with fanservice.


Code Breaker1! shounen genre please don't fail me..

+ Decent production
+/- Iffy episode

Quick impression~ The cool girl at school takes interest in the new transfer student whom she witnessed burning people alive. He works for someone and uses a power to burn people. I like how the episode ended with the boy burning the girl...we're not falling for that. Poor dog. Man, dogs are not faring well this season. Anyway, I get a Weiss Kreuz feeling from the group of characters...but the episode wasn't really that bad.