Obligatory Spring 2008 New Shows Thread
 

Might as well begin a tradition since I did create last season's thread. As usual, yoinking this from the fine folks at ADTRW.

Based on what I've taken a look at so far, Allison to Lilia is definitely going to be on my watch list because of the people involved. Furthermore, Madhouse is just one of those studios that's done really consistent work (for the most part) so I look forwards to seeing what they can do here.

Real Drive Sennou Chousashitsu will hook me in based on the subject matter in addition to the staff involved. and the same can be said for Himitsu Top Secret. It's been awhile since I've seen a mystery-type show as it is (since Monster actually).

Kaiba should be an interesting show, if for no reason than the mindfucks which appear to resonate with me on some level (hey, I thought Paprika was a decent movie) and Golgo might prove to be some decent action since I've been kind of starving for some good quality action after finishing up Shigurui.

Unfortunately, no Geass for me since I have the first season sitting on my hard drive begging to be watched. So until I get to it, it'll have to wait.

Anyhow, anything you guys are watching that you're looking forwards to that I could potentially look into?

My top 3 will most likely be Kanokon (hell. yes.), Allison and Lilia, and Macross Frontier.

I missed out on the original Code Geass, but there's a batch torrent out I hope to get and marathon before R2 gets too far in, so I'll probably pick that up too. Other two that might get my interest are obviously Golgo 13 (for being awesome) and Crystal Blaze.

I might give Allison to Lilia a shot. Never got around to watching more than one episode of Kino's Journey, but I did like what I saw and this premise sounds interesting. Tower of Druaga also sounds like it has great potential if only for the people behind it. I'm always up for a good fantasy show.

Of course, I'll be tracking down .Hack//GU Trilogy once someone subs it. I'm a complete whore for anything .Hack, and even though it's just a CG showing of the GU games' events it should be a fun watch.

Code Geass and Macross are the only two series I'll check out simply of their branding. However The Tower of Druaga ~the Aegis of URUK~ has me interested given FMP's writer is involved, I sort of hope the series will fall into the same vein as FMP in terms of the balance between action and comedy. Golgo 13 also sounds pretty promising from the description. And Zettai Karen Children sounds like it could be quite hilarious.

I remember reading some of the Bus Gamer manga a while back. I think I enjoyed it, but I just have a hard time getting into manga in general (I've only ever finished one series in my life), so I probably never finished it. But if the concept alone was intriguing enough to get me to download the manga, it's probably good enough to get me to watch the anime.

The only other things that sound interesting to me are Kite Liberator and Golgo 13, but I've never seen the original of either. It's probably not as important for Golgo, but I'd probably have to watch the first Kite before I even consider watching this new one.

Da Capo II Season Two, I (unfortunately) finished season one and there wasn't nearly enough drama to make it worthwhile.

Kanokon just for the opportunity to make fun of Tails (having two A-list VAs is a plus). Plus some random obscure show nobody knows or cares about but will inevitably become the season's sleeper hit. Happens every single time.

To-Love-Ru because I'm in love with the manga. Also boobs. Soul Eater because it's from BONES and they can do no wrong.

Other than that, just a wait to see what gets subbed on a regular schedule by groups I like.

For a moment there I thought Fireball was an anime adaptation of Katsuhiro Otomo's pre-Akira short work that he never finished :(

I suppose I'll need to take a look at Special-A and Kanokon (why does the main guy look like he's 12). Kyouran Kazoku Nikki as well, if it's lulz enough.

I'm far more interested in the upcoming Blade of the Immortal anime that's set for this summer. Anxious to see how it turns out.


EDIT:
As for Kite Liberator, I can't really watch anything Yasuomi Umetsu does anymore. It was impossible to even watch his interview on ANN without a big red "THIS MAN MADE YELLOW STAR" or maybe a "THIS MAN ANIMATES EXTREMELY DETAILED RAPE ORGIES" text flashing on screen.

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Our job is so much easier...

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...when people are open-minded.

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YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!


Anyway.

I'll give CSI:Animu a chance, and I'll probably be watching Code Geass R2 despite not watching the postseason episodes.

Allison to Lillia, Real Drive and Nijuu-Mensou no Musume all look promising, and S-A ~Special-A~ might be able to fill the romance comedy niche Clannad will be leaving.

Not sure if I'll bother with GONZO's speedsubs or not.

Interesting set of choices this season.

to-Love-ru: Saka got me into this manga. It's shameless fanservice high school doki doki romance/comedy, but for some reason it makes me chuckle.
Kanokon: Because I'm Tails, obviously.
Soul Eater: I've been shown a couple of different promos, and it looks pretty awesome. Not gonna lie.
Alice and Lilia: If this is anything remotely similar to Kino's Travels I'm sold.
Edit: How could I forget Macross? Nyanroll: The Series.

I might give other things a shot, but those are my main ones. But Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien Season 2? Can we just animate MuvLuv already?

They already animated MuvLuv, they called it Akane Maniax :(

But seriously, considering the relative success of School Days, I don't see why they wouldn't. It's the same format of doki doki school romance comedy -> mindfuck bloodbath anyway. Well, except a lot more epic.

Wow, looks like I've underestimated Allison to Lilia...I don't even know that the author is the one creating Kino no Tabi.

Blassreiter has already stuck in my head, since I'm a big fan of nitro+. And so do Kure-nai, which has stolen my attention due to the unique character design (at the manga, not the anime). RD seems cool though I don't really know the story and Toshokan Sensou seems to be an enjoyable material to laugh at.

And Monochrome Factor seems to be a good supernatural stroy after the magnificent Shinreigari.

Suck that Zero no Tsukaima season 3 didn't make this season. Code Geass is really the only thing standing out for me right now but hopefully there will be some surprises like True Tears was this season.

And there sure is a lot of Yaoi shit in that list.

After the travesty that was ZnT2, do we really want a third season? Maybe it's just me, but the first season did a decent job of not taking itself too seriously, but when they did that for season 2... :gonk:

I'm actually more puzzled by the fact that there seem to be a lot of Hayate no Gotoku lookalike shows recently. Did Hayate really spawn that genre or has it been there for quite some time and I just never noticed?

A butler show is really just a maid show with some gender/role reversal. A novel twist to an old genre.

Nice. I guess out of the whole list, I'll be watching like 2-3 animes =/. Nothing else is interesting.

Macross Frontier - guess I'll still catch this since I've always been a fan of the Macross universe.

Lupin - Why not? ;p

Kite Liberator - Saw the prequel with a friend. I guess this should be more bloody than ever.

KimiNozoEien - Yay.

xxxHolic Tsugi - Honestly, I just started watching the first season and I still love it despite the long arms and small heads. It's trippy and that's what counts ;p

Nothing hugely epic on that list, but I'll end up checking out the Comedy/Romance section of that list, more than likely. I'll elaborate on specific titles later, since I'm in class right now. ^.^;; That and I haven't gotten to clicking on all the links yet.

But from I remember, probably going to check out D.C II S.S and Kanokon. Quite sure there's more, but I'm too lazy to continuously scroll up and down the page.

Code Geass! Been waiting for this for a while now, the first season was awesome, I did like it alot. I'm also thinking of trying out Real Drive Sennou Chousashitsu, because I did like Lain, and Ghost in a shell wasn't all that bad. I would really like to see what this turns into, it sounds good so far.

Soul Eater sounds like death note, no?

I dunno, the promos show more action than I ever saw in Death Note.

If Soul Eater sounds like Death Note, then Bleach and Full Moon wo Sagashite should also be similar to Death Note.

(they aren't)

Soul Eater looks to be good, I meen bones hasn't majourly fucked up all that much.

I'm going to watch 5d's on the idea that Kamen Rider + Card Games = Train Wreck, so bad it needs to be looked at.

Lupin III Green vs. Red,xxxholic season 2,kite liberator,soul eater,monochrome factor and kaiba all of these im looking forward to watching.

As long as everybody watches and follows Chi's Sweet Home -

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Enjoyable - even without subs !

DEFINITELY THAT ONE!

As for me, I still don't know what to watch, but something will catch my interest sooner or later - In the end, I'll probably check out 8/10 of those and follow 4,8/10.

Meh, I thought so.had just thought because of the related shinigami from Death Note that is in Soul Eater. I'm going to watch it anyway, because it sounds good.

p.s. sakasaks

So some of the new shows have started coming out. Opinions on what you've seen so far?

I checked out a few last night all being in a similar genre.

To-Love-Ru - Ug shit, and I have a high tolerance for shit. I'm going to give this a few more episodes but I'm not expecting much from it. There's generic then there is stuff like this show.

Kanokon - Kind of torn on this. I like the art style and I'm going to need a fan service show this season but I don't dig the furry and it doesn't really have a good story to go with it like Spice and Wolf did to look past the furry.

Itazura na Kiss - Pretty standard but pretty good stuff. Liking the flow and the characters so far. I'm looking forward to the next episode which is a good sign.

Itazura na Kiss' anime looks like that peach girl anime (though not as bad). At least the main female character's a dumbass ;p.

What I'm enjoying right now other than the ongoing animes is Soul Eater. I find it more entertaining than that guerren lagann show. A must see.

I forgot all about xxxHOLiC Kei. I've seen the movie and the first season, I'll be following this all the way too.

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I saw the first episode of bus gamer a while ago. Not worth it, animation looks a bit sloppy and the characters are a little bit too cliche'.
Code geass is the only one i'm interested in so far but only time will tell weather or not any of the other shows will be any good

WOW! finally some animes that look promising this season!

Watched the first episodes of The Tower of Druaga, Soul Eater and Code Geass R2, and I am please to say all of these shows look AWESOME

Soul Eater, is awesome! the animation actually gets better during fight scenes its amazingly well animated.
The Tower of Druaga, LOOKS amazing(Gonzo after all) and is also rather funny.
Code Geass R2 good stuff, watched the first season and have been waiting for this for a while now!

I havent watched the first episodes of Kure-Nai or BLASSREITER yet, but from the reviews and clips i have seen i am interested to see what they are guna be like.

For those who doubt Soul Eater, don't. This series is super popular right now, and it has the perfect mix of action, story, and pervertedness. The manga art-style is a weird blend of Eastern and Western styles, and it works really well too!

The manga's available to read on onemanga.com. They're up to chapter 23 or so, which isn't a lot, but I think it's a monthly comic or something~

There's a lot of new anime this season, and they all look pretty good!!

lol, its bad that good shows are coming out in the middle of final exam season here >_< SOUL EATER was lots of fun to watch, and I've gotta say has the best scythe action I've seen on screen. Macross came off as awesome as well, and I'll probably dig into Code GEASS after watching the original season. uh... after the exams. :p

Saw the first episode of Nabari no Ou only cuz it had ninjas. Generic plot (so far) but the fight scenes were pretty damned good. Reminded me of Cowboy Bebop on steroids. But even with these fight scenes, I don't know if I'll keep following the series. I'll give it another two episodes before I drop it or not.

Four of the new titles have captured my interest: Itazura na Kiss, Special A, Vampire Knight, and Himitsu ~The Revelation~. The first three are typical shoujo titles that I wanted to see since I'm familiar with the manga. The last one is a little more serious in terms of story and presentation, and actually reminded me of Death Note a bit. Another one that seems interesting is Amatsuki.

Kyouran Kazoku Nikki -- Batshit, with family drama. The fact that it can go from dramatic to batshit LOL without any sort of "jarringness" is what makes this show so goddamn epic.

Watching a bunch of shit, so I'll post in order of my favorites.

Kanokon - Kanokon is pretty much softcore porn at this point. The only thing keeping it from crossing the line into full fledged is that they don't have sex. Someone at SA said the LN's have blowjobs though, which wouldn't surprise me. It's so racy it hurts sometimes, but it's also funny and has a stellar VA cast, with Ayako Kawasumi, Mamiko Noto, and some surprise Chiwa Saito thrown in for good measure. I love it.

Code Geass R2 - I marathoned season one before this came out, and I'm highly impressed. LOL CLAMP NOODLE PEOPLE aside, the character designs are fairly excellent, the animation is top notch, and it manages to combine the facets of several genres real well. Lelouch's fabulousness is top notch.

Allison and Lillia - I've got very high hopes for this one. The first two episodes made a good enough impression. It's not extremely fast paced, but it's got a good set a characters and story to boot, and if they do it right it'll be a great ride.

Macross F - Needs less Nyanbitch. It's Macross though, so it's awesome.

Kamen no Maid Guy - Fuck. YES. Burly maid guy show. This is the kind of comedy we need. And by comedy I mean Kogarashi sticking a shower head between someones breasts and turning it to full in order to wake them up. Genius. Needs faster subs.

Soul Eater - Maaaan does this show look damn good. It's BONES though, so that's a given. Unfortunately Maka's VA is new so she's got a lot of room to improve, and it's shonen which means there's the possibility that halfway in it'll devolve into inane drivel (Naturo, Bleach, etc.) but for now it's very good.

I'm also watching The Tower of Druaga, because I'm curious about what Gonzo is trying to accomplish here.

Library War subs fucking where

I think I've finalized the series I'm hoarding from the new season.

I watched the first episode of a few of the series, and yeah, Kanokon is treading damn close to pr0n. The other one that was excessive in the fanservice department was To-rabu or however you want to call that.

The rest of the list includes...

Kamen no Maid Guy (as a follow up to Hayate, indirectly)
Wagaya no Oinari-sama (interesting fantasy/adventure series, one of the few more serious series)
Kure-nai (Misadventures are always good, as with a more serious comedy, as paradoxical as that sounds)
Special A (I like the premise, and the first episode clips that I watched through were pretty funny)
Itazura na Kiss (a comedy/romance that's not harem? Interesting...)
Da Capo II Second Season (Just because I already have Da Capo, Da Capo Second Season, and Da Capo II)
Allison to Lillia (I was skeptical since it's not one that I was really interested in, but I've heard lots of good things, so hopefully, this doesn't let me down.)
Nabari no Ou (This season's ninja action)
Code Geass R2 (Haven't watched the first one yet, but grabbing this one because I heard the first was so good from multiple sources.)

Wow, I'm grabbing a lot. :eagletear:

Awesome, lists.

Macross Frontier - Fuck yes, Macross. I loved the preview episode back in January and this is proving to be more and more awesome. Fuck you, Tails, needs more Ranka. Also

Not a Nyanroll

Allison and Lillia - Planes, adventure, a little excitement, and not an ounce of fanservice. Why can't more anime be like this?

Kyouran Kazoku Nikki - Because it has to be like this. Saka advised me to watch this, and holy shit. Throughout the first episode I lost count of the times where I thought "WHAT IS HAPPENING." because everything moved that fast. QUALITY faces aside, it was entertaining and funny.

Library War - I'm watching this raw until some fucking subs come out.

Golgo 13 - Stoic faces, whores, headshots. What's not to love?

Why not list some crap I thought I was going to enjoy but ended up dropping.

Kanokon - The manga was borderline porn as-is, but the anime surprisingly took it a step further. They also took out a lot of the plot that the manga had tacked onto it, leaving... just borderline porn. Why go with that when real porn's just as easy to find?

To-LOVE-ru - The first minute of this show had more fanservice than the entirety of the manga I've read thus far. The rest of the episode just kept piling it on. Even the opening is just zooming in on T&A. The whole thing felt cheap and I didn't like it.

Zettai Karen Children - Aya Hirano! What could go wrong? The fact that she's a lesbian loli with two other lolis fighting crime with psychic powers! Felt boring and uninspired.