- Arslan Senki
- Ore Monogatari!!
- Owari no Seraph
- Kekkai Sensen
- Shokugeki no Soma
- Mikagura School Suite
- Kyoukai no Rinne
Arslan Senki (The Heroic Legend of Arslan)
Adapted From: Arslan Senki By (the awesome)Arakawa Hiromu (Original story by Tanaka Yoshiki)
Animated By: Liden Films/Sanzigen Animation Studio
Expected Episodes: ??
Quick Summary: Arslan is a prince of the strong country of Pars, who, unlike his powerful father, King Andragoras, does not seem to have what it takes to be a ruler. He goes into battle when he is 14 and as expected, ends terribly. Now, he must go on journey to reclaim what he has lost, with his most trusted companions aiding him along the way.
Thoughts? I was really drawn in to the historical aspect of it, and now I'm staying to watch this anime for much more. The animation of the two armies clashing was really well done, and kind of reminded me of Kingdom (except without the characters being animated by horrible 3DCG, but I don't mind if the armies are being animated using that). While I like Arakawa Hiromu, I wasn't so sure if her art style was really suited for a historical series like this (Arslan looks so much like a baby oh my gosh!) but I guess I'll eventually get used to it. The chase scene was pretty entertaining as well. I'm excited to see the other characters! The ending song with all the beautiful illustrations got me hyped up! It was a good first episode. ^^/
Ore Monogatari!! (My Love Story)
Animated By: Madhouse(!!!)
Expected Episodes: 24
Summary: Gouda Takeo isn't your usual shoujo manga protagonist. He's tall, muscular, and has an appearance that scares off any girls he tries to approach. Suprisingly enough, he's best friends with the chick magnet, Sunagawa Makoto, and it just so happens that every girl Takeo likes has a crush on Suna. Despite this, they are still very good friends. One day, Takeo saves a cute girl from being molested on the train. Could this be the start of new love...??
Thoughts? Since I had already read the first few chapters of the manga, I already knew what to expect in terms of the story and for the first episode, I think it was executed quite well and true to the source material. If you haven't guessed yet, I'm a real fan for Madhouse, so I'm just gonna compliment them a bunch ehehe. The opening and ending songs were quite cute, but I didn't pay attention to the OST through the episode. LOVE Takeo's voice actor; I thought it fit him really well (and the others too). This is gonna be the start of a great romantic comedy! ^^/
Owari no Seraph (Seraph of the End)
Adapted From: Owari no Seraph written by Kagami Takaya, drawn by Yamamoto Yamato
Animated By: Wit Studio
Expected Episodes: 12 (2nd season confirmed)
Summary: A mysterious disease that only affects people over the age of 13 suddenly spreads across the Earth. At the same time, vampires decided that this was apparently a great opportunity to enslave humans. Enter Hyakuya Yuuichirou, a young boy, along with his peers, gets captured by the vampires and raised by them as "blood banks", essentially. He develops a big dream of exterminating all of the vampires.
Thoughts? Emotional ass first episode (excuse my language). From the PV I knew to expect some badass vampire vs human action but NOT in that way(not that it was bad but...it was horrible...emotionally). That vampire, though, gave off some really creepy pedo vibes (even though children are literally the only ones unaffected by the pandemic but still). I really feel bad for Hyakuya...damn, losing all your real family and your other "family" at such a young age...I have a feeling he might become that vengeful, screaming character like Eren (AoT)...no? Although this episode had a lot going on(2 time-skips!), it didn't have a huge lasting impact on me, considering the manslaughter that went on (am I heartless?...maybe). Plus, it's really obvious his blonde friend is still alive. I'm still curious to know what happens next so I'll stick around to watch. ^^/
Kekkai Sensen (Bloodline Battlefront)
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Animated By: Bones(!!!)
Expected Episodes: 12
Summary (From ANN because I don't know what the heck is going on): "A breach between Earth and the netherworlds has opened up over the city of New York, trapping New Yorkers and creatures from other dimensions in an impenetrable bubble. They've lived together for years, in a world of crazy crime sci-fi sensibilities. Now someone is threatening to sever the bubble, and a group of stylish superhumans is working to keep it from happening."
Thoughts? Well, as you can guess from above ^, I didn't quite grasp the storyline except for the fact that there's a special (vigilante?) organization named Libra, and everyone in it has special powers (bloodlines?) and there's this maniac guy who just wants to screw with the people because he's bored and this really timid guy that has really great eyesight. All joking aside, even though I felt like the plot was a little hard to catch, the music and the animation were pretty awesome. Emphasis on the animation. It felt...surreal watching that action scene near the end. Just...FANTASTIC job Bones! Keep doing what you've been doing! Gonna keep watching this because I need to understand the plot and for the dope action scenes. Also the red-haired guy's side-burns (at first I thought it was his facial hair LOL) are on point. ^^/
Shokugeki no Soma (Food Wars)
Animated By: J.C. Staff
Expected Episodes: ??
Summary: Yukihira Soma is a young chef who dreams of taking over his father's restaurant one day, however, his father suddenly closes the shop and leaves him, pushing him to enroll in a prestigious cooking academy instead. And in this school, talented young chefs come from all over the world to study at this high-level place. A special quality about it is the "food wars"; where one chef can challenge another to a cooking battle with a high-stake at cost!
Thoughts? Well, I was a little iffy to try watching this because it was tagged as "ecchi" and that isn't really my thing. BUT, it is also a cooking anime (which is a theme I would love to see more in anime) and fans of the series highly praise SnS so I thought, why not? The animation of the food is to mouth-watering; props to J.C. Staff for that! Other than that, I guess it was a pretty interesting first episode. I cringed at all the "foodgasm" parts. Honestly, at this point, I couldn't see what was so special about this series that everyone was raving about so I went on to read the manga. And now I'm around chapter 90 and I'm LOVING it. Those foodgasm scenes are really just a sexualized Yakitate Japan reaction (if you've watched it). I find that I'm not bothered by the ecchi anymore, but rather I just laugh at it now. I still think it's really awkward that they're animating it though. So yup! There is a great story and awesome characters waiting so don't drop this anime because it's ecchi! Oh, and also, the ending song was super cute (LOL at The Last Supper reference). ^^/
Mikagura School Suite
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Adapted From: Mikagura School Suite song series by Last Note
Animated By: Doga Kobo
Expected Episodes: ??
Summary: Ichinomiya Eruna is a peppy, cheerful girl who has a fascination with games(dating especially?) She decides to enroll into Mikagura, pushed by her cousin, and finds out the school has a unique system. Every student has to join a club and each of the club's representatives have to battle each other with special powers. Unexpectedly, Eruna is chosen to a representative of one club and has to battle the others?!
Thoughts? From what I've read, apparently the events that occurred are slightly different in the manga adaptation but I don't think it's a big change. I've listened to the songs in the Mikagura song series so that's why I was looking forward to this adaptation. One thing I have to say, this is VERY different from Kagepro; it gives off a lighter vibe. The biggest surprise I had was that Eruna was SUPER thirsty and gay for like, every living creature that was female. I was like, "girl, chill" through the whole episode. Maybe I should have read the lyrics to some of the songs or something because I never got the hint that she was a lesbian. xD Anyway, I kind of hope she pipes her thirst level down soon, because her attitude is going to get annoying later on. One thing I cringed at was how high-pitched Asuhi's voice is. Because, really? I understand giving him a shota-like voice but that? He sounds like he just came out of the womb...anyway! I'm looking forward to learning more about the other characters and their powers! ^^/
Kyoukai no Rinne (RIN-NE)
Adapted From: Kyoukai no Rinne by (the lovely)Takahashi Rumiko
Animated By: Brains Base
Expected Episodes: 25
Summary: Sakura Mamiya is your average high school girl. Except for the fact she was "spirited away" as a child so now she can see ghosts. Yup, normal. When she meets her unusual classmate, Rokudo Rinne, who is apparently a shinigami, Sakura gets dragged into more supernatural things than she thought she would!
Thoughts? So I was really excited for this (like many others) when I heard that this was a series by Takahashi Rumiko, and if you don't recognize that name, she created legends such as Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2. Yup, that's her. That's when I instantly knew this series was going to be great. It was kind of sad, though, that no one took up subbing the first episode when it released. I watched it raw and could understand the majority of it but I still went and read the manga after(and now I'm to chapter 60-ish!). I can definitely tell you that this an episodic type of series (like Natsume Yuujinchou or Mushishi) with comedy and also Rinne's money problems (no, serious). The anime actually switched the order of the first and second chapter of the manga, but you really can't tell that they switched it; it flows pretty smoothly. ALSO, the opening and ending songs are super catchy and I love it (maybe my fave of the season). Sakura and Rinne are also really cute together so definitely looking forward to more of their antics! ^^/
Aaaand that's the end of this ridiculously long first impressions post! Hope you enjoyed reading this and please let me know what anime you are watching this season and also your thoughts on any of the anime I listed above ^!
Have a great day! - J U L I E -
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