Spring 2011 anime season

Sairus

So April is upon us, and with it comes a fresh batch of animated goodness:
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Not really many standouts for me this season. Fireball is back though, which is all sorts of awesome (though I dont like Drossel and Gedächtnis' redesigns), plus the final part of the shockingly good .hack//Quantum OVA.

Some other honourable mentions go to the return of Gintama and The World God Only Knows, along with X-Men's premier and A Channel which looks like it'll fill the gaping void left in the hearts of all the Lucky Star fans out there. Also, in late April there'll be an extra episode of Highschool of the Dead to keep y'all tided over till that series is picked up again :pac:.

Anyone interested in following any shows this season?

Cy_Revenant

This looks to be mostly rubbish.

New Kaiji, though. And I'll probably check out [C]. That looks pretty interesting.

Konata

Hmmm, a few things caught my eye. First, obviously, A Channel. I'm a little suspicious of it though - could turn out to be just a total rip off of Lucky Star >_> We shall see.

I'll probably give DOG DAYS, TIGER&BUNNY and Oretachi ni Tsubasa na Nai a go. Maybe Pretty Rhythm Aurora Dream and Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi if I have time.

I kinda what to see what the hell is going on in Astarotte no Omocha! too >_>

Varik

X-men- it's x-men

showa monogatari-history is good

hyouge mono-history is good

ao no exorcist-manga is good

have to watch the rest when it's out.

.hack//Quantum OVA- first 2 were good and i like the older .hack

cherryghost

Still waiting on Deadman Wonderland. Seriously guys read the manga. Its fantastic. Really high hopes for the Anime adaption, as its the same studio as Ergo Proxy and such

gearoidof

[C] will be epic. Just gonna call it now.
I'm also gonna give Denpa Onna to Seishun otoko because Shaft are good at stuff like this.

Also, stein's Gate has time travel, which interests me, so I'll watch it.

cherryghost

Heard some great things about Stein's Gate too actually. I think the list is far better than the Winter's listings anywho

Sairus

What did Fireball Charming do to my darling Drossel?!


What happened to her pigtails?! And her feet?!

Konata

Stein's Gate does look good but I haven't seen Chaos Head. Think it'd be necessary to have seen that first?

gearoidof

neither have I, let's hope not!

Sairus

Konata wrote: »

Stein's Gate does look good but I haven't seen Chaos Head. Think it'd be necessary to have seen that first?

From what one of my friends has told me you dont. They're set in the same universe, but isolated stories so at the very least I'd be expecting some references to the other series.

Also, here's an incredibly informative trailer for A-Channel.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8kwqbgBHcg

It really does look exactly like Lucky Star with a less bright colour palette.

K.O.Kiki

Only thing I'm even remotely excited about is Maria Holic season 2.

Japan, I am disappoint.

Funky

Time for some first episode impressions?

I've watched the first of a few of the new series', had completely forgotten what was on the chart so just been watching everything.

So far:
Dog Days: Not expecting much, first episode didn't play out exactly how I expected. Japanese boy summoned by a princess to a fantasy world to do battle...

X-Men: Nice looking but I didn't really like the first episode.

Nichijou: Pretty funny not really about anything. Reminded me of Lucky Star.

Steins;Gate: This surprised me, could be really good. Some sort of sci-fi thriller by the looks of things. Main character is awesome, like if the guy from Welcome to the NHK decided to become a scientist.

Hanasaku Iroha: Slice of life about a girl having to move to live with her grandmother at a hot spring. Could be alright it'll need a couple more episodes to see.

Nana to Kaoru OVA: It is what it is.

gearoidof

Haven't watched anything bar Tiger & Bunny yet, but it's very good. It has the same kind of idea as a the incredibles, wondering how heroes make money.

Nollog

tiger&bunny, yondemasuyo, hen zemi, hana-saku iroha, dororon, sket dance, boku-tachi wa mada shiranai
nichijou, steins;gate, denpa onna, ao no exorcist, world god only knows 2, [C], deadman wonderland

So much interests me for so many reasons, but in the end only 1 show is ever any good.

eoin5

Nothing much for me there I think except Deadman Wonderland, some of the films might be worth a look.

Konata

Just watched the first episodes of Tiger & Bunny and Dog Days. Funnily enough, the two actually had a lot of similarities, both being based around the subject of "heroes" and both featuring a sort of TV programme that follows the heros escapades and awards them "points" based on their performance.

That said, both are very different, with totally different animation styles and settings.

Tiger & Bunny looks interesting, I enjoyed the first episode anyway. Same with Dog Days but we'll see where that one goes... there seem to be some twists which could make the series quite good or utter crap, depending on what they are and how they're handled! Plenty of furries in that one for those so inclined :P

Konata

Aaaaaaaaand just watched Oretachi Ni Tsubasa Wa Nai - not what I was expecting at all :P Ecchi heaven! Lost count of the number of panty shots and sexual references :P

Quite good though, very funny in places and looks to be an interesting storyline. First episode just kind of introduced some of the characters. Yuko Goto (voice of Mikuru Asahina in Haruhi) does the voice of Naru Otori, so you know that's gonna be good

Art_Wolf

Konata wrote: »

Just watched the first episodes of Tiger & Bunny and Dog Days. Funnily enough, the two actually had a lot of similarities

Enjoyed Tiger & Bunny so will keep an eye out for Dog Days!

cherryghost

Watched Nichijou there last night. Meh. Stein's Gate was rather good, still waiting on Deadman Wonderland though

Cy_Revenant

I've heard bad things about everything except Tiger & Bunny. This looks like my thing to watch this year.

Glad to see Crunchyroll streaming it.

CDH

Cy_Revenant wrote: »

I've heard bad things about everything except Tiger & Bunny. This looks like my thing to watch this year.

Glad to see Crunchyroll streaming it.

Are Crunchroll streaming it? I thought ANN got the rights.

K.O.Kiki

I'm surprised ANN get contracts as-is :rolleyes:

I mean... *really*.

CDH

Well they do only have one guy working on video as far as I know.

Although I don't watch videos on the site, I just use it for news/reviews and the podcast.

SgtBob

I'll give nearly anything a shot at least once, but the ones that stand out for me:

X-Men (wanna see how that goes )
The World God Only Knows
Oretachi Ni Tsubasa Wa Nai
Hashizora e Kakaru Hashi
Sket Dance
Steins;gate
Hidan No Aria

But of course this is only if I get time. Have a serious backlog of Movies, TV shows and Anime to watch.

Konata

Art_Wolf wrote: »

Enjoyed Tiger & Bunny so will keep an eye out for Dog Days!

Similiar themes indeed but very different approaches - Dog Days is more your generic plonk a regular schoolkid in an alternate universe and make him an unlikely hero thing. Tiger & Bunny is a lot more gritty whereas Dog Days is just... cute >_>

Nollog

cherryghost wrote: »

Watched Nichijou there last night. Meh. Stein's Gate was rather good

I have opposite views.
Could be just that I'm still bitter at nitro for the chaos;head fail.

Cy_Revenant

CDH wrote: »

Are Crunchroll streaming it? I thought ANN got the rights.

You're right, it's on ANN UK.

I thought ANN and typed Crunchyroll.

Konata

Watched first episode of A Channel there. Twas grand. Lucky Star esque but without the anime/manga references and with a slightly more serious storyline.

So much anime.......

Varik

Anyone know if there's a group doing showa monogatari

gearoidof

no one yet

Sephiroth_dude

Gintama looks good so does xmen actually.

cocoshovel

Only 2 episodes out but I'm liking Hansaku Iroha. Looking forward to ep 3. The animation quality is pretty good.

Nollog

Varik wrote: »

Anyone know if there's a group doing showa monogatari

Hadena
Not sure if allowed to link.
But looking at the staff list they wouldn't be bad.

Varik

/\/ollog wrote: »

Hadena
Not sure if allowed to link.
But looking at the staff list they wouldn't be bad.

Can't see any sign of them doing it, where'd you hear that.

Nollog

whosubswhat.
They're the only ones listed for that show.

confirmed it on irc.

kristy01

Now i am looking for more other episodes from bleach anime. But i've not get any more info about next bleach episode updation in wiki

Konata

So, 2nd episode of Tiger & Bunny was pretty cool. Me likes.

Episode 2 of Dog Days was meh. Leonmichelle is quite cool, and it was funny in places but it's fairly average.

Cy_Revenant

Just gotta remember to apply Sturgeon's Law to every season of releases.

Only 10% or less of the new shows will be good. This has held true for every season.

cherryghost

Deadman Wonderland is everything I expected it to be. Watch it!

Agent Larkin

New Maria Holic + New World God Only Knows = me

gearoidof

Tiger & Bunny ep 3:

I Origami Cyclone!

Lenmeister

Anyone know what the deal is with Black Lagoon? They making another season does anyone know?

Knasher

Lenmeister wrote: »

Anyone know what the deal is with Black Lagoon? They making another season does anyone know?

They are currently still doing Roberta's Blood Trail, but each episode is an OVA and is separated by 3 or 4 months. No idea why they are doing another season after that though.

Lenmeister

I haven't watched any of the OVAs yet but I will soon. I've alot of stuff to get through. Hope they bring another season out. Above all I wish that writer that done Hunter x Hunter would get better, damn I loved that series!

K.O.Kiki

Tiger & Bunny bored the crap out of me.

Premise had potential, execution however didn't have any energy whatsoever. I blame the Japanese "announcer", he could make a fight between gods sound boring & formulaic.

Dropped.

Varik

K.O.Kiki wrote: »

I blame the Japanese "announcer", he could make a fight between gods sound boring & formulaic.

I'm not sure we were watching the same thing.

Cy_Revenant

I'm really enjoying Tiger & Bunny.

It's quite funny and intelligent. Very well written stuff.

I haven't tried C or Deadman Wonderland yet but it's looking like the best show of the season.

KingLoser

Lenmeister wrote: »

Anyone know what the deal is with Black Lagoon? They making another season does anyone know?

The fifth episode of the OVA will be released in May, I preferred the series meself, Roberta's Blood Trail doesn't seem to have the same appeal.

Lenmeister

Cheers for that, something to look farward to.

Konata

Dropped Dog Days. Didn't even bother finishing this week's episode, the show had no real hold on me.

Gonna have a look at Deadman Wonderland later.