I totally spaced on doing one for the Summer Anime Season and honestly came really close to not doing one for the Fall Season as well but here I am finally writing one now. The Fall Anime Season has been in full swing for a while now and many shows are even almost finished airing already. The Winter Anime Season is upon us already and I even need to get my butt in gear on a Winter Anime preview as well. Thanks to a bit of spare time at work here's the Fall Anime Season round up of what I've been watching.
I don't think I've dropped anything I wanted to watch but some stuff has found it's way to the back burner for now. Case in point Soredemo Machi wa Mawatteiru I've only watched 2 of the episodes and while I did like it all the other more interesting shows have shoved it back to the back burner for now. Taking a look back at the Fall Anime Season Preview that I posted way back when other than the above mentioned show I've been watching the rest of what I planned to and I've even added a few extra shows in here and there.
Lets take a look at them
IRON MAN -- I'm hoping DirectTV gets the G4 channel back before they air the series in the states as I would really like to see how it sounds with an English voiced track. It's not bad but it sort of didn't live up to the hype that the preview gave us. I'm still enjoying it as a non Iron Man fanatic fan though.
Sora no Otoshimono: forte -- It's very much what I expected and I'm loving it. It's a fun mindless fanservice show with lots of giggles and maybe maybe just a touch of emotional sincerity.
Super Robot Wars OG -- Again it's just what I thought it would be a generic don't really need to know the background but I'm sure it would help giant Mecha anime with a touch of fanservice for added goodness. I'm liking it but it's not a "must watch this now when the new episode airs" series.
Samurai Girls -- On the other hand Samurai Girls or the ink blot girls is a "must watch this now" show. The censor cover is awesome and different and the uncensored stuff....WOW it's a very comical type of show a lot like Ikkitousen and yeah it's a mindless harem rock'em sock'em show but it's good and the DVD specials....total HIT!
Otome Youkai Zakuro -- This has been a hit for me. I thought I was going to like it and I fell in love with it with the first episode. One of the few talked about but great anime shows of the season I think. But I found out that it's a shorter series so I'm not sure where they are going to go with it.
Star Driver -- Oh my goodness. The galactic pretty boy is WOW fantastic. It just screams fabulous and bro-fisting and yeah I can't stop watching it. It's definitely a different Mecha show but it's still a pretty good watch if you don't mind the FABULOUS.
Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai -- I wasn't really sure about this one at the start but it has definitely grown on me the more I watch it and it's interesting seeing the shoe on the other foot when it comes to who the Otaku is in the family. It's funny and cute and lacking in any real fanservice which is rare this season it seems.
Motto To Love-Ru Trouble -- If there isn't any fanservice in the previous one To Love-RU more than makes up for it. I'm kind of slow on this one as I've been waiting for the uncensored episodes to air later. It's great in that the episodes are short little mini episodes in the day to day lives of the characters so you can just space out and enjoy the randomness that the show is.
Toaru Majutsu no Index II -- Skipping the first season really hasn't had an impact on enjoying or understanding what exactly is going on in this season. The franchise is pretty good the characters are good and it can be funny at times, serious at times and holy crap that was awesome at times. Much like how Railgun was so I'm liking it. Definitely more churchy than I thought it would be though.
That was it for what I said I was going to watch and sure enough I picked a lot of stuff that looked interesting to me and am enjoying myself. However, I've added a bit of stuff as well and WOW was I mistaken when I didn't think I'd want to watch them.
Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt -- Hello! I didn't think I'd like the series until I started seeing screen caps of the first episode and saw the Angel's transformation sequence on YouTube. Yeah changed my mind awfully quick like and have been enjoying the series ever since. It's actually my favorite anime of this season.
Yosuga no Sora -- This one really didn't grab my attention when I was looking at it before it aired nothing really stood out and screamed I need to be watched. Until it aired and screen caps were published in their glorious naked nature on the internet and my interest "grew" Yes I'm a dirty old man but damn this one takes the cake for fanservice this season hell this year for a non-hentai anime series.
And that's it, that's what I've been watching so far this season and not including the OVA's that I've watched and already reviewed my list was pretty on target for this season. Thankfully the winter season looks to be about the same quality wise so it should be easy to pick through and find some good stuff to watch once I'm finished with this season's anime.
Preview for Yosuga no Sora which doesn't come close to showing you just how Naughty the series is...
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