Fall 2017 Anime Thread

Lenardo

Vyemm Raider
3,562
2,472
manga is in the "final" stages of the central arc, how long it will last is anyone's guess but - currently they are doing a "battle royale" team battle cooking. if souma's team loses, they get expelled- winners will end up controlling the "council" thus can oust the current chairman of the school and bring back grandfather.
 
  • 1Picard
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 users

Malkav

French Madman
2,686
1,583
There is way too much shit between the beginning of the Central arc and the supposedly soon end of it.
Even if they do the the festival in like 6 episodes, I don't think you can do the whole Central arc in 18 episodes.
Which would means cutting it in the middle (like they did for the Autumn Elections....) and waiting for the following season.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user

Xarpolis

Life's a Dream
14,106
15,610
How about you people stop spoilering the Anime with manga? Think of it like Game of Thrones rules.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user

Chysamere

<WoW Guild Officer>
3,321
2,939
How about you people stop spoilering the Anime with manga? Think of it like Game of Thrones rules.

What Xarp said. Why would you think it's ok to talk about future events in current anime without spoilers?
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user

Malkav

French Madman
2,686
1,583
Yeah I tried my best to stay vague but Lenardo was a bit much.
In any case, sorry.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user

moonarchia

The Scientific Shitlord
21,359
38,811
I am all for the anime taking a side trip to pornville instead of following the manga.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user

Xarpolis

Life's a Dream
14,106
15,610
I got home from seeing No Game No Life: Zero a little bit ago. It was a decent enough movie, but it was NOT NGNL. The only similarity between it and the series are the races in play. Yes, some of the series regulars show up as a quick cameo, just to verify that it's the same universe, but nothing at all is the same as the series. It's a movie about war and blowing shit up, and killing other races. The humans are weak (so they die), so to "fight" this war, they play mind games with all the other races, causing them to act. The main character likes games (board, not video), so there's that. But that's about all.

Unfortunately, there was no reference at all to a season 2 being in the works. So this might be a 1-shot with nothing at all planned for the future. Oh well. At least the SAO movie was good.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user

Zindan

Ahn'Qiraj Raider
6,621
4,410
I got home from seeing No Game No Life: Zero a little bit ago. It was a decent enough movie, but it was NOT NGNL. The only similarity between it and the series are the races in play. Yes, some of the series regulars show up as a quick cameo, just to verify that it's the same universe, but nothing at all is the same as the series. It's a movie about war and blowing shit up, and killing other races. The humans are weak (so they die), so to "fight" this war, they play mind games with all the other races, causing them to act. The main character likes games (board, not video), so there's that. But that's about all.

Unfortunately, there was no reference at all to a season 2 being in the works. So this might be a 1-shot with nothing at all planned for the future. Oh well. At least the SAO movie was good.
Bummer.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user

Zindan

Ahn'Qiraj Raider
6,621
4,410
Watched some more of the new shows:

Kino's Journey: Nice, liked the music
Dies Irae: Might be a bit generic
Girl's Last Tour: Too soon to tell
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user

moonarchia

The Scientific Shitlord
21,359
38,811
Black Clover - Gah, you guys warned me about the yelling. I'll give the next ep a try, but fuck that if he's always that way.
Code: Realize - First episode was decent.
Dia Horizon - 7 eps 7 min.... Pass.
Dies Irae - Nazi Germany. Gothic horror fantasy. Not sure how much interest this will hold.
Garo - Good atart, will give it a couple episodes. Urban horror fantasy.
Inuyashiki - Next week.
Istudatte - Nov 25? Really. Fuck.
Just Because - Interesting start. Will give it a couple episodes.
Juuni Taisen - Def Fate/Zero clone, but a decent one. Good start.
Mahoutsukai no Yome - Why you no start yet?
Saredo Tsumibito - Delayed until April
Sengoku Night Blood - First episode was OK. Will give it a couple more to see if it gets its footing or not. Magical girl transported to magical world.
Shokugeki no Souma - Autumn Festival Arc is on! Mmmmmm, now I want Chinese food, dammit!
Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou - Much like Made In Abyss, way too cute for such a dark show. Will keep watching.
UQ Holder - Liked it. Boy meets girl. Boy becomes immortal monster. Boy still wants to rape girl.

Ballroom - Still watching
Fate/Apocryha - Need to start watching
Shoukoku no Altair - Binged the fuck out of this last weekend. MOAR! Also, Shara needs to just drop the pretense and rape the gay out of the MC.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user

Fadaar

That guy
10,453
11,392
Getting really sick of shows changing streaming services between seasons, though sometimes it's good. Kekkai Sensen airing on CR makes it one less show I have to download this season.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user

moonarchia

The Scientific Shitlord
21,359
38,811
Mahoutsukai no Yome - Why you no start yet?

Apparently I just needed to wait a day. Ep 1 was great. I was already addicted by the OVAs though, so not gonna pretend I'm impartial. Want more. All of it.
 
  • 3Solidarity
  • 1Like
Reactions: 3 users

Wingz

Being Poor Sucks.
12,427
38,421
I got home from seeing No Game No Life: Zero a little bit ago. It was a decent enough movie, but it was NOT NGNL. The only similarity between it and the series are the races in play. Yes, some of the series regulars show up as a quick cameo, just to verify that it's the same universe, but nothing at all is the same as the series. It's a movie about war and blowing shit up, and killing other races. The humans are weak (so they die), so to "fight" this war, they play mind games with all the other races, causing them to act. The main character likes games (board, not video), so there's that. But that's about all.

Unfortunately, there was no reference at all to a season 2 being in the works. So this might be a 1-shot with nothing at all planned for the future. Oh well. At least the SAO movie was good.
Just saw this today. Bit of a different take.

It was the story of how the world came to be with rules that have to be followed as well as how Tet came to be. It was interesting enough. Am hoping for season 2 but have not heard anything on the horizon.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user

Xarpolis

Life's a Dream
14,106
15,610
Ok, I've watched everything that's available by Horriblesubs so far, for those that want to torrent. I'm also not going to comment on any show that isn't the 1st season. HorribleSubs » So bad yet so good

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Ame-con!! - This is a 2 minute show about a cafe in Waikiki. It's probably going to be like friends, but at 2 minutes, I don't care. I'll watch. Plus, it'll be fun to see how well they recreate Waikiki.

Animegataris - This is "cute" anime style show. A girl in high school meets the lavish other girl in high school, and they decide to re-start the failed school Anime Club. This might be okay. I'm on the fence. It didn't bother me, but it didn't make me happy either. Hmm... Oh, more pastel style colors.

Black Clover - I'm not really sure what to make of this. Like you guys said, the one character screams way too much. In fact, that's pretty much his only sound is screaming. This show reminds me too much of DBZ's screaming and Naruto in the form of not having natural talent, but having an undying "try harder" mentality, all the while being the focus of every bodies jokes.

Blend S - The animation seems decent enough. The style uses lots of light pastel colors. Girl gets a job working at a cafe that specializes in "types" of waitresses. The main girl gets the "sadistic" role, meaning she's allowed to insult the customers and call them trash. This seems to be one of the "cute" type of shows for this season. It didn't hook me like dragon maid, but it'll probably still be decent enough.

Boku no Kanojo ga Majimesugiru Sho-bitch na Ken - The concept is kind of unique. There's a girl at school that is everything. Good at sports, looks good, best grades, class representative. The boy in her class asks him out and she agrees. He's on cloud 9, and she gets kinky. She wants to know what his fetish is. She wants to learn the 42 best sexual positions. Blah blah. I don't know if I like it or not, but I'll give it a shot for an episode or two.

Code Realize - Sousei no Himegimi - This is a show with Lupin, a popular thief character in Japan. It takes place in Great Britain, back in the days of the industrial revolution. There's a princess that has poison skin and a perpetual motion machine implanted into her chest by her father. This show will probably be great, but it isn't my style. I'm sure some of you will really like it.

Dies Irae - Japanese Nazi's doing stuff. Then some other shit happens, like 2 people that have bandages covering their body who decide to fight. I'm really bored with this show already, so I just shut it off.

Dynamic Chord - This is a show about a boy pop band. As soon as I saw what it was about, I shut it off. The intro didn't really offer anything of value either.

Evil or Live - Right off the bat, I like the concept of this show. Internet addiction is a real thing, so there are now hospitals to help people "get better". The show is a bit darker than that though. It's forced re-education. Set up almost like Prison School. The guards beat the hell out of the kids in need of help. But in comes a different student who's been at the re-education place for a while, and he takes one of the newbies under his wing. And somehow the guards follow the older student's directions. This isn't a fun show, but it's interesting. I'll give it another episode or two.

Garo - Vanishing Line - Starts with mysterious music and high quality animation. Then it goes to light techno as they introduce a character. This it going to be a horror show. Then suddenly a fight, and it goes pure metal. Animated "shaky-cam" style video. The "tit creature" is getting its ass beat. Now a skimpy dressed blonde chick and a motorcycle. I think the Berserk watchers are going to love this show.

Himouto! Umaru-chan R - This is another show that's going with the "cute" thing. There's a school girl that becomes like a baby all the time and also a bandit I guess. It didn't really make sense. I shut it off quick.

Houseki no Kuni - I'm not really sure what this show is. The animation is really well done, and the effect of the grass field where almost all of the blades of grass are blowing in the wind was a nice touch. It's a show about girls, but they all have sparkly hair. And there's a "master" that kind of teaches them. But then a sky thing comes out to shoot arrows at them, and the girls cut the sky thing's head off, but the arrow shooters get arrows from inside of the hollow neck. Then the sparkly girls shatter like crystals. It doesn't make any sense. I got a little more than 50% into the first episode, but was confused, so I shut it off.

Imouto sae Ireba Ii. - Show starts with naked 14 year old girl sitting on her brother to wake him up, then tongue kisses him. The brother then washes his face with the bathwater the girl just used before drying his face with her used bra. What the fuck? Now there's a girl that should have died yesterday, but the sister feeds the guy breakfast made from her eggs and milk? Seriously, what the fuck? Actually, now I'm not sure. The story is about a writer, and his editor just jumps in to break up that earlier insanity. Now the writer is having a dinner party, and a younger girl guest says "that was a great dinner, can I have your dick for desert?" Strange show. Nothing actually happens, but strange anyway. It's silly. I'll probably give it a 2nd episode to decide on. The sexuality is just in words, not actually being like hentai or anything.

Inuyashiki - My favorite new show of the new season. A grandfather is a loser and is going to die from cancer. He is accidentally killed by aliens, so they "rebuild" him as a machine with all the same memories. He doesn't know he's a robot and cool shit happens.

Just Because! - The animation style of this show seems like something I would enjoy. It's a story of a bunch of high school kids getting ready for college. This takes place in Chiba, due to the suspended monorail train. I'm not a fan of the light hearted orchestra that plays in the background, but the show is good overall. I'll continue with this one.

Juuni Taisen - Strange show. That older sister really did annoy me. This seems like just another version of the Fate series we all enjoy. The animation was good. I'll give it a watch.

Kekkai Sensen & Beyond - This is a fun show. Looks like early has a demon ruler that gets joy in killing people, so there are superheroes all over that try to help. Lots of death, but it's all fun. I'll probably like this show a lot. Actually, the strangeness of this show, reminds me of "The Tick" a lot.

Kino no Tabi - There's a country where murder isn't illegal, and people are moving there. And there's a motorcycle that talks. The story isn't actually about that country though. It's a story of traveling. The main character, Kino, is riding his motorcycle all over, staying in different places for 3 days at a time. It was a unique show, but I think I'll like it.

Konahara Kitan - It's a world of animal people. There's a cat girl, a bird person, a mole person, a mouse person... Beautiful scenery. Pretty awesome looking hotel that the cat girl works at. This reminds me a lot of "Restaurant in Another World". Nothing really happens, but it's good. It's about the hotel and its guests, as opposed to a restaurant.

Mahoutsukai no Yome - First off, this is the Ancient Magus Bride that had a 3 OVA's leading up to this series. Those 3 were very good. This episode did not disappoint. It's very calming, all things considered. And the "mage" actually showed a little bit of magic this episode. I don't understand what makes him so rare though. I guess I'll learn by watching.

Net-juu no Susume - Girl loses her job so decides to play MMO's all the time instead. She makes a boy character that sucks, and meets a girl character that's a healer that boy character out. This is like a weak version of SAO/Log Horizon/Grimgar/NGNL/ect. I'm not interested.

Onyankopon - 3 1/2 minute show. Horrible flash animation of a bunch of animals talking to one another. I shut it off quickly.

Osake wa Fuufu ni Natte Kara - 3 minute show. The moral of this show is cute girls can't be themselves until they've had something to drink. Drunk is better yet. Let those inhibitions go.

Ousama Game - King's Game. This is kind of like that Russian phone game, Blue Whale Challenge, that has people kill themselves. Lots of death in this show. I'm not interested.

Pikotarou no Lullaby Lullaby - This looks like a flash video that they made into an anime. Male voices for all of the cast, including girls. It's creepy.

Sengoku Night Blood - Girl is walking through a city and her cell phone causes everyone to freeze, then teleports her to a midevil world where people are fighting. There's a character named Kenshin in this show. It also has something to do with vampires. It didn't hold my attention at all.

Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou - This starts out with a pretty cool 2-man tank driving through a factory or a mine shaft. It's hard to tell the difference. But then they show the characters of the show, which look an awful lot like Funco Pop figures. Big heads, blank expressions... Terrible. It's a shame because the tank is pretty cool. I'm annoyed by all the shitty anime I've seen at this point, so I don't even want to give it a chance. I really hate the look of the characters.

Taishou Chicchai-san - 3:30 long show. It looks terrible by having "tiny characters" as its thing. Pass.

The iDOLM@STER Side M - More boy band nonsense. These shows all suck, so I'm going to skip it without giving a chance.

Tsukipro The Animation - This seems to be done by the same Chinese studio that did The King's Avatar. Specifically the first minute of the show. The animation looks great, then they go to a wide screen which is all computer graphics that look like shit with people walking and stuff. It's a show about a boy band, but that's what the opening scene reminded me of anyway. I'm not going to continue this one.

Two Car - This is a "sport bike" style racing show, but the sport bikes each have 2 people. Driver and passenger. And it's a school to race that takes place on this island with no speed limits posted anywhere. At first I liked the idea, thinking it might remind me of Initial D, but this wasn't very good. And the "driving" animation was horrible. Oh well.

UQ Holder! - The show was mildly annoying at first, but then it seemed to get better. I liked the second half, once they unveiled the vampire/immortal people. Let's see if episode 2 keeps my attention.

URAHARA - Ok, the animation was terrible. As were the characters. I shut this off quickly.

Wake Up, Girls! Shin Shou - Girl idol group full of singers. Pass.

Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru - Washio Sumi no Shou - This show starts off normal enough. A bunch of girls at a school. But then there's this big explosion, and 3 girls at the school are in a new world. The world of trees, that their god created or whatever. Suddenly, these 3 girls are "battle girls" who have magic costumes and shit. They have to fight an alien that shoots bubbles. I'm not really interested anymore than that.
 
Last edited:
  • 2Like
  • 1Solidarity
Reactions: 2 users

Malkav

French Madman
2,686
1,583
Xarpolis Xarpolis Kekkai Sensen is actually a second season, so I suggest you go watch the first.

Umara chan is also a second season, so yeah, I understand why you didn't get it.

But it's rant time : WHY THE FUCK IS EVERYONE COMPARING JUUNI TAISEN TO MOTHERFUCKING FATE?
I'm a fucking huge Fate nerd, but listening to some people suddenly the Battle Royal genre is the Fate genre. No, it's not Fate, it's a Battle Royal anime.

Aside from that, another must watch for me this season will be Children of the Whales. No simulcat as Netfflix licensed it, but it's been picked by Asenshi for fansubs, they always do a quick and good job.
 
  • 1Like
Reactions: 1 user