Winter Anime Season Review

Well guys (and of course gals) this past anime season has pretty much ended with some mixed feelings. It way by far one of the most moe filled ones I have ever taken part in and while a couple shows caught my attention in the beginning, most of them ended up being average in my books. My early pick for favorites Kotoura-san, OreShura, and Maoyuu Maou Yuusha all ended up disappointing my overall expectations. I had extremely high hopes for both Kotoura-san and OreShura but they both took their interesting premise and awesome first episodes and just decided to go full on blaaa shortly after. Maoyuu Maou Yuusha started out ok and never really rose above or below that so overall I wasn't too disappointed in that particular instance. The other shows however ended up even worse than these three. Sasami-san in my honest opinion was just a huge mess trying to be clever, Problem Children started out decent but never "wowed" me, and the new season of Boku wa Tomodachi was just average since nothing really progressed. I picked up Suki-tte Ii na yo pretty late on so it was kind of enjoyable since I was able to speed watch the entire series but I feel as if it would of been a little worse if I had to wait an entire week for the next episode since each one did not progress very far. (I am such a noob since I just realized that Suki-tte Ii na yo aired during the fall season of last year...) Ahhh and the total crap anime award goes to Da Capo III since I never liked it at any point during the season. I mean come on the only people who are going to like this are the people who played the games. The anime was so completely lifeless and I had absolutely 0% invested feelings towards any of the characters. AND THE ENDING OMG (mouse over to see the hidden text) "Uhhh well I don't want to choose one of you so lets all stay friends." God I hate protagonists who cannot make a decision.

Well anyways the only shows I genuinely ended up liking were Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo and Tamako Market for their characters ability to provide interesting scenes. Also the soundtrack in Tamako Market might be the best one I have heard in anime [sorry Aria :(]. I haven't finished Initial D: Fifth Stage yet since it seems very hard to find them but I pretty much like it even if it feels the most lifeless out of all the Initial D's. As for reviews I have already uploaded ones for Tamako Market, Kotoura-san, and Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo and I intend on trying to put out a review for each anime I watched this season (people HAVE to know to avoid Da Crapo). This season was a disappointment overall but had a few hidden gems. I haven't really looked at what to watch for this coming season so here I go hoping that there are some decent ones -___-.

Currently Watching Anime (Feb. 2013)

So it’s finally March which means…SPRING BREAK!!! I will be going to Mexico with some family and friends this coming week so don’t expect any anime posts for the duration. So far this anime season has provided some surprises and I am proud to say that I have not dropped anything…yet (I don’t count Initial D Fifth Stage because of its weird release dates). Here is what I am currently watching:

Kotoura-san 9 out of ?
Sasami-san@Ganbaranai 8 out of ?
Mondaiji-Ji-tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sou Desu yo? 8 out of ?
Chihayafuru 2 8 out of ?
Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi go Shuraba Sugiru 9 out of ?
Maoyuu Maou Yuusha 9 out of ?
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT 8 out of ?
Little Busters! 21 out of ?
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 20 out of ?
Da Capo III 9 out of ?
Initial D: Fifth Stage  

Currently Watching Anime (Feb 2013)

Wow so it's already February which means that we are pretty much at the half way point for the currently airing anime. I started out with only two newly airing anime but have somehow expanded that to eight. There are some that I wonder why I haven't dropped (Da Capo III and Little Busters) but other than those examples this anime season is not even close to how bad I thought it was going to be before it started. There is a lot of cute moe stuff (Kotoura-san, Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi go Shuraba Sugiru, Maoyuu Maou Yuusha (kind of), Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai (kind of), and Da Capo III (yes but crap)) and not a whole lot of action stuff but they are still pretty decent. I am looking forward to Kotoura-san, Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi go Shuraba Sugiru, and Mondaiji-Ji-tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sou Desu yo the most but Chihayafuru and Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai are proving to be just as good as their previous season's work.

Kotoura-san 7 out of ?
Sasami-san@Ganbaranai 7 out of ?
Mondaiji-Ji-tachi ga Isekai Kara Kuru Sou Desu yo? 7 out of ?
Chihayafuru 2 7 out of ?
Ore no Kanojo to Osananajimi go Shuraba Sugiru 8 out of ?
Maoyuu Maou Yuusha 8 out of ?
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT 7 out of ?
Little Busters! 20 out of ?
Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo 20 out of ?
Da Capo III 8 out of ?
Initial D Fifth Stage 4 out of ? STALLED
Seto no Hanayome 10 out of 26 STALLED