January 08, 2010

New Season of Anime in Japan is pretty damn good

Okay I have watched 5 of the new series so far.....and I'm very entertained from it.  Here's a list of them so far.

Series 1, Ladies VS Butlers:  Better than I expected.  While there is nudity and such (more than most), it has a pretty good comedy element.  Especially when the main character looks badass but is actually normal.  While the some of the "elegant" other characters are seem to be that instead.

Series 2, Baka to Test to Shokanju:  Funny as hell.  Kinda mixes school life comedy with making fun of Pokemon.  How can someone NOT like that.  Anything that makes fun of Pokemon is my friend.  It also makes me remember the old game Persona as it has some similarities.

Series 3, Omamori Himari:  Seems to hold true to the manga for the most part so far.  The "interaction" between the characters so far seems to really be comedic from "physical references" if you understand that.  I think most likely will be worth watching.

Series 4, Okamikakushi:  Looks to have a supernatural feel to it so far.  Might include some drama as well.  Can't make any real judgement call yet.  Feels like it may be worth watching though.

Series 5, Dance in the Vampire Bund:  The manga of that is VERY good.  The first episode mainly just seems more like an extended preview, so I can't make a good call yet on it.  But I AM getting good vibes from it.  It is supposed to have a good feel to it.

Someone suggested to me as well to watch both Seiken no Qwasar and  Hanamaru Kindergarten.  But I really think those two will be rather poor.  If you read the manga (and watch the previews), you'll probably understand why I think that.

Enough of that for now though.