Anime Fall 2014Follow

Fall. New Chaika. Shocking Truth!

Looks like there is a Ghibli series(?) too.

Various clearly fetish related shows.

KLK special, Attack on Titan Prequel.

List

I liked Fate/Zero; is Fate/Stay Night worth watching?

Jeez, how can you watch that many shows?

Just realized what Fate/stay night means by being on that list.

REMAKE!

I honestly am thrilled. I watched Fate/Zero before trying the 2006 Fate/stay night... and I just couldn't get into the latter. It was such a let-down in quality (not just animation though it's the first immediate difference). I only ever watched the first few episodes of the original... now I'm thinking I might just wait for the new series and watch that instead.

Also, Poldaran... go watch Fate/Zero. Holy moley. GO WATCH IT.

(In an unscientific comparison, myanimelist's ranking of anime puts the original Fate/Stay Night at #899... and Fate/Zero at #28. Seriously... go see it)

Edit: Looking up information on the series, this is what I found in one thread:


Edited, Aug 22nd 2014 9:01pm by LockeColeMA

If you don't have time for code geass you could always watch code ment

UBW was pretty good. Now if only the latest Hellsing Ultimate would come out in the US, things I want on Blu-ray will be complete. I also started Code Geass Saturday night. On ep11 right now. Should have season one finished by Friday. Then I might watch Fate/Zero after that.

Excellent.

Some of the first episodes are out; I watched Log Horizon and Fate/Stay last night. Fate is too soon to tell but it's off to a good start (It's from Tohsaka's POV and she summons Archer).

Log Horizon was an interesting beginning. The first season went over the first five volumes; there are only seven out total. The opening episode started with volume 7, which I think is a good idea, as volume 6 doesn't have Shiroe much at all and wasn't my favorite. I almost feel like they reveal too much too quickly, but there's no denying it was an effective hook: SpoilerWhile the Round Table has purchased all the important buildings in the city, the monthly costs mean they can't hold them indefinitely, so Shiroe tries some schemes to get gold from the clan behind the NPC bankers. When they rebuff his attempts, he informs them that he will bypass them to go directly to the magical source that supplies monsters with gold upon their birth. My guess is that they will jump back and forth between volume 7 and volume 6, as they happen at the same time. I hope they don't do so one episode at a time, as it would be aggravating to wait two weeks before Shiroe appears in the story again.

The opening revealed a lot of characters, including lots of shots of whom I believe in Kanami, the former leader of the Debauchery Tea Party group (who is not present in Japan). Maybe it'll follow her adventures in Europe? The Cataclysm affected the entire world, after all. That might help avoid filler, though if her story doesn't come to interact with Shiroe's it's going to be frustrating (it hasn't done so yet in the LNs). The opening itself kept the song from the first season, which was an excellent choice.

It's also worth pointing out the animation studio changed, and the animation with it. My impression is that the art is better, but different. Shiroe in particular looked different enough that a couple times it felt disconcerting. Taken from loghorizonfunfacts's tumblr, here's a sample of the different art styles:


Anyway, off to a good start. I think action will be much more prominent in this season, as there is a lot of fighting in volumes 6 and 7 (and a lot of strategizing as well).

Edit: Only thing I think that bugs me right now: SpoilerIf Shiroe needs gold to hold the cathedral from Plant Hwyaden, don't they have the same problem? Shiroe said all the gold from every adventurer in the entire world wouldn't be enough to hold the buildings, so how does the other guild solve the issue?

Edited, Oct 8th 2014 6:57am by LockeColeMA

Only watched LH2 ep 1 so far of hte new season, but it looks promising. At first I thought the animation had taken a step backwards for some reason, but I think it's just the new artstyle that I need to get used to.

Parasyte is pretty cool. Definitely going to keep watching.

Sanzoku no Musume Ronja is weird. I really want to like it but the animation is making me crazy. You have absolutely gorgeous backgrounds and scenery but the people all look like badly animated cell shaded video game character from the early 2000s. It's incredibly jarring and kind of hard to watch.

I also watched the first couple episodes of Ore, Twintail ni Narimasu. I was expecting it to be totally trashy, and it most certainly was, but it was the hilarious kind of trashy, not the terrible and unwatchable kind. I'm going to give it another episode or two at least.

Edited, Oct 21st 2014 10:22pm by Karlina

You're gonna have to be more specific. That sounds like three different animes I've watched.