Fall 2015 Season Wrap

Happy 2016, Year of the Monkey! The 2015 anime season ended on an exhaustively long, yet exhilarating run, launching us into a new year full of hopeful anticipation. I completed 14 shows this fall, and retained 6 ongoing series. It was a whirlwind, so hop on and let me know what you thought of both this past season and the year as a whole. Cheers!

• Gakusen Toshi Asterisk
• Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry
• One Punch Man
• Kekkai Sensen
• Subete ga F ni Naru: The Perfect Insider
• Owari no Seraph: Nagoya Kessen-hen
• Working!!! Lord of the Takanashi
• Onsen Yousei Hakone-chan
• Noragami Aragoto
• Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru
• Ushio to Tora (TV)
• Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka??
• Starmyu
• Owarimonogatari

Fall 2015 Mid-season Menu

With my all-too-long summer list and my recent personal announcement, I hope you can forgive the late menu offerings. Consider this more of a mid-season review of where I am so far. Not all the shows are up to date, so there still stands a chance that some of them may be dropped before the end of the season. There’s also the fact that I’m looking forward to the upcoming Anime Secret Santa recommendations (all three of which are excellent) and the 12 Days of Anime.

• Comet Lucifer
• Dance with Devils
• Gakusen Toshi Asterisk
• Garo: Guren no Tsuki
• Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka??
• Haikyuu!! Second Season
• Heavy Object
• Noragami Aragoto
• One-Punch Man
• Onsen Yousei Hakone-chan
• Owari no Seraph: Nagoya Kessen-hen
• Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry
• Sakurako-san no Ashimoto ni wa Shitai ga Umatteiru
• Starmyu
• Subete ga F ni Naru: The Perfect Insider
• Utawarerumono: Itsuwari no Kamen

Spring Season 2015 Wrap

This roller coaster of a spring season has finally drawn to an end, with a few stragglers an episode or a few behind. Quite a few turned into gems that’ll remain favorites for a long time, while others barely clung to my weekly interests. I was sad to say farewell to a couple, notably Hibike! Euphonium, Sidonia, and KinMosa, but the seasons refuse to stay longer than necessary, and I can only hope we’ll see them again soon.

*Please note that there will be obvious spoilers in my final thoughts. The series are discussed as they were finished, and in no order of preference.

• Owari no Seraph
• Hello! Kiniro Mosaic
• Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku
• Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken 2 Sure-me
• Hibike! Euphonium
• Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka
• Nisekoi:
• Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid
• Plastic Memories
• Houkago no Pleaides (TV)
• Etotama
• Sidonia no Kishi: Daikyuu Wakusei Seneki
• Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works (TV) 2nd Season
• Kuroko no Basket 3rd Season

Spring 2015 Set Menu

We’re into the third and fourth weeks of the spring season, and I’ve finally decided upon my line-up. They’re not in any real order, other than viewing order, and span a variety of genres. Many of them are sequels, the majority of which retain a very similar feel to their prequels. I’m also noticing more and more CG these days, sometimes tastefully inserted during actions scenes where characters are smaller and less unnatural-looking, and at other times overwhelming (see my dropped list). Anyways, have a look-see and let me know what you think and what shows you’re watching that I’ve skipped this time around!

• Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works (TV) 2nd Season
• Shokugeki no Souma
• Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken S2
• Hibike! Euphonium
• Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid
• Daiya no Ace 2
• Baby Steps 2nd Season
• Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka
• Hello! Kin-iro Mosaic
• Owari no Seraph
• Arslan Senki
• Kyoukai no Rinne
• Ore Monogatari!!
• Gunslinger Stratos
• Kekkai Sensen
• Koukaku Kidoutai: Arise – Alternative Architecture
• Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu
• Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku
• Plastic Memories
• Houkago no Pleiades
• Sidonia no Kishi: Dai-kyuu Wakusei Sen’eki