Is it just me, or are there a crap-ton of interesting shows this summer? I don’t think my menu has had this many entries in a single season for, well, ever. I thought I was doing pretty good clearing out my watching list with the close of the spring, but then I started trying out summer shows and found myself loathe to drop any of them. Most of them were an immediate “Yes” after just one episode, but we’ll see how many are still around midway through the season.
Menu overview:
- Free!
- Rozen Maiden: Zurückspulen
- Senki Zesshou Symphogear G
- Gen’ei wo Kakeru Taiyo
- Tamayura: More Aggressive
- Love Lab
- Servant x Service
- Silver Spoon
- Stella Jogakuin Koutouka C3-bu
- Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!
- Fantasista Doll
- Kiniro Mosaic
- Uchouten Kazoku
- Monogatari Series: Second Season
- Genshiken Nidaime
- Dog & Scissors
- The World God Only Knows – Goddesses Arc
- Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi
- Brothers Conflict
Also included are some brief thoughts on backlogged shows and ongoing anime.
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Tamayura ~hitotose~ had a bit of a rough start and took a very long time to grow on me, but grown on me it has. My main problem was that I kept comparing this show to ARIA, and expected it to share the same sort of charm, mainly that of setting. There is something so unforgettably enchanting about the world of Aqua and the city Neo Venezia. They bring you a strange yet beautifully blended mix of old world atmosphere and new world technology. Each episode usually included another discovery of the mysteries of the Orange Planet, and Mizunashi Akari was the perfect companion for these adventures. However, Tamayura currently has nothing going for its setting, which mostly takes place in Takehara, Hiroshima, along the Seto Inland Sea. What I should have focused on from the start were the people, objects, and activities in Potte’s pictures.
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