Fall 2016 Season Wrap

Let us all breathe a sigh of relief that I have finally finished the fall anime! Thanks to my three-week honeymoon and a terrible throat infection/fever, I had a lot of catching up to do after returning home. There were a ton of wonderful shows this past fall that I was almost sorry to complete. 2016 as a whole was actually a great year for anime, and the fall season capped it beautifully. I hope you enjoyed the season and year as much as I did, and that you’ll share with me your thoughts and personal favorites!

• Bungou Stray Dogs 2nd Season
• Days (TV)
• Fune wo Amu
• Gi(a)rlish Number
• Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou
• Hibike! Euphonium 2
• Keijo!!!!!!!!
• Magic-Kyun! Renaissance
• Natsume Yuujinchou Go
• Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume
• Shuumatsu no Izetta
• Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari
• ViVid Strike!
• Watashi ga Motete Dousunda
• WWW.Working!!
• YURI!!! on ICE

Fall 2016 Set Menu

Here comes my favorite season, with its cooler weather perfect for cozy hats, mittens, and scarves and its turning colors of purple, red, and yellow. This season is also when I start craving soups and stews, and my hot beverage intake skyrockets. We also have our fair share of rainy weekends leading up to the winter months, so that hopefully means plenty of time for anime and gaming.

Right now, KWoo and I are working our way through the final portions of the PS3 version of Tales of Graces F. I had played it several years ago, but never finished it. He’s liking it much more than Tales of Symphonia, which we completed earlier this year. I actually found a rough draft for my initial review of Graces F, so I’m hoping that I’ll have the time this second play through to actually write about it.

But back to this season’s choices in anime. As usual, this “set menu” is subject to change as the weeks progress. For now, this is what I have chosen:

• 3-gatsu no Lion
• All Out!!
• Bungou Stray Dogs 2nd Season
• ClassicaLoid
• Gi(a)rlish Number
• Haikyuu!!: Karasuno Koukou VS Shiratorizawa Gakuen Koukou
• Hibike! Euphonium 2
• Keijo!!!!!!!!
• Long Riders!
• Magic-Kyun! Renaissance
• Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans 2nd Season
• Natsume Yuujinchou Go
• Occultic;Nine
• Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume
• Shuumatsu no Izetta
• Stella no Mahou
• Udon no Kuni no Kiniro Kemari
• Watashi ga Motete Dousunda
• WWW.Working!!
• Yuri!! on Ice

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

12 Days of Anime – [5] Working!!!

It took three seasons for us to reach this point, with an agonizing season of stasis in between, but I’m sure that every viewer who witnessed the above scene had a huge, goofy grin on his or her face.

Summer 2015 Season Wrap, Part 2

My fall was all over the place in terms of genres and quality! I should only have one more of these summer wrap posts to go, so if I haven’t mentioned one of your favorites just yet, stay tuned 🙂

• Working!!!
• Aoharu  x Kikanjuu
• Ore Monogatari!!
• Kyoukai no Rinne
• Arslan Senki
• Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace
• Charlotte
• Gangsta.

Summer 2015 Set Menu

I could seriously use a honeydew melon creamsicle almost every day this time of year–Seattle is undergoing another record hot summer with days frequently climbing into the 90s. I’m an Alaskan at heart! Take away this oppressive heat!

Thankfully, we have a ton of new shows to fill the time spent cowering in the shade in front of the fan (because no air conditioners here!), along with a handful of continuing series from the spring. We’re about four-five weeks into the summer, and I’ve mostly chosen the ones I’ll be watching either week-to-week, or all at once at the end of the season.

• Working!!!
• Miss Monochrome: The Animation 2
• Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai
• Gangsta.
• GATE: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri
• Joukamachi no Dandelion
• Rokka no Yuusha
• Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace
• Junjou Romantica 3
• Charlotte
• Aoharu x Kikanjuu
• Akagami no Shirayuki-hime
• Gakkou Gurashi!
• Durarara!!x2 Ten
• Overlord
• Ushio to Tora
• Gatchaman Crowds Insight
• The iDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls 2nd Season
• Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei Herz!
• Danchigai

Fall 2011 Season Wrap (complete with balloons and fireworks!)

Since I originally planned on having this out earlier, I thought I’d have a separate, very short post wishing everyone a Happy New Year.  Buuuuuut, thanks to my recent infatuation with Korean dramas, finishing up the fall anime became less of a priority.  Although it took a bit longer than anticipated, here are my quick final impressions of the fall season.  Happy 2012, everyone!

あけましておめでとう！

Initial Thoughts: Shinryaku!?, Fate/Zero, Working’!!, Phi Brain, C3

The fall season has certainly started off with some stellar graphics and animation, with the following five setting some great examples.  I was also caught a bit off guard by their airing since I was focused on wrapping up my summer season final thoughts (still in progress as I’m waiting on some final episodes).  I’m pretty positive that at least four of the five described here are on my watching list, with only one of them still undecided.