The Anime Society Thread 6

New figurine - Hato Kenjirou from Genshiken Nidaime.

As usual, now that we're nearing the middle of the anime season, I'm thinking of dropping one or two Spring shows that I'm watching, and giving second chances to some of the ones I skipped instead.

Here's everything that's on my list at the moment. The ones I was thinking of checking out again are Boku no Hero Academia, Kuromukuro, Hundred and Seisen Cerberus, so I'd be interested to hear other people's thoughts on them so far. Or, if you want to make a strong case for any other Spring series, I'll take them into consideration as well.

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Hey, did you have read the plot about Getter Robo yet? it is a robot anime from 70s again, but sometimes - as in this case - I am so astonished what ideas some directors got to make an anime to a unique. The Dinosaur part is just crazy. I guess even I am getting high, I would not have such an idea for plots. Seriously what kinds of durgs they have done to that decade?

It is so weird that most of those anime have nice soundtracks to listen to.

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I see, you reallly are. Great Maizinger? is that not another name for Goldrake? it sounds so familar to me. So, you like Getter Robo's plot?

Following on from this, I've now watched 5-6 episodes of these four series. My thoughts:

Boku no Hero Academia - Still isn't doing much for me. The pacing is really slow, characters aren't the most interesting (aside from All Might, he's great), and it feels underwhelming compared with recent superhero show One Punch Man. Might turn out to be a good show eventually, but I don't think I have the patience to watch this weekly.

Kuromukuro - This one, I like. Great action and animation, even if the mechs do look a bit clunky compared with those of Macross and Gundam, and the more lighthearted/comedy moments are good too; seeing Kennosuke react to modern civilization and technology never gets old.

Hundred - Definitely dropped. Plot-wise, there's potential, but the male lead can't go a single episode without accidentally falling on top of one or more of the many haremettes (who are all too busy fighting for his affection to show any sort of personality).

Seisen Cerberus - This is BAD. Probably on par with Endride, in terms of plot and pacing... but while Endride bored me stiff, Cerberus is at least entertaining, thanks to its characters. Hiiro is one of the most woefully incompetent protagonists I've ever seen, Saraato is quirky and mysterious, Erin is a catgirl (which is more than enough). Premium guilty pleasure material.

So in all likelihood it'll be Kuromukuro that makes my lineup, unless today's 6th episode screws things up somehow, in which case I'll just replace one bad fantasy series with another.

Have you been watching Mayoiga? its on my to watch list.

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The plot for Getter Robo is quite basic (combining mech vs monster of the week battles), but I like the main characters in their original manga/2004 series forms. Rather than the usual good-guy heroes, they're quite horrible and violent themselves, which made them stand out for me. (...)

Yes. If you'd asked me what I thought about it last week, my reaction would have been largely negative - less 'horror' and more 'weird things happening for the sake of it', and the large cast meant there had been limited character development. Episode 6 started to address some of my issues though, so I'm hoping it continues like that.

Yo People it has been a while haha. After being on a bit of a anime spree I remembered about here. Hope all you guys have been doing good.

so is it one of those slow development series?

Long time no see!

I am just looking for Lupin III merchandise, oh my god, there are even plush toys on offer! there are a lot of DVDs, that is good. Can't wait to buy some films about the grandson of Arsene Lupin.

Yeh it's been a while since I have been on here hasn't it

I have been distracted with work stuff for ages. But I have been going on a bit of a anime spree lately which reminded me of you guys. So I came crawling back haha.

How have things been any way . I haven't really talked to anyone from here in ages. I kind of lost track of a lot of people after msn got eaten by skype.

How is Lupin III out of interest? I have been meaning to watch it for a while. I have a bit of a interest in Arsene Lupin as a game I looking forward to has a reference of sorts to the character