Sunday, January 27, 2008

anime report
Quick update, since I'm pretty swamped right now. First off, new scorecard.

Amazingly, I'm still watching Rosario Plus Vampire but I've dropped Water: Footprints in the Sand. The former manages to be charming despite its predictability (not to mention its rather lurid fixation on undergarments), while the latter ceased to be interesting pretty much the exact moment that the protagonist got his sight back and it became obvious that he would be keeping it for the rest of the series (as this is pretty much the gimmick that hooked me in the first place). Hatenkou Yuugi, They Are My Noble Masters, and Persona I watched and axed due to boring (justifiably, because I can now remember not a single thing about them - even though my notes state clearly that the TAMNM girls were, in fact, cute). The new Aria I axed too, although this was a far more anguished decision; watching the first episode was a bit like being on a date that you really wish were going well, but isn't (i.e. you and the date just aren't connecting at all, and while there's fair treatment and politeness on both sides it's quite clear to all involved that there will not be a repeat affair).

Now for the shows I've picked up. Zetsubou-sensei would get in solely due to the preceding season, but the first two eps I've seen have actually been better than before. I'm not sure how this is possible, given how good '07's model was. The new Minami-ke also coasts in: although I'm not much for the new, oddly h-animelike art and although the first episode was a bit lame, things have lately improved measurably (plus, first Hosaka sighting!). Shigofumi and Wolf and Spice are in because they're just utterly fantastic on every level (and if you're not watching them yet, then you should be). True Tears is yet another harem series, but one which notably seems to have something running upstairs. The three girls are actually characters rather than walking endzones, and the protagonist has (for the genre) an extraordinary degree of intelligence: the mere ability to take a hint as to when a girl likes him puts him in at least the 95th percentile of such dopes.

And before you ask: no, I'm not watching Major. I'm just not.
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