Sorry, I fell way behind on this. It’s such a good show, but even better when you don’t have to wait between weeks.
First off: snow is awesome. Every anime should have snow and mountains. Best setting. The only thing about Kanon that wasn’t terrible.
Snow is made even better by esper skiing. Gah I want to do this too so bad. It makes Maria’s flying look lame by comparison. Continue reading Shin Sekai Yori 13 – 15 —
As usual, here’s my rankings of the season’s new shows based on the first couple episodes. You can click the links for details, so I’ll keep the discussion of each short. We’ll see how well this matches my ending thoughts.
Ongoing Series: Hunter X Hunter, Ixion Saga DT, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Little Busters, Magi, PSYCHO PASS, Robotics; Notes, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo, Shin Sekai Yori, Space Bros, Zetsuen no Tempest
Shorts: Ai Mai Mii, gdgd Fairies 2, Ishida to Asakura, Mangirl, Osakan Okan, Puchimas, Senyu, Yama no Susume
Unwatched Sequels: AKB0048 Next Stage, Chihayafuru 2, Hetalia: The Beautiful World
Yeah, I know, I still haven’t finished Chihayafuru 1.
18. Amnesia
Zzzzzz…. Bishies…..
17. Vividred Operation
Butts.
16. Senran Kagura
Ninjas with exploding clothes. Continue reading Winter 2013 — First Impressions
A club with one boy and a bunch of cute girls sits around all day doing nothing.
We start off with a girl who is too short by about ten feet to change the lightbulb. Absolutely hilarious. She’s short! Ahahaha! Continue reading GJ-bu — First Impressions
Kotoura can read people’s minds, and it leads to disaster. Continue reading Kotoura-san — First Impressions
It’s pretty obvious at this point that the Sibyl system isn’t going to rehabilitate anyone. That’s not its intention, either. The goal is to remove the undesirables from society to bring about peace.
Despite all the sci-fi trappings, this isn’t a particularly novel idea. In fact, it predates recorded history. Humans used to run around hunting and gathering in tribes, and then it was pretty easy to tell who belonged to the tribe and who didn’t. Continue reading PSYCHO PASS 12 — Tribalism and Revolution