Summer 2014: Your Expectations and Anticipated Series

[Faerie]

Yes yes yes, let me watch this already

Tokyo Ghoul

Aldnoah Zero

Sengoku Basara
(Heck yessssss)

Re: hamatora

interested

Argevollen

Sailor Moon
(The mediocre preview material dampened by previously through-the-roof anticipation for this... still looking forward to it though)

Akame ga Kill

Zankyou no Terror

will give this a try

Tokyo ESP
(Source material looks good and I'll most likely enjoy this, but not too excited for it yet.)

will watch if I have time

Barakamon
(Not my genre, but the production and staff has me interested)

Gekkan Shoujo
(Again, not my genre, but may give it a try)

Ao Haru Ride
(Nothing in the premise would've caught my eye at all, but heard good things about it, so maybe, maybe I'll like it- worth a look, at least)

Psycho Pass
(I've seen the original run, so don't know if I'll follow this one, but I can't wait for the actual second season this fall)

I am being forced to watch this against my will

Sword Art Online 2
(I'm actually giving in to weeks of whining and begging here... I can't believe I'll be watching a show in which the main hero is a typical male gamer masquerading as a girl and the main heroines' asscrack is on constant display. If you see me complaining, grumpy about this show, please don't be mad, just give me a pat on the head.. it will be much appreciated )

Edit: forgot about the carry-overs Baby Steps and Captain Earth.
That's actually a lot of shows for me... Wonder how many of those ill end up sticking with

[BPD Renegade]

Will most likely watch:
Aldnoah Zero - That Staff.
Tokyo Ghoul - Heard the manga was good.
Akame ga Kill - Sounds interesting.

Will probably check out:
SAO II - Colleague insisted it would get much better.
Sailor Moon - Nostalgia's sake.

Carryover:
No Game No Life - Colleague again.

[GreyZone]

Originally Posted by BPD Renegade

Carryover:
No Game No Life - Colleague again.

As much as I'd wish it, this will not happen. AFAIK EP12 is the final episode of this season.

[BPD Renegade]

Originally Posted by GreyZone

As much as I'd wish it, this will not happen. AFAIK EP12 is the final episode of this season.

Thanks for the heads-up. I'm only half-way through the released episodes, so I didn't realize.

[sky black swordman]

Will Watch:
RAIL WARS!
Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!?
Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance
Sword Art Online II
Hanamonogatari

May Watch:
Ao Haru Ride
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Crystal
Tokyo ESP
Glasslip
Jinsei
Kantai Collection

Check out 1-3 EP:
Akame ga Kill!
Aldnoah.Zero
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun

Carry Over:
Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei
Captain Earth

[Hooves]

Originally Posted by Solace

Although personally, I really want more Accel World.

*gives Solace a cookie*

Let's see here....

Akame ga Kill!: White Fox, I love you just as much as I love Mc'Donalds. Which is a really odd comparison because the difference between you and Mc'Donalds is so high. So I'll give this like 2-3 episodes before deciding if drop or not.

Aldnoah.Zero: Interesting premise, definitely interested in trying it out for a couple of episodes.

Ao Haru Ride: This description with Production I.G? I'm up for some romcom feels trip.

Prisma Illya 2wei: I quite enjoyed the first season. Besides, even if I decided to sit out, Konakaga would force me to watch this anyways. (If you see this Kona, I'm simply making fun of how you said you were going to force me to watch this with you)

Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun: I've seen this somewhere... Some really old anime that caught my attention sounds very familiar to this.. I remember I really enjoyed that anime so I'll probably enjoy this. #logic

Hanayamata: I blame Konakaga.

Nobunaga Concerto: Hey... I just got through watching Nobunaga The Fool, I might as well carry it on to this. Sounds interesting enough.

Persona 4 The Golden Animation: Can't hurt to try is my motto of the day.

Rail Wars!: What can I say... I'm a sucker for uniforms, and especially with how hilariously fun this sounds.

Sengoku Basara Judge End: Yes!

Space Dandy 2: YES!!

Sword Art Online II: NO! *ahem* As much as I can complain about the SAO and ALO arcs. I still enjoyed them nonetheless, hopefully this won't fall into the same traps those two did.

Open to recommendations! Will probably scout around more animes to see what intrigues me.

[bakato]

Damn. Tuesdays are blind spots. Nothing to watch.

[MisaoFan]

Originally Posted by bakato

Damn. Tuesdays are blind spots. Nothing to watch.

Last time I checked on Moon Phase, the only show that will air on Tuesday nights is Momo Kyun Sword which very few people will look forward to watch (including me).

[FlavoryFantasy]

Aldnoah zero : Premise is interesting, worth the check out.

Glasslip : Well gorgeous scenery porn here and there is guaranteed... but do look forward to seeing how much the show may go into depth involving glass making.

Hanamonogatari

Himegoto : This is going to be my shameful guilty pleasure of the season.

Hanayamata : The recent pvs released are pretty nice, has definitely reinforced my hopes in this being a fairly relaxing series to view for the following weeks (hopefully).

Prisma Illya 2wei : The 1st season was a very enjoyable adaption. Look forward to seeing it hopefully continuing on strong.

Rail Wars! - For the lulz. That's it.

Space Dandy 2 : Dandy is awesome, and I love QT! Can't wait to see more of them.

edit:

Sengoku Basara Judge End - I somehow missed that this was airing in this season. A must watch for me~

[RoboMambo]

Aldnoah Zero, Argevollen: don't interest me at all, but they have mechas so I'll check them out. Experience says I'll be dissapointed and bored, and drop at least one at episode 5-6.

Tokyo Ghoul: sounds interesting, like the kind of show that good or bad it's fun anyway.

Sailor Moon: so cautious. much mixed feelings.

Space Dandy: is space dandy.

Sword Art Online 2: SAO was as fun as awful. Hoping this will keep up.

Zankyou no terror: cautious expectations. That's the most I can muster for a show about teen terrorists.

Hanamonogatari: half because I liked most of monogatari, half sunken cost.

Everything else: I'll check most of it, see what it sticks.

[klare]

sure watch:
- Sengoku Basar Judge End (continue...)
- Space Dandy (continue...)
- Psycho Pass New Edit (wanna see the new footage)

will try:
- Zankyou no Terror (looks like the most interesting new show)
- Akame ga Kill
- Tokyo Ghoul (trailer looks good)
- Sailor Moon
- Aldnoah Zero
- Tokyo ESP
- Shirogane no Ishi

[Kaoru Chujo]

I've made a complete preview of the new season, with full info on 43 new shows: image, story, staff, cast, trailer, comments, and various links.

Personally, the shows I'm most looking forward to are:
-- Glasslip (PA Works, by the director of True Tears)
-- Ao Haru Ride (classic shoujo from Production IG)
-- Nobunaga Concerto (interesting story, directed by a TV drama director, using rotoscoping that seems a lot easier to look at than in Flowers of Evil)
-- Hana Yamata (shoujo ai directed by the young female director of Sakurasou and No Game No Life, and written by Yoshida Reiko, who wrote Marimite; from Madhouse)
-- Tokyo Ghoul (award-winning young director and writer animate a horror manga)
-- Zankou no Terror (something from Watanabe Shinichirou that is a bit more serious than Space Dandy)
-- Love Stage! (Kasai Kenichi and Yokote Michiko animate a yaoi story for JC Staff)
-- Sailor Moon Crystal (I was not in love with the original, but this is a big event, so I'm in)
-- Tokyo ESP (Kido Ibuki in a starring role. That is all.)
-- Locodol (not for the show so much as for Minase Inori -- see avatar and sig)
-- Aldnoah.Zero (science fiction story by Urobuchi Gen)

I've made character/seiyuu pages for four anime so far -- Glasslip, Locodol, Tokyo Ghoul, and Sailor Moon. See links below. Watch my sig and my blog (link in sig) for more to come. These character/seiyuu pages give pics of main characters and their seiyuus, along with a bit of info about each seiyuu.

[Lord of Fire]

Preliminary list (subject to change):
- Free! S2. I enjoyed the first season, so why not?

- Glasslip. A P.A. Works original. They have yet to really let me down so far.

- Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita. Random pick, might drop this after the first episode. Voice cast seems interesting, though.

- Strange+ S2. Season was a lot of fun, so I'm definitely in for more.

- Barakamon. Comedy, SoL, what could possibly go wrong?

- Francesca: Girls be Ambitious. Zombie idol as representative for the island of Hokkaido. It sounds crazy enough to work.

- Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun. Comedy built on misunderstandings could be nice. And Doga Kobo will probably make it a feast for the eye.

- Jinsei. Sounds like fun and a bit of ecchi never hurt anyone.

- Hanayamata. Watched both PVs, which are quite sparkly. This could be the sleeper of the season.

- Rokujouma no Shinryakusha!? Because I need my harem fix.

- Yama no Susume S2. S1 was adorable, so with twice the number of episodes and thrice the length, there's plenty of opportunity to take this in various interesting directions.

- Tokyo ESP. Flying penguins? Flying fish? People that can pass through solid objects? This could be either be really good, or really bad. I hope the former.

- KanColle (if it indeed comes out in the Summer). Mostly because of the hype, as I don't play the game. Still, for a bunch of warships, those girls sure look pretty.

- Hanamonogatari. Obviously.

- Sailor Moon Crystal. Childhood nostalgia wants me to watch this, but I don't like the designs all that much, so I'm a little hesitant.


Not interested in the rest (and definitely not the mecha shows). Might watch SAO II if I'm really, really bored.

[DevilHighDxD]

Definitely - Any animes with mecha and Rail Wars
Interested - Akame ga Kill and Glasslip

[DragoonKain3]

Overall, I'm kind of disappointed with my first impressions of this cour's shows. Then again I'm currently watching the K-Drama Doctor Stranger, and everything I watch seems to pale in comparison XD


So hyped up to see but expecting to be disappointed
Sailor Moon - Keeping my expectations low, but I like what I'm seeing so far


Interesting Premise
Zankyou no Terror - you don't see many stories about terrorists, let alone it being done by two high school boys, now don't you? Most original premise I've seen of the lot, and it's Noitamina to boot

Tokyo Ghoul - so it's basically zombie apocalypse but the MC also becomes a zombie?

Tokyo ESP - I've heard it's like X-men Japanese style, so my interest is definitely piqued. Can't help it there's a potential childhood friend couple as well.

Akame ga Kill - all I can say is... "AVENGE YOUR CHILDHOOD FRIEND DAMMIT!" XD




Mechas
Aldnoah Zero - High chance of epic fail I think. Only other show I know that childhood friend is living and has a chance XD

Argevollen - premise sounds less interesting than above, but I don't see them being able to screw this series as much as Aldnoah Zero



Will check out
Barakamon - I'm currently reading Silver Nina, and a lot of my friends say this is comparable

Rail Wars - I just hope this won't be as eyeroll-worthy to me as Library Wars was

Jinsei - first impression I had was that it was another take on OreGairu with a less snarky MC, so definitely a plus

Nozaki-kun - "Mangaka and his Assistants" with more emphasis on romance? Count me in

Glasslip - *crosses fingers one of the couples are childhood friends*

Rurumo - only non-BL anime JC staff is doing this season, sadly

Ao Haru Ride - meh, they met early middl school. Close enough I guess

Survival Club - I usually don't watch anime with all-girl cast, but since this is supposedly shoujo I'll give it a try




Don't think will be all that good but will give a chance
Blade Dance - thought the LN was generic as heck... Infinite Stratos with magic

Rokujoma no Shinryakusha -

[OkamiNoKaze]

Here's my Saturday evening lineup of the new episodes for the week

Sword Art Online 2
DMMD
Irregular at Magical School
Fairy Tail
One Piece
Naruto
Sengoku Basara 3
Jojo
Captain Earth
Argevollen
Aldnoah Zero
M3
Space Dandy 2
Terror In Tokyo
Persona 4 Golden
Tokyo Ghoul
Akame Ga Kill
Re: Hamatora

[Domonkazu]

Watching / will be
SAO II
Mahouka
Aldnoah.Zero
Akame ga Kill
Jojo
Tokyo Ghoul
Arvgevollen
RE:Hamator