It's up at Random Curiosity, so let's discuss what of worth makes it past Corona-chan into this season:
Appare-Ranman!: So, two fish-out-of-water Japanese guys in the late 19th century on a wild car race through America? I think this might be a really nice concept and I dearly hope that they go only medium hard on the over-the-top absurdity and "big characters" and high on the character work. Gets two to three episodes to make me stay.
Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha: I have some minor hope that this might be as good as Maou-sama, but I presume it will be OP protagonist harem shit. Two episodes to convince me it has any worth beyond being another common power fantasy harem anime.
Gibiate: so, the premise is pretty standard, epidemic transforms humans into monsters, post-apocalyptic setting, yadda yadda, seen it a hundred times. But transplanting to Edo period samurai into 2030 could work (I recall
Kuromukuro doing it rather well, actually... with mechs!) and the art style is something else. Gets two episodes to make me stay.
Deca-Dence: So, uh, nobody knows what this show is about? The preview at RC was pretty much a non-sequitor. But the preview video looks at least somewhat interesting. Two episodes.
Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld 2nd Season: Well, uh, yeah.
Obviously. Automatic pick-up.
Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan: Y'know, anime
is getting raunchier each season, if the preview of RC is correct in any way. I'll give this a one episode try to see if the humor is for me. But I presume this will go so over the top that I probably will be turned off immediately.
Fugou Keiji: Balance:Unlimited: Oh, look an odd-couple cop anime. Cancel it, reeeeeee! Ahem. Yeah, luckily Japan ain't been infected with the brain virus going around in the US. Yet. Two episodes.
So, that's one automatic pick-up and a few hopefuls. Slimmer pickings than last season for sure, but then again almost all the hopefuls are more unique shows either in concept or art and style. Let's see what sticks and what does not.
How about you guys? What are your picks for the season?