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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?

I have interest in Appare-Ranman!, Deca-Dence and Gibiate, because these are all original anime productions not based on anything. Also, Appare-Ranman! looks like one of those insane artist fantasy that I tend to have a soft spot for.

Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan and Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha are obvious harem gigs, which is a genre that has gotten more and more generic. So meh...

Not much a fan of cop dramas. Not since the days of Dirty Harry

Also, waiting on this:

That link kind of didn't work. What's the name of the anime?

Anyway, anything else different from my little list that you are looking forward to?

Feeeeexed!!

Ah, Fire Force. As I said back when it came out, I have a really instinctive dislike of protagonists with shark teeth, so that was a no-go for me.

Pffft, I don't know about you, but I watch for the ladies.

I imagine you do, but the simple fact that there is this constantly grinning dude around whom the story revolves simply put me off immensely.

Yes! Gundam BD Re:Rise last half-season two is coming with a bang after the corona-hiatus!

[You can activate the English subtitle]

Yeah, that along Railgun T and Alicization.

ABOUT FUCKING TIME!

Hm, did they forget Railgun in their preview?

Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha: So, yeah, this is a completely different thing than Maou-sama. Instead of a former demon king learning humility and the worth of working at McDonalds (), we got a pretty much pure power fantasy, where the former demon king has come back to... I don't even know what the plan is. He pretty much dominates everyone around him instantly. I give this one more episode to get better.

I guess this show would depend on the ladies...

So far we got "emotionally stunted hypercompetent white-haired girl, who is grateful for a little kindness", i.e. Felli without the tsundere part.

More first impressions.

Maou Gakuin no Futekigousha: Second episode, the power fantasy continues. This guy would make the dude from Overlord blush in embarassment. And of course the harem gets a +1, which happens to be the sister of the girl from the first episode. It's not even badly animated, but nnnnnooope. I'm out. I need the protagonist to have some flaws and weaknesses (without turning into a wishy-washy "I don't wanna pilot the mech, uwaaaaah!" idiot). This one does not even have that.

Peter Grill to Kenja no Jikan: I didn't even get through the intro. Low-brow, low-quality trash. Trash, trash, TRASH!

Fugou Keiji: Balance:Unlimited: Started out great for the first ten minutes, then went over the top ridiculous for the rest and not in the good way. Sorry, but no. Too bad. Pretty nice intro OP, though.

Appare-Ranman!: Wow, this is good. I'll have to watch the other two available episodes, but the first one left a great impression. Solid set-up and character work for a first episode, even if the basic premise (cross-country race) ain't that much of my favorite subject. Honestly, I am very impressed with what they accomplished in character work just for the first episode.

Deca-Dence: Solid start as well, but, uh, some really weird stuff in there. Definitely worth watching, so I'll continue to do that. Apparentely it's a mecha show and we already got a Macross transformation of sorts.


Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld 2nd Season: Well, d'oh. It's still good, Kirito is still comatose. What more does one want?

Gibiate: Not out yet.

So far, three pick-ups for the season, which is good. I had much worse seasons in terms of watcheable shows.

Maggy is so mean.

I can't like everything.

I have finished Japan Sinks. Definitely one of the best this season. It's not perfect however. If you don't like the Devilman Crybaby style, the character animation can be a real turn off. And if you don't like disaster-genre like The Towering Inferno or Dante's Peak you might not like it. That said, you can truly feel that this anime is made with true passion. Hat's off to the showrunners for adapting this classic story.

Sword Art Online: Alicization – War of Underworld 2nd Season: SAO continues to seriously impress, with some of the most epic fight scenes I've seen in a long time and, despite the miniscule character work those characters actually got, pretty emotional scenes as well.

I have a strange feeling that you are secretly wishing for Kirito's death.

Maggy: Nah, really?