Summer 2017 watching intentions

A couple of the series on this list may not actually be watched until Autumn, most likely those on HIDIVE.

Continuing from current season: (4)
100% Pascal-sensei
Aggressive Retsuko
Nobunaga no Shinobi: Ise Kanegasaki-hen
PuriPuri Chii-chan!!

Will try: (22)

Sequels: (3 2)
Musashino! – no longer coming out this season.
New Game!!
Teekyuu 9

High Expectations: (3)
Battle Girl High School: Battle Girl Project – placing hopes onto this one. This should be good. It could be great. Don’t let me down, please?
Nana Maru San Batsu – At first sight my instinctive reaction was that this series would be rather meh. But then I got to thinking – you know, this could actually be really good. Only if it’s done right, though.
Tenshi no 3P! – Probably the series that I’m most looking forward to out of the upcoming new series. If it’s done right, this will be at the very least a strong contender for Anime of the Season.

Medium Expectations: (9)
Action Heroine Cheer Fruits – looks fun, but not quite enough information to put in high expectations.
Aho Girl – potential to be great. But not sure if it will get there. Should be worth a watch at least. Probably.
Gamers! – a series I’ve had half an eye on for a while. But only half of one.
Ikemen Sengoku: Toki wo Kakeru ga Koi wa Hajimaranai – this could be (unintentionally) funny
Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni. – this should be fun.
Katsugeki/Touken Ranbu – curiosity about this title from the mass of fanart and stuff, but it also sounds as though it could actually be good.
Koi to Uso – if this turns into an actual love triangle, consider it dropped.
Youkai Apartment no Yuuga na Nichijou
Youkoso Jitsuryoku Shijou Shugi no Kyoushitsu e (TV) – the setting does indeed sound very similar to BakaTest. Not sure if that’s a good or a bad thing, though, and this series will depend a lot on the characters.

Low Expectations: (7)
Hajimete no Gal – Several of the side characters look awful from the PV. Otherwise this would be higher.
Hina Logi: From Luck & Logic – mmm worth a try I suppose.
18if – looks like a very fast drop, but I’d rather make sure of that myself than just not bother.
Isekai Shokudou – I just can’t see how this can be an enjoyable watch. However I’m more than curious enough to give it a try.
Knight’s & Magic – not much of a fan of mecha generally.
Made in Abyss
Piko Tarou no Lullaby Lullaby – Taniguchi Takashi means this is at least worth a shot. Even though this doesn’t sound like one of the better ones of his works. But then again, they never do.

Won’t watch: (27)

Sequel/related series of unwatched/unfinished anime: (10)
Fate/Apocrypha
Hitorijime My Hero
Jigoku Shoujo: Yoi no Togi
Kaito x Ansa
Mori no Yousei: Kinoko no Musume
Musekinin Galaxy☆Tylor – not sure if this really belongs in here or in the “other” category. Either way I won’t be watching.
Owarimonogatari 2nd Season
Saiyuuki Reload Blast
Senki Zesshou Symphogear AXZ (although I do intend to watch the previous seasons)
Yami Shibai 5th Season

Other: (17)
Ballroom e Youkoso – amazon exclusive and I wasn’t particularly eager to watch it anyway.
Centaur no Nayami
Clione no Akari – murdered by amazon.
Dive!! – yeah. From that synopsis it’s easy to tell what will happen, and it’s utterly implausible.
Jikan no Shihaisha – much as I like that jazz music in the PV, I don’t think I’ll have the time to watch this series in the coming season. Maybe if I turned back time at some point I could, though…
Kakegurui – the whole tone of this series seems like something I wouldn’t like.
Keppeki Danshi! Aoyama-kun – sports anime. And football -the most boring popular sport in the world- as well. No thanks.
Konbini Kareshi – Doesn’t sound interesting in the slightest.
Mahoujin Guru Guru (2017) – PV either presents the characters badly or the characters are bad. The same could be said about the comedy, the art, the contents… All in all, no thanks.
Netsuzou TRap – Why the hell would anyone want to watch NTR? It’s only purpose is as a torture device
Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart
Princess Principal
Shoukoku no Altair – murdered by Amazon
Skirt no Naka wa Kedamono Deshita. – not for me, thanks.
THE REFLECTION – if I had the normal amount of time I would give this a chance. I don’t, though, so I won’t.
Tsurezure Children – “the near-psychotic girl that pours her own blood into her homemade chocolate” – YUCK.
Vatican Kiseki Chousakan – just doesn’t appeal.

Spring 2017 watching intentions

The season that Amazon killed.

The original version of this, incidentally, had 6 things on the “high expectations” list, the same as Spring last year, and the highest since then in the “will try” list as well. Instead, we’re left with even fewer things than last season, and still plenty of room for more to drop off.

Maybe I should try to just watch the raws… But I always miss stuff when I do that with series that are neither shorts nor things I’m already familiar with.

 

Continuing from current season: (2)
Aggressive Retsuko
Kochinpa! Dainiki

Will try: (21)

Sequels: (2)
Nobunaga no Shinobi: Ise Kanegasaki-hen
Shingeki no Kyojin Season 2

High Expectations: (2)
Hinako Note – Must watch series.
Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii desu ka? – lots of people have talked about this series. And everything I’ve heard has been positive.

Medium Expectations: (11)
Alice to Zouroku
Clockwork Planet
Eromanga-sensei – this sounds like something I’d enjoy watching. But it’s by the author of OreImo. Which makes me rather sceptical.
Gin no Guardian – It’s already started airing so I guess I’ll just watch this one to decide.
Granblue Fantasy the Animation
Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel (TV) – I’ll just hope that this series doesn’t need me to have watched the previous ones.
Love Kome: We Love Rice – This might just be stupid enough to be brilliant.
Puripuri Chii-chan!! – looks similar to various series that have been surprisingly entertaining, so I guess I’ll give it a watch.
Rokudenashi Majutsu Koushi to Akashic Records – This sort of series depends too much on the characters to make any meaningful predictions of how good it will be.
Sakura Quest – I have hopes for this one, but there’s not really enough there to put it as more than that.
Tsuki ga Kirei – insufficient information to form much by way of expectations.

Low Expectations: (6)
Kenka Banchou Otome: Girl Beats Boys – I really don’t know whether to bother with this one. Easiest thing to do though is just give it a chance.
Oushitsu Kyoushi Haine – will give it a try. Not expecting much, though.
Quan Zhi Gao Shou – That’s some crazily impressive animation in that PV. It probably won’t be available, though, and I don’t really know anything about the series itself. Plus being in Chinese means that I’ll have to rely entirely on subtitles, which I’ve gotten out of the habit of.
Seikaisuru Kado – will watch with the expectation of a quick drop.
Sekai no Yami Zukan – as above.
Sin: Nanatsu no Taizai – probably a quick drop, but worth a try.

Won’t watch: (39)

Murdered by Amazon (most of these titles will be picked up if they become available elsewhere): (9)
Atom: The Beginning
Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism
Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka Gaiden: Sword Oratoria
Fukumenkei Noise
Kabukibu!
Re:Creators
Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata ♭
Sakurada Reset

Murdered by Netflix latecast: (1)
ID-0

Sequel/Related series of unwatched/unfinished anime: (18)
Berserk (2017)
Beyblade Burst God
Boruto: Naruto Next Generations
Boku no Hero Academia 2nd Season
Cinderella Girls Gekijou
Duel Masters (2017)
Future Card Buddyfight Battsu
Idol Time PriPara
Kyoukai no Rinne (TV) 3rd Season
Natsume Yuujinchou Roku
Panpaka Pants O New-san
Rilu Rilu Fairilu: Mahou no Kagami
Shingeki no Bahamut: Virgin Soul
Shounen Ashibe: Go! Go! Goma-chan 2
Starmyu 2nd Season
Uchouten Kazoku 2
Warau Salesman New
Yu☆Gi☆Oh! VRAINS

Other: (11)
Akindo Sei no Little Peso – Looks stupid. No thanks.
Ani ni Tsukeru Kusuri wa Nai! – basically just an anime of fighting siblings? No thanks.
Buppu na Mainichi – not available.
Frame Arms Girl – Don’t feel like watching something like this
Makeruna!! Aku no Gundan! – I was going to give it a try, but that PV put me off completely.
Renai Boukun – This sounds like uncomfortable viewing.
Room Mate: One Room Side M – if the one with girls was dropped, why would I expect the one with boys to be watchable?
Souryo to Majiwaru Shikiyoku no Yoru ni… – no comment.
The Snack World (TV) – Don’t like that art style, and reading the background o the series makes me feel that this is not something I could like.
Tomica Hyper Rescue Drive Head: Kidou Kyuukyuu Keisatsu – almost as far away from my interests as you can get.
Tsugumomo – no thanks.

Winter 2017 watching intentions

After a season in which I didn’t do this, I’ve brought it back. This season is the first in quite a while with fewer than 50 anime in total, and less than half of those are ones I intend to watch. Nevertheless there’s plenty there and it really just means that I’m more likely to actually try everything in the “will try” section.

Note: parts of this were written up almost a month ago. I’ve checked back over most of the anime that I intend to try but some may be out of date.

List after the break.

Summer 2016 watching intentions

13 fewer anime starting this season than in Spring. A slightly higher proportion that I will watch but nevertheless the season looks considerably less appealing to me than the last was. Good thing there are a couple of continuing series as well, then. And there are at least a few things that should be good, including some sequels to some decent series.

List after the break

Spring 2016 Watching Intentions

Back to the more typical method of watching things. There’s lots of anime starting next season, but also lots of anime starting that are sequels to series that I haven’t completed for whatever reason.

List after the break.

Winter 2016 anime watching intentions

This season I’m going to be doing things differently to in other recent seasons, in that I’ll be focusing on my backlog of anime to watch rather than focusing on anime from the upcoming season.

Nonetheless, I’ll still want to establish which of the upcoming season’s anime are worth the watch.

Continuing from the current season: (2)
Heavy Object (if I catch up to it and keep watching)
Itoshi no Muco

Won’t watch: (15)
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime 2nd Season (sequel to anime I haven’t watched)
Dimension W (so obviously unbearable that I’m not even going to try it)
Durarara!!x2 Ketsu (sequel to anime I haven’t watched)
Ganbare! Lulu Lolo 3rd Season (sequel to anime I haven’t watched)
Ketsuekigata-kun! 4 (sequel to anime I haven’t watched)
Kono Danshi, Mahou ga Oshigoto Desu. (a bit confused about its relation to the OVAs, and doesn’t seem particularly appealing anyway)
Mahoutsukai Precure! (if I’m going to watch a precure it doesn’t look like it will be this one)
Mim Mam Mint (no interest whatsoever)
Phantasy Star Online 2 The Animation (not familiar with this franchise and doesn’t look appealing)
Prince of Stride: Alternative (sport anime in a non-existant sport)
Rilu Rilu Fairilu: Yousei no Door (could be some haitai-style fun but I’m not hopeful)
Schwarzesmarken (part of a franchise that I am not familiar with)
Sushi Police (yuck. Just plain yuck.)
Tabi Machi Late Show (not much info but what there is doesn’t seem appealing. Other than the fact that that’s a nice picture of a tree…)
Yami Shibai 3rd Season (sequel to anime I haven’t watched)

Will watch: (5)
Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (TV) 2nd Season (previous series was definitely weakening as it went on, but still worth continuing for now)
Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri – Enryuu-hen (sequel)
Kochin Pa! (already started watching this one. It’s 15 seconds long…)
Mahou Shoujo Nante Mou Ii Desukara. (reading the manga and interested to see how they do the anime)
Teekyuu 7 (sequel)

Might try: (24, in rough order from most interested to least)
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar
Haruchika: Haruta to Chika wa Seishun Suru
Boku dake ga Inai Machi
Musaigen no Phantom World
Ooyasan wa Shishunki!
Oshiete! Galko-chan
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!
Dagashi Kashi
Nijiiro Days
Divine Gate
Saijaku Muhai no Bahamut
Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu
Luck & Logic
Ao no Kanata no Four Rhythm
Reikenzan: Hoshikuzu-tachi no Utage
Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu
Norn9: Norn+Nonet
Ojisan to Marshmallow
Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R
Koukaku no Pandora
Bubuki Buranki
Ajin
Sekkou Boys
Active Raid: Kidou Kyoushuushitsu Dai Hakkei

As the way I’ll be doing things this season is different to previous ones I will probably adopt a rather different approach to the weekly roundup posts as well, with less emphasis on the season and more on the series.

Autumn 2015 anime watching intentions

I’m going to be trying out slightly less things this season than I have for the last few, in an attempt to stop myself from falling behind, which I have done every season since I started trying just about everything that aired. Especially given that doing this has prevented me watching series that I was quite looking forward to.
It helps that there’s quite a lot of things that, for one reason or another, I don’t want to watch anyway.

List after the break

Summer 2015 anime watching intentions

2 continuing series and 35 new ones. So one fewer in total than last season, thanks to me having moved one from Will try to Won’t Watch this morning.

Continuing from the current season:
Arslan Senki
Kyoukai no Rinne

Will try:
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime
Aoharu x Kikanjuu
Bikini Warriors
Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Senyaku
Charlotte
Chu Feng: BEE
Classroom Crisis
Danchigai
Gakkou Gurashi!
Gangsta.
Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri
God Eater
Himouto! Umaru-chan
Jitsu wa Watashi wa
Joukamachi no Dandelion
Kangoku Gakuen
Kurayami Santa
Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan
Makura no Danshi
Million Doll
Miss Monochrome: The Animation 2nd Season
Non Non Biyori Repeat
Okusama ga Seito Kaichou!
Overlord
Pikkapika Summer
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace
Rokka no Yuusha
Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai
Sore ga Seiyuu!
Suzakinishi The Animation
Teekyuu 5
Ushio to Tora
Venus Project: Climax
Wakaba*Girl
Wakako-zake

Won’t watch:
Aquarion Logos – Not watched Aquarion Evol
Boo Boo Boy – no chance this could be entertaining in any way.
Deban Desu yo! Onigirizu – I don’t know the context.
Dragon Ball Super – not a fan of the franchise.
Durarara!! x2 Ten – haven’t watched any of the previous series.
Fate/kaleid Liner Prisma Illya 2wei! Herz! – haven’t watched the first one.
Gatchaman Crowds Insight – didn’t particularly like the look of the first one.
Imabari Barysan – I had a flip around the website and the anime isn’t even mentioned. And what there is doesn’t seem of interest.
Junjou Romantica 3 – not watched previous series.
Kaijuu Sakaba Kanpai! – looks awful
Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou – This would be just like Kiseijuu was, except I’m even more convinced that I won’t be able to stand it. Why should I waste 2 minutes of my life just confirming that the series is a bunch of disgusting nightmare material when Seven Seas have already shown me that it is by shoving it in my twitter feed several times a day?
Q Transformers 2 – not a fan of the franchise.
Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX: Believe in Justice and Hold a Determination to Fist is an odd case – Not watched the second series yet. I will probably be watching this one once I have done so, though.
The Idolm@ster: Cinderella Girls 2nd Season – not a fan of the franchise, and haven’t watched the first one.
To Love-Ru: Trouble – Darkness 2nd – not watched previous one
Wooser no Sono Higurashi Mugen Hen – dropped on series 1.
Working!!! – not watched previous series, and although I intend to do so, I probably won’t be able to any time soon.

Expectation levels: (as before this isn’t saying “this will be good” but as something to look back to)

Non Non Biyori:
Non Non Biyori Repeat – this needs a category all to itself.

High Expectations:
Charlotte
Danchigai
Gakkou Gurashi!
Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri
Himouto! Umaru-chan
Joukamachi no Dandelion – This sounds fun.
Kuusen Madoushi Kouhosei no Kyoukan
Overlord – optimistically cautious would be about right to describe my expectations of this – not cautiously optimistic, optimistically cautious.
Sore ga Seiyuu! – Will either be amusing or informative. Or both.
Teekyuu 5 – because 4 seasons of Teekyuu goodness wasn’t enough.
Wakaba*Girl – because we always need more CGDCT series.

Not sure what to expect:
Akagami no Shirayuki-hime – Seems a little too shoujo-esque to put it in the high expectations category.
Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Senyaku
Chu Feng: BEE – It’s Chinese. In Japanese. I don’t know what to make of that.
God Eater – indifferent to everything I’ve seen about it, including the things that others are raving about. We’ll see.
Kurayami Santa – something a bit different, I guess.
Million Doll – Idol stuff.
Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace – lack of information
Rokka no Yuusha – Lots of people seem to like the light novel, but I’ve heard the anime is making some rather bizarre changes, so what else will they change? And will it threaten what makes the series liked?
Suzakinishi The Animation – What can you expect from what appears to be an anime adaptation of a talk show?
Ushio to Tora – My instincts say no, but the manga has been compared to a lot of things that I enjoyed, so I’m not really sure.
Venus Project: Climax – Idol stuff.

Low Expectations:
Aoharu x Kikanjuu
Bikini Warriors – seems more focused on the “bikini” part than the “warrior” part. I’m expecting another Momo Kyun Sword, but I could be pleasantly surprised
Classroom Crisis – a space setting is usually a bad sign, as it invariably means that the author thought to themself “hey, wouldn’t it be cool if, for no real reason, I set this series is SPACE… of course I then have to get rid of every aspect of it that an actual space setting would have, but still, set in SPACE, man. Isn’t that, like, awesome?” To which the answer is obviously “no”.
Gangsta. – other than through the addition of warped human bodies *cough*kiseijuu*cough*monster musume*cough*, it’s hard to imagine how this could be made into something that appealed to me less.
Jitsu wa Watashi wa – looks too cringe-humour-esque. Could still be good, though.
Kangoku Gakuen – Errm yeah. Giving this a chance because I said I would more than out of any hopes of deriving enjoyment out of it. Who knows? Maybe I’ll awaken to a new fetish or something.
Makura no Danshi – gender-flipped Issho ni Sleeping?
Miss Monochrome: The Animation 2nd Season – I’m not overly sure why I finished the first one. I’ll probably finish this one as well, and not know why I did that either.
Okusama ga Seito Kaichou! – condoms.
Pikkapika Summer – All I have to go on is a single, very small picture. That’s enough to put this in the Low Expectations category.
Shimoneta to Iu Gainen ga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai – This doesn’t sound like my sort of series. I’m not overly fond of dirty jokes and, despite the title’s claim, this will probably be full of them. It could be entertaining in other ways, though.
Wakako-zake – nothing about this sounds appealing. But we’ll see.

Spring 2015 anime watching intentions

1 continuing series and 37 new ones.

Winter 2015 anime watching intentions

I decided to move this over from my MAL blog. The list of series is taken from https://livechart.me/winter. As always, I will update this post as the season progresses.

This season I will be trying out most new things, but the vast majority of the unusually high number of sequels are from franchises which I am not familiar with. 23 things to watch in total, 4 continuing and 19 new.

Continuing from the current season:
Akatsuki no Yona*
Log Horizon 2nd Series*
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (may still drop this yet)*
Shirobako*

Will try:
Absolute Duo
Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu Love!*
Death Parade
Doamaiger D
Dog Days”
Isuca
Junketsu no Maria
Juuou Mujin no Fafnir*
Kantai Collection: KanColle*
Koufuku Graffiti
Military!*
Rolling Girls**
Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata*
Seiken Tsukai no World Break*
Sengoku Musou*
Shinmai Maou no Testament*
Yoru no Yatterman
Yuri Kuma Arashi

*These series are available in the UK on Crunchyroll

** These series are not available on CR but are available on in the UK on Viewster

Won’t watch:
Aldnoah Zero 2nd Season – never watched series 1
Durarara!!x2 Shou – haven’t watched anime of series 1
Go! Princess Precure – I’ve never tried a precure series and this doesn’t look like the one I would go with if I did.
Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken: Stardust Crusaders – Egypt Hen – not watched any Jojo series.
Kamisama Hajimemashita – dropped series 1.
Ketsuekigata-kun! 2 – I didn’t even know this existed and thus never watched the first series.
Kuroko no Basket 3rd series – Never watched earlier series
Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen SC – never watched the first series.
Pankis! 2-jigen – I don’t think I could bear to watch this.
Q Transformers: Kaette Kita Convoy no Nazo – not a transformers fan.
Shounen Hollywood – didn’t watch 49
Soukyuu no Fafner: Dead Aggressor – Exodus – not watched earlier parts of the series.
Tantei Kageki Milky Holmes TD – not watched earlier parts of the series.
The iDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls – the original iDOLM@STER didn’t appeal to me so I don’t see this doing it either.
Tokyo Ghoul √A – didn’t watch the first series.
Tsukimonogatari: Yotsugi Doll – I kind of stopped caring about monogatari.
Washimo 2 – Completely put off by the art style.