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.

Weekly Watching Roundup – Winter 2017 week 12 (final)

Episodes watched this week:
Nobunaga no Shinobi 26 END
Nyanko Days 12 END
Piace: Watashi no Italian 11
Piace: Watashi no Italian 12 END
Kemono Friends 12 END
Kochinpa! Dainiki 17
Aggressive Retsuko 50
Gabriel DropOut 12 END
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon 11
Akiba’s Trip The Animation 9

Winter 2017 Status:

Series rankings:
1. Kemono Friends
2. Gabriel DropOut
3. Youjo Senki
4. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2
5. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon
6. Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel
7. Demi-chan wa Kataritai
8. Masamune-kun no Revenge
9. Akiba’s Trip The Animation
10. Rewrite 2nd Season
11. Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari
12. Kochinpa! Dainiki (up 1)
13. Idol Jihen (down 1)
14. Piace: Watashi no Italian
15. Nyanko Days

Nobunaga no Shinobi – good fun series with nice humour, although I’m sure there are historical references that go over my head. Onwards to the next series. Next week.

Nyanko Days – I swear the ending of this thing is like some kind of hypnotism. Look into my eyes… Nyanko is love… love… Nyanko is love… love… If it is meant to be that, though, it doesn’t work too well.

Piace: Watashi no Italian was one of those series to watch just because. It had interesting enough characters and events to keep me watching.

Kemono Friends – I think this has top spot on this year’s list of biggest pleasant surprises wrapped up already. Which would be the second time that Yaoyorozu have taken it. Back in my watching intentions post I said that this looked “like just the sort of thing that probably should be a short”. Having watched it I am so glad it wasn’t, and also so glad I picked this up (I nearly didn’t bother even trying it). Great fun series with brilliant characters, and always of course that bit more under the surface.
Welcome to Jappari Park! Oh and… Please don’t eat me!

Gabriel DropOut – Some good comedy, although it was starting to feel a tad repetitive by the end. Satania best character.

Even though this was officially the final week of Winter, next week I will mostly be watching and hopefully finishing off the other things I’ve been following. And then it’s time for Spring to begin. Watching intentions will be up shortly before I start watching stuff.

Weekly Watching Roundup – Winter 2017 week 11

Episodes watched this week:
Nyanko Days 11
Akiba’s Trip The Animation 8
Youjo Senki 11
Nobunaga no Shinobi 23
Gabriel DropOut 11
Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel 7
Demi-chan wa Kataritai 7
Aggressive Retsuko 49
Kochinpa! Dainiki 16
Kemono Friends 11

Winter 2017 Status:

Series rankings:
1. Kemono Friends (up 2)
2. Gabriel DropOut (down 1)
3. Youjo Senki (down 1)
4. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2
5. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon
6. Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel
7. Demi-chan wa Kataritai
8. Masamune-kun no Revenge
9. Akiba’s Trip The Animation
10. Rewrite 2nd Season
11. Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari
12. Idol Jihen
13. Kochinpa! Dainiki
14. Piace: Watashi no Italian
15. Nyanko Days

Kemono Friends – bloody hell that episode…

Weekly Watching Roundup – Winter 2017 week 10

Episodes watched this week:
Nyanko Days 10
Piace: Watashi no Italian 9
Gabriel DropOut 10
Aggressive Retsuko 48
Youjo Senki 10
Kochinpa! Dainiki 15
Demi-chan wa Kataritai 6
Akiba’s Trip The Animation 7
Nobunaga no Shinobi 22
Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari 4
Kemono Friends 10
Piace: Watashi no Italian 10
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 10 END
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon 10

Winter 2017 Status:

Series rankings:
1. Gabriel DropOut
2. Youjo Senki
3. Kemono Friends
4. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2
5. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon
6. Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel
7. Demi-chan wa Kataritai
8. Masamune-kun no Revenge
9. Akiba’s Trip The Animation (up 1)
10. Rewrite 2nd Season (down 1)
11. Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari
12. Idol Jihen
13. Kochinpa! Dainiki
14. Piace: Watashi no Italian
15. Nyanko Days

KonoSuba 2 – More antics, more humour and an even more broken world than we had before. What’s not to like? I haven’t bought the first light novel yet but will do soon.

Strange to think the season is coing to an end already. Each season seems to end faster than the last one did. I guess it’s about time to start looking into next season’s stuff.

Weekly Watching Roundup – Winter 2017 week 9

Episodes watched this week:
Nyanko Days 9
Piace: Watashi no Italian 8
Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel 6
Non Non Biyori Repeat OVA (BACKLOG)
Youjo Senki 7
Youjo Senki 8
Nobunaga no Shinobi 23
Gabriel DropOut 9
Akiba’s Trip The Animation 5
Kemono Friends 9
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 9
Akiba’s Trip The Animation 6
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon 9
Aggressive Retsuko 47
Kochinpa! Dainiki 14

Winter 2017 Status:

Series rankings:
1. Gabriel DropOut
2. Youjo Senki
3. Kemono Friends
4. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2
5. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon
6. Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel (up 4)
7. Demi-chan wa Kataritai (down 1)
8. Masamune-kun no Revenge (down 1)
9. Rewrite 2nd Season (down 1)
10. Akiba’s Trip The Animation (up 1)
11. Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari (down 2)
12. Idol Jihen
13. Kochinpa! Dainiki
14. Piace: Watashi no Italian
15. Nyanko Days

I finally got around to actually putting that Non Non DVD in my computer and playing it. Took long enough. The OVA itself was perhaps on a par with one of the weaker episodes of the series as a whole, but this is perfectly normal and thus it still makes it one of the better OVAs I’ve ever seen. The autumn one was my favourite of the four parts.

Weekly Watching Roundup – Winter 2017 week 8

Episodes watched this week:
Aggressive Retsuko 46
Kochinpa! Dainiki 13
Nobunaga no Shinobi 22
Nyanko Days 8
Piace: Watashi no Italian 7
Gabriel DropOut 8
Kemono Friends 8
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 8
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon 8
Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel 5

Winter 2017 Status:

Series rankings:
1. Gabriel DropOut
2. Youjo Senki
3. Kemono Friends (up 1)
4. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 (down 1)
5. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon
6. Demi-chan wa Kataritai
7. Masamune-kun no Revenge
8. Rewrite 2nd Season
9. Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari
10. Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel
11. Akiba’s Trip The Animation
12. Idol Jihen
13. Kochinpa! Dainiki
14. Piace: Watashi no Italian
15. Nyanko Days

In the end it was only 2 fewer episodes watched this week than last. Despite every episode being watched on the same day.

Weekly Watching Roundup – Winter 2017 week 7

Episodes watched this week:
Nyanko Days 7
Aggressive Retsuko 45
Gabriel DropOut 7
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon 4
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon 5
Akiba’s Trip The Animation 4
Kemono Friends 7
Kochinpa! Dainiki 12
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 7
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon 6
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon 7
Demi-chan wa Kataritai 5

Winter 2017 Status:

Series rankings:
1. Gabriel DropOut
2. Youjo Senki
3. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2
4. Kemono Friends
5. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon (up 1)
6. Demi-chan wa Kataritai (down 1)
7. Masamune-kun no Revenge
8. Rewrite 2nd Season
9. Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari
10. Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel
11. Akiba’s Trip The Animation
12. Idol Jihen
13. Kochinpa! Dainiki
14. Piace: Watashi no Italian
15. Nyanko Days

There might not be many episodes watched next week as my screen is playing up. Unless I get a new screen.

Weekly Watching Roundup – Winter 2017 week 6

Episodes watched this week:
Aggressive Retsuko 44
Nyanko Days 6
Nobunaga no Shinobi 20
Kochinpa! Dainiki 11
Gabriel DropOut 6
Demi-chan wa Kataritai 4
Kemono Friends 6
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon 3
Piace: Watashi no Italian 6
Youjo Senki 6
Youjo Senki 7
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 6
Akiba’s Trip The Animation 3
Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari 3
Rewrite 2nd Season 1
Rewrite 2nd Season 2

Winter 2017 Status:

Series rankings:
1. Gabriel DropOut
2. Youjo Senki
3. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2
4. Kemono Friends
5. Demi-chan wa Kataritai (up 1)
6. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon (up 1)
7. Masamune-kun no Revenge (down 2)
8. Rewrite 2nd Season (new)
9. Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari (up 1)
10. Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel (down 1)
11. Akiba’s Trip The Animation (down 3)
12. Idol Jihen (down 1)
13. Kochinpa! Dainiki (down 1)
14. Piace: Watashi no Italian (down 1)
15. Nyanko Days (down 1)

Not yet watched:
BanG Dream!
Little Witch Academia (TV)
Urara Meirochou

Weekly Watching Roundup – Winter 2017 week 5

Episodes watched this week:
Nyanko Days 5
Aggressive Retsuko 43
Kochinpa! Dainiki 10
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo 2 4
Gabriel DropOut 5
Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel 2
Nobunaga no Shinobi 19
Youjo Senki 4
Youjo Senki 5
Kemono Friends 3
Kemono Friends 4
Kemono Friends 5
Piace: Watashi no Italian 5
Demi-chan wa Kataritai 3
Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 5
Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel 3
Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel 4
Masamune-kun no Revenge 4
Masamune-kun no Revenge 5
Masamune-kun no Revenge 6

Winter 2017 Status:

Series rankings:
1. Gabriel DropOut (up 2)
2. Youjo Senki (down 1)
3. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2 (up 1)
4. Kemono Friends (up 2)
5. Masamune-kun no Revenge (down 3)
6. Demi-chan wa Kataritai (down 1)
7. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon
8. Akiba’s Trip The Animation
9. Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel (up 1)
10. Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari  (down 1)
11. Idol Jihen
12. Kochinpa! Dainiki
13. Piace: Watashi no Italian
14. Nyanko Days

Not yet watched:
BanG Dream!
Little Witch Academia (TV)
Rewrite: Moon and Terra
Urara Meirochou

No longer intend to watch:
Chou Yuu Sekai: Being the Reality – not available
Kuzu no Honkai – from what I’m hearing it sounds outright painful.
Seiren – Yeah, not interested in this after all. Watching a guy dating 3 different girls could only ever feel wrong to me.

Well, things are beginning to pick up now. Great episodes of both Gabriel DropOut and Youjo Senki (particularly the former), and lots of good stuff across the board. The Anime of the Season title looks like a contest between the two of them now.

This season’s shorts continue to be somewhat disappointing, though.

Weekly Watching Roundup – Winter 2017 week 4

Episodes watched this week:
Kochinpa! Dainiki 8
Nobunaga no Shinobi 18
Nyanko Days 4
Piace+ Watashi no Italian 3
Masamune-kun no Revenge 3
Piace: Watashi no Italian 4
Gabriel DropOut 4
Aggressive Retsuko 42
Kochinpa! Dainiki 9
Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari 2
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon

Winter 2017 Status:

Series rankings:
1. Youjo Senki
2. Masamune-kun no Revenge
3. Gabriel DropOut
4. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2
5. Demi-chan wa Kataritai
6. Kemono Friends
7. Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon (up 2)
8. Akiba’s Trip The Animation (down 1)
9. Chain Chronicle: Haecceitas no Hikari (up 1)
10. Schoolgirl Strikers: Animation Channel (down 2)
11. Idol Jihen
12. Kochinpa! Dainiki
13. Piace: Watashi no Italian
14. Nyanko Days

Not yet watched:
BanG Dream!
Chou Yuu Sekai: Being the Reality
Kuzu no Honkai
Little Witch Academia (TV)
Rewrite: Moon and Terra
Seiren
Urara Meirochou

Spent a lot of time this week reading, and wasn’t feeling well for most of it too, so didn’t watch that much.