Weekly watching roundup – Spring 2016 week 13 Final Week

Final week as in still lots of things to finish over the coming week, which will still be my priority over trying out new series over the coming week. Lots of comments, so I’ve stuck them below a read more tag.

Episodes watched this week:
Uchuu Patrol Luluco 13 END
Usakame 11
Usakame 12 END
Aggressive Retsuko 12
Pan de Peace! 13 END
High School Fleet 11
High School Fleet 12 END
Anne Happy♪ 11
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge 9
Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? 10
Anne Happy♪ 12 END
Flying Witch 11
Flying Witch 12 END
Sansha Sanyou 11
Sansha Sanyou 12 END
Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? 11
Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? 12 END
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge 10
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge 11
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge 12 END

Spring 2016 Status:

Series rankings at present:
1. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu*
2. Sansha Sanyou (up 1)
3. Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? (down 1)
4. High School Fleet (up 2)
5. Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge (up 2)
6. Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season (down 2)
7. Flying Witch (up 3)
8. Sousei no Onmyouji (down 3)*
9. Kiznaiver (down 1)*
10. Hundred (down 1)*
11. Anne Happy♪
12. Kuma Miko*
13. Pan de Peace!
14. Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalites*
15. Boku no Hero Academia*
16. Shounen Maid*
17. Bungou Stray Dogs*
18. Mayoiga (up 1)
19. Usakame (up 2)
20. Aggressive Retsuko*
21. Uchuu Patrol Luluco (down 3)

An asterisk above indicates that the series either has not yet finished or that I have not yet finished it.

Weekly watching roundup – Spring 2016 week 12

Episodes watched this week:
Uchuu Patrol Luluco 12
Flying Witch 7
Flying Witch 8
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun: Tonari no Gokudou-kun (BACKLOG)
Aggressive Retsuko 11
Mayoiga 12 END
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season 12 END
Bungou Stray Dogs 8
Bungou Stray Dogs 9
Bungou Stray Dogs 10
Pan de Peace! 12
Kuma Miko 7
Kuma Miko 8
Flying Witch 9
Flying Witch 10

Spring 2016 Status:

Series rankings at present:
1. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
2. Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?
3. Sansha Sanyou
4. Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season
5. Sousei no Onmyouji
6. High School Fleet
7. Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge
8. Kiznaiver
9. Hundred
10. Flying Witch
11. Anne Happy♪ (up 1)
12. Kuma Miko (down 1)
13. Pan de Peace!
14. Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalites
15. Boku no Hero Academia
16. Shounen Maid
17. Bungou Stray Dogs (up 2)
18. Uchuu Patrol Luluco
19. Mayoiga (down 2)
20. Aggressive Retsuko
21. Usakame

I watched the Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun OVA whilst the internet was down (one of several things that caused me to watch less anime this week). First time I’ve watched an episode illegally in a while. This OVA was certainly different – the whole anachronistic Edo-era setting took me totally by surprise. And was great fun to watch, while somehow managing to mirror the actual story of the series.

Mayoiga – A weak ending to a not overly impressive series. It was worth the watch, I guess, but the resolution at the end felt seriously weak, and there were various things along the way that don’t quite seem right. Plus the fact that there were characters that they went through the bother of introducing and who then did precisely nothing for the rest of the series. Still, like I say it was worth the watch, being an interesting series rather than the gripping one that it initially presented itself as.

Asterisk – now that’s more like how you do an ending. I was a bit confused as to why they were going beyond the end of the festa at first, but now having seen the end of the series I think it’s better that way. At the time of writing (after finishing the series, not on posting this on the blog) there are 62 days until the scheduled release of the first volume of the series in English. I look forward to getting it.

Weekly watching roundup – Spring 2016 week 11

Episodes watched this week:
Bungou Stray Dogs 5
Bungou Stray Dogs 6
Bungou Stray Dogs 7
Kiznaiver 8
Kiznaiver 9
Kiznaiver 10
High School Fleet 7
High School Fleet 8
High School Fleet 9
Sansha Sanyou 4
Sansha Sanyou 5
Sansha Sanyou 6
Sansha Sanyou 7
Sansha Sanyou 8
Sansha Sanyou 9
Sansha Sanyou 10
Kuma Miko 5
Aggressive Retsuko 10
Pan de Peace! 11
Usakame 10
Mayoiga 10
Mayoiga 11
Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalites 7
Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalites 8
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season 11
High School Fleet 10
Anne Happy♪ 9
Anne Happy♪ 10

Spring 2016 Status:

Series rankings at present:
1. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
2. Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?
3. Sansha Sanyou (up 2)
4. Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season (down 1)
5. Sousei no Onmyouji (down 1)
6. High School Fleet
7. Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge
8. Kiznaiver (up 5)
9. Hundred (down 1)
10. Flying Witch (down 1)
11. Kuma Miko (down 1)
12. Anne Happy♪ (down 1)
13. Pan de Peace! (up 1)
14. Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalites (down 2)
15. Boku no Hero Academia
16. Shounen Maid
17. Mayoiga
18. Uchuu Patrol Luluco
19. Bungou Stray Dogs
20. Aggressive Retsuko
21. Usakame

Two stand out series of the week.
The first is Kiznaiver. I could see that the series was the one that had potential, but it just wasn’t using it in the earlier episodes. All that changed in the three episodes I watched this week, though, as it finally got into its stride.

The other is Sansha Sanyou, which I had been a long way behind on. I wasn’t intending to catch up by that much, but when I reached the latest episode I found myself disappointed that there wasn’t more yet. That speaks volumes about the series…

Anyway, about another 80 episodes still to watch, and some series are about to end. Well, technically some already have ended, but I haven’t finished them yet.

Weekly watching roundup – Spring 2016 week 10

Episodes watched this week:
Aggressive Retsuko 7
Aggressive Retsuko 8
Aggressive Retsuko 9
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season 10
Kiznaiver 7
Hundred 5
Hundred 6
Flying Witch 6
Pan de Peace! 10
Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? 7
Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? 8
Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? 9
Boku no Hero Academia 3
Boku no Hero Academia 4
Usakame 9
Uchuu Patrol Luluco 11
Sousei no Onmyouji 10
High School Fleet 6

Spring 2016 Status:

Series rankings at present:
1. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
2. Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?
3. Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season
4. Sousei no Onmyouji
5. Sansha Sanyou
6. High School Fleet (up 1)
7. Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge (up 1)
8. Hundred (down 2)
9. Flying Witch
10. Kuma Miko
11. Anne Happy♪
12. Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalites (up 1)
13. Kiznaiver (up 1)
14. Pan de Peace! (up 1)
15. Boku no Hero Academia (up 1)
16. Shounen Maid (up 2)
17. Mayoiga (up 2)
18. Uchuu Patrol Luluco (down 1)
19. Bungou Stray Dogs (up 1)
20. Aggressive Retsuko (up 1)
21. Usakame (up 1)

Placed on hold:
12-sai.: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki

I placed 12-sai on hold. It’s the only one of this season’s watches that I can’t watch legally, so I just wasn’t watching it.

That leaves about 110 episodes to watch over the next 3 weeks before the next season starts. Reckon I can do it?

Weekly watching roundup – Spring 2016 week 9

Episodes watched this week:
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 8
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge 6
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season 7
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season 8
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season 9
Hundred 4
Pan de Peace! 9
Uchuu Patrol Luluco 9
KochinPa! 11
KochinPa! 12 END
Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalites 5
Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalites 6
Usakame 8
Kiznaiver 6
Anne Happy♪ 8
Onigiri 2 DROPPED
Mayoiga 7
Mayoiga 8
Mayoiga 9
Big Order (TV) 2 DROPPED
Bungou Stray Dogs 3
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge 7
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 9
Bungou Stray Dogs 4
Sousei no Onmyouji 8
Sousei no Onmyouji 9
Uchuu Patrol Luluco 10
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge 8

Spring 2016 Status:

Series rankings at present:
1. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
2. Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?
3. Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season (up 2)
4. Sousei no Onmyouji
5. Sansha Sanyou (up 1)
6. Hundred (down 3)
7. High School Fleet
8. Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge (up 3)
9. Flying Witch (down 1)
10. Kuma Miko (down 1)
11. Anne Happy♪ (up 1)
12. 12-sai.: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki (down 2)
13. Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalites
14. Kiznaiver (up 1)
15. Pan de Peace! (down 1)
16. Boku no Hero Academia
17. Uchuu Patrol Luluco
18. Shounen Maid
19. Mayoiga (up 1)
20. Bungou Stray Dogs (up 1)
21. Aggressive Retsuko (down 2)
22. Usakame

Dropped:
Onigiri
Big Order (TV)

KochinPa – How much can be done with a 15 second long anime? Actually, a surprisingly large amount. So long as you don’t try to develop some sort of plot line and instead stick to light hearted comedy, 15 seconds really isn’t all that restrictive. In fact, there are things you can do with a 15 second long episode that can’t be done with a longer anime. Which is something KochinPa did a lot of. In fact it seldom did anything else. I’m not sure it did anything to advertise whatever it was that it was supposed to be advertising, but who cares?

I had stopped Hundred for so long because I was convinced it would go downhill from there. I was right.

Dropped Onigiri because I just don’t get anything. Big Order was dropped due to a certain event in the second episode. If you watched it you probably know what I’m talking about.

Weekly watching roundup – Spring 2016 week 8

Episodes watched this week:
Pan de Peace! 8
Uchuu Patrol Luluco 8
Usakame 7
Onigiri 1
Flying Witch 5
Anne Happy♪ 6
Anne Happy♪ 7
Boku no Hero Academia 1
Boku no Hero Academia 2

Spring 2016 Status:

Series rankings at present:
1. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
2. Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?
3. Hundred
4. Sousei no Onmyouji
5. Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season
6. Sansha Sanyou
7. High School Fleet
8. Flying Witch
9. Kuma Miko
10. 12-sai.: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki
11. Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge
12. Anne Happy♪
13. Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalites
14. Pan de Peace!
15. Kiznaiver
16. Boku no Hero Academia (new)
17. Uchuu Patrol Luluco (down 1)
18. Shounen Maid (down 1)
19. Aggressive Retsuko (down 1)
20. Mayoiga (down 1)
21. Bungou Stray Dogs (down 1)
22. Usakame (down 1)
23. Big Order (TV) (down 1)
24. Onigiri (new)

 

Finally started everything that airs this season. Not watched many episodes, though. However, I’ve almost finished what I need to do, after which I will theoretically have plenty of catch-up time.

Weekly watching roundup – Spring 2016 week 7

Episodes watched this week:
Endride 1 DROPPED
Kuma Miko 4
Usakame 5
Usakame 6
Bungou Stray Dogs 2
Aggressive Retsuko 6
Sousei no Onmyouji 5
Sousei no Onmyouji 6
Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 7
Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? 6
Uchuu Patrol Luluco 7
Pan de Peace! 7
Sousei no Onmyouji 7
Kiznaiver 5

Spring 2016 Status:

Series rankings at present:
1. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
2. Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?
3. Hundred
4. Sousei no Onmyouji (up 1)
5. Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season (down 1)
6. Sansha Sanyou
7. High School Fleet
8. Flying Witch
9. Kuma Miko
10. 12-sai.: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki
11. Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge
12. Anne Happy♪
13. Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalites
14. Pan de Peace! (up 1)
15. Kiznaiver (down 1)
16. Uchuu Patrol Luluco
17. Shounen Maid (up 1)
18. Aggressive Retsuko (down 1)
19. Mayoiga
20. Bungou Stray Dogs
21. Usakame
22. Big Order (TV)

Dropped:
Endride

Not yet watched:
Boku no Hero Academia
Onigiri

Endride – Whoever wrote this really shouldn’t be writing stories. Or at least not publishing them. And that’s not something I say very often.

Onigiri is back on the not yet watched list as it’s now available on Viewster.

Re:Zero and Netoge going from strength to strength, with both looking like being a long way above anything else from the season.

Weekly Watching Roundup – Spring 2016 Week 6

So we’re halfway through the season now, but less than a third of episodes watched. Ah well, this always happens.

Episodes watched this week:
Pan de Peace 5
Aggressive Retsuko 4
Aggressive Retsuko 5
Usakame 3
Usakame 4
Uchuu Patrol Luluco 5
Uchuu Patrol Luluco 6
High School Fleet 4
High School Fleet 5
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge 5
Mayoiga 3
Mayoiga 4
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season 5
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 5
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 6
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar 11 BACKLOG
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar 12 END
Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? 5
Flying Witch 4
Pan de Peace! 6
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season 6
Anne Happy♪ 5
Sansha Sanyou 3

Spring 2016 Status:

Series rankings at present:
1. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
2. Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?
3. Hundred
4. Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season
5. Sousei no Onmyouji (up 1)
6. Sansha Sanyou (up 2)
7. High School Fleet (down 2)
8. Flying Witch (down 1)
9. Kuma Miko
10. 12-sai.: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki
11. Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge
12. Anne Happy♪
13. Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalites
14. Kiznaiver
15. Pan de Peace! (up 4)
16. Uchuu Patrol Luluco (down 1)
17. Aggressive Retsuko (up 1)
18. Shounen Maid (down 1)
19. Mayoiga (down 3)
20. Bungou Stray Dogs
21. Usakame
22. Big Order (TV)

Not yet watched:
Boku no Hero Academia
Endride

Hai to Gensou no Grimgar – a great series indeed, from start to finish. I will be buying the novels… at some point. I seem to keep saying that.

Weekly Watching Roundup – Spring 2016 Week 5

All the watches were early in the week. I haven’t watched anything for the past few days. With recent days being so full of other things occupying my mind, it’s not exactly easy to think of things to say.

Episodes watched this week:
Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalités 1
Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalités 2
Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalités 3
Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalités 4
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge 2
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge 3
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge 4
Sousei no Onmyouji 4
Anne Happy♪ 4
Flying Witch 3
Kiznaiver 2
Kiznaiver 3
Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? 4
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar 8 BACKLOG
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar 9
Hai to Gensou no Grimgar 10

Spring 2016 Status:

Series rankings at present:
1. Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
2. Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?
3. Hundred
4. Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season
5. High School Fleet
6. Sousei no Onmyouji
7. Flying Witch (up 1)
8. Sansha Sanyou (down 1)
9. Kuma Miko
10. 12-sai.: Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki
11. Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge
12. Anne Happy♪
13. Seisen Cerberus: Ryuukoku no Fatalites (new)
14. Kiznaiver (down 1)
15. Uchuu Patrol Luluco (down 1)
16. Mayoiga (down 1)
17. Shounen Maid (down 1)
18. Aggressive Retsuko (down 1)
19. Pan de Peace! (down 1)
20. Bungou Stray Dogs (down 1)
21. Usakame (down 1)
22. Big Order (TV) (down 1)

Not yet watched:
Boku no Hero Academia
Endride

Weekly Watching Roundup – Spring 2016 Week 4

Episodes watched this week:
Pan de Peace! 4
Wagamama High Spec 2 DROPPED
Aggressive Retsuko 3
Kuma Miko 3
12-sai.:Chicchana Mune no Tokimeki 2
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk 2nd Season 4
Gyakuten Saiban: Sono “Shinjitsu”, Igi Ari! 4
KochinPa! 10
High School Fleet 3
Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta? 3
Shounen Maid 2
Sousei no Onmyouji 2
Sousei no Onmyouji 3
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 4