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Another season, another set of comments on new shows:
Double Decker: Buddy cop comedy, the anime version. Brightly colored, fast paced comedy. Good stuff.
That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime: The novels this is based on has been pretty well received, but I have not read them. Kinda tempted now as this could be pretty awesome. The title so far is exactly what you get, a guy gets killed, and is reincarnated in a fantasy world as a slime. Much better than it sounds though.
Between The Sky And Sea: This might be the stupidest concept for a show, and it is by almost every metric pretty terrible. All the fish in the oceans disappear, so fish are now grown in orbital fish bowls. Only men are allowed to fish in the bowls to supply the world with fish. Until now, when the first women are going to try. Stupid concept, stupid characters, stupid story, and yet I was entertained. Not sure how many episodes I will last, but so far I am still watching it.
Zombie Land Saga: Ok, this is an even stupider premise. Girl leaves her house to drop off an application to be an idol singer, but is hit by a truck and killed. She wakes up as a zombie, and a guy explains he has zombified her and some other girls to be an idol group to promote the local area. Their first episode, they do, surprise, death metal. I enjoyed the show, but would never use the world "good" to describe it(at least without prefacing it with the word "not").
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai: Terrible name, pretty good show. Guy is hanging out in the library when he sees a girl from the school(who used to be a child actress) walking around through the library dressed in a bunny girl outfit...and no one notices her except him. Pacing is very slow, and this could end up being a teen romance comedy with light supernatural elements, or all out psychological horror, or something else completely. Whatever it is, it is really good.
Uzamaid: This show has no redeeming qualities. Woman who was a sergeant in the JSDF sees a cute little girl, and wants to be around her. She ends up applying as a maid at the girls house, and spends the whole show trying to get close to the girl in incredibly cringeworthy ways. It is supposed to be funny. It is not.
IRODUKU: The World in Colors: This season's entry from PA Works. May be the best looking anime TV show yet. Every single frame would look good framed and hung on a wall. Story is a girl from the future, in a world where magic works, is hurt doing some magic and loses the ability to see color. Her grandmother uses magic to send her back in time till when the grandmother was a teen(2018). The girl meets her family from the time, and some kids her age who will end up being friends of her grandmother. Show looks great, is interesting, and held my attention so far. Everything PA works puts out is at least good, and usually at lot better than good. This so far is up there with it's better shows.
Boarding School Juliet: wants to be Shakespeare meets School Rumble, but is not nearly as good as either. Not recommended.
Goblin Slayer: This might be great, it might be terrible. It is certainly very, very, very dark fantasy. Girl known only as "Priestess" joins a group of other young adventurers to do a quest rescuing kids who where kidnapped by goblins. The result is 2 of them dead, one gang raped, one who peed herself in terror. Priestess is rescued by a guy named Goblin Slayer, who does just that. While most of the worst is done off camera, this show is not for the faint of heart.
Anime Yell: Cheerleaders, the anime. Not good.
Double Decker: Buddy cop comedy, the anime version. Brightly colored, fast paced comedy. Good stuff.
That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime: The novels this is based on has been pretty well received, but I have not read them. Kinda tempted now as this could be pretty awesome. The title so far is exactly what you get, a guy gets killed, and is reincarnated in a fantasy world as a slime. Much better than it sounds though.
Between The Sky And Sea: This might be the stupidest concept for a show, and it is by almost every metric pretty terrible. All the fish in the oceans disappear, so fish are now grown in orbital fish bowls. Only men are allowed to fish in the bowls to supply the world with fish. Until now, when the first women are going to try. Stupid concept, stupid characters, stupid story, and yet I was entertained. Not sure how many episodes I will last, but so far I am still watching it.
Zombie Land Saga: Ok, this is an even stupider premise. Girl leaves her house to drop off an application to be an idol singer, but is hit by a truck and killed. She wakes up as a zombie, and a guy explains he has zombified her and some other girls to be an idol group to promote the local area. Their first episode, they do, surprise, death metal. I enjoyed the show, but would never use the world "good" to describe it(at least without prefacing it with the word "not").
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai: Terrible name, pretty good show. Guy is hanging out in the library when he sees a girl from the school(who used to be a child actress) walking around through the library dressed in a bunny girl outfit...and no one notices her except him. Pacing is very slow, and this could end up being a teen romance comedy with light supernatural elements, or all out psychological horror, or something else completely. Whatever it is, it is really good.
Uzamaid: This show has no redeeming qualities. Woman who was a sergeant in the JSDF sees a cute little girl, and wants to be around her. She ends up applying as a maid at the girls house, and spends the whole show trying to get close to the girl in incredibly cringeworthy ways. It is supposed to be funny. It is not.
IRODUKU: The World in Colors: This season's entry from PA Works. May be the best looking anime TV show yet. Every single frame would look good framed and hung on a wall. Story is a girl from the future, in a world where magic works, is hurt doing some magic and loses the ability to see color. Her grandmother uses magic to send her back in time till when the grandmother was a teen(2018). The girl meets her family from the time, and some kids her age who will end up being friends of her grandmother. Show looks great, is interesting, and held my attention so far. Everything PA works puts out is at least good, and usually at lot better than good. This so far is up there with it's better shows.
Boarding School Juliet: wants to be Shakespeare meets School Rumble, but is not nearly as good as either. Not recommended.
Goblin Slayer: This might be great, it might be terrible. It is certainly very, very, very dark fantasy. Girl known only as "Priestess" joins a group of other young adventurers to do a quest rescuing kids who where kidnapped by goblins. The result is 2 of them dead, one gang raped, one who peed herself in terror. Priestess is rescued by a guy named Goblin Slayer, who does just that. While most of the worst is done off camera, this show is not for the faint of heart.
Anime Yell: Cheerleaders, the anime. Not good.
