Spring anime season!

[daeva_neesan]

The weather is getting mild, cute daisies are popping up on every bit of grass, the need to take naps after lunch increases-- SPRING IS IN THE AIR, and so is the new Spring Anime Season!

What are you going to watch? Here are my picks for this year:
Puny list, uh..? Well, this season shows itself as quite shitty.

Some series that I'll check, but I'm not sure if I'll follow, are Ore Monogatari!! and Eikoku Ikke, Nihon o Taberu. This last one intrigues me to no end, but I'm afraid it'll be one of those "OMG, Japanese food is the best in the world!!" featuring Wapaneses (Englishmen on top of it!!) and I don't think that I can stomach something like this (considering the past episode about pizza on Koufuku Graffiti x'DD What was that?!)...
I'm also intrigued by Arslan Senki but who knows-- I'm not in the mood for pseudo-historical/fantasy stuff, but I need some honest action series...

We'll see!

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[forchancookie]

Hmm, that's tough. Looks like there's some real stinkers in this season.

I'll watch Arslan Senki, Digimon, and Koukaku Kidoutai Arise.
I'll try Ameiro Cocoa, the dungeon one (but I'll probably give up due to the size of the boobs), Kekkai Sensen, Narudoma (just because I heard it was kinda yaoi-y), Punch Line and Shokugeki no Souma. Ore Monogatari sounds like a promising little shoujo, think I'll watch that.

I agree, this line up seems to lack luster. I could end up watching more than that, or maybe less. Not much jumps out at me.

In the shorts, gonna watch Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken, cause I watched the first one. Maybe Vampire Holmes? *shrugs*

There seems to be a lot of movies and OVAs I need to watch, like Durarara, Kyoukai no Kanata, Initial D, Shingeki movie, Amagi Brilliant Park, Hoozuki, Kurage no Shokudou, Magi: Sinbad no Bouken and Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso!

Hopefully, some things will be good. Digimon better be good. I should probably rewatch the original.

[daeva_neesan]

Yeah, thinking that back in the days Spring season was one to look forward to :/
When did things go wrong?! XD

Well Forchy, you still manage to watch a good amount of stuff :D I gave up on OVAs, the most of them never reach us in sub form ;_; !!
I'm only being willing to dare with Kurage... It looks like a cute series and the two protagonists give me a yaoish aura XD

I'm intrigued by Digimon-- Is it a sequel or a remake :o ..?
Anyway, when it'll be the case, I look forward to your first impressions on the above mentioned anime! In case I can watch something else XD Just three series on my list feels really pitiful x'DD !

[forchancookie]

I dunno. I think as we get older, less stuff appeals to us! Oh noes! Although, I still end up watching a lot of crap. Oops.

I say I want to watch those OVAs and movies, but I'll probably forget unless they pop up subbed somewhere. This season I managed to watch all of my anime legally with Hulu and Crunchyroll. No fansubs. Might as well give the industry what little support I can!

I read that Digimon was a continuation that takes place after Digimon 1 and 2.

I watched a lot more than you last season too. And since some of the series are ending, I'm already poking at some old anime. I just finished Your Lie in April and I cried almost the whole episode. My face is all hot and feverish now x_X

[daeva_neesan]

I don't think that the reason is our age, rather the fact that as back in the days anime were more difficult to find and watch, everyone of them looked like a precious gem, now, well, one has the joy of being picky.

Aaaw, supportive Forchy!
I'll keep being a pirate XD I already buy comics, and that's the industry I prefer to support, I refuse to pay for what other people can watch for free on their TVs :P !
Speaking of OVAs, I see that The Book of Murder has been completely subbed a while ago-- I may give it a chance... Are you still following the manga? How nice to see Diedrich all chubbied up >o< !!!

I'm avoiding shojo stuff as if it were the plague D: I have enough of those things.
Sport anime are my sole joy when it comes to human feelings XD

[forchancookie]

That's what I mean, as we get older, our tolerance for crap goes down. XD I mean, honestly, my tolerance for crap is still pretty high. I watch some things and ask myself "Why are you watching this?!" And it's often for a tiny pay off, like just understanding fandom instead of actual enjoyment. Watching Brothers Conflict was like that. It was such a stupid harem show with 13 gorgeous guys fighting over their new sister. Like, guys, you can have anyone. Anyone, and all of you, from 13 to 30, want this little bubble head? No.

I can understand why a Dae can't. I live in the US, so that option is open to me, but if you live in Italy, it's probably not. I don't buy manga anymore. My collection of it is still in the basement because I'm too lazy to bring it up and put it in my bookshelves!

I didn't see Book of Murder and I haven't followed the manga. I'm terrible. XD

Shoujo can go either way for me. I like it if it's cute. Kimi ni Todoke was adorable. But most shoujo aren't Kimi ni Todoke. Most of them are boring with annoying characters and situations. Brothers Conflict, that shoujo harem, was awful and full of awful things. I still tortured myself with it. Sometimes I'm just a masochist!

[daeva_neesan]

Ahahah XD
Well, but harem series for girls can be considered as shoujo just for the style of the art-- To me they are not different from the harem series destined to boys. Some of them were just awesome, as "Kimi ga nozomu eien" or "Tsukihime", but the majority of them is mere crap to please idiots who should just go out and get a life.
--Since last year I kept watching harem series for girls in the hope of some yaoi subtext ("Starry Sky", "Uta no Princesama") but that was just sadder ;_;
A shoujo that I watched for the sake of cuteness was "Usagi Drop"! --It was cute before the girl got in love with her stepfather =_=

Yeah, we have those options too :3 but it's different series from the US-- You guys have more stuff and more new stuff on top of it. Luckily some new series are aired on TV here (like "Psycho-Pass") but the truth is, if I can avoid to pay for them, I do it-- Otherwise I wait til the subs are available! Ahah XD

I don't buy many manga either, it's mostly what I can't get by scanlations-- I also have very little room for them, so I have to be picky XD --But they still give me a nice sensation >o< !

I do understand the "duty" of watching awful anime for the sake of otaku culture!
I did that too every now and then-- But I don't last much XD

--Noooo Forchy ;_; Don't leave me alone on Kuroshitsuji!

[forchancookie]

I watched the first season of Utapri. I started the second one, but haven't finished it yet. Now I hear they're doing a third season. But you're right, the only reason to watch those sort of shows is for the boys. Uta Pri handily pairs them up for you and everything!

I saw Usagi Drop. It was super cute.

There's still one or two shows that they don't sub, so sometimes I watch them on pirate streaming sites. Arrr. Forchi still knows how to pirate! *swings pirate sword around*

I haven't been reading as much manga lately. Mostly because I'm lazy! I still need to finish the Tokyo Ghoul manga. I'm so close, just haven't jumped back in because I keep watching lots of anime.

There are always those shows that people say you "have to watch!" Sometimes I really regret watching them. :P

Sorry! I watched the Circus one! I just haven't read the manga.