I thought a post was long overdue. I’ve got a fresh wallpaper in the works, but until I finish that, I thought I’d post a few of the new shows I’ll be watching over the next few months.
Clannad
If you don’t know about this one, then I don’t know you. Obvious choice, looks good, should be a chance for Kyoto Animation to redeem themselves after letting Lucky Star drag on for a few too many episodes. And of course, by a few, I mean about twelve.
Minami-ke
I heard pretty much nothing about this series until yesterday. But when I heard it described as Lucky Star without the suck, I felt like a kid who has just heard the ice cream van pulling into the street. Appears to involve a lot of shin-kicking, sister kissing and much less Haruhi.
Did I mention pancakes? It features pancakes.
ef - a tale of memories
Not sure what to think about this one. Looks just a little cliched. But what the hell, the art looks good, and I live in the hope that this will turn out a little like sola, which for the record, is now one of my favourites of all time.
Blue Drop
Again, like ef, this one could go either way. It looks good visually, and — as Negs put it — features Space Yuri, so it could be alright. But it’s a Gonzo series. That said, I can’t be too harsh on poor old Gonzo, because what I’ve watched of Kaze no Stigma so far has been pretty good (I must catch up with that series), much better than a certain other anime studio which produces maybe one series every 2 years, and manages to make an abortion out of every single one of them.
That studio shall remain nameless.
