This was supposed to be a first impression of all the Fall season series I’ve watched, but since it’s been delayed for nearly 3 weeks, I’ve decided not to include series which I’ve dropped.

Gundam 00

It’s definitely looking a lot better than the first season, although I can’t help but feel that the scriptwriters are getting influenced by Code Geass and is going to turn the 2nd season into a trainwreck. They screwed up Tieria in a somewhat good way and it looks like every other character is about to get screwed over one way or another.

Clannad After Story

There’s not enough dango here! But other than that, Clannad is still looking good. A must watch for all Clannad fans!

To Aru Majutsu no Index

The first episode was hilarious but the rest that followed was more serious. One of the better shows this season, but the pacing is kinda slow. After 6 episodes, it seems like everything is going to get “reset” with Touma losing his memories.

Kannagi

While the animation quality is lacking, this is one of the most fun show to watch this season. But I find myself wondering this a lot, why is an almighty goddess acting so much like a naive little girl who is totally clueless to the world around her? Then again, it’s her eccentric behaviour that makes it so much fun. Crazy Shrine Maiden is an excellent title for Kannagi.

Kyou no Go no Ni

Honestly, the first episode didn’t do much for me. The art design and animation is only sub-par and the storyline is a complete waste of time. But after a few more episodes I begin to find myself to really enjoy it. It has become a great and enjoyable way to complete waste your time. It’s not up to Lucky Star’s standard, but if you enjoyed Minami-ke, definitely give this a try.

Kemeko DX

Normally I would say this is trash. This time, however, I would say… Kemeko FTW!

Rosario + Vampire Capu2

The fanservice continues from where the first season left off, and those who read the manga would again say that the anime ruined the series. I don’t read the manga and I felt that the first season was much better in comparison to Capu2.

Toradora

$(!)(@$&!! Not another Kugimiya Rie tsundere shana-louis-nagi anime. Taiga is like a mini-Louis!

I like Zero no Tsukaima, but having yet another similar love comedy tsundere Kugimiya Rie character just makes me feel like I’m watching the same thing again. Otherwise, Toradora is a pretty decent series.

Overall

A pretty good season lineup. Maybe it’s because I’ve been so busy the last few months that I haven’t really had the chance to enjoy the previous season’s offerings, but I’m quite satisfied with what the Fall season have to offer.

With so many new anime starting this season, there’s bound to be plenty of new series I’m starting to watch. Now I’m up to a point where I could no longer count the number of anime that I’m currently watching on both my hands. That’s right, I’m watching more than 10 different anime series right now and there are still some that I’ve been wanting to pick up but haven’t had the chance to do so yet.

Because of that, I’ve decided that I would no longer blog on the episodes review for all of them. The initial list of anime I’m watching right now but would no longer blog about would be:

• Shugo Chara (This feels like a cross between Sailormoon and Care Bears. I’m only watching this for fun)
• Goshuushou-sama Nomiya-kun (The fanservice anime of the season. Also watching this for fun only)
• ef- a tale of memories (Looks promising, but the first episode got me so confused, I’m still trying to make sense of it)
• Night Wizard the Animation (Looks promising, but I haven’t even decided if I want to continue watching this)
• Pokemon Diamond & Pearl (It’s basically rinse and repeat anyway)

The list will probably grow longer. I will probably stop blogging about either Da Capo II or Clannad as well.

But that doesn’t mean I’ll stop talking about them altogether. I might still pop it in whenever there are any episodes worth mentioning about.

Impz at THAT Animeblog posted a pretty comprehensive list of upcoming anime this fall along with whatever info he could dig up, which is actually quite a lot. I’ve added 5 new anime to my list of anime to watch out -

• ef -a tale of memories
• Ghost Hound
• Dragonaut ~ The Resonance
• Gambling Apocalypse Kaiji
• Shion no Ou – The flowers of Hard Blood

Damn, I seriously hope I have enough time for all these. Add these to my current list of anime to watch out for, I have 11 anime on my list! And this doesn’t even include the list of anime I’m currently watching which you can find in my about page.

Most likely I’ll start dropping off some by the 3rd or fourth episode if they aren’t good enough. But if they’re all good, then I’m probably doomed XD

But still, Shana II is still at the very top of my list and gets the highest priority above the rest

A picture is worth a thousand words, and this picture below spells a thousand “FAIL” all over it. I said before that I had never expected to see a MapleStory anime coming, but I would never ever EVER imagine that the bold, bright, colorful and chibi characters from MapleStory would end up like this!

Compare all the above to this:

Someone please tell me that this is just some hoax, otherwise I might have to cross off MapleStory as one of the anime titles I’m looking forward this fall…

The anime fall season is upon us and many new titles will be showing up. Some are sequels, while most are new. What anime titles are you looking forward to?

For me, I had been eagerly awaiting for a second season of Suzumiya Haruhi. Although it would seem unlikely that Suzumiya Haruhi 2 will be showing up anytime soon, I’m still hoping to see KyoAni pulling a stunt by not doing any promo or announcement at all, or at least wait until the very last moment.

Putting Suzumiya Haruhi aside, I am looking forward to Shakugan no Shana Second. The ending of the first season suggests that Yoshida would play a larger role against the denizens of the Crimson Realm and her rivalry with Shana would escalate even higher. It would also be interesting to see whether Yuji himself would take up Blutsauger and fight alongside Shana.

Gundam 00 is something to look forward to as well, but I’m having doubts if it would be good. I don’t really like most of the character and MS design, but they really are secondary. The story would be the most important and hopefully we’re not getting another Wing. Nothing against Gundam Wing, but it just never really appealed to me except for some of its MS; namely Wing Zero Custom & Deathscythe.

Suteki Tantei Labyrinth sounds like something I would really like. I imagine it would be something like CLAMP School Detectives.

Other than those, a few others that caught my interest right now are:

• Kodomo no Jikan
• Shugo Chara
• Minami-Ke
• Rental Magica
• Myself Yourself
• Jushin Enbu
• Goshuushousama Ninomiya-kun
• MapleStory

There aren’t that much information on most of the new anime right now, but I’ll see what I can dig up.