Dropping some more series
The downfall to having such a high-quality season as the current one is that there are a lot of series worth watching. Still, I’m really noticing now that I’m watching a bit too many series, so I’m going to drop some of the series which didn’t really grab my interest after their first few episodes. Especially now that even more interesting-sounding series such as Giant Robo and Reideen have appeared, and Strange Dawn suddenly got subbed.
- Nodame Cantabile: I can’t see what people find so awesome in this series. Okay, it’s interesting, but I’ve seen nothing special appear. I still have the third episode on my to-watch list, but I just can’t get myself to see it.
- Getsumen to Heiki Mina: Okay, it’s a fun show, but I don’t think 11 episodes are fit for this. It would have been fun as a 2 or 3 episode OVA, though 11 episodes without any substance will probably be too much.
- Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou: I’m sad to drop this, though I don’t think that this will end in such a good series. Okay, it’s got good fighting scenes, it’s first episode was excellent, though episodes 2 and 3 were just plain and boring. It’s probably going to have two or three amazing episodes in the end, but I don’t feel like I want to wait for that.
- Venus Versus Virus: it definitely has potential, but I don’t think that it can go many ways with the personality it chose for its main character. A whining brat remains a whining brat, despite her alternative personality. And episode four was just plain boring, turning this series into a standard shounen-series when it seems that Sumire got her powers by accident. Come on, please. Think of something better.
- Saint October: Not really a bad series, but I feel that it won’t be able to take itself seriously. It’s a pity, it’s got a great concept, and I’d love to watch it when it came with a bit more serious plot, but I don’t think I’ll be able to get much enjoyment out of this series as it is now.
On a better note, I’m surprised at Manabi Straight. It’s actually good enough for me to continue it. Himawari!! meanwhile is also on the border of being dropped, I hope the fifth episode will change my mind. Afro Samurai is just plain garbage, but I’ll finish it anyway since I already saw four episodes. And for some reason I just can’t get enthusiastic about Code Geass.
Manabi took me by surprise as well. If it stays as innocent as it has been, I think I’ll stay with it. I simply don’t see Manabi as anything but a fun show to watch. Basically, I don’t want the show to try and squeeze some type of high-drama out of the story.
NC isn’t anything special (yet?), but I’m sticking with it because Nodame cracks me up.
Comment by j.valdez — February 7, 2007 @ 18:50
Well I finished watching Afro Samurai and I have to say that the last ep may be the worst of all by far.
As for NC, I’ve seen the drama quite a while ago and I liked it but I didn’t try the anime version.
Finally CG is a fun watch if you don’t think too much over it.And I can’t let it go since Clamp chara-design is always wonderful.
Comment by cos — February 7, 2007 @ 19:10
j.valdez: I’m not sure if you’ve seen episode four. Based on your post, I’d say you haven’t. The reason I liked the fourth episode was that it suddenly turned into a serious drama, like you feared, but actually managed to pull this off right.
Comment by psgels — February 7, 2007 @ 20:11