As for the reasons why I won’t blog some other shows:
- If there weren’t already enough reasons not to watch To Love-Ru: it airs on freaking Thursday, which already features four, possibly five excellent shows, which already are too many shows on the same day!
- Itazura na Kiss is hands-down hilarious. Fans of traps might want to check out the second episode, because there appears one. However, I can’t see myself blogging this week after week.
- Druaga no Tou can really go both ways. Like anyone could have expected, this is no comedy at all. It’s got a lot to like, but for every good point there’s also a bad point. If you want to see Gonzo do RPG-parodies, then go check out Master of Epic. That’s one series that’s fully geared to parodies and doesn’t have an overall storyline.

Besides, Amatsuki is better than Druaga no Tou in every single aspect apart from two: sense of humour and background art. And it of course seems that Druaga played all of its trumps in the first episode, that just leaves the background art, which just isn’t enough. I think that the thing that Druaga no Tou can learn the most from Amatsuki lies in the storytelling. Amatsuki really packs a punch in its climaxes. It knows how to time its lines and optimally use its characters to keep me glued to the screen, and that’s something I really missed in Druaga.

Toki is also inexperienced, but he’s also really different from the male lead in Druaga (whose name I already forgot, even though I watched the second episode half an hour ago). He’s not the only one who’s special, it seems. There have been more people who have been through the same thing he has been, and even worse, with the other guy losing his arm and all. He’s also naive, yet he’s not a complete idiot. I also really like the female lead, but that may be because I often like strong female characters. She really stands miles above that ditzy healer from Druaga no Tou. That really was the worst part about the second episode of that series.

This is really going to be my main series to follow from Studio Deen. While they were my favourite production-company during the previous Autumn- and Winter-season, mostly due to their magnificent performance with Shion no Ou (with the addition of the really solid Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai) this season looks to give that title to Madhouse, who actually have the potential to surpass themselves with all the different series they picked out to animate. Production IG also looks forward to an excellent season.

Toshokan Sensou

With Noitamina, I just knew that this series would be worthwhile. Toshokan Sensou has proven to have the best soundtrack this season, and with Production IG, the art looks terrific. This series also smartly spent its first episode fleshing out its main characters, instead of focusing on a story-heavy start. So instead the characters already feel dynamic for when the story starts kicking in. This series has a limited time to work with, and yet it’s got quite a large premise, so this will probably be one of the most fast-paced series to come out of the Noitamina-timeslot.

Junjo Romantica

Okay, so this was a really weird combination between hilarious and disturbing. This series does have a sense of humour, and there’s some good chemistry between the characters. The only problem is that the chemistry between them might be a bit too good, because the characters wasted no time to get it on with each other. What surprises me, by the way, is that this series has the best OP song this season, strangely enough. The song is standard J-rock, but it works surprisingly well. It’ll be interesting to keep watching this series, if only to laugh at the hot passion that will erupt from it.

Kaiba

Oh my god, I can’t believe how well this series turned out! Even with the fantastic line-up that this season already has, Kaiba has delivered the best first episode of them all! This is EXACTLY the reason why I love experimental anime. Anime should be used as a medium to showcase creative ideas, not to just copy everyone else. On top of that, the mystery in this series is downright excellent. Since 2007 was so disappointing in terms of mystery, my inner-fanboy is loving all the different mystery-series that this season has offered so far! I really urge everyone to check out this series, because it’s without a doubt the most unique anime to come out this year, even taking Hakaba Kitarou in consideration. Don’t be discouraged by the childish-looking character-designs. This series is exactly the reason why simple character-designs don’t mean that the series will be for children.