Here it is folks we are finally in the home stretch of my
summer anime preview. With the addition of this article the tally of shows that
I have watched and reviewed for the summer season is twenty. I can only hope
that my articles have helped some of you that are less willing to sit through
all of these shows if for no other reason that they do not have an anime blog
of their own and don't have to watch a bunch of shows they weren't thinking of
watching simply to put up content for said blog.
Monogatari Second Season
The story opens with Tsubasa Hanekawa waking up to what she
thinks will be an ordinary day. That is until she walks by a giant white
talking tiger. She brushes of the meeting as best she can until another
unexpected occurance happens, her house burns down. Despite the title this is
the third season of the franchise (after Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari) so
you probably shouldn't watch this if you aren't familar with the franchise.
That said I found that almost all of the old strengths of the previous seasons
were still there and this first episode gives us something new to chew on with
the series protagonist, Araragi, not appearing at all and the focus being cast
on the relationship between Hanekawa and Senjogahara. I look forward to the
rest of this new season.
Gatchaman Crowds
The Earth is in danger from beings from outer space. To
combat this menace there is a secret team of superheroes called Gatchaman. One
day school girl Hajime receives a strange notebook and then soon finds out that
she is the latest Gatchaman. Even though this first episode was clearly a stock
introduction to a main character getting super powers I found it rather good.
High points include Hajime's charmingly airhead personality which smooths over
a lot of the boring but neccessary exposition scenes and the art style of the
show which has a lot of interesting flourishes including Tiger and Bunny-esque
super hero suits.
The eccentric Family
In the city of Kyoto there is not only humans but also tengu
and tanuki. This is the story of (name) a tanuki who wishes to do more in life
than to simply accept his fate. As such he mingles with some tengu and
shapeshifts to look like a human. I am somewhat conflicted on how to describe
this show. The general lack of plot in the first episode would have me label
this show as a slice of life anime show. On the other hand, I found the
character interactions to feel more complex than the simple comedy or Iyashikei
that such shows tend to go for. However I can say that I am rather intrigued by
the show and feel as though it is defintiely worth checking out, especially if
you are looking for something different in anime.
Fate kaleid liner prism Illiya
Illiya is a normal school girl and just as you would expect
she gets magic powers in the first episode. In this particular show said power
source is the magical ruby stick who chose her after leaving her old master,
Rin Tohsaka, for squabbling too much. From the first episode I can tell that
this is more of a parody of magical girl shows using mostly Fate Stay night
characters. The comedy was okay although I have the feeling that many people
will be turned off by the show's fan service, especially given that a lot of it
of a young lady like Illiya.
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