Fall season overview part two killing time

Fall season overview part two killing time

If there is anything I am surprised by this season it is just how fast everything is coming out. This time there are four shows that debuted in the past two days and I will have to three similar posts in the next three days just to keep up. This time I am short reviewing the new darling of the western anime community and three less well received shows even though I am probably going to stick with all of them for a couple of episodes at least.

Coppelion

In the future a nuclear disaster caused Tokyo to become uninhabitable to normal human beings. However there are three high school girls who have been genetically engineered to withstand radiation. They have been tasked with recovering people trapped within the disaster site. Overall I found this first episode to be a bit of a head scratcher as I can tell this is supposed to be a somewhat intellectual show although I can’t really get a bead on exactly how intelligent this show is.  While I am still a bit ambivalent about this show I can that it will turn out better than Sunday without God so I will stick with it for a few episodes at least.

Kill la Kill

Honoji academy is a police state ruled by an iron fist and super powered school uniforms. Enter one drifter by the name of Ryuko Matoi who wields half of a giant scissor blade which can cut the super uniforms apart. This show is a hyper kinetic action show that is really popular with certain sections of the anime community. While it does seem to have a strong hook to it the show has difficulty modulating tone and having any sort of depth of character. However this is only episode one and this could be added later.

Golden Time

Banri Tada is a new college student who is eager to start a new life. He runs into several students including Mitsuo and his childhood friend Koko who has followed him all the way to law school. I will have to admit that this show didn’t start off to the strongest beginning. However there are small hints of what the show will become and this is where the source material being by same writer as Tora Dora that the transitions could be pulled off believably. I will keep watching this.

Infinite Straos season 2

There isn’t much to say about this as it is a continuation of a show that wasn’t much of anything other than a fan service show. There are hints at new girls which will probably be fully introduced in a couple of episodes. However the majority of the show was dedicated to moving Charlotte and Laura up to a one or maybe two on the Kinsey scale. I will keep watching although not for good reasons.