User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Wiki in Anime: Summer 2016/@comment-3987368-20161003105628

This summer was not a good way to follow up the great Spring season we just had. I'll be brief this time compared to my usual Seasonal Anime writings.

Series: Shokugeki no Souma: Ni no Sara - A good follow-up to the first season we got last year. Despite opening with the Autumn Election quarterfinals, the stakes never feel particularly high. Part of this is to do with the fact that the series opens with it and thus without much momentum carrying over from last season. It's a fair take on the story but not outstanding. The last several episodes are a nice way to end it though. The whole stagiaire period had great character development and insight into the main cast as well as some side characters. A good second season overall. 7 out of 10

Tales of Zestiria the X - Well animated. Great art. Loses focus in a way that'd make certain episodes in Fate/Zero blush (though I didn't see those episodes that way, I know others did). Generic characters for the most part. The setting isn't unique but it is interesting, allowing for a lot of exploration. 6 out of 10

Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume - Not a particularly original idea, but it's got good execution. A man meets a cute robot girl in an abandoned mall and she irritates him but he eventually goes along with her shtick and eventually starts caring about her. It's only five episodes and the shortest episode is around 13 minutes. It's not longer than it needs to be and does what it needs to do. I'd be open to having more anime handled in this fashion. 7 out of 10

Movies: '''Digimon Adventure tri. 3: Kokuhaku -''' Well, I'd say it's the best movie that the Tri series has put out so far. The emotions were properly amped up for this half-way marker and it does a good job at utilizing the wider scope of the world of Digimon that we got hints of in the original series but had no exploration into. Despite some pacing issues and questionable characterization, it's a good watch overall. 6 out of 10

'''Kimi no Na Wa. -''' Makoto Shinkai's latest film features excellent animation and a great soundtrack. Characters are solid but not particularly deep. I liked how the changes in the character's social lives were affected by the body switching. Unfortunately, the movie is bogged down by its lack of explanation of the supernatural events and thus they come off as cheap gimmicks that exist to push the story forth as opposed to being a natural part of the setting. The ending is also a major cop-out written to give the viewers the feels. It makes you feel nice but it's not actually well-written. This is a nice movie to watch but it does not deserve to be the highest rated anime on MAL (not that I actually care about their cumulative ratings but still). 7 out of 10 That's about all. Next season looks like ass tbh, so I don't plan to watch much. I'll probably go clear some anime-watching backlogs instead. Note: Ratings can be changed depending on how I feel about them in the future.