User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Sorcerer Magazine, Issue 42: June 2015/@comment-3987368-20150708105049/@comment-3987368-20150708140100

Yeah, there are two series this season which people are comparing to Akatsuki no Yona: Snow White with the Red Hair and Rokka no Yuusha. Both series have a red-haired protagonist, the latter show's being male, and are set in earlier time periods of medieval history and feature things such as heroes, monarchy and the like.

I know next to nothing about Akatsuki no Yona beyond what I've heard from you guys, but Rokka no Yuusha and Snow White with the Red Hair are both grabbing my attention from this season's lineup so far. The former had a pretty interesting episode. A little too much exposition (they literally gave us the name of every past hero, which we do not need to know so early on) and they don't make our make character very sympathetic, but the premise is pretty interesting and I like the setting of the plot. Could turn out to be an interesting anime. I've yet to watch Snow White with the Red Hair, so I've got nothing to say about that.

I was thinking of watching Overlord since it's done by Madhouse and I figured they couldn't do the MMORPG thing worse than Sword Art Online (which I'm currently watching and plan to trash talk in the future) but I might even be wrong about that. The first minute or so leads up to some kind of boss battle, but the next several minutes after the opening theme are basically some whimpy-sounding demon lord-like thing talking to some slime monster in a meeting hall and I stopped watching. What the hell, Overlord? How do you start with a seemingly-epic fight and then move onto a boardroom discussion? This isn't supposed to be some stereotypical office comedy. This anime bored the crap out of me like five minutes in. I think this might be the first anime to ever do that.

I think Charlotte is airing on Animax India via simulcast. I'll probably watch it, if only because it's by P.A. Works and they do great animation. They're relatively hit-or-miss in terms of story, but the chance to watch their work on TV is rather appealing.

I'm not so sure about watching GATE though, since all I've heard about it so far is that it's just a more militarized version of Outbreak Company, which I did really enjoy. I'll need to get some opinions on this one to decide whether or not I should go in.