User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Wiki in the Anime vol. 1: Fall 2015/@comment-1776824-20160101211200

HI MISK

I watched 5 series this season (bar FT); I tried watching a sixth (Comet Lucifer) but just never had the time for it. I heard it was so-so (leaning more towards bad), and I still want to view it for myself to make that judgment, but honestly, watching a mecha anime alongside a Gundam one just sets the bar too high for my tastes. So I'll save it for some other time when this Gundam series ends.

Anime of the Season Noragami Aragoto : I totally agree with Misk here. Noragami was the fucking shit. He harassed advised me to watch the first season, and though the start was slow, by episode 4 it really picked up, and before I knew it I was in love with the characters, their interactions, the setting, and how carefully and delicately everything was written. Now, I only found out after finishing the first season that the ending was filler, but I really couldn't tell; that's how well done it was! I finished the first season in time to binge Aragoto up until episode 6, which was the end of the Bishamonten arc. And it was a wild ride, I must say. The soundtrack was really epic (and apparently offensive in case nobody heard about that), and the animation was always top notch. It continued to deliver in a really well-paced, and so I heard, faithful fashion. This series is frigging gold. I have no plans to read the manga, so I can without a doubt say that Noragami is easily the best anime I have watched. Score : 10/10.
 * Runner-up : Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans ; please let me say that runner-up was a hard pick, and I don't believe in ties. However, I settled on the latest Gundam series: Iron-Blooded Orphans. It is extremely action-packed, and it is written in a way that is extremely careful, but I must note that it actually doesn't go overboard with its precautionary writing. It doesn't suffer from the stereotypical "Gundam slowness syndrome" where you are better off binging the series in one go because of how slow it is. It jumps right into the action, and it's only 13 episode in of 25, but my god, that cour finale was easily the best of the bunch and it has me excited to keep watching throughout winter! I seriously recommend this if you like mecha anime. I mean, Gundam is basically the reason mecha anime is so popular these days anyway, and the thing with this Gundam, like so many others is that it falls outside of the original UC timeline. So it's essentially an alternate universe, and you don't have to watch any of the original (or other) Gundam series to get it (they only serve for nuances and nostalgia anyway in cases like these). Score : 9/10.


 * Honorable Mentions : Haikyuu!! Second Season ; Misk asked me to watch Haikyuu and I binged the ever living hell out of it, and fell in love again. I've never watched a series that made me feel better about my life, or anything else more than Haikyuu. If you've never watched this, shame on you. You get so invested in the characters, and their emotions became yours, and you'll find yourself crying just because someone spiked a ball. I'm not really into sports anime, but volleyball is one of the few sports I know intricately enough to have been able to watch this without an issue. The second season's first cour was amazing, and it wasn't even full of any official matches until the very end. It was honestly all just, but I loved. it. all. Watch this as well! Score : 9/10.


 * Seraph of the End: Battle in Nagoya : Seraph of the End is a tough series to get through. The first episode of season one will leave you breathless...but then it descends into a poor mix between Attack on Titan, Bleach and Naruto. It isn't even remotely interesting outside of animation and soundtrack (which carried S1 btw) until the last two episodes, but if you stick it through, you get to this amazing piece of work, which is Battle in Nagoya. From start to finish, it is a gigantic wtf. When you get to the climax of Nagoya, you will be glued to your screen. I've checked, and for the most part, the anime is faithful, but they cut out a lot of interactions between characters that make those that appear otherwise interesting (such as Krul) fall kind of flat. I call this "Season Anime Adapation Syndrome" because time constraints really are the biggest cause of this. The end is also...not where the manga is, but if my hunch is right, I bet the end of Nagoya is what will be published in the manga. Think of what Akame ga Kill's author did for the anime during the Battle of the Execution Grounds towards the end: the same thing happened in the manga, right? But after the anime aired. It's all just so things can flow correctly and maybe by 2017 we can get another great Seraph sequel! It's too good to fall on the path of "anime-only sequel". There's also an OVA this May, so stay tuned for that. Score : 8/10.

Other Fairy Tail (2014) : Do we really need explaining? Shaky, inconsistent animation, carried only by a godly soundtrack, to the point where great animation has us shaking and scratching our heads. The season was overall very average, which was sad because we had the likes of Igneel, Mard Geer and Acnologia. Score</u: 5/10.

One-Punch Man : A.K.A. Overrated-Punch Man. The plot is honestly average at best. The main character is truly only there for gags (he isn't even interesting until the confrontation with Boros), so all the interest we have is focused on characters like Genos and the other heroes (like Amai Mask, wtf is up with this guy). The soundtrack is great, and leave it to Madhouse for the animation to be what grips you right off the bat. But otherwise...it's kinda boring? Funny, yeah, but boring. I get the premise is that you're supposed to think that the next guy is the one that gives Saitama his ultimate challenge, but with guy after guy...it gets so discouraging to think that that's what's going to happen. Also, double what Misk said: the fanbase is outright appalling and it really puts you off. It's, contrary to belief, not the best thing to ever walk this Earth, and the only thing it really has to stand by itself (without the graces of Madhouse) is epicness. There isn't anything remotely interesting, really. It honestly only gets the following score because Madhouse was the animating and producing studio. Score : 7/10.

Best Opening Theme " I'm a Believer " by Spyair (Haikyuu!! Second Season): Do I really need explaining? Yes? Well... SO WHAT?
 * Runner-up : " Raise your flag " by MAN WITH A MISSION (Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans); Just watch it. You'll get what I mean. ;o And then watch the show while you're at it!

Honorable Mentions " Kyoran Hey Kids!! " by The Oral Cigarettes (Noragami Aragoto)

" The Hero!! ~Ikareru Ken ni Honō o Tsukero~ " by JAM Project (One-Punch Man)

Best Ending Theme " Nirvana " by Tia (Noragami Aragoto): Just watch it to get what I mean. ( .___.)~
 * Runner-up : " Climber " by Galileo Galilei (Haikyuu!! Second Season)

Final Comments Overall, there was no "bad" anime I watched this season. Just average, overrated, and AMAZING. :'D