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So, I'mma jump on the bandwagon here and share to you all my opinions regarding the summer 2015 season of anime.

Overall, as most people have already pointed out, this anime season was pretty poor. Therefore, the best anime from this season, although they were the best, were not necessarily very good. I must admit, even though there was a summer vacation in the midst of this season, I didn't really watch that much new anime. I caught up and finished Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works and I must say I loved most parts of it. Not as good as Zero imo, but still awesome nonetheless. What I did like more about Blade Works was that I felt more emotionally attached to some of the characters while watching. The saddest and most emotional moment would still go to Zero (Rider D; D;), but overall Blade Works scored better for me when it came to effecting me emotionally. And for those of you that have not watched the Fate series and have no clue what I'm on about, go watch Fate/Zero! Anyway, I would give Blade Works a 9.3 out of 10; it was my favorite anime from this season, although it's not truly from this season. XD No matter, this anime made the summer season a much better season for me than it would have been without it.

Moving swiftly on, I can sum up the list of anime that I watched that came out this very season. Trust me, the list is not long. I won't go into depth about any of them, since I would hate to potentially spoil someone. I'll just sum up how they were, what I liked/didn't like, and how I would rate them. So, in order from best to worst, here are the new anime that I watched within this season.
 * 1. Kangoku Gakuen (Prison School): First off, I am honestly surprised that none of you guys mentioned this anime. For me, this, along with number 2, were the highlights of the season. Outstanding animations that really suited my taste, an interesting and different concept/plot, enjoyable characters, as well as a nice flow all the way through made this anime my top pick. Also, who doesn't like shows with badass girls, girls who can actually do something for a change? ... although I felt that a part of the plot was repeated a few times over and that some scenes were particularly similiar, I enjoyed watching throughout the whole thing, unlike the case with some of the other anime I watched from this season.

Overview:

Rating: 8.6/10


 * 2. Rokka No Yuusha: Okay, so as I mentioned before, this anime  is one of the few higlights for me from this season. I can't really say much about it honestly, without starting to explain the entire plot, something I definetly don't want to do, so I'll just say I throughoughtly enjoyed it and I would definetly recommend it for anyone who likes the "Mystery" genre of anime. I basically agree with the points Carry has already written; although sometimes a lttle bit over the mood mysterious and with a bit shitty animations, the series was overally great with a fantastic plot and plot-twists that can make you go "GAAH".

Overview:

Rating: 8.5/10


 * 3. God Eater: This anime imo hands-down wins the award for best animations this season. The animation-style reminds me a lot of the Fate series, and mind you it's always good to be compared to the Fate series in terms of animation, while still having those details that I can't explain. I guess you'll have to watch it to understand what I'm talking about. Overall, this action-packed anime really gave you some, yeah, great action-packed moments. While the plot wasn't of the utmost impressive, the action scenes of the series made up for most of it.

Overview:

Rating: 8/10


 * 4. Gangsta.: This one is pretty controversial for me. Basically because I dropped it just over halfway through. I don't know why really, it wasn't that bad. But, I guess it's basically a result of what Carry said; when an anime starts off that good and then suddenly falls down a hillside in quality, you can't really grasp the will to finish it. Yep, that was Gangsta in a nutshell for me. Obviously, since I haven't watched it till the end, I can't judge the series too harshly.

Overview:

Rating: 5.9/10


 * 5. Charlotte: No. Just no. This anime was plain confusing when you look on it as a whole. It started off a bit boring and when you think it will catch on and get better, what do they throw in your face? I have no words. This anime was so poorly written for me, it was disgusting. When I can't grasp the point of a revolving plot, that's when I know someone has fucked up. And I don't think it was me... the characters are good enough although a bit on the weird side and the animations are up to standards. Other than that, I can't really give it more props.

Overview:

Rating: 5.4/10


 * 6. Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou: Now, I would say putting an anime like this in a position this high is a bit controversial, but I have my reasons. Basically, I didn't watch any other new anime than the ones I've already mentioned, thus I can't really put it any lower. I can give it some praise though; the show serves it's purpose and is better than a lot of other Ecchi anime I've watched. It will certainly appeal to pervy otakus, although that's about as much as it does. There is really no significant plot in this whatsoever, it's just your typically "original" fan-service anime.

Overview:

Rating: 4.9/10

That should be about it; all the new series I watched this season. It could have been a better experience, if I hadn't watched Gangsta. while concurrently watching Charlotte. It could also have been worse if I hadn't watched Blade Works in the middle of it all. All around a pretty poor season for anime. I don't really have many plans for this fall season, other than to watch the Durarara! sequel. Hopefully that will live up to my expectations.

As far as openings go, I have five I particularly like (can't bother to include endings as I most of the time can't even be bothered to watch them), here in order of rating:
 * 1. "Feed A" by OLDCODEX (God Eater OP)
 * 2. "Cry for the Truth" by Mitch (Rokka no Yusha OP - 1)
 * 3. "Renegade" by Stereo Dive Foundation (Gangsta. OP)
 * 4. "NEVER-END TALE" by Tatsuyuki Kobayashi and Konomi Suzuki (Fairy Tail (2014) OP - 6)
 * 5. "Chouzetsu Dynamic!" by Kazuya Yoshii (Dragon Ball Super OP)

'''Note: Carry, you watched Baccano? I like you even more now. ;) Also, completely unrelated to everything regarding the topic at hand, your fanon was great, very enjoyable to read.'''