User blog comment:Ultraprime2/Fairy Tail Wiki - Anime vol. 3: Spring 2016/@comment-4829046-20160703161750

Was on holiday so this is a little late but... let's get this started. >:D For the sake of peoples' sanity, I'll try to reduce.

The Great ones Assassination Classroom Nothing further needs to be said I feel. Ultra's is perfectly fine.

Boku no Hero Academia Could have been better in terms of style I suppose, but it did its job as an adaptation and was good enough for another season so can't complain. Any issues highlighted by Ultra may or may not get fixed later on, but it is true that the introductory arcs lack some of that content despite them being pretty high spec for introductory arcs as far as action shounen go.

Flying Witch Totally agree with Ultra. The highlight of the series of course, is the setting. They spent so much time and effort into replicating the village from actual photographs. It's on par with things like Ano Hana or Non non Biyori, but focusing on slice-of-life that isn't tragic or over-exaggerated.

Joker Game I'm surprised this wasn't brought up. A pretty damn good world war espionage thriller. It's like the war-side contrast to Shouwa Rakugo Shinjuu(season 1) of last season, which also took place in same era.

Kumamiko In reality a disappointment, but that's just my personal thing. I wanted far higher production quality and acting work but I'm picky when it comes to one of my favourite comedy series so sue me. As an adaptation, it does justice to the original by staying true to the manga chapters. The manga itself is slow to get scanslated so I'm not sure about any anime-only ending, but from what I've seen, it seems to be decent enough. If you like a comedy about a village bumpkin girl and a talking modern-minded bear, then this is more than perfect.

Re:Zero Kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Still ongoing. Definitely one of the top anime of the genre. The directing is so goddamn masterful. Even before writing this, I've analyzed the episodes and showered them with my appreciation for the thematic elements and details. The subtlety in the writing is so well done. People have criticized it, but I found most points invalid. A) The MC is so stupid. Uh.... Yeah! He admits he is and before you tell me that is plot convenience, I ask you this, 'How would you be like if you felt the full package of despair that comes with death several times in a row?' Not too mentally stable if you ask me. He makes it pretty clear that he uses his own coping mechanisms and even then, he fails. The anime conveys his sheer agony directly to the audience. If I had to mention one criticism it is the character designs. They weren't much issue for the first 2 arcs, but the 3rd, which has a big number of characters, showed this. I felt like the faces were so bland and pasty. I guess it is just production issues. They put more effort into the really important parts(his moments of despair) and just do what they can with the other scenes, even if they have to spam copy-paste. As I know the spoilers for this arc, it gets more tragic and darker so I expect them to deliver on those moments instead. Many people will walk out of this series scarred.

Sakamoto Desu ga Ah. One of the boldest adaptations ever. Not only does it capture the manga properly, but it does so with excellent production quality. Even if you found the manga(which finished last year) to have dodgy art, the anime will remedy all of that and make sure you don't have to even remember a manga exists.(which may or may not be a good thing) Seriously, this is a very bold and exaggerated comedy. It handles adult content so masterfully that you end up having hope for humanity in the most bizarre way.

Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge THE BEST THING. BEST THING. OMG MY LOVE FOR IT JUST GUSHES OUT!!!! YESSSSSS! They adapted the manga creatively and used amazing animating techniques to make it so goddamn appealing. The undertones were also great. I've realized that homosexual undertones are getting more frequent(even without the bit on Honoka from Kiznaiver) and they are respectful too. I can count 4 that had such undertones but made it extremely normal.

Ushio to Tora Ended this season at 39 episodes. From the words of my friend- "DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD! This is a proper remake and the manga ended 10 years ago. It is a hot-blooded action shounen. I like this trend of anime from the 80s and 90s getting such high quality remakes. Parasyte used to be my prime example but Ushio to Tora is another.

The dissapointments Big Order- Not even gonna grace 'this' with a anything akin to a proper review.

Gakusen Toshi Asterisk Do words even need to be said? Just save yourself the trouble and watch the final episode, which is the most cliche of the cliche of the cliche of things ever. Textbook light novel adaptation. Holy crap, that was crap. You don't need to take my word for it either. There is this satirical YouTuber called DigiBro that is doing a whole series on why this series sucks. I don't agree with him usually, but when it comes to this series, he pins the nail on the donkey's butt(i.e. ass's ass a.k.a. A-1 pictures decision maker's bum)

Gundam Whatever Nothing too good to say for anything gundam related these days but hey, Gundam Unicorn RE 0096 is good for old-time fans right?

Sousei no Onmouyji(Twin Star Exorcists) Still ongoing. This should only be watched by kids and those that read the manga but have too much free time. Seriously. Not only does it dumb down(for kids) and prolong an epic action shounen, but it has the gall to ruin the best action scenes of all time. Personally, I like it when series try to aim for wider appeal and try to tell a more personal story, but GOD KNOWS Sousei no Onmyouji is not meant for that. Jesus Christ. 50 episodes is good for promotion, but it promotes a very kiddish and slowpaced slice-of-life, not the hot blooded, gory, fast-paced, and extremely intense action flick. Worst part is that it ruins all the characters. It makes the MC out to be your run of the mill shounen protagonist, when it actuality he has so much more to him. He has balls. He has general appeal. He has charisma.(same thing?) He is the epitome of a shounen MC but he can easily be related to and his growth is clearly seen. Would have been one of the greatest shounen anime, but alas.... But HEY! BLUE EXORCIST SEASON 2 BABY!!!!

The 'good enough' Haifuri People(lies) wanted(lies) cute girls sailing ships to somehow make a naval counterpart to Girls und Panzer and they got it.(lies) That's.... pretty much it. You like moe? You like battleships? Well, go for it.

Hundred Not gonna put it in disappointments because no one expected jackshit from it.(except me because I am an Infinite Stratos-hater) It was the typical school life ecchi mecha battle whatever thing which you see every season these days. The only reason it is better than some others? The MC is a bit more tolerable.(notice the 'bit') IS fans can just pretend the main heroine is Charlotte(Charl) and hooray! Charlotte got the dense MC! Granted, the girls are more forward so it isn't so much dense as it is Yuuki Rito syndrome. =_=

Macross Delta If you watched it, then good on ya. If you didn't, then even more good on ya. Seriously, if you don't follow the Macross franchise(or any of the redundant and unnecessary mecha franchises) you have nothing to gain here.

Koutetsujou no Kabaneri I've said it before and I'll say it a thousand times. A clear cash-grab to make up for Shingeki no Kyojin(Attack on Titan) getting constantly delayed despite original release date of April and also to bait SnK fans regardless. Still, the setting was pretty interesting. I found it funny how Yuki Kaji(Eren's VA for those unfamiliar) got a side character role this time but still managed to have a good portion of lines. Star Powah! XD Also funny is how Yuki Kaji voiced Shu in Guilty Crown and both that and Kabaneri's music was handled by Egoist(best anime openings ever). Overall, it was just another zombie flick, with a lot of logic leaps, but it did it's job. Misk couldn't have said it better.

Kuromukuro Still ongoing. It's a school slice-of-life and sci-fi mecha. Amazingly spectacular amazeballs art and animation. Character designs(for females anyway) are to die for. That's... basically it really. If none of that got your interest, then no real point, especially if the school life + mecha put you off. Plot is all over the place.

Magi Sinbad no Bouken Yeah, I just watched one episode and then I was in the same boat as Misk XP Going to Nyaa for weekly downloads seems like a chore due to horriblesubs lol

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