The first 3 episodes are out already and I went ahead and saw the first two, which was a 50 minute broadcast. The first thing I noticed was the CG that was used in the character animations. It was just so awful that I found it hard to watch. It was like watching a video game. That is when I did a bit of research and found out this anime is actually based off of a PSP game. The awful CG use was to make it retain that video game feeling. It is kind of sad that it did that too because the first episode was actually good. I liked the characters and it was intense enough to make me think that it could get even better as time went on. I just can’t get pass those graphics though. Even the action looked wonky because of it. It is too bad that they decided to animate it that way. I know I won’t be watching anymore of it.

I became aware of this series due to Nodoka talking about it on the blog, but after I looked into it, I actually got a little bit excited about the upcoming anime. Reading the synopsis I do get a .Hack// vibe from it, but I think the series lookst a bit more interesting than that. Mainly because there is a deeper mystery than just a suicidal girl not capable of loging out. Also it is being produced by A-1 Pictures, which has proven to me as of late that they know how to make an anime. You can expect the quality to be off the charts.

Another thing about this anime is that it might end up making me not want to watch Hagure. Honestly, it is hard for me to get into Fantasy series and having two based on light novels might make me drop Hagure. Plus this just seems like the better series.

Throughout season 1, I discovered that RnL is quite a polarizing anime to a certain extent. You can kind of hear both sides of this on Episode 120 of our podcast where steev and Amuro couldn’t see eye-to-eye overall. I side more with Amuro’s perspective as I was drinking the Vox’s Kool-Aid. Madoka, breath of fresh air; I really enjoyed her character as she was my Winter favorite, in a season of really great female leads no less. The show laid the foundation down in small bits to slowly world-build heading towards this season, had a decent cast of characters (though Madoka is the lifeblood of that series) and Xebec/I.G. did a remarkable job with animating the mecha action. For those that aren’t quite sold as the series being a really good one, this is money time for the series to take action and address the dramatic side of the story while trying to balance the humor in the early onset of Season 2.

This anime is based off a dating sim… Yea, so I can’t say that I am too excited about this anime. When I saw the images from the series I got excited thinking that it would be more action orented and maybe have a Baccano feeling to it, but I don’t think it will be that way at all. It still looks vaguely interesting, but it will only be good if the characters are good as well.

JC Staff is making the anime, which means it has a 50/50 shot of being crap. I don’t hate JC Staff, it is just that some of their series just don’t turn out well.

When I read the first part of the description, I got a little excited about this anime, then I read on and all my enthusiasm was drained. I think I was expecting more of a hardcore fantasy story, but it looks like nothing more than a slow paced show about a girl doing a job. Nothing more than the bread show from last season. An epic setting filled with normality.

What ends up getting me in the anime is the slow pace of the story. After all, it is just about a girl babby sitting a bunch of mischievous fairies. These kinds of shows never keep my attention for long and even if I somewhat like the first episode, the probability that I will finish the anime is pretty low.

Fun Fact: This is also an anime based on a series of fantasy light novels.

To be honest, I am not excited about this anime, but I am interested in it. I don’t think it will be the best anime of the summer or anything, but it looks like a solid slice of life anime that will be enjoyable to watch. I just hope that it doesn’t drag on and get boring around the middle of the series. A lot of these kinds of slice of life anime tend to do that.

It is being produced by PA Works, which has produced some great anime as of late. Most notably Hanasaku Iroha, which was a fun anime. The trailer really didn’t show off anything, but I get the feeling that if you like Hanasaku then you will like this one as well.

As lame as I thought the show was, it was still one that I ended up watching to the end. There were some good running gags in the show, and it’ll be fun to see Kyouko and the rest find new ways to ignore/forget…er, shoot. What was her name again? Eh, it’s really not important.