{"id":6904,"date":"2013-01-19T10:47:40","date_gmt":"2013-01-19T20:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.studionewmedia.com\/blog\/?p=6904"},"modified":"2013-01-20T00:38:56","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T10:38:56","slug":"yet-more-2013-post-new-year-season-anime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/2013\/01\/19\/yet-more-2013-post-new-year-season-anime\/","title":{"rendered":"Yet More 2013 Post-New-Year Season Anime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are a couple of new shows running on Funimation&#8217;s site too.\u00c2\u00a0 Like some of the other properties they stream there, they may or may not produce retail DVD or BD products of these shows.\u00c2\u00a0 Read on!<!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>PUCHIM@S! &#8211; This is a spin-off short from the <em>iDOL M@STER<\/em> property.\u00c2\u00a0 I never really got into the whole Idolmaster\u00c2\u00a0series, so to a certain extent,\u00c2\u00a0some of this escapes me, but since this show is more about everyday (yet bizarre) occurences, it is easier to take if the whole idol\/singing\/competition thing\u00c2\u00a0disinterests you.\u00c2\u00a0 There is enough character development\u00c2\u00a0that you can go into this cold\u00c2\u00a0and still enjoy it, as opposed to the Type-Moon <em>Carnival Phantasm<\/em> property that was so suffused with inside jokes that only the diehard Type-Moon fan could make sense of\u00c2\u00a0it.\u00c2\u00a0 Animation quality is actually pretty good.\u00c2\u00a0 This is sort-of like a dull, short version of <em>Potemayo<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 B-<\/li>\n<li>Senran Kagura &#8211; This season&#8217;s &#8220;boobs and blades&#8221; property.\u00c2\u00a0 Between shots of giant, jiggling breasts,\u00c2\u00a0the show\u00c2\u00a0looks like it is shaping up to be about\u00c2\u00a0two rival groups of modern-day kunoichi &#8211; female ninjas.\u00c2\u00a0 The fighting action is done fairly well.\u00c2\u00a0 The cuts are actually rather limited in\u00c2\u00a0action, but\u00c2\u00a0the overall direction and storyboarding is done very well, so you\u00c2\u00a0get the impression that you are seeing a lot more action than there actually is.\u00c2\u00a0 Artwork is average, with backgrounds slightly better than kids shows, and decent character animation.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0The feel is more like\u00c2\u00a0<em>Asu no Yoichi<\/em> or <em>Maken-ki!<\/em> than <em>Omamori Himari<\/em> or <em>Majikoi Oh!<\/em> so far.\u00c2\u00a0 It is definitely not as expliotive fan-service-wise as <em>Kampfer<\/em> or <em>Sekirei<\/em>, but there is still the transformation trope.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0It&#8217;s probably as forgettable as all those shows with the cookie-cutter characters, but it is entertaining enough and worth the watch.\u00c2\u00a0 B-.<\/li>\n<li>Minami-ke Tadaima &#8211; The fourth TV anime season of the Minami-ke franchise, this one feels more like the first season.\u00c2\u00a0 The second season (<em>Okawari<\/em>) to a certain extent and the third season (<em>Okaeri<\/em>) to a greater level turned me off to the franchise, but this new series with a new studio has reengaged me.\u00c2\u00a0 The show is just a slice-of-life story surrounding three sisters and their peer groups in school, but the characters are very original, making this not a run-of-the-mill everyday life show.\u00c2\u00a0 The situational comedy is a little less risque than the TV anime adaptation of the original manga author&#8217;s work <em>Kyou no Go-no-Ni<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t seen any of the other seasons, there might be a few things that feel in need of explaination, but it is possible to go into this one cold and still enjoy it.\u00c2\u00a0 The three sisters&#8217; personalities and dynamic are fairly easily to get just from the first episode alone.\u00c2\u00a0 Background and character artwork is better than the previous two seasons, and the directoral style is more in keeping with the original 4-koma manga.\u00c2\u00a0 I guess I&#8217;m back on board with this one.\u00c2\u00a0 A-.<\/li>\n<li>Little Busters &#8211; this one is running on Crunchyroll, but inexplicably only from episode 14.\u00c2\u00a0 Since this is a Key property, one can expect some kind of weird metaphysical\/supernatural story aspect to manifest, and possibly the death of a core\u00c2\u00a0female character.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s not\u00c2\u00a0being done by Kyoto Animation, so I&#8217;ll probably be disappointed in the animation quality,\u00c2\u00a0but with any luck, it will be better than the Toei Animation Key adaptations.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ll go and marathon the fansubs of the first 13 episodes before I get into reviewing it.\u00c2\u00a0 Okay, I&#8217;m back.\u00c2\u00a0 Man, it&#8217;s really difficult getting past the whole baseball thing.\u00c2\u00a0 I really almost gave up after the first episode.\u00c2\u00a0 The animation quality is average as are the backgrounds.\u00c2\u00a0 The writing and direction are definitely sub-par to the Kyoani Key properties as well.\u00c2\u00a0 This one has a pile of male characters unlike <em>Air<\/em>, <em>Kanon<\/em>, and <em>Clannad<\/em>, so the feel is more like <em>Angel Beats!<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 I might watch it all the way through, but begrudgingly, like with <em>Angel Beats!<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 C+.<\/li>\n<li>GJ-bu (GJ Club) &#8211; this one is running as a fansub with no &#8220;official&#8221; streaming source.\u00c2\u00a0 Stylistically, this one reminds me\u00c2\u00a0a lot\u00c2\u00a0of <em>MM<\/em>!.\u00c2\u00a0 The premise is somewhat haremesque with a single male character surrounded by multiple female characters, but there are no shenanigans going on, nor is there the intent.\u00c2\u00a0 The male character is more the victim of the female characters&#8217; idiosyncracies, rather than any ribald desires.\u00c2\u00a0 The character artwork and backgrounds are well done.\u00c2\u00a0 I like it, but I&#8217;d like it even more if the club president was voiced by Kugimiya Rie!\u00c2\u00a0 A-.<\/li>\n<li>Nekomonogatari (Kuro) &#8211; this one appeared as a fansub, though it may eventually get picked up for a legitimate USDM release.\u00c2\u00a0 This four-episode mini-series chronologically takes place just before the events in the original <em>Bakemonogatari<\/em> series.\u00c2\u00a0 It expands on the\u00c2\u00a0Hanekawa Tsubasa story arc from the original series, and adds a little background\u00c2\u00a0on the Fire Sisters and Shinobu.\u00c2\u00a0 This one comes closer to the original with the overuse of blank cuts of various solid colors that was somewhat toned down in <em>Nisemonogatari<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 There are the expected odd camera angles and tight closeups that this franchise is noted for.\u00c2\u00a0 In all honesty, I really don&#8217;t like the style.\u00c2\u00a0 I\u00c2\u00a0especially dislike the\u00c2\u00a0inconsistencies in character\u00c2\u00a0design between extreme closeup and normal &#8211; it&#8217;s that &#8220;super real&#8221; thing that gets made fun of in other properties.\u00c2\u00a0 The backgrounds are really crap if you think about it.\u00c2\u00a0 The story is really the only thing that keeps me watching this.\u00c2\u00a0 B-.<\/li>\n<li>Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai NEXT &#8211; right now, this is running as a fansub, but I&#8217;m guessing Funimation will pick it up at some point, as they have the license for the first season.\u00c2\u00a0 The second season of <em>Haganai<\/em> continues without a hitch.\u00c2\u00a0 The director and writer are different, but the production quality appears to be about the same.\u00c2\u00a0 There is a slight difference in the character animation, but in general, it is still very good.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been looking forward to this one since I heard it was being made, and I&#8217;m not disappointed.\u00c2\u00a0 A-.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Get out there and watch some anime!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a couple of new shows running on Funimation&#8217;s site too.\u00c2\u00a0 Like some of the other properties they stream there, they may or may not produce retail DVD or BD products of these shows.\u00c2\u00a0 Read on!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[3,7,13],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paJYlx-1Nm","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6904"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6904"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6906,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6904\/revisions\/6906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studionewmedia.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}