Friday, July 10, 2015

The Jake's Preseason: Summer 2015

#5- Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace
          Lerche
          
          I wasn't quite sure what to expect with Ranpo Kitan, but I do enjoy mystery series, and I think I will enjoy this one. Assuming I can get over the fact that the main character is a Hideyoshi level trap.

Uhhh... Phrasing!


#4- Shimoneta to Iu Gainenga Sonzai Shinai Taikutsu na Sekai/ Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn't Exist

          J.C. Staff
          
          Another one of those super long titles, Shimoneta is clearly based on a light novel series. Imagine a world where concerned mothers have everything their way and have outlawed everything not "PC" from pornography to coarse language to even the mere concept of procreative sex, deeming it all "harmful to children." That is the crapsack world of Shimoneta, which follows high school students who become 'ecchi terrorists.'


Yeah, it's that sort of series


#3- Charlotte
          P.A. Works

          Charlotte looks like an interesting anime, kind of a view of a life of people who suddenly develop super powers.


          As I started watching Charlotte I noticed a scene where the characters walk out of a coffee shop that serves 'Key coffee.' I immediately went, "wait a minute," and rushed to look it up. That's right, Charlotte was written by Jun Maeda of the visual novel company Key, known for such works as Kanon, Air, Clannad, and, oh yeah, just a little thing like Angel Beats! 





#2- Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakeri

          A-1 Pictures
          
          I was absolutely blown away by the first episode of Gate. I love how it didn't have the usual BS "magical creatures shrug off all bullets" plot that most of these series have. I also like that they didn't just time skip to after a treaty has been signed between Japan and the world beyond the gate.


I guess now we know what the good animators at A-1 were working on during the slump from last season. Well, this and...



#1- Working!!!
          A-1 Pictures
          
          Back for a third season, Working!!! (with three exclamation points this time) brings back tasteful workplace comedy. I really loved the first two seasons of Working! and number three looks to pick up right where the second season left off.

Heh heh... Short people.




Honorable Mentions

Gangsta.
          Manglobe

          I almost passed this series up given the strange title and synopsis. I'm glad that I didn't, however, the first episode turned out to be quite entertaining.




God Eater
          ufotable

          Looking forward to the animation of this series.

Kangoku Gakuen/ Prison School
          J.C. Staff

          I've read some of the manga for this one, though calling it a manga may be a stretch: it is published in an adult magazine and uses every opportunity to push the ecchi envelope.

There are so many other images that I wanted to use here, but, sadly, quite inappropriate.

Other Series Being watched by Otaku Saga


Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Sen'eki
          Silver Link

Classroom☆Crisis
          Lay-duce

Gakkou Gurashi
          Lerche

Himouto! Umaru-chan
          Dogakobo

Jitsu wa Watashi wa
          TMS Entertainment

Joukamachi no Dandelion
          Production IMS

Monster Musume no Iru Nichijou
          Lerche

Sore ga Seiyuu!
          Gonzo

Ushio to Tora
          MAPPA

Bikini Warriors
          Feel

Okusama ga Seitokaicho!
          Seven

Wakako-zaki
          office DCI

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