Fate/Stay Night is back from its winter hiatus and looking as gorgeous as ever, but the same problems vexing the first portion of the series are still lingering as we head into the spring season. Everything people love about Unlimited is still present and as vibrant as ever, but the crawling pace and episodically-limited settings seem to be here for the long haul.
The plot to Shokugeki no Soma makes it sound like a mundane slice of life with a little bit of Cooking Mama flare, but what’s in store is actually an ultra high-intensity series reminiscent of Hell’s Kitchen. Soma sports absurd, often unintentional comedy that leaves you wondering what the hell you just saw — in the best way.
Battle Spirits Burning Soul is the seventh anime series in the Battle Spirits franchise. The show is entirely centered around selling collectible cards to young children and has done a much better job of marketing trinkets than making a quality animation. If you like watching Yugioh’s cousin playing Digimon with cards he made out of glitter and craft paper, this is the series for you.
I Can’t Understand What My Husband Is Saying is a fine specimen of distinctly Japanese humor, but it will likely leave the majority of the Western audience scratching its collective head.
It’s easy to watch a huge chunk of Parasyte and think of it as being nearly perfect. The characters tend to behave in human (rather than cartoon) fashion, the plot is interesting and quick, and the zero-filler approach means that everything laid on the table has a purpose.
Aldnoah is a mecha space opera the likes of which the newer generation of anime-watchers has not seen in a great while. However, if you grew up watching after school specials, you’ll probably get a feeling of deja-vu.
While the pilot episode gives the promise of adventure and features high speed chases with fighter jets, students opening fire with assault rifles, and even an attempted suicide bombing, the series quickly tapers off into a feel-good show about the power of a good teacher to turn problematic students around.
It’s so intensely difficult to find something positive to say about Cross Ange that I actually kept shoveling this trash into my eye sockets in the hopes that anything good enough to mention would happen.
The pilot of Death Parade seemed to have it all: love, betrayal, horrible secrets, terrifyingly dark human brutality, the fates of heaven or hell looming before two tortured souls, and…a game of bar room darts?
Unlimited has a lot to make up for, but it’s also got a lot going for it — a great team, dedicated fanbase, and plenty of money to throw at making it as good as it can be. The story has also been drastically redone to make more sense and have more depth than the original.
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