BLUE LOCK (Japanese audio) - Episode 13
BLUE LOCK: Additional Time (Japanese audio) - Episode 13
Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army (Japanese audio) - Episode 1
The Misfit of Demon King Academy II (Japanese audio) - Episode 1
My Hero Academia Season 6 (Japanese audio) - Episode 14
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a (Japanese audio) - Episode 1
Revenger (Japanese audio) - Episode 1
TRIGUN STAMPEDE (Japanese audio) - Episode 1
Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun Season 3 (Japanese audio) - Episode 13
Started more new shows today.
TRIGUN STAMPEDE was the first one as it's one of the more anticipated shows and one that I have not seen the previous anime for. Studio Orange has a great CG style and I really liked the way they adapted this one. Meryl's expressions and character movement was really great, and Vash as a character is very entertaining to which it felt like watching a retro anime. Definitely one to check out, and from my understanding this anime is not an adaptation of the manga's source material directly, nor is it a prequel or continuation to the previous series so it's basically Orange's take on the IP.
Revenger is an original anime series with a samurai revenge type plot. Apparently Gen Urobuchi wrote this one and while he's known for his shocking works from years ago he's pretty much fallen off the radar in recent years so seeing him in another big anime project has me intrigued. The first episode has a fairly interesting start with an ending that I actually didn't even predict would happen which is a plus as it basically avoids an unneeded subplot of sorts that a lot of anime tends to bring to the table. Animation is pretty good during the fight scenes and the character designs are pretty cool. Hope it sticks the landing.
NieR:Automata Ver1.1a is an overly anticipated anime and I'm glad it is because it's going to be the biggest upset of the season with the production that's being shown so far. Personally I enjoyed Automata but Gestalt/Replicant is the better one of the two for many reasons, but the 2D animation shown in this adaptation looks good. The puppet segment at the end is the best path which says a lot about this first episode. I think I read somewhere that apparently this will be an original story route so I expect some changes as we reach the second half of the series, but this is Yoko Taro who will hopefully pull something out of nowhere to keep the ride going.
The Misfit of Demon King Academy II is a two-parter season but that means we get twice the Anos content than usual. It's been a while since I've watched Season 1 (and it's criminal that Aniplex didn't release it on Blu-ray despite it getting dubbed) but this first episode jumps straight into the story and it's animation holds up well. Anos voice actor did change due to the whole LiSA thing but I dig the VA replacement so it's fine by me. But yeah, the show still delivers and look forward to the rest of the season.
Chillin' in My 30s after Getting Fired from the Demon King's Army I can see will be skipped over by a lot of people. The premise I enjoy a lot but the animation feels super off and incomplete, and while it's not an isekai it does have an overpowered main protagonist (though voiced by Sugita which fits considering the main protag is in his 30s) with a female companion that immediately likes him - both are tropes that people are fed up with at this point. Despite these flaws, I find my enjoyment for this episode in the same vein as how I felt with Banished from the Hero's Party, and while the latter is much more polished, it's doing enough to keep me entertained.