Uh... watched A LOT in the last day or so.
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi 1-7: First six episodes were fairly crazy and OTT, but it was fun, never made me consider it anything of outstanding quality but still enjoyed it. Seven was really different though, the past of Arumi's grandfather and Sasshi's Grandmother, how the Shopping Arcade came to be and the result of how everything came to be. Watching this in Japanese too since I REALLY don't want to watch it dubbed for the Texan accents.
Guin Saga 2-4: Gets better and better, honestly, this is probably my favourite of the season, classic RPG scenarios at its finest. An oddcast of characters who pre-date all potential stereotypical RPG characters, the dialogue at times shows its age but it doesn't really bother me. The only thing that did was the pacing of episode 4, one minute they're talking about traveling down the Kes River on a boat, the next minute they're already on the boat... wtf? OST is great, getting some Claymore vibes from the OST too.
Eden of the East 3-4: Was decent, don't understand all the hype, really now, it's just another "game" series, like Death Note, Doubt, Code Geass, etc. I've seen it all before, memories erased and all, but regardless of this I still find it watchable and enjoyable, whatever. Main character pisses me right off.
Queen's Blade 3-5: Soul Calibur IV definately, set in stone, it's pretty bad, but I'm not dropping it, I'm laughing to much not to. The amount of breasts flying around, no wonder Japan loves it.
FMA: Brotherhood 4-5: I feel my days of an intense FMA fanboy returning, loving it. The music strikes me a lot more and leaves a better impression as a whole, extremely fitting, the music for the original anime I barely noticed, the only one I remember is "Brothers" the whole Shou Tucker scenario was handled fairly well despite the pacing and Scar is an absolute BEAST, the chase he gave Ed and Al was far better this time around. Can't wait 'til we hit never before animated content. Manga Wrath vs Greed, please come soon.
Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi 1-7: First six episodes were fairly crazy and OTT, but it was fun, never made me consider it anything of outstanding quality but still enjoyed it. Seven was really different though, the past of Arumi's grandfather and Sasshi's Grandmother, how the Shopping Arcade came to be and the result of how everything came to be. Watching this in Japanese too since I REALLY don't want to watch it dubbed for the Texan accents.
Guin Saga 2-4: Gets better and better, honestly, this is probably my favourite of the season, classic RPG scenarios at its finest. An oddcast of characters who pre-date all potential stereotypical RPG characters, the dialogue at times shows its age but it doesn't really bother me. The only thing that did was the pacing of episode 4, one minute they're talking about traveling down the Kes River on a boat, the next minute they're already on the boat... wtf? OST is great, getting some Claymore vibes from the OST too.
Eden of the East 3-4: Was decent, don't understand all the hype, really now, it's just another "game" series, like Death Note, Doubt, Code Geass, etc. I've seen it all before, memories erased and all, but regardless of this I still find it watchable and enjoyable, whatever. Main character pisses me right off.
Queen's Blade 3-5: Soul Calibur IV definately, set in stone, it's pretty bad, but I'm not dropping it, I'm laughing to much not to. The amount of breasts flying around, no wonder Japan loves it.
FMA: Brotherhood 4-5: I feel my days of an intense FMA fanboy returning, loving it. The music strikes me a lot more and leaves a better impression as a whole, extremely fitting, the music for the original anime I barely noticed, the only one I remember is "Brothers" the whole Shou Tucker scenario was handled fairly well despite the pacing and Scar is an absolute BEAST, the chase he gave Ed and Al was far better this time around. Can't wait 'til we hit never before animated content. Manga Wrath vs Greed, please come soon.
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this together with the 2nd season Higurashi Kai are well within my top 10. Although if you thought the opening scene for the first chapter was bad i'm curious as to what you thought of the opening scene for the second chapter.