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Bakemonogatari ep1

I don't know if it's just because Viewster doesn't stream in HD, but watching this through their app, I found the video was slightly out of focus all the way through. It didn't trouble me as much with Golgo 13, but in the case of a show with so much going on in the background, this time it actually made my eyes go a bit funny.
 
The Five Star Stories (Blu-ray)

I adore The FSS, I think it is a stunning piece of sci-fi and like all of these 80's masterpieces it looks incredible on Blu-ray.

Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons - Episode 15

An interesting episode, I quite like the plot developments.

Aldnoah.Zero - Episode 14
 
Watched on January 18th:
Toradora! (Japanese Dub) - Episodes 11-13

Watched on January 19th:
Kuroko no Basket [Kuroko's Basketball] (Japanese Dub) - Episode 52 (Season 3 Episode 02)

Watched on January 21st (aka Today):
Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu [Parasyte -the maxim-] (Japanese Dub) - Episode 15
 
Saekano ep 0 & 1 - Nearly ten years ago now, Bakemonogatari revolutionized Light Novels. More than five years ago, its move over to anime was similarly spectacular, basically showing the world how you can actually create a high quality, modern harem anime. Since then, it seems like the number of harem shows has done nothing but go up, while the quality quickly nosedived back to the dark ages of the genre's unwatchable roots.

Saekano might be the first show I've seen since then that really seems to have understood the spirit in which Bakemonogatari was made. Don't misunderstand me - this is not that show, and maybe nothing ever can be - but for me this is the second ever entry in the Modern Harem genre. I watched the first episode of Shinmai Maou no Testament just before this, and the comparison would be so laughable that I'm not even going to give that show its own separate entry in this post.
 
Tokyo Ghoul √A (Japanese Dub) - Episode 03
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso (Japanese Dub) - Episode 14
Ansatsu Kyoushitsu (Japanese Dub) - Episode 02
Great Teacher Onizuka (Japanese Dub) - Episode 02
 
Tsubasa S1 eps 10-16

Slowly getting through this, finding it ok so far nothing great though. Only eps that i've really liked are the ones where they gained kudan powers but the rest so far are just ok.

This show does have potential so i was wondering if Season 2 is any better and worth getting?
 
DragonBlaze67 said:
Tsubasa S1 eps 10-16

Slowly getting through this, finding it ok so far nothing great though. Only eps that i've really liked are the ones where they gained kudan powers but the rest so far are just ok.

This show does have potential so i was wondering if Season 2 is any better and worth getting?
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Episodes 17-26 (basically the final arc of the first season) are much, much better - the tone gets much darker/more melancholic and while I still think the show suffers from some very poor production values, these episodes have some real standout moments and a greatly improved tone.
 
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