Started up a few new shows, but my most anticipated was Symphogear GX and the first episode didn't disappoint at all. Watched it two and a half times already.

Definitely a fun and awesome series to watch, seeing as this is the third season. It's like an insane yet perfect combination of Magical Girl, Kamen Rider and Super Robot elements. The seasons even get better plot and animation-wise with each season.

One of my leads from work lent me his Soul Eater Not DVD set. Now i will be able to cheek it out see how it is.

They're not. Animatsu was formed from ex-Manga employees so they have close ties.

And downloading new Symphogear now - so hype! :D

Oh, Gargantia. You came so close. So, so, so close to being my favorite anime of all time. But then you had to go and pull this bullshit. So, the Hidizous are actually genetically engineered humans, right? And Letto only discovers this after have eradicated every one of them living on earth. Pretty powerful scene, very Gaim-like. Then I got to wondering why they were called Whale-Squid, despite havering no characteristics of a whale whatsoever. Only reason I could think of was that it was a bad attempt at shoehorning an anti-whaling message into the show. And then the show just wouldn't. Stop. Reminding you that they were innocent humans and everyone was horrified that they were dead, even though only Letto knew they were human. It was at that point that I realized that we were delving into the "animals are people too, and humans are horrible monsters for murdering them!" realm of moral lecturing, one I highly despise. Looking at the credits, it appears that Urobuchi was responsible for the last couple of episodes. Now I'm wondering if it'll end with Letto become a Hidizous to save humanity...

TL;DR version: my favorite anime has degraded into a vehicle for my least favorite "moral" of all time, and I'm pissed.

EDIT: So, now I've completed the show in it's entirety. Overall thoughts? Surprisingly, the problems I mentioned above were dropped as suddenly as they were brought up, and the show ended just as wonderfully as it started. Gargantia was an excellent example of how to build up a world in a way that doesn't come off as dull or exposition-heavy. Other than that brief arc I mentioned earlier, it was wonderful from start to finish. I think I have a new favorite anime.

Bird go !!

I have watched Episode 1's of Rokka No Yuusha, Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Seneki, Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace, Gangsta and Dragon Ball Super. I highly recommend them all.

So I didn't realize this was the third season of this series when I started watching it. Is it okay to continue it because I'm loving it so far, and watch the other series later?

Honestly you'd get much more out of watching them in order.

Ah I figured as much. I did the same with GARO honestly. Well I'll go look for the first two seasons. Lol I didn't know it was season 3. These shows need to be labeled lol.

The first two seasons will definitely flesh stuff out and give the characters more depth, since the opening scene of GX literally takes place not long after the end of S2. It's worth the investment. The series as a whole is just fun and adrenaline, plus seeing the jumps in quality from season to season's fairly interesting.

Ah that's cool, well I found the first two seasons. I'll see when I can watch them.

so, I just saw the first episode of Monster Musume's anime, and it was a pretty good first episode. I mean it was a 1:1 scale of the manga with some slight tweaks here and there, but it's still a nice interpretation.

the opening I feel is fantastic. showcases the girls and their personalities pretty well. plus, that spirit bomb heart they did at the end of it was adorable.

the ending theme is really cool, showcasing the M.O.N. ladies being badasses and showing off some of their appeal a little bit, including Ms. Smith.

I also love the voices so far, and I feel Ms. Smith has the best casting which fits her character to a T. I also like how the ecchi was toned down just a little bit.

so, all in all, for "generic ecchi garbage" not bad.

Well I am dropping death note drama. In first episode I picked out every thing that was changed from character alone in episode so I ant watching no more

So...you're not watching it because it's different?

It not the fact it different the fact they change fan favourite character to t. I would not made it if chapter still represented the character they are ment be. L been heavenly changed to point that he not L but uses L names.

Right, I understand now. Reading up on the episode I kinda see what you mean. It sounds like they'd have been better off making a Death Note story with new characters rather than repurposing the old names.

Yea. It pretty much DBGT of death note. I was watching it and went these ment be light and L to battle of minds um where are they I just saw two people that ant them.

Alright so I'm watching 7 current animes right now and loving all of them: Dragon Ball Super, Rokka No Yuusha, Sky Wizards Academy, Overlord, Gangsta., Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace, and Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Seneki.

I'm just watching JoJo and Suite Precure...

Macross Plus episode 1

First of all, fuck hulu, for stuttering out on me and having no subtitle option since the audio was poorly volume leveled out.

I haven't seen anything Macross before so sorry if I get lost if I don't know the tropes or why certain things happen.

Since Hulu was being a bitch, what I could gather from this first episode is that the main character has a big ego, there's this lady in the red suit managing Charon (a robot that sings or creates music), and this green haired dude piloting the other mech and they all know each other from when they were younger. And something happened to the female or someone she knew. And the blue mech is controlled by thoughts and completely stops working when someone looses some focus.

Also, the english dub for this was poorly done. Some characters sound off but the audio mixing sounded off. Even when I turned up the volume on my t.v. the characters still sounded too quiet, at least compared to the music.

After catching up three weeks worth of anime of summer season. I got back to watch NADIA the secret of blue water and I love it I'm watching disc a week so I can watch it slowly and I love it. Also I just finished soul eater not anime and I enjoyed it.

Watched more of Overlord, Gangsta., and Sky Wizards Academy; all very good and interesting anime right now. I love the characters a lot.

So I took the brave plunge into the Super Sonico dub. I'm not an expert on voice actors but.. Jessica Nigri doesn't sound so bad as the main character. Despite how the trailer makes her sound, she sounds better when actually watching it. So she has my seal of approval.

> Symphogear GX is on Crunchyroll.

Woo!

> No song translations.

Kinda expected, but still incredibly disappointing and a major turn off. Still, it'll mean more exposure for the franchise and that's not a bad thing.

NADIA secret of blue water what can I say. It one of thoes under rated classic that is enjoyable to watch the story was fantastic and fun. From Idea from God anime creator Classic in studio ghibli and brought to life by director of evangelion its anime of love romance history and comedy based round the story 200 000 leagues under the sea. I highly recommend it to any one. Next up is cowboy bebop finally rewatching it now cause last time I watched it was while it was airing late on CNX channel ok Sky

Nadia underrated? It has nothing but high praise other than for that godawful island arc.

Well I did not how how high it was raised due to it was first of heated of when animatsu got the UK distribution rights for it as there first anime realse so it was the first I heard of it. But I agree island arc felt like long ass filler

Also who had the rights to the the motion picture cause I know tri star has the movie right for cowboy bebop anime film and has yet to release a blu ray In The UK but who owns the NADIA movie right

Nadia is the one that ripped off Disney's Atlantis, right?

Pretty sure Nadia came first...

Yup it did.

Nadia ran from 1990-1991. Atlantis is from 2001.

Actually 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea came first.

I'm not sure, but the movie's pretty awful anyway so if you haven't seen it you aren't missing much.

I'm pretty sure Disney's Atlantis ripped more off from Stargate then Nadia ;).

Nope NADIA based round 20,000 leagues under the sea novel with character like captain nemo in it. Plus it came out before Disney film

Oh right

I must be thinking of the wrong series then as I distinctly remember Disney being in some type of suit against an anime studio for ripping off their movie.

Yea maybe. Like other stated Nadia fame out in 1990-1991

Also Sentai filmwork did not license the spin off anime/manga from hayata the combat buttler but funimation did due.to cameo from the main manga do appear so does that means new English voice when the time comes for.dub or will high pull through higher same va for it.

It was the reverse. Atlantis was accused of ripping off Nadia and Disney denied it. It was never a full lawsuit though.

Dancouga Nova episode 1:

It was ok. The animation was alright for the time. his episode had quite a few pacing issues, it just crammed so much into one episode, and I barely know anything about these characters so far, as they all got very little screentime. Another thing that bothered me was that when they were all teleported in to pilot Dancouga...none of them really questioned any of it. If I were just going about my business, only to then be knocked out, then to wake up on an island I don't recognize with people I don't know...I'd be pretty freaked out, but no. These guys kinda just accepted the situation initially, and didn't ask questions or raise any eyebrows until they got to the command center. Those are really my only issues with the first episode. Also...I don't know...this whole deal seems too good to be true. You get to pilot a Super Robot, you get paid ten times more than the character who's a race car driver, and despite being brought there against your will, you're allowed to go on about your life as normal, except when you get called to battle. I'm rather suspicious of those guys. I mean, the concept of a Super Robot who always helps the losing side of a battle to prevent large scale wars is an interesting one, but aside from that...it didn't really grip me. At least it's only 12 episodes long, so I think I can get through this pretty quickly.