Fall 2008: What Are Your Picks? October 8
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With the Fall season well upon us, I thought I’d take this opportunity to get some feedback from our readers as to which series they’re planning to follow or looking forward to the most. While I’m sure a lot of people will include the highly-anticipated sequels — Gundam 00 Second Season, CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~, and ef - a tale of melodies. — in their responses, I feel that there are a lot of other good shows out this season, hence why I’ve tried to touch upon as many as possible in my revival of Patrik’s Snapshots. Rather than simply being posts with summaries and impressions, one of the main objectives of the Snapshots was to provide an unbiased view on new series alongside plenty of visuals, so that everyone can make their own informed decisions.
After the first week, Omni and I have already covered 24 of the new series between the two of us, with potentially four more posts about CHAOS;HEAD, Nodame Cantabile Paris Chapter, TYTANIA, and Michiko to Hatchin coming when they finally premiere. While this is by no means every series that’s airing (nor even every series found in Omni’s Fall 2008 Preview), it does cover every series that either him or I have shown some interest in — enough to check out the first episode anyway. As such, I hope I was able to give everyone a better idea of what’s out there, particularly for the new shows you may have simply overlooked, and am now curious as to where your interests lie.
With that said, I strongly encourage everyone to share their picks, especially those who normally don’t comment (feel free to remain anonymous), as we may use this feedback to ultimately decide what we end up blogging. Aside from Gundam 00 and CLANNAD which are guaranteed to be blogged by Omni, everything else is up in the air right now. On a personal note, it’s questionable how much time I’ll be able to commit from here on while I shift my priorities around, so I’m also trying to assess how much “demand” is out there (for lack of a better word).
So without further ado, here are all the shows that we’ve put some consideration in, broken down by air dates and linked to their respective posts:
(Note: Tales of the Abyss is now considered a Saturday show, in light of the two-episode premiere on MBS and CBC.)
Sunday: Gundam 00 Second Season, GA-REI -zero-, Macademi Wasshoi!, Kyou no 5 no 2, Skip Beat!
Monday: Vampire Knight Guilty, ef - a tale of melodies.
Tuesday: Hakushaku to Yousei, KUROZUKA, Mouryou no Hako
Wednesday: Toradora!, Casshern Sins, Rosario + Vampire CAPU2, Hyakko, Michiko to Hatchin
Thursday: Shikabane Hime Aka, Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka, Kuroshitsuji, Yozakura Quartet, CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~, CHAOS; HEAD,
TYTANIA, Nodame Cantabile Paris Chapter
Friday: Linebarrels of Iron
Saturday: Kannagi, To Aru Majutsu no Index, Tales of the Abyss, Kemeko Deluxe!
All other comments are welcome as well, including ones about series that I haven’t mentioned.
Update:
Evidently, creating a poll would’ve been the smart thing to do, but we currently don’t have one in place as you’ve probably noticed (nor a multiple selection one before). However, I did go through 32 pages (620 comments) and painstakingly tallied things by hand, so thank you all for taking the time to provide some feedback. Reading everyone’s responses reaffirms my sentiment that it’s pretty difficult to select just a handful of shows this season, which is pretty much the same boat I’m in after doing all these Snapshots. I found myself in a similar situation last fall when I had more free time on my hands, and ended up following 30 series concurrently (…to completion). Of course, that was only possible prior to blogging, but it’s still something I don’t plan to do again regardless. As many people have noticed, the density of shows (particularly on Thursdays) makes choosing one or two pretty difficult too (at least from a blogging standpoint), so I’ll probably end up watching more than I blog as usual. While Omni strictly adheres to only watching what he blogs, I of course do not or I’d miss out on shows such as Gundam 00, Macross Fronter, etc. which he covers; therefore, I have a little bit “extra” freedom on choosing what to blog. There are a lot of shows we’d love to continue posting about, but unfortunately decisions need to be made now so that we don’t fall terribly behind. As such, posts this week (if any) should indicate our intentions for that series.
beramodk at 10:18 pm on October 8th, 2008
clannad afterstory
kannagi
toradora
zeromax at 10:20 pm on October 8th, 2008
ALL OF THE ABOVE ^_^
shirokiryuu at 10:20 pm on October 8th, 2008
Gundam 00
Nodame Cantabile
Skip Beat
Mao at 10:22 pm on October 8th, 2008
Sunday: Kyou no 5 no 2, Skip Beat!
Monday: Vampire Knight Guilty, ef - a tale of melodies.
Wednesday: Toradora!,
Thursday: CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~, CHAOS; HEAD,
Nodame Cantabile Paris Chapter
Vertigo at 10:22 pm on October 8th, 2008
Clannad Afterstory
To Aru Majutsu no Index
Senien at 10:23 pm on October 8th, 2008
I’ll mainly be watching:
Gundam 00
Tales of the Abyss
Skip Beat!
Nodame Cantabile: Paris (Hopefully if I have the time)
maru at 10:23 pm on October 8th, 2008
Gundam 00 no doubt bout it ;D
TOradora
Tales of abyss, I really like this one.
Akane Iro
Scypher at 10:23 pm on October 8th, 2008
Yes:
ef - melodies
Nodame Cantabile
Casshern Sins
Michiko to Hatchin
Maybe:
Tytania
Toradora
Kannagi
GA-REI zero
polke45 at 10:23 pm on October 8th, 2008
clannad afterstory
kannagi
toradora
Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka
Shikabanehime Aka
To Aru Majutsu no Index
chaos;head
not sure about kemeko
Adam at 10:24 pm on October 8th, 2008
The only new one i started watching was Toaru Majutsu.
I’m still really digging Soul Eater.
I was thinking about watching the first few of Shikibane Hime Aka.
Mostly I’d just like to read coverage of Toaru Majutsu and Soul Eater.
Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) at 10:24 pm on October 8th, 2008
The ones I’m intending to watch: Clannad After Story, Skip Beat, Nodame Cantabile, Toradora, Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka, ef - a tale of melodies.
Others that I’ll have to see if they’re any good: Hyakko, Kannagi, To Aru Majutsu no Index, Kemeko-DX.
huh at 10:24 pm on October 8th, 2008
Toradora!
To aru majutsu no index
kemeko DX
akane iro ni somaru saka
chad001 at 10:25 pm on October 8th, 2008
Gundam00 (XD)
Clannad ~After Story~ (=P)
Kemeko Deluxe! (Though I might reconsider… I need to check ep.2 to decide)
Ef ~Tale of Melodies~
Chaos; Head
Macdemi Wasshoi(Same as Kemeko Deluxe… Except I need to find ep1)
Akane Iro somaru Saka (really like this one) (^_^ XP XD xp xD xP)
Moondoggiebuiscuit at 10:25 pm on October 8th, 2008
toradora
kannagi
akane-iro ni Somaru Saka
Prequel at 10:25 pm on October 8th, 2008
Sunday - GA-REI -zero-
Monday - ef
Tuesday - Kurozuka?
Wednesday - Toradora
Thursday - Aka-saka, Clannad, CHAOS;HEAD
Saturday - Kannagi, To Aru Majutsu no Index
If I had to narrow it down further, I’d probably pick ef, toradora, aka-saka, and kannagi as my top four (outside of the guaranteed shows of course).
Thanks guys, appreciate the work!
P3 at 10:26 pm on October 8th, 2008
Vampire Knight Guilty
ef - a tale of melodies
Tales of the Abyss
Delfofthebla at 10:26 pm on October 8th, 2008
Sunday: No real interest here.
Monday: ef - a tale of melodies.
Tuesday: Mouryou no Hako
Wednesday: (If I could pick two, Toradora! and Hyakko.) If only one, Hyakko.
Thursday: Waaay too many good anime on thursday. Top of the list is Clannad and Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka. Looking forward to Chaos; Head
Friday: No real interest.
Saturday: To Aru Majutsu no Index
g-money at 10:26 pm on October 8th, 2008
Toradora (fell in love with this anime, especially with the seiyus’ voice performance.)
Casshern Sins (looks seriously badass, Casshern does)
Rosario + Vampire Capu2 (Gotta love the OP Discotheque by Mizuki Nana.)
Tales of the Abyss
Ga-Rei Zero
Mouryou no Hako
Shikabane Hime Aka
Kannagi
Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka
Kuroshitsuji
Shizor at 10:27 pm on October 8th, 2008
Toradora!
Kannagi
Akane Iro ni Somaru Saka
Hyakko
Maybe:
Skip Beat!
Shikabane Hime
Yozakura Quartet
Delon at 10:27 pm on October 8th, 2008
G00
Clannad
Index
Akane
Kannagi