Archive for category 2012 Autumn
Yes, you’re reading that right. Yes, this is for 2012, not 2013. Yes, this post is over an entire year late. Yeah… about that…
So, remember all those wonderful anime from 2012? All the ones I forgot to provide my opinions and reviews and closure on? Well, here it is, my final review for the anime of Autumn 2012.
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Art, Characters, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Entertainment, Favorites, Girls und Panzer, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Jormungand, K, Kamisama Kiss, Little Busters!, Magi, Medaka Box, Nekomonogatari, Psycho-Pass, Rankings, Robotics;Notes, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo, Season Review, Setting, Shin Sekai Yori, Sound, Space Brothers, Story, Sword Art Online, Zetsuen no Tempest
This week: Magi and Robotics;Notes are here again, how the rural setting of Shin Sekai Yori plays a necessary role in the anime, a disagreement on perspectives in Little Busters!, approaching an abrupt end to a story in Medaka Box Abnormal, and the talents of an effective writer in Psycho-Pass.
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Characters, Chemistry, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Comedy, Comparison, Death, Emotion, Entertainment, Environmentalism, Expectations, Fighting, Foreshadowing, Girls und Panzer, Interactions, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, K, Kamisama Kiss, Literary Device, Little Busters!, Magi, Manga, Medaka Box, Negatives, Opinions, Personalities, Perspective, Psycho-Pass, Questions, Religion, Robotics;Notes, Setting, Shin Sekai Yori, Story, Storytelling, Sword Art Online, Weekly Anime, Worlds, Writing, Zetsuen no Tempest
Last week: yeah, forgot about Magi and Robotics;Notes so they’re here again along with the usual run of last week’s anime. Topics include honest answers in Shin Sekai Yori, thoughts on Yuuta yelling at Dekomori in Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai!, Nanami’s pessimistic side in Kamisama Kiss, and the effects on characterization of unusual character pairings in Psycho-Pass.
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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Girls und Panzer, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, K, Kamisama Kiss, Little Busters!, Magi, Medaka Box, Psycho-Pass, Robotics;Notes, Shin Sekai Yori, Sword Art Online, Weekly Anime
Last week: tributes or significant references to movies, literature, and music in Psycho-Pass, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai!, brilliant visual cues in Shin Sekai Yori, issues with the in-game populations in Sword Art Online, and some positives about the fanservice in Little Busters!
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Analysis, Art, Background, Characters, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Clichés, Comedy, Conflict, Development, Disappointment, Drama, Ecchi, Foreshadowing, Friendship, Girls und Panzer, Interactions, Interview, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, K, Kamisama Kiss, Literary Device, Little Busters!, Medaka Box, Observations, Opinions, Panties, Positives, Psycho-Pass, Purpose, Real World, School, Setting, Shin Sekai Yori, Sound, Story, Sword Art Online, Tribute, Twin Spica, Weekly Anime, Yaoi
This week: showing how characters change in Magi, questions on accessing the files in Robotics;Notes, thoughts on Shun’s mask from Shin Sekai Yori, offscreen character growth in Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai!, prioritizing girls over panzers in Girls und Panzer, and questions about unintentional stress, stress relievers and criminalization in Psycho-Pass.
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Animation, Baccano!, Characters, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Comparison, Development, Emotion, Entertainment, Fantasy, Fate/Zero, Fighting, Girls und Panzer, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Justice, K, Kamisama Kiss, Magi, Medaka Box, Psycho-Pass, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Purpose, Questions, Real World, Religion, Robotics;Notes, Setting, Shin Sekai Yori, Sound, Story, Storytelling, Sword Art Online, Tsubasa Chronicle, Weekly Anime
With the Autumn season of anime over halfway complete, each show has had ample opportunity to introduce its concepts and themes, progresses its stories and characters, fix any issues or peculiarities, and show enough material to provide adequate and fair evaluations that are more than just momentary impressions. This is about the first time when our assessments, grades, and rankings have significance to them, that they hold merit in their worth, that they’re actually grading the anime as a whole and not simply an episode or two or undeveloped characters. Here, in this Mid-Season Review, it’s time to evaluate the anime of Autumn 2012.
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Animation, Art, Characters, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Cinematography, Colors, Comedy, Disappointment, Entertainment, Friendship, Girls und Panzer, Harem, Interactions, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Jormungand, K, Kamisama Kiss, Light, Little Busters!, Magi, Medaka Box, Mid-Season Review, Negatives, Observations, Opinions, Perspective, Positives, Psycho-Pass, Rankings, Robotics;Notes, Romance, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo, Setting, Shin Sekai Yori, Sound, Space Brothers, Story, Storytelling, Sword Art Online, Zetsuen no Tempest
This week: anime-original characters in Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai!, memories as a storytelling device in Shin Sekai Yori, the persistent use of humor in Medaka Box Abnormal, and a duplication of colors in K.
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Anime Fans, Beach Episode, Characters, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, Clichés, Clothing, Colors, Comedy, Disappointment, Ecchi, Emotion, Fighting, Flaws, Friendship, Girls und Panzer, Interactions, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, K, Kamisama Kiss, Kemonomimi, Lighthearted, Literary Device, Little Busters!, Medaka Box, Memories, Pacing, Personalities, Positives, Psycho-Pass, Shin Sekai Yori, Story, Storytelling, Sword Art Online, Weekly Anime
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