It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness. It was the Spring Autumn of hope, it was the Winter of despair. Or rather, it was the Autumn 2015 anime season, it was the Winter 2016 anime season. Never have I seen such a stark, significant contrast in the types and content of anime between consecutive seasons, but we’re following up arguably the best anime season in recent memory with quite possibly the worst. If you haven’t checked, now might be a good time to see why I am so crestfallen with the anime airing this winter.
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With Winter 2014 zigzagging along and reaching the finales in the next couple of weeks, now is an ideal time to look ahead to and prepare for the Spring 2014 anime season. Once April arrives, dozens of new anime will begin and several franchises will return to TVs in the forms of sequels, alternative stories or simple rebroadcasts. Based on numbers alone, Spring 2014 appears to be one of the largest anime seasons in terms of total volume. In addition to the abundance of this season, there is quite a diversity of anime, too, making this season more of an unknown or a mystery than others. So what exactly does this new anime season have to offer? Below is an extensive list of the anime for Spring 2014 along with my thoughts and opinions for each one.
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Action, Akuma no Riddle, Analysis, Animation, Art, Baby Steps, Black Bullet, Blade and Soul, Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou, Break Blade, Captain Earth, Cardfight!! Vanguard, Characters, Clichés, Comedy, Date A Live, Drama, Ecchi, Entertainment, Escha & Logy no Atelier, Fairy Tail, Fantasy, Feudal Japan, Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita, Fuun Ishin Dai Shogun, Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?, Gokukoku no Brynhildr, Haikyuu!!, Hitsugi no Chaika, Inugami-san to Nekoyama-san, Isshukan Friends, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Kamigami no Asobi, Kanojo ga Flag o Oraretara, Kenzen Robo Daimidaler, Keroro, Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo, Kiniro Mosaic, La Corda D'Oro Blue Sky, Love Live!, Mahou Shoujo Taisen, Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei, Mangaka-san to Assistant-san to, Mecha, Mekaku City Actors, Mushishi, Negatives, No Game No Life, Nobunaga the Fool, Non Non Biyori, Opinions, Ping Pong the Animation, Positives, Potential, Puchimas!, Romance, Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizokin, Sadou Desu, Season Preview, Seikoku no Dragonar, Selector infected WIXOSS, Setting, Sidonia no Kishi, Slice of Life, Soredemo Sekai wa Utsukushii, Soul Eater, Sound, Star Driver, Story, The iDOLM@STER, Unpredictable
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness. It was the Spring Autumn of hope, it was the Winter of despair. Or rather, it was the Autumn 2015 anime season, it was the Winter 2016 anime season. Never have I seen such a stark, significant contrast in the types and content of anime between consecutive seasons, but we’re following up arguably the best anime season in recent memory with quite possibly the worst. If you haven’t checked, now might be a good time to see why I am so crestfallen with the anime airing this winter.
With Winter 2014 zigzagging along and reaching the finales in the next couple of weeks, now is an ideal time to look ahead to and prepare for the Spring 2014 anime season. Once April arrives, dozens of new anime will begin and several franchises will return to TVs in the forms of sequels, alternative stories or simple rebroadcasts. Based on numbers alone, Spring 2014 appears to be one of the largest anime seasons in terms of total volume. In addition to the abundance of this season, there is quite a diversity of anime, too, making this season more of an unknown or a mystery than others. So what exactly does this new anime season have to offer? Below is an extensive list of the anime for Spring 2014 along with my thoughts and opinions for each one.
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