Comments on: Winter 2007 Anime Preview Part 1

By: shinigami

shinigami — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 18:57:27 +0000

Idol Master Xenoglossia - idols and mecha? Plus twin lolis. This will suck so much. I’m definitely watching an episode. Still, it can’t be worse than Lovedol. I refuse to believe it could be.

So, of 5 shows, 3 have mecha and one is based on creepy otaku games? O.o Uh, I pick GAINAX for 500, though the character designs don’t look promising. I’ll also watch Lucky Star, of course. AzuDai rocked.

By: ichigo girl

ichigo girl — Mon, 25 Dec 2006 21:20:36 +0000

lucky star seems kool and cute…
i like azumanga daioh hope this will be more funny than azu..
^^

By: psgels

psgels — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 18:08:18 +0000

Well, the AniDB calendar has the nasty habit of putting shows with only a confirmed year to be aired on the first day of this year. I have no idea why they would want to do this, though. Try either the fansub wiki or moonphase. These sites should have very accurate information.

By: scottfrye

scottfrye — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 17:15:28 +0000

Well, I thought Anidb was pretty decent as well but I’ve come to believe that its not so trustworthy when it comes to dates.

By: Hung

Hung — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 16:32:56 +0000

Hmm. I just used the anidb calendar. Apparently these are all January 2007 shows. I guess I could do some more research though. Anidb’s been pretty good about the dates in the past though.

By: KT Kore

KT Kore — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:58:24 +0000

I see what you mean. It seems like he’s very passionate in his creations to make sure that everything is fitting to his vision and I like that in a creator but as you say, great ideas don’t always lead to great storytelling. We shall see how it goes.

By: Nighty

Nighty — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:53:07 +0000

@KT Kore

Mamoru Nagano has a pretty “DO IT MY WAY, NO OTHER WAY” attitude in handling his own work and stuff, and that’s why even though GothicMade had been in production for a quite a while after 5 Star Stories, it took him this long to finally set a release date because he does stuff like “NO I MUST DRAW THESE PARTICULAR FRAMES MYSELF” etc etc, stuff like that. He’s like doing everything about GothicMade by himself. That’s totally crazy. I have little doubt about Nagano’s mecha designs and awe-inspiring worlds/stories, but being too forceful about his creation can lead to mishaps. Great ideas doesn’t neccesarily lead to great storytelling. Either his passion for Gothicmade gets channelled perfectly and gets us awed, or botched for only satisfying himself and only himself and leave the audiences in bad taste.

By: Danny

Danny — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:34:48 +0000

Keitai Shoujo and Lucky Star look interesting to me, too bad they’re both not winter shows but more likely spring shows <3

By: KT Kore

KT Kore — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:28:19 +0000

“GothicMade will be either TOTAL WIN or ULTIMATE PHAIL, due to Mamoru Nagano’s elitist-ism running strong in the blood of Gothicmade.”

What do you mean?

By: Nighty

Nighty — Sun, 24 Dec 2006 11:13:06 +0000

GothicMade will be either TOTAL WIN or ULTIMATE PHAIL, due to Mamoru Nagano’s elitist-ism running strong in the blood of Gothicmade. Let’s see if his ego can make an fantasy epic with mecha, or an imaginative failure.

IDOLMASTER Sunrise = mecha…figures. Considering it’s directed by the person who directed Honey and Clover 2, not to mention I’m a TOTAL SUCKER for BEE-CRAFT, I’ll give it a try.

Gurren Lagann. It’s been a while since the last time anime had awesome FACIAL SUPAA-ism in the robots. The last good one was Sunrise’s GGG FINAL, which was EPIC. Don’t screw up. Last thing we need is a mecha anime-looked forward to screwing up, DISTANCING the already ignored mecha genre.

I don’t like 4-koma animes, but apparently it’s about otaku gamers, so I’ll give it a try. Plus it’s Kyoto Animation’s first venture into manga adaptions, 4-koma no less. Worth or look or 2, even if it’s not my taste.