I been flicking through a lot of the recent releases this Spring and I have to admit, I'm not impressed, it's been pretty boring. I mean, definitely interesting to say the least but nothing new or really bold enough to catch my attention in my opinion. However, I do like the new season of
Shingeki no Bahamut. I enjoyed the previous season however, I know this is such a petty comment, but the intro is so cringeworthy it almost makes me hate the show. Why Japan? Why?!
Anyways...
I am loving Fukumenkai Noise. Like, holy crap. I love music-based Anime. Of course, the music... it's nothing particularly out of the ordinary, but it's somewhat enjoyable. On paper, I should hate it:
Spoiler
Lost childhood friends, she JUST so happens to join a super famous band, LOVE TRIANGLE... SHOW ME SOMETHING NEW. However, I think it's executed in a way that the cliche's aren't so obvious... so, it's somewhat watchable... ^^"
There's a lot of Seinen out this season, I mean, that's not brainer but
Urara Meirochou just made me wanna barf, I love a good Seinen but I haven't seen this much fan service in a while. Needless to say, I only watched an episode. I'm not usually into the cutesy *censored*, but sometimes I kind of indulge myself for the pretty animation.
Clockwork Planet was pretty interesting, but I feel like I was taken back in time somewhat to the 2007-2010 era. I'm not all for trends and don't think any story or concept should be defined or limited by that, but sometimes, no matter how you feel about it, you just can't look at it any other way. I was bored, incredibly bored, but again, it still had something, but... executed poorly.
Take it from the classics, they all have a very bold and catching concept, something that really runs on it's own if that makes any sense, a story that indulges itself. Most of the *censored* I see nowadays is just regurgitated nonsense. The mecha's, the love triangles, the magic, the demons, the monsters, the vampires, the sci-fi. Yes, OF COURSE. Every story needs some kind of genre, but it's nothing I haven't seen before and this Spring is just full of it... and, it's really depressing...
I still hold out hope though cause there are still a few little gems out there... ^^