Here's RandomC's Fall 2014 preview, and it's another disaster of a season. (I always say that, don't I?) The only thing I have to look forward to is the Mouretsu Pirate movie coming out on BD in November, and a Strike Witches OVA.

Madan no Ou to Vanadis is this season's "Girls with big swords and big jugs" series, replacing Momo Kyun Sword from the summer season.

Monty Python failed to summarize Proust in 30 seconds; can Japan do it in 12 episodes? (Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete).

Grisaia no Kajitsu is this season's "Only guy at a girl's school" series. And where have we seen that before?

Sora no Method looks to be a replay of that show a few months back about a group of childhood friends reunited, where one of the girls was a ghost. I don't remember its name, and I didn't watch it.

Ai Tenchi Muyou! looks like it's going to be derivative nonsense, hijacked as a way of advertising an otherwise undistinguished city. The real question is where in the continuity it fits. If it's after Tenchi becomes a god, then it's hard to see how there's any challenge for him. The art looks good but the concept is idiocy and the 5-minute format doesn't seem like it'll be any good.

Orenchi no Furo Jirou has a rubber duck. It doesn't have a mermaid; he's a merman. Blech.

Inou Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de is about a high school literature club (1 guy, 4 girls) who all gain super powers. Problem is, there isn't any crisis for them to solve or appropriate enemies to fight. What, exactly, the show will be about isn't clear; it may turn into a pretty standard harem show.

Well... Trinity Seven might, might be OK. The seven girls of the harem are all cute, but there are a hundred ways this could crater if the writer is lazy or unimaginative.

There is no damned way that Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai can be any good. It will certainly be worth looting for the top rotation, but to actually watch? Forget it.

I watched (and hated) Anime Runner Kuromi; I don't need to watch ShiroBako.

Did someone order a switch-hitter show? Yeesh; Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu. (barf) Clearly a case of "embrace the stupid", but not for me, thanks. (But probably worth looting.)

I think we're going to need more blades in our 8-bladed razor. How about 30 girls in a "cute high school girl" show? Haven't come close to that since Negima. And now we have Girlfriend (Kari). Potentially it might be fully one hundred girls. The website for the show says it will be running on AT-X. Does that mean there will be scenes worthy of AT-X? The mind boggles...

OK, so maybe one show. If I'm lucky. And several fully worthy of looting.

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