December 15, 2014
Time to look ahead to the Winter 2014 season.
Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei Bu Love! may be a spoof. It's a magical girl show except that all the girls are guys. They gain their powers by being given special bracelets by a magical animal, in this case a wombat. The bad guys also have a magical animal, a hedgehog. I can't imagine watching it, but it'll be interesting to hear about it from someone else. If it's not a comedy, then it's going to be a complete trainwreck. (Or a reverse harem, though there isn't any credit for a main girl.)
Miritari! might be awesome. Two of the main characters are gun girls, and the main publicity shot shows one of them with a hand grenade with the pin pulled. The characters are chibified so it obviously isn't going to be serious.
Absolute Duo: we already saw this, when it was called Seirei Tsukai no Blade Dance.
Dog Days'' is back and this time it's called "double-dash" (because of two apostrophes, and don't ask). From the description it isn't going to be what I thought it was (a grand quest to find and destroy the source of the evil swords). Instead, it's going to be episodic like the second series. Presumably Nanami is going to get a hero stone, so we'll get to see what she's going to look like as an adult.
Shinmai Maou no Testament: We already saw this, when it was called KissxSis. (Well, not exactly; it's more like KissxSis crossed with High School DxD.)
Juuou Mujin no Fafnir: We already saw this, when it was called Infinite Stratos.
IDOLM@STER: Cinderella Girls: We already saw this about a thousand times, when it was named about a thousand other things. (I do not understand the attraction of idol shows, but I guess I don't have to.)
Kantai Collection -Kan Colle-: I was wondering how the heck they were going to turn this into a show. The first thing they did was steal from Arpeggio of Blue Steel the idea of a mysterious fleet dominating the Pacific. The only hope for humanity is certain Japanese girls who have the ability to transform into fighting ships (or take on their characteristics?), which is suspiciously similar to the base conceit of Soul Eater, albeit a lot bigger and more spectacular. (Halberds are for wimps.) The girls go to a special school (which probably isn't called Shibusen) and our protagonist is the destroyer Fubuki.
Aside from Dog Days and Miritari, looks like it's gonna be another lean season for me. I'll sample some other things, of course, but I don't have high expectations. I'll certainly give KanColle a try, of course.
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The way they are driving Dog Days into the ground is extremelly disappointing, but it's not the first time it happened. Remember what they did to Zero no Tsukaima, for instance (although there they posted a "redemption" season when just about everyone gave up on the show). Before that, I remember something similar happening to Hanaukyou Maid Tai, which also petered out in most ignorious fashion. That one got a remake, but somehow I don't expect Dog Days to be so lucky. It's different times out there.
Posted by: Pete Zaitcev at December 15, 2014 01:10 PM (RqRa5)
Posted by: Avatar_exADV at December 15, 2014 01:45 PM (zJsIy)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at December 15, 2014 01:53 PM (+rSRq)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at December 15, 2014 01:54 PM (+rSRq)
Posted by: Siergen at December 15, 2014 05:57 PM (r3+4f)
Dog Days really ends up having a One Piece like appeal: while the characters are a blast, you really just want to explore the World. Which is what makes the series so much fun.
I thought I remember them saying they expected this to be a 3 season series, at some point, I wonder if this is the last time we'll be seeing it. Let's hope it sells really well.
Posted by: sqa at December 15, 2014 09:00 PM (tEOgr)
Posted by: muon at December 18, 2014 01:27 AM (XIprt)
I can only think of a couple off the top of my head: the Mikuma and Mogami during the windup of the Battle of Midway. Then again at Surigao Strait, the Mogami hit the Nachi.
Oh, and the Jintsu had a fairly major one in 1927.
There are probably others, but I can't find them right now as it's 4am and I can barely move my mouse, let alone type coherently.
Posted by: Wonderduck at December 18, 2014 02:06 AM (jGQR+)
Posted by: muon at December 19, 2014 12:58 AM (XIprt)
Battle of Empress Augusta Bay, anyone? Aside from Samidare colliding with Shiratsuyu, the only reason any part of Hatsukaze made it back to Rabaul was because part of the destroyer was wrapped around Myoko's bow after the latter rammed the former.
Posted by: cxt217 at December 19, 2014 11:59 AM (InrQk)
Posted by: Steven Den Beste at December 19, 2014 01:26 PM (+rSRq)
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