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My ratings to new TV anime shows of Winter 2019
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Manbow Papa
2019-01-25 01:08:11 UTC
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This is the list of my ratings to new shows based on every
first episode. Most of proper nouns in this list are my
guess instead of official ones.

Ratings may vary episode by episode.
The number isn't the rank but only a sequence for
convenience. Sorted by stars.

Indication:
[for k:kids, s:shoujo, g:grown-ups]
(studio/production)
*:fair, **:enjoyable, ***:must see
a:good animation/artwork, d:good drama/story,
h:humorous/hilarious, m:good music, v:violent,
w:heartwarming, +:outstanding (e.g. a+ means
outstanding animation/artwork)

1) Kouya no Kotobuki Hikou-tai (GEMBA): **, adh
Squadron Kotobuki and Natalie share an escort job of a carrier
airship. Kotobuki consists of only young female pilots. Natalie
uses Shiden fighters but Kotobuki uses lighter Hayabusa. A bandit
squadron that has Zero figthers appeares, and Shiden's are shot
down one by one while Kotobuki wipes out most of the bandits.
Kirie of Kotobuki chases only one Zero survived, but its pilot
is formidable. As she is about to get shot, though, the Zero goes
away for unknown reason.
2) Dororo (MAPPA+Tezuka Pro): **, ad
Once upon a time, many peasants died for plague and starvation.
Kagemitsu, the lord of the manor, gave up to depend on Buddha's
mercy and proposes demons a deal. If they can survive people from
this hell, he will give them anything he can offer. Then, his new
baby, Hyakkimaru, is born whose body parts were stolen by demons.
Although a Buddha's statue is broken to save the life of the baby,
he is left in an abandon boat. 16 years later, Hyakkimaru who
has artificial body parts now destroys a water monster and he
regains his face's skin.
3) Yakusoku no Neverland (Clover Works): **, ad
The kids of an orphanage have never go out of the fences. When
Conny leaves for new home, Emma finds her doll left on a table.
She chases Conny to hand it, but what she sees in the forbidden
gate is her dead body. Monsters come in and she finds that the
orphanage is a farm to breed humans for monster's dinner table.
4) Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari (Kinema Citrus): **, ad
As one of four holy warriors, Naofumi is summoned by the king of
a fantasy world Melromarc. He is the warrior of shield and has
no weapon to attack enemies. He doesn't only get any company to
venture but also loses most of money by a cheat and even gets a
false accusation. Then, he stands up for vengeance.

5) Watashi ni Tenshi ga maiorita! [s](Doga Kobo): *, ahw
Miyako is a hikikomori and her hobby is costume making. One day,
her sister Hinata is back home with her classmate Hana. To
Miyako, the encounter is like an angel comes down on her. Hana
hates Miyako's intoxication for her. However Miyako is a good
pâtissière and she gives Hana cakes in order to make her try
cosplay in return.
6) Kaguyahime wa kokurasetai (A-1 Pictures): *, ah
Kaguya is a daughter of a noble family and the vice-president
of the student council of Shuchiin academy. Miyuki is the
president who is the man she is supporting. They are also
opponents in a love game where one confessed will be a looser.
7) Revisions (Shiro-gumi): *, ad
Daisuke was saved by a pink-haired woman Miro in his childhood.
Miro left him a prophecy that he would be a savior at a disaster
in the future. He has been preparing to defend important people
ever since. One day, a large robot attacks his school. While he
can't match the robot, Miro appeares and stops the robot. she
gives him a big mecha to stand against the enemy Revisions.
8) Go-toubun no Hanayome (Tezuka Pro): *, h
To pay back family's debt, Fuutaro takes a job of tutor for
quintuplet sisters who are just transferred to his high school.
But when he meets Itsuki, one of the girls, the first time,
they scramble for a table in cafeteria. Other sisters also get
bad impressions from him. Although nobody ever wants to study,
Fuutaro has to get the mission accomplished.
9) Manaria Friends (Cygame Pictures): *, a
As Manaria's princess Anne takes breakfast with a half dragon
Glare, Rue runs in and tells her that a fire dragon rages in the
library. Anne uses a big magic to seal the dragon, but it also
seals large part of the libray into iceberg. It's dawn when she
finishes everything. And she finds that Glare is still waiting
for her at the same table. 15-minute short.

10) W'z (GoHands): a+
Handshakers are ESPers who try to challenge the god's rule and to
make their whatever wish come true. Yukiya composes music and puts
it on the Tube but can't get enough followers. As his girl friend
encourages, he over-rides the reality of a concourse with another
world's painted stage, plays his music and runs it into the net.
11) Egao no Daika (Tatsunoko Pro): a
Yuuki was a princess of Soleil kingdom. On her 12th birth day, she
becomes the queen. It means that she must be busy to handle internal
affairs. While Grandiega Empire tries to break the border, the
kingdom develops new big mecha for defence. Nobody tells Yuuki the
conflict because she is too young to manage international politics.
12) Doukyonin wa Hiza, tokidoki Atama no ue (Zero G): h
After an accident killed Subaru's parents, he keeps living alone by
writing mysteries. When he visits a cemetery and places a pack of
sashimi before his parents' grave, a cat comes to eat the sashimi.
Because the cat inspires him a new mystery about a killer cat, he
takes the cat to his home. And the life of Subaru and a cat begins.
13) Meiji Tokyo Renka [s](TMS):
Mei doesn't have any friend because she hears voice of ghosts that
scares classmates. In a festival, she is invited to be on stage of
a magic show that the magician sends anyone to another world via a
coffin-like box. Mei gets in the box and exits to Tokyo of the
Meiji period where she meets great novelists of the era.
14) Boogie Pop wa warawanai (MAD House): v
While Takeda is waiting for Miyashita on a date, her alter ego
Boogie Pop helps a wandering man on a street. The next day,
Takeda meets BP on a rooftop of the school. "BP appeares when
the world is in danger. This time, I saw evil monsters in the
school", she says. In the school, four girls are missing lately.
15) Pastel Memories (Project N.9):
In an era when manga and anime have been declined, Izumi works
part time at a cafe that was once an anime shop. One day, a girl
with ponytails leaves a comment if the shop has a manga series
titled "Usagi-san Cafe e yokoso". The staff searches the manga
in the shop's storage.
16) Grimms Notes (Brain's Base):
In a world where "Book of Fate" rules, four young guys have
adventures to save people. The incidents they face seem to retell
famous stories like "Little Red Rigin-Hood", "Don Quixote" etc.
But a chaos teller modifies them to tragedies.
17) Girly Airforce (Satelight):
In East China Sea, UFO's attack cargos and ferries to sink. While
Aegis cruisers and MIG-21's can't catch the enemies, a red fighter
jet appeares and shoots the enemies down. But the figther also
falls into the sea. The pilot seems to be a girl android.
18) Bermuda Triangle [s?](Seven Arc Pictures):
Sonata and friends are mermaid living in a small town of Ocean
kingdom Megalanica. After a storm current washed away a large
amount of coral, they find a theatre uncovered. They enter the
building and watch a movie.
19) Endoro [k?](Go-kumi):
Warrior Yuria and her companies put Satan into a prison of another
dimension. In their adventurer academy, they meets a new tutor Mao
who is actually Satan. What happened is that their magic overrun
and threw him into the past when they were still trainee. Mao lost
power and shrunk like a kid. So, Mao devises a plot to make them
fail to become warrior.
20) Circlet Princess (Silver Link.):
Yuuka visits a big city the first time and gets lost. She is
mistakenly invited to a new sports Circlet Bout and fights with
Kurojishi Academy's ace player Hikage. Yuuka knows nothing about
CB, but she shows excellent fight.
21) Kemurikusa (Yaoyorozu):
Rin and Rina find water in a desert island. A monster attacks
them. Rina destroys the monster but she also fades away. The
sisters are super natural beings. Elder sister Ritsu extends her
pipe to draw water into a tub which a human boy Wakaba falls
into. Later, he saves Rinayo from a monster and joins the team.
22) Domestic na Kanojo (diomedéa):
Fumiya sleeps with Rui who is a girl he just met at a gokon
[matching party]. But he is longing for Hina, a teacher of his
high school. Fumiya's father gets married again with a woman who
has two daughters. The problem is that the daughters are Hina
and Rui.
23) Mahou-shoujo Tokushu-sen Asuka (Liden Films): v
A magic kingdom Disas starts to invade our world again. Monsters
attack citizens. A retired magical warrior Asuka destroys the
monsters. She is now a high school student. A JSDF officer
Iizuka visits the school and requests her to join his anti-Disas
combat team.

Sequels/Another stories/Spin-offs/Remakes:

B-Project
Bang Dream 2
Date Alive III
Fukigen na Mononoke-an 2
Kakegurui xx
Kemono Friends 2
Mobu Psycho 100 II
Piano no Mori 2
--
/ Ishikawa Kazuo /
Dave Baranyi
2019-01-27 18:30:59 UTC
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Post by Manbow Papa
This is the list of my ratings to new shows based on every
first episode. Most of proper nouns in this list are my
guess instead of official ones.
Ratings may vary episode by episode.
The number isn't the rank but only a sequence for
convenience. Sorted by stars.
[for k:kids, s:shoujo, g:grown-ups]
(studio/production)
*:fair, **:enjoyable, ***:must see
a:good animation/artwork, d:good drama/story,
h:humorous/hilarious, m:good music, v:violent,
w:heartwarming, +:outstanding (e.g. a+ means
outstanding animation/artwork)
(Clipping interesting summaries and comments for space purposes)
Post by Manbow Papa
B-Project
Bang Dream 2
Date Alive III
Fukigen na Mononoke-an 2
Kakegurui xx
Kemono Friends 2
Mobu Psycho 100 II
Piano no Mori 2
--
/ Ishikawa Kazuo /
Ishikawa-san, are you watching Mob Psycho 2? If you are, what are your thoughts?

Thanks -

Dave Baranyi
Dave Baranyi
2019-01-27 18:35:08 UTC
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Post by Manbow Papa
This is the list of my ratings to new shows based on every
first episode. Most of proper nouns in this list are my
guess instead of official ones.
Ratings may vary episode by episode.
The number isn't the rank but only a sequence for
convenience. Sorted by stars.
(Clipping again for space)
Post by Manbow Papa
--
/ Ishikawa Kazuo /
Ishikawa-san, I just noticed that you didn't list "Ueno-san wa Bukiyou". Have you seen it, and if you have, what are your thoughts on it?

Thanks again -

Dave Baranyi
Manbow Papa
2019-02-13 12:57:57 UTC
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Post by Dave Baranyi
Post by Manbow Papa
This is the list of my ratings to new shows based on every
first episode. Most of proper nouns in this list are my
guess instead of official ones.
Ratings may vary episode by episode.
The number isn't the rank but only a sequence for
convenience. Sorted by stars.
(Clipping again for space)
Post by Manbow Papa
--
/ Ishikawa Kazuo /
Ishikawa-san, I just noticed that you didn't list "Ueno-san wa Bukiyou". Have you seen it, and if you have, what are your thoughts on it?
Thanks again -
Dave Baranyi
I've been out for a while and I didn't have any chance to respond to
your post.

I'm still watching "Mobu Psycho 100 II". In Japan, cheat spiritual
business appeares time after time. So, this anime is a parody of
actual criminal cases. I don't know whether you have similar kind of
crime in your country. Maybe Japanese are still caught in the old
superstitious view of the world. Or, it's just proving that the
human's intelligence isn't strong enough to know The Truth as Kant
suggested. Are you believe in the existence of UFO?

I watched the first episode of "Ueno-san wa Bukiyou", but it wasn't
my cup of tea. There are some other short anime in this season.
I passed most of them. I like "Toji no Miko", but its spinoff "Mini
Toji" doesn't make sense.

This season's anime I'm still watching are:
Dororo, Mobu Psycho II, Tate no Yuusha, Yakusoku no Neverland,
Kouya no Kotobuki Hikou-tai and Piano no Mori 2.

I'm very disappointed by the animation quality of "Piano no Mori 2".
It looks awful.
--
/ Ishikawa Kazuo /
Dave Baranyi
2019-02-15 00:57:34 UTC
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Post by Dave Baranyi
Post by Manbow Papa
This is the list of my ratings to new shows based on every
first episode. Most of proper nouns in this list are my
guess instead of official ones.
Ratings may vary episode by episode.
The number isn't the rank but only a sequence for
convenience. Sorted by stars.
(Clipping again for space)
Post by Manbow Papa
--
/ Ishikawa Kazuo /
Ishikawa-san, I just noticed that you didn't list "Ueno-san wa Bukiyou". Have you seen it, and if you have, what are your thoughts on it?
Thanks again -
Dave Baranyi
I've been out for a while and I didn't have any chance to respond to
your post.
I'm still watching "Mobu Psycho 100 II". In Japan, cheat spiritual
business appeares time after time. So, this anime is a parody of
actual criminal cases. I don't know whether you have similar kind of
crime in your country. Maybe Japanese are still caught in the old
superstitious view of the world. Or, it's just proving that the
human's intelligence isn't strong enough to know The Truth as Kant
suggested. Are you believe in the existence of UFO?
I watched the first episode of "Ueno-san wa Bukiyou", but it wasn't
my cup of tea. There are some other short anime in this season.
I passed most of them. I like "Toji no Miko", but its spinoff "Mini
Toji" doesn't make sense.
Dororo, Mobu Psycho II, Tate no Yuusha, Yakusoku no Neverland,
Kouya no Kotobuki Hikou-tai and Piano no Mori 2.
I'm very disappointed by the animation quality of "Piano no Mori 2".
It looks awful.
--
/ Ishikawa Kazuo /
I'm a scientist by training and by "character", so spiritualism, ufoism and so on don't appeal to me, and most people in my circle of friends and acquaintances aren't into those things either. But I'm aware that a lot of people here are into holistic and alternative medicines and the like, so it wouldn't surprise me that many of the same people would also be interested spiritualism here.

I haven't watched either Piano no Mori series so I can't comment on the quality.

Thanks -

Dave Baranyi
Manbow Papa
2019-02-15 11:18:01 UTC
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Post by Manbow Papa
Post by Dave Baranyi
Post by Manbow Papa
This is the list of my ratings to new shows based on every
first episode. Most of proper nouns in this list are my
guess instead of official ones.
Ratings may vary episode by episode.
The number isn't the rank but only a sequence for
convenience. Sorted by stars.
(Clipping again for space)
Post by Manbow Papa
--
/ Ishikawa Kazuo /
Ishikawa-san, I just noticed that you didn't list "Ueno-san wa Bukiyou". Have you seen it, and if you have, what are your thoughts on it?
Thanks again -
Dave Baranyi
I've been out for a while and I didn't have any chance to respond to
your post.
I'm still watching "Mobu Psycho 100 II". In Japan, cheat spiritual
business appeares time after time. So, this anime is a parody of
actual criminal cases. I don't know whether you have similar kind of
crime in your country. Maybe Japanese are still caught in the old
superstitious view of the world. Or, it's just proving that the
human's intelligence isn't strong enough to know The Truth as Kant
suggested. Are you believe in the existence of UFO?
I watched the first episode of "Ueno-san wa Bukiyou", but it wasn't
my cup of tea. There are some other short anime in this season.
I passed most of them. I like "Toji no Miko", but its spinoff "Mini
Toji" doesn't make sense.
Dororo, Mobu Psycho II, Tate no Yuusha, Yakusoku no Neverland,
Kouya no Kotobuki Hikou-tai and Piano no Mori 2.
I'm very disappointed by the animation quality of "Piano no Mori 2".
It looks awful.
--
/ Ishikawa Kazuo /
I'm a scientist by training and by "character", so spiritualism, ufoism and so on don't appeal to me, and most people in my circle of friends and acquaintances aren't into those things either. But I'm aware that a lot of people here are into holistic and alternative medicines and the like, so it wouldn't surprise me that many of the same people would also be interested spiritualism here.
"No" is the answer that I expected from you.

When I was an IT engineer, my colleague said that there must be our
neighbor in another star because the physical law is same anywhere
in the universe. My answer was that if so, a civilization can't
last long enough to meet others. I don't believe in UFO = alian's
spaceship only because I don't know any solid evidence to support
the observation. SETI is a serious scientific project to find another
star's civilization. But I'm skeptic about the success of the project
because of my former opinion.

Anyway, I enjoy the cynicism of "Mobu Psycho". It often happens.
--
/ Ishikawa Kazuo /
Nick Roberts
2019-02-16 21:27:06 UTC
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Post by Dave Baranyi
I'm a scientist by training and by "character", so spiritualism,
ufoism and so on don't appeal to me, and most people in my circle
of friends and acquaintances aren't into those things either. But
I'm aware that a lot of people here are into holistic and
alternative medicines and the like, so it wouldn't surprise me that
many of the same people would also be interested spiritualism here.
"No" is the answer that I expected from you.
When I was an IT engineer, my colleague said that there must be our
neighbor in another star because the physical law is same anywhere
in the universe. My answer was that if so, a civilization can't
last long enough to meet others. I don't believe in UFO = alian's
spaceship only because I don't know any solid evidence to support
the observation. SETI is a serious scientific project to find another
star's civilization. But I'm skeptic about the success of the project
because of my former opinion.
Strictly, as of now SETI is only about finding the type of signal that
may be indicative of artificial origin. Even if they find such a
signal, the difficult bit (trying to deduce whether the signal was,
indeed, of artificial origin) will begin.
--
Nick Roberts tigger @ orpheusinternet.co.uk

Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which
can be adequately explained by stupidity.
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