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Winter 2014 Anime |OT| I've got to find a dandy guy who killed my dad in the space

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There are only two kinds of anime: anime which are Space Dandy and anime which are not.


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Simulcast Schedule

Sunday
CR,DS,HL - Magi: The Kingdom of Magic - 1:30am PST
FN - Space Dandy - 6:00am PST
CR, FN - Nobunagun - 7:00am PST
FN - Noragami - 8:00am PST
CR - Wizard Barristers - 10:00am PST
CR - Saki - The Nationals - 10:30am PST
CR - Tonari no Seki-kun- 11:00am PST
CR - Nobunaga the Fool - 12:15pm PST

Monday
CR - Bottom Biting Bug - 3:00am PST
GU - Gundam Build Fighters - 4:00am PST
CR - The Pilot's Love Song - 7:00am PST
CR - Super Sonico - 9:00am PST
CR - Yowamushi Pedal - 11:00am PST
FN - Buddy Complex - 7:00pm PST
CR - Toriko - 11:00pm PST

Tuesday
CR - Hamatora - 10:00am PST
FN - Tokyo Ravens - 10:00am PST
CR - Hunter x Hunter - 11:00am PST
CR - Wooser’s Hand-to-Mouth Life: Awakening Arc - 11:00am PST

Wednesday
CR - Love, Chunibyo and Other Delusions! REN - 9:30am PST
CR - Witch Craft Works - 11:15am PST
CR - Onee-chan ga Kita - 12:00pm PST
CR - Phi Brain Season 3 - 12:00pm PST
CR - Saint Seiya Omega - 12:00pm PST
FN - Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha
FN - Maken-ki! Two

Thursday
CR - Naruto Shippuden 3:00am PST
CR - Mikakunin - 6:45am PST
CR - Nagi no Asukara - 8:00am PST
CR - Strange+ - 9:30am PST
CR,DS? - Silver Spoon - 9:50am PST
CR,DS,HL - Kill la Kill - 10:30am PST
CR - Samurai Flamenco - 10:30am PST
CR - Z/X Ignition - 10:50am PST
CR - Hoozuki no Reitetsu - 11:00am PST
CR - Golden Time - 12:30pm PST
CR - Mahou Sensou - 12:30pm PST
CR - Pupa - 12:30pm PST

Friday
CR - Sakura Trick - 9:00am PST
CR - Wake Up, Girls! - 10:30am PST
CR - Strike the Blood - 11:00am PST
YT - Future Card Buddyfight - 3:30pm PST

Saturday
CR - Space Brothers - 6:30am PST
CR- Recently, My Sister is Unusual - 8:00am PST
CR, AP, DS? - Nisekoi - 9:00am PST
CR, AP, DS? - World Conquest Zvezda Plot - 9:30am PST
CR - Seitokai Yakuindomo* - 10:00am PST
CR - Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting! - 11:00am PST
CR - Kuroko's Basketball 2 - 11:30am PST
CR - Ace of the Diamond - 5:30pm PST
CR - Folktales from Japan - 5:30pm PST
CR - One Piece - 6:00pm PST
CR - Cardfight!! Vanguard Link Joker - 6:30pm PST


Legend:
CR = Crunchyroll
VZ = Viz Anime
FN = Funimation
DS = Daisuki
HL = Hulu
GU = Gundam.info
AP = AniplexUSA
YT = Youtube.com

(regional streaming restrictions may apply)



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Movie Line-up



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Buddha 2: Tezuka Osamu no Buddha ~Owarinaki Tabi~
Director: Toshiaki Komura
Original Creator: Osamu Tezuka
Screenplay: Reiko Yoshida
Music: Michiru Oshima
Animation Production: Toei Animation
Opening Date: 2/8
Official Site: http://www.buddha-anime.com/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_SVSvBSNjk


[Enlightenment intensifies]

I don't know much about this, but it's based on a Tezuka manga, and it has some good names attached, so it's probably at least interesting.




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Daicon Film 33
Animation Production: Gainax
Opening Date: 1/8


Gainax cashing in nostalgia? Never.




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Giovanni's Island
Director: Mizuho Nishikubo
Animation Production: Production I.G.
Opening Date: 2/15
Official Site: http://www.productionig.com/contents/works_sp/94_/index.html
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2W1ED3Xc90


A story set on the Shikotan island after the end of WWII. Looks pretty neat. Also, potential slapkuga.




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Hunter x Hunter: The Last Mission
Director: Keiichiro Kawaguchi
Animation Production: Madhouse
Opening Date: 12/27
Official Site: http://www.hxh-movie.jp/index.html
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzafTryO2vQ


Presumably much better than the last anime movie to use "The Last ____" as a subtitle.




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Lupin III vs. Detective Conan: The Movie
Director: Hajime Kamegaki
Animation Production: TMS/Double Eagle
Opening Date: 12/7
Official Site: http://lupicona-movie.com/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXpXVXY2GOQ


Two great tastes that taste great together, or something.




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Majocco Shimai no Yoyo to Nene
Director: Takayuki Hirao
Animation Production: Ufotable
Opening Date: 12/28
Official Site: http://majocco.jp/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNuGHvuZ7UE


Ufotable makes a film about two witch sisters. Expect great animation.




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Mouretsu Pirates Movie
Director: Tatsuo Sato
Animation Production: Satelight
Opening Date: 2/15
Official Site: http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/mo-retsu/gekijo/


Sequel to the TV show.




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The iDOLM@STER Movie: To the Glittering Other Side!
Director: Atsushi Nishigori
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Opening Date: 1/25
Official Site: http://www.idolmaster-anime.jp/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YD0jTHxLlo


The series that set off the current wave of idol anime overwhelming the airwaves gets a movie. Expect vicious arguments about the rankings of the new waifus.




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Tiger & Bunny 2: The Rising
Director: Yoshitomo Yonetani
Animation Production: Sunrise
Opening Date: 2/08
Official Site: http://www.tigerandbunny.net/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsfcJnLhj7Y


More Tiger and Bunny



TV Line-up



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Space☆Dandy
Director: Shinichiro Watanabe
Animation Production: BONES
Opening Date: 1/4
Official Site: http://www.space-dandy.com/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoZ2udQkr3c


Watanabe is back, baby. With a huge team of talented animators and musicians working with him, expect some magic to happen. The show is airing first in America, on Toonami, so there are obviously big expectations for its reception in the west, and the budget is no doubt quite large for an anime series. This is all the anime you will need this season, might as well just stop reading now. Stop it. Stop.




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Recently, My Sister is Unusual
Director: Hiroyuki Hata
Animation Production: Project No.9
Opening Date: 1/4
Official Site: http://imocyo-anime.com/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpLDtLLWyL4


See, this is why I told you to stop.




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Buddy Complex
Director: Yasuhiro Tanabe
Animation Production: Sunrise
Opening Date: 1/5
Official Site: http://buddy-complex.jp/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_Y5PEEmwQw


Valvrave 2.0? Probably not, but boy is that character design trying.




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Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions II: Chuu Harder
Director: Tatsuya Ishihara
Animation Production: KyoAni
Opening Date: 1/8
Official Site: http://www.anime-chu-2.com/tv/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZZgn8xNdJs


The sequel to the KyoAni series which gave us the heartwarming moral lesson that "everyone on Earth is mentally ill." How will this series top itself with contrived and childish drama this time? Don't know and don't really care because I won't be watching.




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D-Frag
Director: Seiki Sugawara
Animation Production: Brains Base
Opening Date: 1/6
Official Site: http://www.d-fragments.net/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0NzWpD4Hvg


A comedy series about teenagers in a club who torture others and themselves for fun, or something. In other words, AnimeGAF.




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Silver Spoon
Director: Kotomi Deai
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Opening Date: 1/9
Official Site: http://www.ginsaji-anime.com/


Silver Spoon returns to noitaminA to take the bad taste out of our mouths left behind by Galilei Donna.




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Hamatora the Animation
Director: Seiji Kishi
Animation Production: NAZ
Opening Date: 1/7
Official Site: http://hamatorapj.com/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgG2mbdxyrA


Looks pretty generic and the staff doesn't inspire the strongest confidence.




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Cool-headed Hoozuki
Director: Hiro Kaburaki
Animation Production: Wit Studio
Opening Date: 1/9
Official Site: http://www.hozukino-reitetsu.com/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZZHTHUWcL0


A dark comedy about the King of Hell's Aide and his attempts to mediate conflicts. Looks interesting visually, but of course the main test of comedy is how funny the jokes are.




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Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha
Director: Toru Takahashi
Animation Production: Production IMS
Opening Date: 1/15
Official Site: http://inarikonkon.jp/


A shy girl gets shape-shifting powers from a goddess. Some kind of waifu thing I guess.




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Magical Warfare
Director: Yuzo Sato
Animation Production: Madhouse
Opening Date: 1/9
Official Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/mahosen/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTg8bgMga5U


Starring NotShana.




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Maken-Ki! Two
Director: Hiraku Kaneko
Animation Production: Xebec
Opening Date: 1/16
Official Site: http://maken-ki-two.com/ NSFW
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53Ypf_Sl6Wo NSFW


Yeah no.




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Mikakunin de Shinkoukei
Director: Yoshiyuki Fujiwara
Animation Production: Dogakobo
Opening Date: 1/9
Official Site: http://mikakunin.jp/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g30-vTU-IIo


Some kind of wacky situational comedy about girl somehow becoming betrothed to some dude.




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Nisekoi
Director: Akiyuki Shinbo
Animation Production: SHAFT
Opening Date: 1/11
Official Site: http://www.nisekoi.jp/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MImaD8AbGUE


Another rom-com, this time featuring a secret promise with a childhood friend and yakuza gangs. Apparently the manga is pretty popular right now.




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Nobunaga the Fool
Director: Eiichi Sato
Series Composition: Shoji Kawamori
Animation Production: Satelight
Opening Date: 1/5
Official Site: http://www.nobunaga.tv/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1jXxiLDn1k


One of two Nobunaga anime this season, featuring multiple planets, Joan of Arc, Leonardo Da Vinci, and ugly CG mecha.




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Nobunagun
Director: Nobuhiro Kondo
Animation Production: Bridge
Opening Date: 1/5
Official Site: http://www.vap.co.jp/nobunagun/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cqzo7tvEj6A


Nobunaga is a gun. Yeah you read that right.




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Noragami
Director: Kotaro Tamura
Animation Production: BONES
Opening Date: 1/5
Official Site: http://noragami-anime.net/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpFjMtWTmsY


The other BONES show. An action/fantasy series about a minor god and his battles agains "You."




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Nourin
Director: Shin Oonuma
Animation Production: Silver Link
Opening Date: 1/11
Official Site: http://www.no-rin.tv/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZYtwYijnZxk


Silver Spoon+Idols. From the director of Watamote and Dusk Maiden.




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Romantica Clock
Opening Date: 2/4


Short episodes comedy about twins.




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Saki Zenkoku-hen
Director: Manabu Ono
Animation Production: Studio Gokumi
Opening Date: 1/5
Official Site: http://saki-anime.com/


Sequel to Saki. More girls playing Mahjong.




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Sakura Trick
Director: Ken'ichi Ishikura
Animation Production: DEEN
Opening Date: 1/9
Official Site: http://www.tbs.co.jp/anime/sakura/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHxwu_Ak5GY


Lesbians in a world without solid physical backgrounds.




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Seitokai Yakuindomo*
Director: Makoto Nakamura
Animation Production: GoHands
Opening Date: 1/4
Official Site: http://www.starchild.co.jp/special/seitokai/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LB6_wMkg0lU


Pretty sure they were on crack when they made this trailer. Also, GoHands filter is the worst filter.




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Sekai Seifuku ~ Bōryaku no Zvezda
Director: Tensai Okamura
Original Character Design: Kouhaku Kuroboshi
Animation Production: A-1 Pictures
Opening Date: 1/11
Official Site: http://www.sekaiseifuku-zzz.com/
Trailer: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B7xo9gYv3Ab8Rk1zZzhQcFFicEU/preview?pli=1


So you wanted to see this anime? Why don't you take a seat over there.

This is an original series, and it looks to have some great visual design and animation, but some of those outfits... why.




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SoniAni -Super Sonico the Animation-
Director: Kenichi Kawamura
Animation Production: WHITE FOX
Opening Date: 1/6
Official Site: http://soniani.jp/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkJqYhUxQjg


Gotta moe fast!




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Strange+
Director: Takashi Nishikawa
Animation Production: Seven
Opening Date: 1/9
Official Site: http://www.dreamcreation.co.jp/stpl/ NSFW
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAZ6kSyUf-E


Based on a gag manga. Better have some good gags because it's sure not a looker.




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Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta
Director: Toshimasa Suzuki
Animation Production: TMS Entertainment
Opening Date: 1/6
Official Site: http://koiuta.tv/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmI3TnFHKPo


Apparently this is a prequel to The Princess and the Pilot, a movie nobody watched besides me. It wasn't exactly a good movie, but it might have potential. Too bad all the dogfighting looks to be in ugly CGI.




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Wake Up, Girls!
Director: Yutaka Yamamoto
Animation Production: Ordet
Opening Date: 1/10
Official Site: http://wakeupgirls.jp/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9-CZKcRRPE


Yamakan is back to save anime with a series about idols.




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Witch Craft Works
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Animation Production: J.C. Staff
Opening Date: 1/5
Official Site: http://www.witch-cw-anime.jp/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA3CLxPX-VY


She turned me into a newt. It's a Mizushima series, so maybe it will be funny?




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Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil
Director: Yasuomi Umetsu
Animation Production: ARMS
Opening Date: 1/12
Official Site: http://wizardbarristers.com/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kxx2pnBKHes


An original anime from action director and pervert Umetsu. Hopefully a lot less of a trainwreck than his previous series.




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Z/X IGNITION
Director: Yuji Yamaguchi
Animation Production: Nippon Ichi Software
Opening Date: 1/10
Official Site: http://zxignition.tv/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5gQ2NOpe7Q


YOU WILL NEVER DEFEAT ME IN THIS CHILDREN'S CARD GAME.




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Pupa
Director: Tomomi Mochizuki
Animation Production: DEEN
Opening Date: 1/9
Official Site: http://www.pupa-anime.com/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CQmcFWxM6I


NOM NOM NOM




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Go! Go! 575
Original Character Design: Hiro Kanzaki
Animation Production: Sega
Opening Date: 1/10
Official Site: http://gogo575.sega.jp/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvmRbh6LQp0


Shorts for Sega's new video game.




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Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen
Director: Pippuya
Animation Production: DAX Production
Opening Date: 1/5
Official Site: http://www.fal-gaku.com/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey_UoTI_GLQ


A series of shorts with really bad animation based on a 4-koma about characters from Falcom games.




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My Big Sister Arrived
Director: Yoshihide Yuuzumi
Animation Production: C2C
Opening Date: 1/8
Official Site: http://www.takeshobo.co.jp/sp/tv_oneechan/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEE9suh3SXw


This has far too good visual design for something so insipid.




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Pupipo!
Director: Kaoru Suzuki
Animation Production: AIC Plus+
Opening Date: 12/21
Official Site: http://pupipo.tv/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwr5Q9Sv29s


An anime about GAF member ponpo.




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Toei Robot Girls Z
Director: Hiroshi Ikehata
Animation Production: Toei Animation(duh)
Opening Date: 1/4
Official Site: http://robot-girlsz.com/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRgqPx7p_w4


The Mazinger mecha are now waifus. No, really.




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Tonari no Seki-kun
Director: Yuji Mutoh
Animation Production: Shin-Ei Animation
Opening Date: 1/5
Official Site: http://www.t-sekikun.jp/
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ufd8z0F0Uk


Might be fun.




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Sugar*Soldier
Opening Date: 1/14


Donuts... I got nothing.



If you want other charts which actually talk about silly stuff like plot synopsis:
http://anichart.net/winter
http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/11/28/updated-winter-2014-anime-chart



The Other Stuff

Continuing Shows:
Golden Time - From the author of Toradora, a story that is not Toradora.
Kill La Kill - She's gotta find out who killed her dad.
Kuroko no Basket 2 - Now with less fan events cancelled by insane terrorist threats.
Log Horizon - Like Sword Art Online except not the worst thing to ever happen to anime.
Magi: The Kingdom of Magic - Biggest hype train derail since ever?
Nagi no Asukara - She has a fish in her knee. The latest masterpiece from Mari Okada.
Phi Brain: Kami no Puzzle 3rd Season - Children's puzzle games.
Pocket Monsters XY - Apparently this is based on a popular video game or something.
Samurai Flamenco - A show about things.
Strike the Blood - Verb the Noun.
Tokyo Ravens - floating cars.
Yowamushi Pedal - A cycling anime about a new-fashioned way to became a master biker: NOT pumping your veins full of drugs and working hard instead.
Hajime No Ippo: The Fighting! - It's Ippo.
Gundam Build Fighters - My Gundam can beat up your Gundam.

OVA/ONA/Special:
au Mirai Kenkyuujo (A.U.F.L) (12/12)
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon (????)
Blood Lad OVA (12/16)
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren Lite (12/25)
Double Circle (12/18)
Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya (1/25)
Genei wo Kakeru Taiyou: Fumikome nai Kokoro (12/25)
Genshiken Nidaime no Roku (12/20)
Kikou Shoujo wa Kizutsukanai OVA (12/25)
Kyoukai no Kanata Mini Gekijou (1/8)
Little Busters! EX (1/29)
Mushishi Special: Hihamukage (1/4)
Natsume Yuujinchou: Itsuka Yuki no Hi ni (2/5)
Neppuu Kairiku Bushi Road (12/31)
Noragami OVA (2/13)
Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai! Specials (12/12)
Senki Zesshou Symphogear G OVA (2/5)
Shingeki no Kyojin OVA (12/16)
Sword Art Online: Extra Edition (12/31)
To LOVE-Ru Darkness OVA (12/4)
Yozakura Quartet: Yoza-Quar! (12/18)
Zetsumetsu Kigu Shoujo: Amazing Twins (12/29)



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Thread Credits
Concept - HosannaExcelsis
Graphics - me
Continuing show Simulcast Schedule - Articalys
If Anything Goes Wrong Please Blame - 7th
Production Committee - AnimeGAF
 

jbug617

Banned
Continuing to watch:

Kuroko no Basket S2
Yowamushi Pedal
Ace no Diamond

Looking forward to checking out:

Silver Spoon S2
Space Dandy
Chuunibyo S2
Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha
Nisekoi
Seitokai Yakuindomo S2
Witch Craft Works
My Big Sister Arrived
Tonari no Seki-kun
 

jman2050

Member
Tonari no Seki-kun is intriguing, KLK and GT continuing, Shaft I swear if you screw up Tsugumi in any way we are done. DONE.

Oh right and K-On sucks.
 

BGBW

Maturity, bitches.
So do we continue the conversation we were just having in the last thread or do we wait for the first page of a new thread shenanigans to finish first?
 

Jarmel

Banned
So do we continue the conversation we were just having in the last thread or do we wait for the first page of a new thread shenanigans to finish first?

Might as well. I just don't see any value in a Whatever of the Year voting contest if it's just about popularity. In almost all of these types of things, the underlying aspect is quality and the evaluation of such. Like on Gaming side, GOTY looks to be TLOU despite GTAV being much more popular.
 

Branduil

Member
Might as well. I just don't see any value in a Whatever of the Year voting contest if it's just about popularity. In almost all of these types of things, the underlying aspect is quality and the evaluation of such. Like on Gaming side, GOTY looks to be TLOU despite GTAV being much more popular.

Gaming-side is a terrible role model to follow. Let's not forget one year resulted in MGS4 winning.
 

OceanBlue

Member
There are a lot of movies coming up that I'm excited for! Hunter x Hunter, Conan vs Lupin, IM@S, and Majocco. As for TV series, I'll probably give Space Dandy, Chooney, Inari, Magical Warfare, Hozuki no Retetsu, Noragami, Seitokai 2, and Sekai Serafuku. I haven't seen any PVs though so I'll probably change this up a bit.

lol
 
Might as well. I just don't see any value in a Whatever of the Year voting contest if it's just about popularity. In almost all of these types of things, the underlying aspect is quality and the evaluation of such. Like on Gaming side, GOTY looks to be TLOU despite GTAV being much more popular.

GOTY voting is a measure of what is most popular on GAF, just as AOTY voting is a measure of what is most popular on GAF. If you don't want that, then instead of opening up the voting to all of GAF, you should keep it closed to a small number of specially selected people who are knowledgeable and discerning enough to critically analyze what they watch. That's how real awards in art and entertainment work.
 

Jarmel

Banned
GOTY voting is a measure of what is most popular on GAF, just as AOTY voting is a measure of what is most popular on GAF. If you don't want that, then instead of opening up the voting to all of GAF, you should keep it closed to a small number of specially selected people who are knowledgeable and discerning enough to critically analyze what they watch. That's how real awards in art and entertainment work.

It's a measure of popularity as with all voting but it's also a critical analysis of what people in general think is the best game of the year. The problem is that this isn't an anime forum. If this was Animesuki, the format wouldn't matter at all. Here you have a large contingent of people that might watch one or two animes a year if that.
 

jman2050

Member
It won twice for that year. Don't forget the revote. You guys picked P&Sw/G in 2010 so it's not like your record is clean too.

But PSG was the best show of 2010 sooooo.

Honestly despite all the hand-wrangling and complaining I have no issues with how the AOTY votes went down the past three years. It's all generally pretty close anyway, even Madoka didn't run away with the 2011 vote as everyone expected it to.
 
GOTY voting is a measure of what is most popular on GAF, just as AOTY voting is a measure of what is most popular on GAF. If you don't want that, then instead of opening up the voting to all of GAF, you should keep it closed to a small number of specially selected people who are knowledgeable and discerning enough to critically analyze what they watch. That's how real awards in art and entertainment work.

I guess we should just leave it to the pros at ANN.
 

Branduil

Member
It's a measure of popularity as with all voting but it's also a critical analysis of what people in general think is the best game of the year. The problem is that this isn't an anime forum. If this was Animesuki, the format wouldn't matter at all. Here you have a large contingent of people that might watch one or two animes a year if that.

Let them eat cake.
We can always have our own real AnimeGAF awards later.
 
I do wonder what compels people to vote on "___ of the year" if they only have experience with 1 or 2 titles from the medium in that time frame.

If I've only seen Attack on Titan for example, then I can certainly answer the question "did you like Attack on Titan?" but I can't say much more than that.
 

Jarmel

Banned
So... it's a measure of popularity.

Popularity=/necessitate critical opinions. Which is the most popular game doesn't mean that people think it's the best game of the year. GTAV is a much more popular game but TLOU is probably going to win because more people think it's a better game.
 
Definitely looking forward to Seitokai Yakuindomo, Silver Spoon 2, Strange+, Chuunibyou, D-Frag!, Space Dandy, and Sailor Moon...whenever or whatever that is. Also I'll be continuing Golden Time, Kill la Kill, Super Sentai Flamenco, and Log Horizon.
 

BGBW

Maturity, bitches.
GOTY voting is a measure of what is most popular on GAF, just as AOTY voting is a measure of what is most popular on GAF. If you don't want that, then instead of opening up the voting to all of GAF, you should keep it closed to a small number of specially selected people who are knowledgeable and discerning enough to critically analyze what they watch. That's how real awards in art and entertainment work.
Can you imagine the backlash if we said one has to choose AotY from a preselected list of shows? I suppose the best thing to do is insist that one does write at least one thoughtful comment in their post for their vote to be counted. Maybe even say a minimum of two shows must be listed because at least then you can say they had to compare one show with at least one other show.

Honestly I don't even think AoT is going to be a big thing like people make it out to be. I'm sure a decent proportion of those who posted a lot in the AoT thread will not even post in the AotY thread.
 

Branduil

Member
Popularity=/necessitate critical opinions. Which is the most popular game doesn't mean that people think it's the best game of the year. GTAV is a much more popular game but TLOU is probably going to win because more people think it's a better game.

If TLOU wins, how is it not more popular?
 

kayos90

Tragic victim of fan death
Can you imagine the backlash if we said one has to choose AotY from a preselected list of shows? I suppose the best thing to do is insist that one does write at least one thoughtful comment in their post for their vote to be counted. Maybe even say a minimum of two shows must be listed because at least then you can say that had to compare one show with at least one other show.

Honestly I don't even think AoT is going to be a big thing like people make it out to be. I'm sure a decent proportion of those who posted a lot in the AoT thread will not even post in the AotY thread.

Eh.... I'll be sad no matter what wins this year.
 

Branduil

Member
Can you imagine the backlash if we said one has to choose AotY from a preselected list of shows? I suppose the best thing to do is insist that one does write at least one thoughtful comment in their post for their vote to be counted. Maybe even say a minimum of two shows must be listed because at least then you can say that had to compare one show with at least one other show.

Honestly I don't even think AoT is going to be a big thing like people make it out to be. I'm sure a decent proportion of those who posted a lot in the AoT thread will not even post in the AotY thread.

Minimum shows is probably a bad idea just because it will result in people listing random shows or shows they've heard of. Same reason making their votes count for less if they vote for less shows is a bad idea.
 

Gazoinks

Member
Continuing:
-Kill La Kill
-Log Horizon
-Samumenco

Will check:
-Space Dandy
-Wizard Barristers
-Pupipo
-Hoozuki
-Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha
-Nisekoi (Have to admit this wouldn't have pinged my radar at all if SHAFT wasn't attached)
-Nobunaga the Fool
-Nobunagun
-Sekai Seifuku ~ Bōryaku no Zvezda
-Tonari no Seki-kun

Not planning on sticking with all of these, but these're the ones that have me interested enough to at least sample.
 
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