The best anime of summer season is:
| I am going with Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun. This show is very funny and the characters are great! Funniest anime I have seen in a while. I agree with the Glasslip hate. The art is very beautiful but the story is confusing. It has been 11 episodes and I still don't know what the hell is going on. |
PoeticJustice said: nigga i am black, do you think my ass would fit in? "Oh look it is negro kun." Hell no. |
orchidork said: is glasslip a hit or flop though? cuz while i hate the show like the majority of the people who are watching it on mal, there are people on other sites who actually enjoy it It's ranked 49th on the Anikore (Japanese MAL-like site) summer seasons list and has a rating of 3.1/5 It's liked by people on streaming/social network sites because it has pretty animation, romance and "feelz" Manumento said: Any person with an average intelligence or above can easily say that Zankyou is bullshit and extremely pretentious I wouldn't consider myself really intelligent, but you clearly don't see the point in ZnT. I never thought it was trying to be deep/complex. Instead it's a stylish, action-packed thriller with fancy graphics and a nice OST. |
| I voted JoJo's, but I can't argue with Zankyou no Terror. This is the "real" new Shinichiro Watanabe series, not Space Dandy which is a disappointment imo. |
| Barakamon. Zankyou no Terror is the worst show with "no" in the middle of its title since Kino no Tabi. |
LoneWolf said: @Josh makes me sad to call myself Canadian. |
mayukachan said: Manumento said: Any person with an average intelligence or above can easily say that Zankyou is bullshit and extremely pretentious I wouldn't consider myself really intelligent And let's stop right here. |
Manumento said: mayukachan said: I wouldn't consider myself really intelligent And let's stop right here. That was mean, man |
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Manumento said: mayukachan said: I wouldn't consider myself really intelligent And let's stop right here. Are you saying I'm a baka |
| I was gonna vote Zankyou no Terror but its fallen quite a bit since the first few episodes. Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun gets my vote. |
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mayukachan said: Manumento said: And let's stop right here. Are you saying I'm a baka Didn't you say so yourself |
Manumento said: mayukachan said: Are you saying I'm a baka Didn't you say so yourself No. I said I'm not that intelligent but I'm definitely not below average. |
mayukachan said: Manumento said: Didn't you say so yourself No. I said I'm not that intelligent but I'm definitely not below average. Well then how did you assume that I am saying you are baka? Anyways. Zankyou is terrible and doesn't deserve the number one spot, which should go either to Barakamon or Hanamonogatari. |
Josh- said: Barakamon. Zankyou no Terror is the worst show with "no" in the middle of its title since Kino no Tabi. I really don't understand your taste in anime. Usually, there is some sort of pattern, and you can predict more or less what people are going to like or not. But it doesn't work for you. |
mayukachan said: orchidork said: is glasslip a hit or flop though? cuz while i hate the show like the majority of the people who are watching it on mal, there are people on other sites who actually enjoy it It's ranked 49th on the Anikore (Japanese MAL-like site) summer seasons list and has a rating of 3.1/5 It's liked by people on streaming/social network sites because it has pretty animation, romance and "feelz" Manumento said: Any person with an average intelligence or above can easily say that Zankyou is bullshit and extremely pretentious I wouldn't consider myself really intelligent, but you clearly don't see the point in ZnT. I never thought it was trying to be deep/complex. Instead it's a stylish, action-packed thriller with fancy graphics and a nice OST. Well, it also is about criticism of the japanese educational system and similar themes. Basically a more thriller-ish and less stylized take on the same themes Mawaru Penguindrum focused on. Education system, abandoned children of society, coming-of-age, parenting etc... With the added twist of terrorism and the riddles/oedipus theme that lies beyond it all (the abandoned children attacking society as a figurative father figure etc..). What makes it good and not pretentious that you can also just enjoy it as a terrorism thriller, but the cinematography and script make further interpretation worthwhile as well. It's not like all it does throw pretentious stuff out there that we need to interpret, you can watch it completely superficially and still enjoy it. The cinematography/directing is the best thing about it. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| ^ Pretty much my thoughts. :P And hey, I guess I'm not the only one who got strong Penguindrum vibes off of it. Manumento said: Well then how did you assume that I am saying you are baka? Anyways. Zankyou is terrible and doesn't deserve the number one spot, which should go either to Barakamon or Hanamonogatari. Aiya. Learn to tell when I'm kidding T_T Anyways, I think Zankyou does well for what it tries to be. You guys criticize it way too much. I would not consider it my AOTS anymore as there are more well rounded shows out there. Barakamon definitely is better and I won't say anything about Hanamonogatari because I'm biased against SHAFT's stuff. |
SetsukoHara said: Josh- said: Barakamon. Zankyou no Terror is the worst show with "no" in the middle of its title since Kino no Tabi. I really don't understand your taste in anime. Usually, there is some sort of pattern, and you can predict more or less what people are going to like or not. But it doesn't work for you. Saying that Kino no Tabi is bad is like automatically having a godlike level of shit taste lol |
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| Yeah Zankyou is a good terrorism show with no terrorism in it. Yeah right. It's not surprising that a lot of people praise this "holy grail" of the year then. It is stupid, it is extremely pretentious. All characters are plot devices. Writing is abysmal, and the plot is stupid. Logical flaws everywhere. As a thriller it is severely lacking, and since it is solely based on that there's nothing else to enjoy in this show. Soundtrack is the only good thing. |
Danpmss said: SetsukoHara said: I really don't understand your taste in anime. Usually, there is some sort of pattern, and you can predict more or less what people are going to like or not. But it doesn't work for you. Saying that Kino no Tabi is bad is like automatically having a godlike level of shit taste lol I would agree but then again Tatami Galaxy in the favorites = automatically good taste. I hate it when I can't judge people's taste on a glance :( |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
Manumento said: Yeah Zankyou is a good terrorism show with no terrorism in it. Yeah right. It's not surprising that a lot of people praise this "holy grail" of the year then. It is stupid, it is extremely pretentious. All characters are plot devices. Writing is abysmal, and the plot is stupid. Logical flaws everywhere. As a thriller it is severely lacking, and since it is solely based on that there's nothing else to enjoy in this show. Soundtrack is the only good thing. Scene composition alone makes it something worth watching, especially paired with the OST. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
Higashi_no_Kaze said: Danpmss said: Saying that Kino no Tabi is bad is like automatically having a godlike level of shit taste lol I would agree but then again Tatami Galaxy in the favorites = automatically good taste. I hate it when I can't judge people's taste on a glance :( You said it all :/ |
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mayukachan said: It's ranked 49th on the Anikore (Japanese MAL-like site) summer seasons list and has a rating of 3.1/5 It's liked by people on streaming/social network sites because it has pretty animation, romance and "feelz" the romance is mediocre though so i don't see what's likeable about that. only yukinari and yanagi's "romance" is somewhat entertaining. to each his/ her own i guess Manumento said: Any person with an average intelligence or above can easily say that Zankyou is bullshit and extremely pretentious *insults other people's intelligence because their tastes don't match his* you don't have any creditability if you can't back up your statements. "terror in resonance iz stoopid cuz i say soo" |
Higashi_no_Kaze said: It certainly shows Watanabe's skills as a director, the show is very well directed, probably one of the better directed shows I've seen in a while, but I think the writing since episode 5 has dragged the show down. Good directing and OST can only carry a show so far, its kind of disappointing, if the writing was good I think the show could easily break the top 50, possibly top 30.Manumento said: Yeah Zankyou is a good terrorism show with no terrorism in it. Yeah right. It's not surprising that a lot of people praise this "holy grail" of the year then. It is stupid, it is extremely pretentious. All characters are plot devices. Writing is abysmal, and the plot is stupid. Logical flaws everywhere. As a thriller it is severely lacking, and since it is solely based on that there's nothing else to enjoy in this show. Soundtrack is the only good thing. Scene composition alone makes it something worth watching, especially paired with the OST. |
orchidork said: Manumento said: Any person with an average intelligence or above can easily say that Zankyou is bullshit and extremely pretentious *insults other people's intelligence because their tastes don't match his* you don't have any creditability if you can't back up your statements. "terror in resonance iz stoopid cuz i say soo" Tastes? Ha. Would you like me to start? The plot is basically a whole bunch of overblown mess. It's just bombing for the sake of bombing. Absolutely no depth as into why they would choose this way to express their problems. Writing is abysmal. Girl not only survives a 4th floor jump, but comes away unharmed? 2 teenagers ram a fucking truck inside of a mass security nuclear facility where they make atomic bomb prototypes and they steal it and get away with it? And you expect me to think this is an intelligent anime that tries to show us a serious story? (this is all 1st episode btw, I guess the airport chess was very gud also) Characters are one dimensional and plot devices. They ditch the only slightly reasonable character in Shibazaki ( to the side plot) to focus its plot on this generic one dimensional villain with no inspiration whatsoever. No character development exists, apart from Lisa's whining and poorly executed 12's change of heart. (because the plot demands it!) Also, it's genre is thriller, but all of it comes from information waiting to be revealed that the characters already know. That's not thrilling, that's just fucking frustrating to watch. The storytelling feels so artificial that it's impossible to get attached to it, as everything comes down to plot conveniences. It only catches a glimpse of thrillness now that but the anime is almost over and I see no reason why I should believe that it's going to end well when I've been exposed to so much bullshit already. It's like psycho-pass, you just dig in deeper and everything falls apart. Except that P-P had a unique setting and a few interesting concepts to work with, so even that is better than Zankyou. Of course I wouldn't expect everyone to notice that this anime is extremely pretentious (trying to be a logical thriller and fails at every aspect of it) but yeah you can atleast try before fanriding on the bandwagon. Yeah, the soundtrack's the best of the year though. But you might as well just download or buy the OST and don't watch this abomination at all. Anything else? Oh yeah, this show has no terrorism at all btw. If you have any questions please ask, I can gladly spend my time trying to help. |
Manumento said: orchidork said: *insults other people's intelligence because their tastes don't match his* you don't have any creditability if you can't back up your statements. "terror in resonance iz stoopid cuz i say soo" Tastes? Ha. Would you like me to start? The plot is basically a whole bunch of overblown mess. It's just bombing for the sake of bombing. Absolutely no depth as into why they would choose this way to express their problems. Writing is abysmal. Girl not only survives a 4th floor jump, but comes away unharmed? 2 teenagers ram a fucking truck inside of a mass security nuclear facility where they make atomic bomb prototypes and they steal it and get away with it? And you expect me to think this is an intelligent anime that tries to show us a serious story? (this is all 1st episode btw, I guess the airport chess was very gud also) Characters are one dimensional and plot devices. They ditch the only slightly reasonable character in Shibazaki ( to the side plot) to focus its plot on this generic one dimensional villain with no inspiration whatsoever. No character development exists, apart from Lisa's whining and poorly executed 12's change of heart. (because the plot demands it!) Also, it's genre is thriller, but all of it comes from information waiting to be revealed that the characters already know. That's not thrilling, that's just fucking frustrating to watch. The storytelling feels so artificial that it's impossible to get attached to it, as everything comes down to plot conveniences. It only catches a glimpse of thrillness now that but the anime is almost over and I see no reason why I should believe that it's going to end well when I've been exposed to so much bullshit already. It's like psycho-pass, you just dig in deeper and everything falls apart. Except that P-P had a unique setting and a few interesting concepts to work with, so even that is better than Zankyou. Of course I wouldn't expect everyone to notice that this anime is extremely pretentious (trying to be a logical thriller and fails at every aspect of it) but yeah you can atleast try before fanriding on the bandwagon. Yeah, the soundtrack's the best of the year though. But you might as well just download or buy the OST and don't watch this abomination at all. Anything else? Oh yeah, this show has no terrorism at all btw. If you have any questions please ask, I can gladly spend my time trying to help. Lol, what are you saying, Psycho Pass was great :v People were like that because of the whole freaking distopia happening (and psychological instabilit is basically the main theme, so, the more you dig, the more this fact became obvious). |
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Danpmss said: Lol, what are you saying, Psycho Pass was great :v People were like that because of the whole freaking distopia happening (and psychological instabilit is basically the main theme, so, the more you dig, the more this fact became obvious). If you think P-P is great then there's nothing to discuss here. Also what dystopia? The Athena plan? The approach to that was so bullshit it gave me cancer. There's no psychological instability as a main theme. It feels very fake and poorly executed. " Let's play a game of riddles with bombings and hope someone will come to solve our problems guys" - The Anime |
Manumento said: Danpmss said: Lol, what are you saying, Psycho Pass was great :v People were like that because of the whole freaking distopia happening (and psychological instabilit is basically the main theme, so, the more you dig, the more this fact became obvious). If you think P-P is great then there's nothing to discuss here. Also what dystopia? The Athena plan? The approach to that was so bullshit it gave me cancer. Let's play a game of riddles with bombings and hope someone will come to solve our problems guys!!!!!! ~ THE ANIME Sybil System is a Distopia per se. Do you even know what a distopia is? lol |
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Feaor said: Higashi_no_Kaze said: It certainly shows Watanabe's skills as a director, the show is very well directed, probably one of the better directed shows I've seen in a while, but I think the writing since episode 5 has dragged the show down. Good directing and OST can only carry a show so far, its kind of disappointing, if the writing was good I think the show could easily break the top 50, possibly top 30.Scene composition alone makes it something worth watching, especially paired with the OST. I don't disagree, but I think people treat it way too harshly still. I've definitely lowered my expectations and from being my clear favorite of the season during the first 1-3 episodes it has now fallen a few ranks, but it's still fairly interesting and it depends on how the ending ties everything together to judge if there was a point to say Lisa or Five for example. I don't think it's the kind of show where you can really judge the writing before the conclusion has aired and everyone has played his/her role. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Man, people always make these threads before teh season is over.. what's so bad about waiting until the 1st or 2nd week of Fall season and then post this thread? Welp it looks like Terror in Resonance, Barakamon, Gekkan Shoujo , and Akame ga Kill are the front-runners. Wow I'm surprised that GS gets that many votes! I dropped it a few episodes into the season, not because it was bad, but i needed to clean out a number of shows I was watching because I was watching too many at the same time in the first stages of the summer season. Its funny when these polls come out, its usually the case I'm not watching anywhere near all of the options listed on the poll. So all I can really do is vote on the shows I'm actually watching and say "this is the best show from the ones I'm actually keeping track of" and not "this is the best show of Sumer Season" I put Barakamon, even though I'm 2 episodes behind.. |
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midnightblade said: Man, people always make these threads before teh season is over.. what's so bad about waiting until the 1st or 2nd week of Fall season and then post this thread? Read the first post xD |
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sullynathan said: Please use the English names instead of the Japanese names. The Only decent show this summer was terror in resonance. Or put both. I like knowing my names in Japanese. |
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| Where my Precure homies at? |
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Xari said: sullynathan said: Please use the English names instead of the Japanese names. The Only decent show this summer was terror in resonance. Or put both. I like knowing my names in Japanese. I let the entries as they were written here on MAL. The anime you guys are watching is already on your list, I suppose, so there's no reason for me to write down their respective names in english here :/ |
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| "The only decent show" wow you guys sure are open minded and objective wow |
mayukachan said: "The only decent show" wow you guys sure are open minded and objective wow This season wasn't even that weak (we had 6 or 7 awesome titles). |
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orchidork said: the romance is mediocre though so i don't see what's likeable about that. only yukinari and yanagi's "romance" is somewhat entertaining. to each his/ her own i guess lol i agree. it's sad that even the main couple (touko and david) are bland as hell. should've just focused on yukinari and yanagi and it would have been decent. i'm just saying, casual anime watchers think that anything with teenage romance is good. Danpmss said: This season wasn't even that weak (we had 6 or 7 awesome titles). exactly. i have 9 summer shows at a 7+ right now. pretty great season, ever since fall 2012. |
| Hanamonogatari. Rest are varying degrees of bleh to decent. |
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Fatma94 said: Haikyuu ( Spring + Summer ) Free! Eternal Summer/ Love Stage!! / Barakamon ( Summer ) Good taste right there. |
| From the poll, i choose you Ao Haru Ride. <3 |
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mayukachan said: orchidork said: the romance is mediocre though so i don't see what's likeable about that. only yukinari and yanagi's "romance" is somewhat entertaining. to each his/ her own i guess lol i agree. it's sad that even the main couple (touko and david) are bland as hell. should've just focused on yukinari and yanagi and it would have been decent. i'm just saying, casual anime watchers think that anything with teenage romance is good. Danpmss said: This season wasn't even that weak (we had 6 or 7 awesome titles). exactly. i have 9 summer shows at a 7+ right now. pretty great season, ever since fall 2012. To be honest, Yuki and Yana's romance is boring to me. None of the couples interest me. It's sad because I love romance anime :( I really like this season! I think summer was the strongest season this year (so far). The weakest was winter. |
PoeticJustice said: nigga i am black, do you think my ass would fit in? "Oh look it is negro kun." Hell no. |
waterfallsxo said: To be honest, Yuki and Yana's romance is boring to me. None of the couples interest me. It's sad because I love romance anime :( They're just not elaborated well enough, but yes, none of the couples really are good. |
mayukachan said: waterfallsxo said: To be honest, Yuki and Yana's romance is boring to me. None of the couples interest me. It's sad because I love romance anime :( They're just not elaborated well enough, but yes, none of the couples really are good. C'mon guys, SakuraxNozaki and PolnareffxAlvdol are OTP |
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| Im happy to see Zankyou no terror has the most votes, I think it's animation, ost, characters, and plot all contribute to it's big success! |
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| In my opinion these are the only anime that worth watching in summer. Most of the others are crap and deserve 5/10 or lower than that Akame ga Kill! Aldnoah.Zero Fate/kaleid liner Prisma☆Illya 2wei! Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus Love Stage!! Momo Kyun Sword RAIL WARS! Seirei Tsukai no Kenbu: Blade Dance Sword Art Online II Tokyo ESP Tokyo Ghoul Zankyou no Terror (it is overrated but still worth watching) Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Himegoto JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Sailor Moon Crystal (this is not on list for some reason) Hunter x Hunter 2011 (not on the list) |
thepathSep 16, 2014 11:45 PM
| Of what I'm watching... 1. Zankyou no Terror - Dark, gritty, mysterious and compelling. It's Watanabe being Watanabe and making some high quality stuff. 2. Ao Haru Ride - I REALLY love this series and especially more after it's EXTREMELY awesome episode 11 just recently. It's probably the only anime episode to make me tear up so far this year. 3. Aldnoah.Zero - I find this series really fascinating...even though I'll admit it's MC is rather weak (well, strong...but weak in development). 4. Tokyo Ghoul - Surprise of the season...I didn't expect this anime to be "this" good. Nice to finally have an MC that ISN'T overpowering despite having specific circumstances surrounding him. I'm guessing he might eventually though (we'll see). 5. Sword Art Online 2 - I thought it would be crap, but so far it's actually been pretty decent. Other than that, I haven't really seen anything worth writing home about. |
| Barakamon. Easi(l)ly. ZnT was fine until ep5. Then the plot took a nosedive in my eyes. |
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| SAO2 for me. Just started Barakamon, seems pretty good. ZnT in first place? pffffff.... |
thepath said: In my opinion these are the only anime that worth watching in summer. Most of the others are crap and deserve 5/10 or lower than that Akame ga Kill! Aldnoah.Zero Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus Love Stage!! Sword Art Online II Tokyo Ghoul Zankyou no Terror (it is overrated but still worth watching) Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei Himegoto JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders Sailor Moon Crystal (this is not on list for some reason) Hunter x Hunter 2011 (not on the list) Fixed. Also: Sailor Moon Crystal is an ONA/OVA series and if Hunter x Hunter was to be in this list, so should it be Naruto, One Piece and other long-running series, read the OP. |
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| Akame ga Kill's writing is on par with fanfiction. |
| Voted for Mahouka. Haven't watched even half of them but from the ones I've watched Mahouka has been giving me far more enjoyment. AgK expected to be better, the manga is a 8-9/10 the anime is a 6-7/10. Tokyo Ghoul, although I really enjoyed the anime, it was mostly for the story since it was unique and the scenes were pretty well made, however anyone even those who haven't read the manga, can notice that they skipped a shitload of chapters and were clearly rushing things, give it a 7-8/10. Mahouka although many people disagree, I completely enjoyed the magic system, I enjoyed the op MC and enjoy the show altogether, it has its flaws, it was boring at times but most of the time it was really interesting, especially after episode 24 where OP gets a power boost. Give it a 8/10 |
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| It's an incredibly tough call for me, but I chose Aldnoah.Zero over Zankyou no Terror. Aldnoah gets my vote because, prior to watching it, I hated mech series, with the exception of Eva (mech ish) and Gurren Lagann (which is way too over the top to be a normal mech series), but now, I'm gonna be seriously considering checking out other mech series, all because of Aldnoah, so it gets my vote. |
| Time waits for no one... DrunkenBlowfish said: Ho-oh, I'd imagine its like a Skittles flavored turkey. |
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