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Are seeing this season's FAL as being pretty tough to select a team? I think the only series I'm sold on is Owari no Seraph, lol. I have absolutely no idea what to do with High School DxD BorN and Oregairu 2. I think if I picked one, I'd lean toward HS DxD, but who knows how many of those PTWers are actually going to watch it. i was hoping it would be banned, so I wouldn't have to worry about it, lol. We have a Kyoto Animation series with low PTWs, a Suzumiya spin-off with high PTW numbers. Then a plethora of in between series. This one is going to take a lot of thinking upon it seems.

A few more thoughts and responses...

Grisaia - True, though dmmd was BL, and as a result, much more niche. I might also add that the Fate series is an eroge VN adaption. As is the ef series (though it isn't quite as popular). So, it isn't impossible for them to be big hits. I'm still leaning away from its inclusion in my team though.

Ookami reminds me of Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun from the Fall 2012 season. It was under the radar as well (chosen by only 45 teams, 22%), but it finished as the #1 anime of the season. I think Ookami will be on less than 22% of teams, but it may have an outside shot at being a top 7 anime. Shoujo series can be tricky it seems. Now, if I considered this a potential 2x points anime, I'd definitely go for it. I think it is going to be on more than 3% of teams though. Maybe I'm wrong there.

As for Ronja, I didn't notice it was going to be CGI, so thanks for that. Though, Sidonia no Kishi finished 16th, had an 8+ score and didn't have Ghibli/Miyazaki attached to its name. I wouldn't count it out completely, though I'm leaning away from it as well because it is riskier. Again, don't think this one will be in 2x points because of the Ghibli/Miyazaki connection.

Is Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso's connection to Nodame Cantabile a bad thing though? NC is a top 100 ranked anime and top 250 in popularity. Plus, the High School setting will help its popularity on MAL more than an adult/college/etc setting.

Donten also doesn't have an air date yet, it seems. I learned my lesson with Pupa in that regard.

Akatsuki no Yona is the interesting one for me. With its September 28th release of the first two episodes. One of only three from my initial relevant anime list that start before the 5th (Terra Formars and Amagi Brilliant Park being the other two). Could give an early boost, but unfortunately, due to its early date, I doubt it can touch 2x point territory. Could be worth an early start and swap strategy if there is an extra spot on the team. Too bad, there are more than 7 anime I'd like on my team.

Trinity Seven is indeed interesting. Though Kirito's voice did SAO = Huge Success, then Arata Kangatari = Trash FAL Relevance, then NGNL = Huge Success, now Trinity Seven = Trash FAL Relevance? Maybe not, but it at least shows that he can't carry an anime alone. Plus, I can't remember a heavy Harem finishing FAL relevant since I've been doing this (start of 2012). The best I can remember was NouCome finishing 9th in the Fall 2013 season.

Denki Gai no Honya san's early start date makes it an interesting choice, though the PTW numbers are pretty low. I'm going to keep an eye on those over the next 10 days to see if any of them move up significantly as the season approaches.

I have been doing some research here and there on the upcoming FAL season already, but now that has been officially announced, I started going hard. Here is what I am thinking so far...

These are the ones I think are more "obvious" than others and will be popular choices...


These are the ones that I am thinking have the best chance of rounding out my team along with the aforementioned four...


These are the others that I have had extended thought about. They are more iffy, but could produce some surprise successes...

Yeah, I doubt Terra Formars is going to be blacklisted, though the others sound like a good bet.

So, DRAMAtical Murder did turn out to be too niche it seems. I'd be swapping it out with Zankyou no Terror immediately. Also, would be using my next swap to get Ao Haru Ride out and put Aldnoah.Zero in.

I like the team I chose, but I needed to start them differently for sure. Aldnoah.Zero starting in Ao Haru Ride's place. Then an early switch Zankyou no Terror for DRAMAtical Murder. That would have been optimal for my team it seems. Since Ao Haru Ride started the second week (Monday) as did Zankyou no Terror (Thursday)

Found a club that keeps up with a series' MAL score progression throughout the airing season. He tracks each week. I thought it was pretty cool and could be useful for FAL preparations and score monitoring.

http://myanimelist.net/clubs.php?cid=59197

Starting to get some start dates, eh? Nice! Right now, I'm looking like this...

Akame ga Kill
Ao Haru Ride
Tokyo Ghoul
Glasslip
DRAMAtical Murder

Zankyou no Terror
Aldnoah.Zero

Decided to go with Alsnoah.Zero over Black Butler/Tokyo ESP for now. It could change. I think BB would be banned, but even if it wasn't, the PTW numbers aren't high enough as a sequel to make me comfortable picking it.

Barakamon seems to be a first week series too, btw.

Yeah, I know it. It was between that and Glasslip for me to drop out for Akame ga Kill. I couldn't go against the PA Works original due to the success of Nagi no Asukara (6th). I have quite a bit of personal interest in Aldnoah.Zero that may be effecting my take on it. Hopefully, once we get some air dates, it'll help ease of few decisions.

Indeed, that does change some things. I'm going to replace Aldoah.Zero with AgK.

Akame ga Kill
Ao Haru Ride
Black Butler: Book of Circus / Tokyo ESP (if BB was banned)
Zankyou no Terror
Glasslip
DRAMAtical Murder
Tokyo Ghoul

Yup.

Yeah, I think that is a good idea too. I figured Mushishi's second season would have more viewers as well. Here is my updated team...

Aldnoah. Zero
Ao Haru Ride
Black Butler: Book of Circus / or Tokyo ESP if BB was banned
Zankyou no Terror
Glasslip
DRAMAtical Murder
Tokyo Ghoul

Nice! Here is what I'm thinking right now...

Aldnoah. Zero
Ao Haru Ride
Black Butler: Book of Circus
Zankyou no Terror
Glasslip
Space Dandy 2
Tokyo Ghoul

That last spot was tough between Tokyo Kushu and Tokyo ESP. For now, I'm going Tokyo Kushu. It may change though. Like you said though, air dates are a game changer, so things may shake up a bit. I also kind of wanted to include the Ghibli series, but Miyazaki's son doesn't have the same type of reputation as his dad, so I held off.