Anime of Season
Well, another season has come.. and technically it came a while ago, but that's besides the point.

There's been a large push for sports anime recently. And I find it strange that Mr.Fullswing hasn't been animated. Granted, I haven't read it, so I'm not entirely sure if it's any good... but there seems to be a decent fanbase for it, so.. I'm wondering.

In light of this:
MAJOR - has come out a while ago. No Fansubbers that I'm aware. Watched the raw and can't say I was hooked. Seemed more child orientated than for the regular anime-downloader online. Pitched around baseball and the sort. Not my cup of tea.

BUZZER BEATER - Just came out. Another basketball anime like I'll or Slam Dunk. The difference here seems to be that it's set in the future and people play basketball across the universe. Haven't watched as of yet to know the quality of the animation. The Studio name is also unfamiliar to me. You can find the online comic at the link. Wondering if this one even made it to tankubon form, or if it's purely an online comic. Definetly a different approach to becoming an anime. Might be worth checking out.

Lime Iro Ryuukitan - Not even gonna bother linking this one. This.. was horrible, in my opinion. It was as if some teen male was given a shitload of money to make the anime of his dreams which consisted to be him, or a persona of himself, running around screaming his head off all-manly like only to finally reach his base where his 5 women are waiting for him, and have been fantasizing about him all this time. The first episode ends by him transforming, not with his own powers, but with the power of the girls' love, as their clothes go flying and their love transforms him into some super human fighter. Yea. View at your own discretion.

Starship Operators - I honestly, didn't give this one a chance. The quality of animation was enough to deter me. Their inability to add inbetweens in between their key frames made the animation horrible to watch. They literally slide or jumped into key frames. I couldn't bare watching it any longer. The story didn't seem to compelling either, although, again, I didn't give it a chance.. It seemed like another one of those males dominant over females animes, as such it is chucked from my line-up of what it watch. View at your own discretion.

BECK - I'll say right now that I think the manga is better. But the anime isn't all too bad itself. One of the perks of the anime is that you actually get to here the music and the songs really -do- grow on you. In particular I find Moon on the Water and Pretty Face rather nice. Anyways. It's about the formation of a band and their struggle to become acknowledge in the music world. And it really -is- a struggle, the manga going over 16 volumes now.

Bleach - If you haven't heard of BLEACH yet, then you must be living under a rock. Popular through the manga, the anime only helped the fanbase grow. In my opinion, however, the anime doesn't do the original work on the manga much justice. The animation quality is.. okay, however their change in style from Kubo Tites style wasn't something I was looking forward to. A perk in this anime, apart from others, is the fact that the mangaka actually VAs for one of the characters. Overall it's a good show, and I recommened it. You also won't be disappointed when looking for fics or fanart from the fanbase since it will no doubt grow close to comparison to Naruto with time. I do recommend reading the manga over the anime, however. But for a greater appreciation on the story, watching both will probably bring different aspects of the anime/manga to light that may not have been apparent without the other.

Jinki Extend - I watched the raw of this, and was pretty much impressed. I wasn't too sure what was going on, but I was impressed. The art, the story, and the animation were all decent. A fansub group has been slowly trucking their way with this one, although I haven't had a chance to check out their work. Over all premise seems to be there's these monsters, and a mecha.. to which this one girl gets kidnapped and then suddently hides in the mecha. They fight, they win. Then.. it seems to flash back to the opening of the episode and that same girl [?] is piloting the mecha on her own and fighting something else. Yea, I had no idea what was going on ^ ^. But it's got my attention, so should it be worth while you'll no doubt hear about it again here.

Gankutsuou - By Asashi TV, it's understandable that there are some HEAVY implications in this series between a number of the male characters. Based on the book Count de Monte Cristo, it focuses around Albert and his relationship with the Count. Can't say I've kept up with this one, but Andeburu assures me it is most entertaining. The style might throw you off at first, with their blaring colour schemes, and the most noteable: the complex array of interwoven patterns to make up the basis and colours of the characters, but the animation quality is good along with the storyboarding and scene composition. Much like PMK, Gankutsuou is not lacking in its financial and quality support in its production. Well worth checking out, more so if you're a fan of the book or a fan of shounen-ai.

There were a few more animes this season, a number of them not up my alley [Moon Phase, Mai Hime, Fantastic Children] as well as some other ones worth mentioning [the remake of Ah! My Goddess, Soukyuu no Fafner, Gunbuster 2 etc etc..], however I need to get on to some work for the day.

-Sef