2013年 冬アニメ

Yes, I was kindly reminded of the start of the winter season when I finally finished the round of 3-episode for the fall season three weeks ago...

Pre-air impressions based on the intro PV on Niconico. Beware of extremely long post.

まおゆう魔王勇者
- only read the first parts of the original 2ch novel, but it's quite interesting
- a bit unsure about the studio... hopefully it'll be fine
- nice seiyuu cast, especially Lelouch x Kallen the two leads
= Watching

ラブライブ！
- I don't do idol shows, especially this kind
= Not watching

ささみさん@がんばらない
- story, characters, seiyuu cast, 微妙すぎ…
= Might not watch...?

ビビッドレッド・オペレーション
- reminds me of Strike Witch, even though I've never watched that
= Not watching

THE UNLIMITED -兵部京介- 絶対可憐チルドレン
- appears to be an original spin-off of Zettai Karen Children (never watched)
- war-themed?
- not bad seiyuu cast
= Might trial watch

琴浦さん
- ESP-themed daily type?
- visuals kinda childish...
- all right seiyuu cast
= Might trial watch

たまこまーけっと
- Kyoto Animation!
- but this one looks to be moe-type and all new female lead seiyuu
= Probably not watching

俺の彼女と幼なじみが修羅場すぎる
- wasn't too interested in the original novel, but the anime might be interesting
- average and passable visuals
- not bad seiyuu cast
= Probably watching

問題児たちが異世界から来るそうですよ?
- wasn't too interested in the original novel but willing to give the anime a try...
- only because of the lead male seiyuu
= Might trial watch

八犬伝―東方八犬異聞―
- always interested in Hakkenden-themed stuff (even though I've never read it...)
- music by Kuroishi Hitomi!
- heavy seiyuu cast
= Watching

GJ部
- no idea what the story is about
- nice character designs and visuals
- all right seiyuu cast...?
= Probably watching

幕末義人伝 浪漫
- feudal Japan Lupin? (never watched Lupin though...)
- older styled visuals with jazz-type song?
- nice seiyuu cast
= Watching

キューティクル探偵因幡
- UNGO-like detective stuff?
- OP by Suwabe and ED by Ookawa?! This must be a first for them. XD
- nice seiyuu cast
= Watching

AMNESIA
- adapted from some otome game
- OP by Yanagi Nagi
- nice seiyuu cast
= Watching

閃乱カグラ
- I don't do oppai shows
= Not watching

僕は友達が少ないNEXT
- 2nd season of a relatively interesting harem show
= Watching

みなみけ ただいま
- 4th season of an average daily-type show
= Probably grabbing but not watching yet

AKB0048 next stage
- despite the great stuff, I'm still boycotting AKB48
= Not watching

生徒会の一存 Lv.2
- never touched this series
= Not watching

ぷちます！-PETIT IDOLM@STER-
- looks interesting, but I don't do IDOLM@
= Not watching

戦勇。
- 5-min anime adaptation of a Niconico manga
- OP and ED by JAM Project!
- heavy seiyuu cast
= Watching

＜――no PV available for the rest, just one image & staff/cast info――＞

ちはやふる２
- 2nd season of a great youthful karuta show
= Watching

D.C.III ～ダ・カーポIII～
- never touched this series
= Not watching

ヘタリア The Beautiful World
- never touched this series
= Not watching

gdgd妖精s
- didn't watch the 1st season
= Not watching

ヤマノススメ
- 5-min shorts about some mountain climbing?
= Might trial watch

まんがーる！
- 5-min shorts about something, but don't care about the seiyuu cast
= Probably not watching

あいまいみー
- 5-min shorts about something
= Not watching

僕の妹は「大阪おかん」
- 5-min shorts about Osaka?
= Probably watching

石田とあさくら
- 2-min shorts about something
= Not watching

地獄ようちえん
- 1-min(??!!) shorts
= Not watching

ビーストサーガ
- I don't do kid's monster mecha show
= Not watching

ドキドキ！プリキュア
- I don't do Precure series
= Not watching

Summary (total 33)
Watching: 11
Undecided: 4
Not watching: 18

Oooh! Will you look at that! There are actually more shows I'm not watching than the ones I'm planning to watch, for once! Of the 11 that I'm planning to watch, two are 5-min shorts, so it's really just 9 shows. Well, maybe another few from the undecided 4.

The winter season seems to be leaning on the bimyou side in general. The only shows that popped up at me are Maouyuu and Chiyahafuru 2.

But this is just as well, since I can then spend more time playing games than watching anime! :D
Never mind that there will also be a few year-long series ending in the same season!

Now I don't feel such an urge to finish the fall season anime... XD

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Since I've been doing the preview/review for the seasonal anime in a more regular manner, I've decided to put these under another tag "Shikimonogatari" (四季物語). This will also make it easier for myself to find past preview/review for a particular season.

I thought about using "3-liners" (三言兩語), but not all the comments are 3 lines, especially when I first started this.

I'm creating more and more tags...