Comments on: Hey there Delilah, what’s worth watching?

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 02:15:57 +0000

I am currently only watching KimiKiss. So far, it’s great.

By: anon

anon — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:23:36 +0000

Kaiji.

By: Martin

Martin — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:10:11 +0000

I’ll jump in here again with another recommendation that will I’m sure be more up your street: Kaiji. It’s hard-boiled, darkly funny, has a rough and un-cute approach to the art, story and and character designs…it’s everything the rest of the season isn’t. Great stuff. I think you’d enjoy it.

By: qwertypoiuy

qwertypoiuy — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:39:55 +0000

@ Protodude
HxH anime is better than the manga until green island

By: Equitan

Equitan — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 23:37:26 +0000

Hey, you not tried Dennou Coil yet? I was amassing episodes and finally began watching it last weekend. I think you might like it. It’s a really creative and interesting series. Episode four featured the best little “battle” I’ve seen in anime for a long while, and Madhouse’s animation is great too. Not to mention DC plays it straight without none of the annoying clichÃ©s that so often pop up in series. I’m really enjoying it and think it’s worth you taking a look if you haven’t already.

By: JKTrix

JKTrix — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:08:05 +0000

Ok, I have a couple of suggestions.

Moyashimon doesn’t appear to be subtitled yet, but when I watched the raw of it (with very little japanese knowledge) it was still highly entertaining. Had a bit of a Mushishi vibe to it. I really would love to see this translated.

Kaiji so far seems quite interesting. I was put off by the strange art style, but when watching the first episode I was engaged the entire way. I can’t quite put my finger on it yet, but it managed to hold my undivided attention all the way through.

I suppose I should say that I’m generally not a fan of ‘moe’ shows, so I’m usually repelled by things like Clannad.

That said, I also enjoyed Minami-ke quite a bit. At first glance it had the sort of ‘moe’ stuff that I avoid, but when watching it I found myself often amused. I prefer the humour in this than the type of humour Hayate no Gotoku or Lucky Star offered (Neither of which I followed for very long).

So far: Kaiji, Minami-ke and Moyashimon are the 3 shows I’ve seen that I’m the most excited about. I’ve looked at several others including Gundam, You’re Under Arrest and Da Capo, but the 3 I listed so far have something extra that just clicked with me. However, nothing so far has impressed me as much as the first episodes of Seirei no Moribito and Denno Coil in April yet. Then again, Gurren-Lagann’s first episode wasn’t super impressive to me either. Looking forward to watching Ghost Hound.

By: dengar

dengar — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 23:22:19 +0000

I’m equally disappointed. The only show I plan on watching thus far is Genshiken Season 2. Maybe i’ll have to rewatch the first episode of Clannad, but the first time I tried to get through it I didn’t even manage to get past the first 10 minutes.

By: bateszi

bateszi — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:58:05 +0000

No, you don’t have to be careful – it was really nice to read your comments about my blog and I appreciated your honesty. After all, it’s your fault I ended up checking out Mononoke

By: Kim

Kim — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 20:37:37 +0000

This teaches me that I probably should be more careful what I post on that journal because I don’t know who is reading it.

And I am happy you blog at all so don’t worry about updating more frequently (despite what I said in my journal I do understand people have lives besides blogging and anime.) I really like reading your thoughts so I will definitely keep reading.

By: bateszi

bateszi — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 19:50:26 +0000

I wish I could respond to each of these comments individually, but there are so many that it’d take a good hour or so. Basically, what I’ve inferred from everyone’s opinions is that I probably won’t like CLANNAD (you guys know me too well!), but Kimikiss could be a winner. I was totally in love with Honey & Clover and that the same team are working on Kimikiss is just… brilliant! I’ll definitely check it out. Thanks for your advice, everyone, I’ll keep it all in mind for the future!

@Kim: Thanks for the nice comments on your Live Journal. I would have replied there but comments are restricted to LJ members; anyway, I wish I could update a little more but my energy is diverted in so many different directions. Sometimes I just want to jack it all in and write on my blog exclusively, but then I realize that’s pretty crazy! Anyway, I hope you keep reading (despite my lack of daily updates!).