Comments on: thin slicing the new season, summer 2009 edition

By: Hao

Hao — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 06:43:04 +0000

[quote](Mitigating factor: The way that most of the girls play… if only a few of them had even half the VORM that Mikuru has, this would have been a great series.)[/quote]

I got a chuckle out of this even though I think the distribution of Moe is inappropriate for a statistic like VORM. “Average” moe seems like it would have zero value since it wouldn’t have any particularly notable properties. (such as DFC/meido/tsundere/etc.)

By: Void_Wizard

Void_Wizard — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 21:51:10 +0000

I would have to say my #1 series this season is Spice and Wolf 2! The characters, banter, animation, and everything all fit together perfectly for me. Bakemonogatari would be 2nd and as good as it is I don’t see it replacing my #1.

By: MrJones

MrJones — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 17:18:06 +0000

So let it be written, so let it be watched. Please continue to be the messiah of anime bloggers.

I’m a big fan of SZS, so that’s my top show to watch. Bakemonogatari and Needless are a lot of fun, and definite keepers this season. This may be heresy, but I’m not watching Spice and Wolf, if only because the first season is among the backlog of stuff to watch. I might try GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class.

By: greenskye

greenskye — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 05:10:14 +0000

The only reason i’m watching Bakemonogatari is because of Jason’s post… and it’s definitely good. I’m pretty much only watching that and Spice and Wolf.

By: Tally Solleni

Tally Solleni — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:56:44 +0000

My #1 series is Hetalia. Still wondering why you haven’t blogged about it, unless you did and I somehow missed it.

By: Sokar

Sokar — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:48:42 +0000

Quite ironically the only shows I’m watching this season are the top four you listed. Well – them and the Despiar of Suzumiya Haruhi. Although I really wouldn’t count skipping to the 18-minute mark in each of the past 4 epsiodes “watching”.

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei is decently entertaining, but the series for me has gradually dropped since season 1. (Although I did enjoy the “Inoue Kikuko and 17″ blurb somewhere in one of their rants in episode 2).

Needless engrosses a bit too much of it’s energy into fanservice for me, but the characters and over-the-topness have kept me watching it.

I thought that Spice and Wolf just randomly died halfway through the series (unlike Hayate no Gotoku or Kamen no Maid Guy it never announced that there would be another season during it’s last episode) – which left me pretty much devastated. But, now that it’s back alive and with upgraded animation quality n the like, I’m enjoying it quite a lot.

Finally I am finding Bakemonogatari pretty darn entertaining. It has that fast-paced bantering that Saynorar Zetsubou Sensei has, except it isn’t just the same thing – it’s character driven and reveals solid chunks of the respective characters’ personalities. I also like the very in-depth feeling mysticism of it. How the names of the various supernatural creatures have been distorted over time and but are still dealt with in the same fashion as they would in more achaic times. Also loveed Koyomi’s victorious laughter after beating the crap out of a twelve-year-old and Hitagi’s inevitable “what is this?”.

By: Tan

Tan — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:47:01 +0000

So does Haruhi get another crack at the Thin Slicing rankings come September as we head into the home stretch of will they -really- do Endless Eight all the way to the last ep?

My only regret watching Princess Lover is that the endgirl is clearly the airhead instead of the Saber expy. I haven’t been more disappointed since [insert obscure basketball reference here]. I feel about this much the way you felt about Ayu in Kanon.

Remember when the biggest complaint about KyoAni was that they decided to remake Kanon instead of do more Haruhi?

By: Seeker4life

Seeker4life — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 01:04:50 +0000

Well here come my wonderful comments for you jason, I’m just waiting for Unicorn gundam to come out. Because the only reason I see for the lackluster for this summer line up their as nothing as great as Code Geass and Gundam 00 season 2. Sarcastic remark aside, I watch more anime series this year than i have in over 3 years.