I still have no idea what is going on in this series. Clearly, the apple does not fall far from the tree as Baccano did not make any sense at the beginning. Scratch that, you pretty much had to watch it twice to get the full picture.
This guy is so hood.
The winter anime season finally kicked off for me with the first episode of Durarara!! I wasn’t really sure what to expect as details about the series seemed to be relatively scant before the premiere. After watching the first episode on CR, I still don’t have a good idea of what the show will be about, but I have a feeling that this will be a show that is worth watching.
Whether or not Durarara!! will be good enough to convince me to keep my CR subscription is another matter. In my opinion, CR’s winter lineup is rather weak.
Just a few quick notes. With the addition of Durarara!! to its streaming lineup, Crunchyroll has finally added a series worth watching. Along side Durarara!! CR is streaming Cobra and Chu Bra, with a few more mystery titles to be announced at a later date. Cobra looks interesting enough- its always fun to see retro style animation, and the show looks like it could have a good amount of action in it. Chu Bra on the other hand, looks like complete trash. Feel free to call me a prude.
I’ve been making my way through the School Rumble dvd set I got for Christmas. It’s about as funny as I remember it, though the animation looks more dated than I remember. That’s to be expected however, as the series itself is some five years old.
I’ve also recently downloaded the 12th and 13th episodes for Kimi ni Todoke, and will be checking those out in the next few days.
Found the trailer for Durarara!! on youtube, and ANN posted a link to a 30-second TV spot for it. You’ll need to enable javascript for that second link. After watching both, I found the commercial to be more interesting, as the trailer didn’t have any speech and only showed random scenes from the anime with some overlaid Japanese text. Either way, it looks like an interesting series!
Trailer comes after the break.
PS. ANN also posted a link for a Chu-Bra!! commercial. Well 9/10 an anime with a name like Chu-Bra!! is going to be garbage. After watching the commercial, I have confirmed that it IS garbage.
Took a look at a preview chart for the winter season, and I have to say I’m not very impressed. Out of the animes listed, I’m really only interested in two: Durarara! and the new Nodame Cantabile season. That said, the last Nodame season was just OK, so I won’t expect too much out of this one either.
I am a little interested in Hanamaru Kindergarden (if it’s funny), Ookamikakushi, and the Utawarerumono OVA (I have the series, never watched it) but other than that, nothing stands out. There was, at one point, a new series by the studio/writer who did Bakemonogatari, but that is no longer listed, which makes me sad. EDIT: My bad, I didn’t realize it was an OVA, so I overlooked it. It’s actually on the side of chartfag’s winter 10 chart.
There was one other series, Qwaser of Stigmata, that looked like it could promise some good action. I mean, don’t get me wrong, it didn’t look like it was going to be an A list show, but sometimes B/C list action series are fun. The description looked good (if cliche) until I got to the part where he controls iron (ok thats fine) and gets his power from breast milk. Really? Breast Milk? Doesn’t make for the best action hero.
