Here are my thoughts on the Fall 2012 Anime season
Fall 2012 had so many highlights as compared to the other seasons I've watched so far. Let's get thins started
Shinsekai yori Many people dismissed this anime after episode 8 because of some unwanted 'service' lol. However, it turned out to be much better than expected. The ending was very satisfying, but the middle part of Shinsekai Yori was a tad bit weak, and the pacing for me was pretty terrible overall. Every time I would get into the anime, a time skip would occur and that would take me out again. I can see why people gave it 8's and 9's but for me a 7/10 will do
K K had an a concept and storyline, fail really short of expectation. They really didn't do anything to explain what was going on and it often felt as they neglected many of the characters. The ending was ok, but they needed to expand on everything. It seemed that the people wanted to be original but in the end borrowed a ton of ideas from other anime and through them into a big mixing bought. However, I will say that K did have outstanding animation.
Btoom! As more game centered anime begin to come out of the industry this one has to be one of the most unique. Btoom! had an ok storyline and characters but one thing it did well was keep me entertained with plot twist, action packed animation and sound, and an ending, although predictable, was very enjoyable.
Code:Breaker On the surface Code:Breaker seemed to be a great sounding anime, and then you realize how poorly somethings where. For instance the main character Sakurakouji, Sakura is so shallow that it hurts watching her in every episode. Character development is pretty much dead in this series, and other little things cause this anime to derail big time. It's the biggest low point in Fall 2012.
Sukitte Ii na yo. This was a pretty great romance anime when it started, but that ending was so terrible. I don't know why they decided to use such a cliche' one. The characters where developed pretty well, animation was ok, and I liked the ending theme "slow dance" by Suneohair. It had a really uplifting melody too it. With that one flaw out of the way, this anime is still worth a watch.
Jormungand: Perfect Order If you thought the 1st season was awesome wait until you see the second. Everything is turned up. That means we get more action, more plot twist, better character development, and did I say MORE ACTION? This anime should definitely be on your watch list if you enjoy shooters, and it even looks like we may get a Season 3 :D
Psycho-Pass Now if you thought Jormungand: PO was great then psycho-pass will blow your socks off. If I could rate in decimals I would give his an 8.5 easily. It's not quite worth a 9, but yeah what can you do. In my opinion it has a better storyline than Jormungand, twist, character development, and the overall experience was just so much more realistic. It was easily the highlight of the season.
Robitics;Notes This anime the biggest disappointment of the year. I had pretty medium expectations for it, but it ended up falling way below them. If you loved Steins;Gate then sorry you most likely won't like this anime. It seems like the producers have a miss and then hit ratio. Chaos;Head was atrociously bad, Steins;Gate was a masterpiece, and then Robitics;Notes that is in between the two. The whole storyline was predictable and boring. The characters were forgettable and it just wasn't enjoyable. I can easily give this anime a 5.8/10 but I settled on a 6. Hopefully the next production will be better.
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