Why hello there, my Japanese TV.
Apr. 9th, 2008 01:20 amCherry blossoms are blooming, school is starting, and new TV shows are on TV. Unfortunately there's not much that piques my interest this year. The only shows that I will definitely be watching are Kyou Kara Maou's third season, because it will be good, and Code Geass's second season, because it will be awesomely bad.
Code Geass, by the way, is eminently useful as a case study of how NOT to write an epic science fiction story about a dysfunctional royal family that tears itself apart and destroys the world in an apocalyptic civil war. (*cough*) So that's one reason why I can justify continuing to watch it. Also, pizza-tossing giant roller-skating robots piloted by bunny girls. That, too.
Other than that, I'm looking forward to Library Wars, because it looks really fun and geeky. It's basically Read or Die, but played straight. Er, if that makes any sense. Anyway, it's about a bunch of librarians that Save the World. But not in ridiculous over-the-top ways like the heroes of Read or Die. More like, in practical ways: i.e., with tanks.
Wagaya no Oinarisama, about a genderbending fox spirit, looks mildly interesting. Soul Eater looks like one of those rare shounen series with a kickass heroine, and coming straight out of a fantastic season of Shakugan no Shana I am definitely in the mood for a kickass heroine, so we'll see. Allison and Lilia looks to deliver in that respect, too - with a dashing lady fighter pilot and her treasure-hunting daughter - but the character designs look kind of bland.
Code Geass, by the way, is eminently useful as a case study of how NOT to write an epic science fiction story about a dysfunctional royal family that tears itself apart and destroys the world in an apocalyptic civil war. (*cough*) So that's one reason why I can justify continuing to watch it. Also, pizza-tossing giant roller-skating robots piloted by bunny girls. That, too.
Other than that, I'm looking forward to Library Wars, because it looks really fun and geeky. It's basically Read or Die, but played straight. Er, if that makes any sense. Anyway, it's about a bunch of librarians that Save the World. But not in ridiculous over-the-top ways like the heroes of Read or Die. More like, in practical ways: i.e., with tanks.
Wagaya no Oinarisama, about a genderbending fox spirit, looks mildly interesting. Soul Eater looks like one of those rare shounen series with a kickass heroine, and coming straight out of a fantastic season of Shakugan no Shana I am definitely in the mood for a kickass heroine, so we'll see. Allison and Lilia looks to deliver in that respect, too - with a dashing lady fighter pilot and her treasure-hunting daughter - but the character designs look kind of bland.
