Looking Back: 2015

Entry posted by Pahrak Model ZX December 31, 2015

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This year freaking sucked.

But, the real point of this entry is to catalogue which new series I started following this year, so let’s just get on with that.

-Bionicle Generation 2: Surprise surprise. I mean, sure I have some complaints, but I like the general feel and am optimistic about the future.

-Fire Emblem: I played Awakening early this year and could not put it down. We’ll see what happens with Fates I guess.

-Cromartie High School: My sister had been telling me to watch this for about a year, and I finally felt like sitting down and marathoning it. (Each episode is about 11 minutes, there are 26 total, it’s an easy one-sitting anime). My gosh. It took me quite a while to get acclimated since the whole point of the show is totally absurd humor—it has the strangest opening of anything I’ve ever seen, and I play Kingdom Hearts! Once I was warmed up, though, I enjoyed it thoroughly. It was definitely worth the time.

-Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun: This one I came to like much more quickly since I enjoy seeing tropes called out and made fun of, and possibly because I related to the characters a bit more. The super-catchy opening certainly helps.

-One-Punch Man: Everyone kept singing its praises and I thought it might be nice to watch something popular while it’s airing, so I caught up about half-way through the season. (Of course, I still need to catch up on the rest…) There are some funny bits, some cool stuff…I’m definitely invested, but with how popular it is I can’t help but feel like I was supposed to be more into it than I currently am. Might just be a case of overhype setting my expectations too high, so I’m trying not to be too hard on it. I really should finish it.

-Dragon Ball Super: Yes, at the moment it’s just rewriting the past two movies, but it’s still been a lot of fun to watch, even with only minimal changes. Also my parakeet really enjoys the opening. I’m really looking forward to the next arc when we get totally new material—what we’ve been told about it so far is looking interesting.

-While I technically started watching Steven Universe last year, it was this year that I really got into it. It’s a good show. Lots of super cool magical people with interesting powers, and it does subtle foreshadowing in a masterful way. (Though, after the plot twisting nonsense I’m used to I might just be easily impressed when things actually make sense.)

-It’s kind of cheating but I have to mention Star Wars Episode VII because my gosh I love it. I got a ways into the movie before deciding whether I liked it or not, but I like it, I definitely like it. I’m sure it’s still too soon to go into the details, but…go see it.