This post was written by Dark_Sage. He is Dark_Sage.
Time to actually compare my Fall 2013 Anime Preview thoughts to what I thought of the shows after having watched 10 eps of each. Why? Because.
Fall 2013 Anime Preview link: http://www.crymore.net/2013/10/01/fall-2013-anime-preview/
Do note that some of my information in that post was wrong — Pupa did not air, and White Album 2 was a standalone series, not a sequel. I also didn’t watch Gaist Crusher, as nobody subbed it. (Please don’t inform me if someone actually decided to get on that show, because I’d rather pretend it never even existed.)
Predictions vs. Reality
I should note the focus for these is all on me. I don’t care if you thought Coppelion was good; reality is what I make it. So deal.
Predictions
Reality
For this, series are listed in order of favorite to least favorite. Individual scores in parentheses.
Matches
Here are the shows that aligned with my predictions:
Excellent (9-10/10)
Kill la Kill
Yozakura Quartet
Kyoukai no Kanata
Good-ish (7-8/10)
Kyousougiga
Okay (5-6/10)
Tokyo Ravens
Shit (0-4/10)
Non Non Biyori
Gundam Build Fighters
Ace of Diamond
That’s a 31% success rate. Not bad! And people said flipping a coin would result in more accurate predictions~
Buzzer Noise
It doesn’t matter much to me if I predicted something would be Okay and it actually ended up Good-ish. Let’s just focus on the shows where I really swung and missed.
Thought would be good, but sucked
Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai!
In my defense, I like tits. Quite a bit. But I did not anticipate that every episode would have 10 minutes of girls screaming and crying like they just discovered what’s in my basement.
Plus, no lesbians. In a show about female wrestlers. What gives, Japan?
Thought would be bad, but wasn’t terrible
Samurai Flamenco
The first episode met my original expectations for the series, but the introduction of Flamenco Girl brought the series from Kick-Ass-tier to Super-tier.
Nobody told me that a sexy sadist was gonna steal the show, so I blame humanity for this score discrepancy.
Golden Time
To be fair, Toradora fans, this isn’t even close to as good as you were hoping it to be, so we both fucked up a bit on the expectations front.
We’ll call this one a wash on account of your failure. You’re lucky I’m letting you off easy.
Strike the Blood
About the only thing Strike the Blood is is not terrible. I’m gonna chalk this one up to Japan sucking and Strike the Blood being honorarily bad.
Yowamushi Pedal
Although it certainly missed my “Excellent” mark, it’s not that bad. Just another generic entry to the sports genre that falters when the pacing is locked to 24-minute episodes rather than one’s reading speed.
And shame on Japan for making me only read one volume of the manga before the show came out. How was I supposed to know the show would be a sausagefest?
Takeaways
I’ve come to the conclusion that my original predictions were, in fact, divinely inspired and accurate at base. The only person to blame for any inaccuracies in my Fall 2013 preview is everybody but me.
So fear not, I’ll be taking nothing into account for the upcoming Winter 2014 Preview (other than, of course, my own mental perfection) — the only lesson learned is that I have nothing left to learn.
Expect greatness.
>Kill la Kill
>10
When did you join the entry level club
More like the bestry level club. That show is the only thing that kept me out of a catatonic state of boredom this season.
As much as I worshipped KlK at the beginning, it’s started to lose steam. The only thing that could redeem last episode was if Ryuuko killed Mako or something like that, but no, power of friendship saved the day. I’m tired of the ‘oh but it’s a parody’ argument, because this clearly wasn’t.
I’ll give Trigger a pass for this being their first TV series and need to play it safe, but c’mon, really :( ?
We have 12 more eps.
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Did he ever leave?
>Judging anime by fanbase
Not on my watch.
Enjoy your Fisher Price Starter Pack
Yeah, sorry about the whole Samurai Flamenco thing…
I’ll forgive you this time, but I’m watching you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root-mean-square_deviation
We were lied to. ;(
“But I did not anticipate that every episode would have 10 minutes of girls screaming and crying like they just discovered what’s in my basement.”
Oh good, I’m not the only one who felt less aroused and more fucking uncomfortable while watching this.
Soo what were your thoughts on White Album 2 (I’m assuming you’ve seen it)
It’s a solid 8 so far. I’ll see how it turns out when I finish, but I’m not seeing it vary wildly from my current impression.
Your tastes really suck, Dark_Sage. How can you give Ace of Diamond 1?
Probably because I didn’t like it.
I despise the characters, and the plot is incredibly predictable and boring. I don’t see how anyone who’s a fan of the genre could see this as anything other than a phoned-in attempt at entertainment.
To be fair, AoD is a REALLY DAMN OLD franchise. I bet it wasn’t predictable and boring back then.
But on the other hand… Why even animate it when audiences have evolved a ton from how it was back then? One thing is retro feel and nostalgia and another is trying to watch old stuff that doesn’t pass the test of time.
I honestly had no idea it was just bad because it was old. I thought it was some stupid low-budget cash grab written by an unpaid intern that never ended up getting a job offer from the company.
Well at least the genre’s come quite a way from where it used to be.