The 25th Hour Wishlist
There are some stuff out there that I just wish I had the time for, but because there’s all this stuff that I wish I had the time for, I gotta meta my way so that I prioritize those that I do have the time for and those that I don’t have the time for. The end result is that I have less items in the “I do have time for” column and more in the “I don’t have the time for” stack. The latter is ever-growing.
My rubric to determine what is what is as arbitrary as a Nor’easter. Over time, however, I realize it’s worth remembering what ended up in the “do not” stack. Or rather, that they are worth to be recalled whenever I glance back at my blog posts. Sadly (or perhaps thankfully), most of them don’t actually demand consistent recalling…
A short and incomplete list of relatively recent stuff:
Casshern Sins - This title, from episode one, struck me as a ‘keeper’ or however you define what’s worth your time. However I just cannot get into the visual style and the simple concept between different Megaman bosses going at each other. I never was a big Megaman guy anyways. Love, hate, betrayal and forging of frendship are all good stuff but I just wasn’t hooked. I hope you all had a blast in my stead.
I hope the same applies to the Tales of the Abyss anime. But I think that case is much more hook-and-sinker for people who have played the game. Casshern is a genre rebirth of sorts too, but that’s more accessible I imagine.
Macademi WAsshoi - I have a soft spot for crappy, harem-setup shows. Actually, I don’t even think you can consider the likes of Wandaba Style or Akahori Gedo Rabuge Hour as harem. But yes, I remember them (perhaps too fondly). Not because of some kind of maniacal cognitive dissonance but because…I’m just maniacal about crappy anime. Actually calling it crappy betrays why I like them, since crap-covered ice cream is still ice cream on the inside, to use an example. Sadly I will never taste the nutty interior on this title >_> [Did I mention how reading Kelts’s book reminded me, heh, Nerima Daicon Brothers, to speak of another “bad” show that I’m “fond” of?] The real reason why I stopped on Macademi WAsshoi, though, is probably because Kemeko DX gave me enough of a fix so I don’t think about it.
Zettai Karen Children, Kamen no Maid Guy, Fist of the North Star, Golgo 13 and Kimiaru all fit under the same category. What category is that? I think it’s easy to guess.
Gintama, Shugo Chara, Pretty Cure (whatever one they’re on now…), and Soul Eater - TL;DR. It’s the sad reality of things. In a way, I think shows like the various reincarnation of Precure provide a wide variety of points-of-re-entry. Or first-entry even. Fans, why don’t you get organized and post guides or something? Like, if I were to talk about Nanoha or Rurouni Kenshin, I can tell you at least watch A’s or the Kyoto arc. At any rate, long shows are the first one to go if time is a problem, logically; still I’d rather get a chance to watch the handful of episodes that are good than none at all.
I should make an exception for Soul Eater just because it is unusually pretty, so I might revisit it once it becomes yet another member of Funimation’s online initiative. Inevitably, right?
Lastly, there are the shows like Sekirei, Hatenko Yuugi, Wagaya no Oinari-sama, Kimiaru, H2O, Yozakura Quartet, and Akikan. They all have some kind of redeeming value, but the overall packages just didn’t grab me enough. They are those unfortunate African gazelles that fell behind in the pack and became lion fodder. In some ways these are some of the shows I will probably watch first if I had 25-hour days, because that meant I was hooked at some point, by something.
That is, if watching anime is what I should be doing on the 25th hour. Playing Persona 3/4 seems like a better choice, right?
[By the way, the meta-time conundrum is also why I only have a few links in this post. Also, if you like Soul Eater’s Excalibur and his Andy Kaufman-style humor, please pitch a vote here.]
Casshern’s so much more than that. At least throughout the first half. It definitely deserves a second look. If you don’t might spoilers, you might want to check out my final thoughts on it.
Kemeko DX is awful compared to Macedemi Wasshoi. Biggest problem? It stops being funny after the 4th episode.
Zettai Karen Children’s quite good as well, always entertainment and it’s pretty to look at (in terms of art rather than animation).
I notice that a lot of the shows on your list(s) just aren’t that good (Hatenkou Yuugi, KimiAru, Sekirei). And yes, it’s hypocritical that I’ve seen all three (but then again, I had time.) It’s probably more of a problem of you just trying to check out everything than not having time for stuff. Raise your standards and you might find less shows you want/need time for. Then you can get a bit deeper into the shows you do like and see that they aren’t solely about Megaman bosses going at each other.
I think I would have liked Casshern more if it was just a bunch of Megaman bosses going at each other. I didn’t watch Casshern because I didn’t like it.
The problem with Kemeko DX, as you pointed out, is that it gets old. I agree with that much (although I think it was still okay by episode 4, mostly because there were a couple good episodes after that).
I don’t really have any problems with my system and I am pretty much watching all the show I like and are any good. I just wish I can watch all the show I like that aren’t. Casshern is special in my list because it’s obviously good, but I can really care less about it.
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Watch H2O if only for the AWESOME ending it has. And by AWESOME I mean TOTAL CRAP. If you loved the mess that was Myself; Yourself, you’ll love this one’s resolution.
I didn’t think Myself;Yourself was that messy. But yea, I figured the same for H2O.