Knee jerk reactions to forthcoming anime series – Part Three

Idolmaster XENOGLOSSIA

This looks terrible. Apparantly it’s based on videogames. Honestly Sunrise, if you want another My Hime/Mai Otome series just make one. I am confident that I will not be watching this show.

Kissdum ~ENGAGE PLANET~

I’m tentative about this. On one hand, it’s Satelight who did Noein and the Hellsing Ultimate OAVs. And it’s got character designs by Sushio and mecha by Kawamori. So there’s high hopes for decent animation sequences. However the directors and writer haven’t really done anything of note, and there does appear to be a character who will annoy my greatly just by the design of the character. However, it has space jet fighters, so it will likely have Itano Circus galore, so it will get a look.

Claymore

It’s a fantasy show. But it is a Madhouse show. But it is directed by Hiroyuki Tanaka, who directed the worst episode of Kemonozume (ep. four). But even the worst episode of Kemonozume is still probably head and shoulders above the crowd. Much like Kissdum, I will probably give it a shot, but I don’t hold too much hope of it sticking.

Overdrive

Going by the website, I am assuming this is a cycling anime. That’s me sold! True it’s XEBEC, but at least it looks to be something a little different.

Ohedo Rocket

Another Madhouse show. But this time it’s by Seiji Mizushima (Dai Guard, FMA). And it’s about fireworks. A historical show about firework manufacturers is a good idea for a show.