Winter 2025 anime premieres
Jan. 16th, 2025 05:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petrea_mitchellI seem to be getting back into the rhythm of anime viewing. Shows I have checked out so far:
Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective is about a genius medical professional who, you guessed it, also solves mysteries. The first one was weird enough to get me to stick around for episode 2, but all the writing around it was terrible and I don't like a single one of the characters, so that was enough.
Momentary Lily is the latest from GoHands, done in the distinctive GoHands style which doesn't bother me one bit, since I am largely immune to animation style (and actually, I thought the mysterious enemies looked kind of cool). But it is also a show assembled entirely from overused tropes and I stopped after episode 1.
Tasokare Hotel is another mystery show, set in a place between our world and the afterlife where spirits go to try to remember who they are and whether they're supposed to be alive or dead. I've seen some negative reviews of it which seem to start from the assumption that it must necessarily be a detective show, and it's terrible from that standpoint, because it isn't a detective show. The main character is there to serve more as a therapist, finding clues to prompt the spirits to tell their own story. I wouldn't normally expect to enjoy a show quite this chill, but I am.
Aquarion: Myth of Emotions is a mecha show trying to go big or go home. So far we've got a big ball of New Age stuff like ancient high-tech civilizations, past lives, and maybe a ghost; quantum weirdness; elemnts from the wilder end of the mecha spectrum including improbably technology, shouted attack names, and ludicrously complicated launch sequences; and all this wrapped up in a most un-anime-like look. Currently it's all what I believe the internet haters call Cal Arts style, but the trailers have promised substantial content with character animated in CGI.
I worry that this series has bitten off more than it can chew (and, apparently, previous Aquarion series have established a tradition of falling apart and disappointing) but man, this is sure not going to be boring.
The excellent if unfortunately named Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun is back for a second season at last, and it's good to see the old gang again, even if I did see the first episode's twist coming a mile away.
And The Apothecary Diaries is back and... I'm not sure if I'm going to keep watching it. I do like historical fantasy costume dramas, but I hate cozy mysteries because the mundane details of the characters' lives tend to start crowding out the parts I find interesting after a while, and the first episode of the new season is 100% slice-of-life hijinks. There are supposedly actual mysteries coming soon, so I don't know, I'll give it another couple episodes.
Ameku M.D.: Doctor Detective is about a genius medical professional who, you guessed it, also solves mysteries. The first one was weird enough to get me to stick around for episode 2, but all the writing around it was terrible and I don't like a single one of the characters, so that was enough.
Momentary Lily is the latest from GoHands, done in the distinctive GoHands style which doesn't bother me one bit, since I am largely immune to animation style (and actually, I thought the mysterious enemies looked kind of cool). But it is also a show assembled entirely from overused tropes and I stopped after episode 1.
Tasokare Hotel is another mystery show, set in a place between our world and the afterlife where spirits go to try to remember who they are and whether they're supposed to be alive or dead. I've seen some negative reviews of it which seem to start from the assumption that it must necessarily be a detective show, and it's terrible from that standpoint, because it isn't a detective show. The main character is there to serve more as a therapist, finding clues to prompt the spirits to tell their own story. I wouldn't normally expect to enjoy a show quite this chill, but I am.
Aquarion: Myth of Emotions is a mecha show trying to go big or go home. So far we've got a big ball of New Age stuff like ancient high-tech civilizations, past lives, and maybe a ghost; quantum weirdness; elemnts from the wilder end of the mecha spectrum including improbably technology, shouted attack names, and ludicrously complicated launch sequences; and all this wrapped up in a most un-anime-like look. Currently it's all what I believe the internet haters call Cal Arts style, but the trailers have promised substantial content with character animated in CGI.
I worry that this series has bitten off more than it can chew (and, apparently, previous Aquarion series have established a tradition of falling apart and disappointing) but man, this is sure not going to be boring.
The excellent if unfortunately named Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun is back for a second season at last, and it's good to see the old gang again, even if I did see the first episode's twist coming a mile away.
And The Apothecary Diaries is back and... I'm not sure if I'm going to keep watching it. I do like historical fantasy costume dramas, but I hate cozy mysteries because the mundane details of the characters' lives tend to start crowding out the parts I find interesting after a while, and the first episode of the new season is 100% slice-of-life hijinks. There are supposedly actual mysteries coming soon, so I don't know, I'll give it another couple episodes.
