Kaye

Sorry for the late reply! Just today I fixed it, it had something to do with Firefox's settings.

So far I've started most of what I wanted to watch this new season.
Bungou Stray Dogs: I read the manga of this so I was a little hyped at it getting an anime. Looks good so far.
Endride: Can't say much yet other than that it's your obvious "I'M A DENSE KID IN A NEW WORLD AND I WANT TO GO HOME" plot. One of the main boys looks like his voice actor and since I can't unsee it, I've just been calling him by his voice actor's name instead.
Flying Witch: started this randomly. It's cute, I guess.
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk S2: I watched the first part, so I guess I have to watch the second part too. At least I'm glad we'll be seeing some more fighting.
Joker Game: Few minutes into the episode and I was totally sold tbh. Serious series don't show up too often, and it's always nice to see them done nicely.
Kiznaiver: Learned of its existence in the same way as I learned of Joker Game being a thing: they share the character designer (who's the managka of DOGS). Looks interesting so far.
Koutetsujou no Kabaneri: This thing got more fear across in one episode than SNK did in 25. Main boy's got some guts, and I'm ready for more. When is it time for the next episode?
Kuromukuro: Not entirely sure why I started this but I guess it'll be my new mecha of the season.
Kyoukai no Rinne S2: Same thing as with Asterisk. I watched the first season, so why not the second. First season was entertaining after all. Nothing too serious or deep, but fun.
Macross Δ: Let me admit I'm mainly here for the (male) voice cast, but I won't say no to nicely animated mecha either.
Mayoiga: I don't really get how someone can write a script in which I get annoyed with every single character apart from one. But it is a thing.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096: TV Anime cut of the original OVA episodes. Considering I never got myself to watch the last two episodes, I might as well just watch it again in one go.
Re:Zero: Now, while this plot might sound familiar because it's about a kid getting pulled to another world, that's not exactly what I thought about when watching the first episode. It's more the fact he's stuck in some kind of loop thing that makes it interesting. Animation's done well too. I'll keep watching this for now.
Seisen Cerberus: I should have known the main kid was going to be a mess.
Sousei no Onmyouji: I have no idea about the story (and tbh, the whole thing of them being fated to be together is a little lame) but I'm here for the fights and animation so far. I also totally get why Hanae was cast for the main role.
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge: Listening to main boy talking with such a listless voice just makes me want to flop onto my bed and disappear into my mountain of pillows for the rest of the day.
Terra Formars S2: While I'm not really a Terra Formars fan and I have no idea why I'm even watching this, I'm still sad they changed the artstyle and animation. I liked the darker tone a lot more than this.
Still have to start Concrete Revolutio S2.
 
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I'm watching way too many series again... Why do I do this to myself?

Did you guys know, that Shimizuya Records started removing unofficial Lycaon videos from Youtube just last week?
 
That was the last straw for me. They got tons of my and @kyoselflove's videos removed. FUCKING HALF A YEAR AFTER THEY DISBANDED.
 
Fuck you, Shimizuya Records.

So far I've started most of what I wanted to watch this new season.
Bungou Stray Dogs: I read the manga of this so I was a little hyped at it getting an anime. Looks good so far.
Endride: Can't say much yet other than that it's your obvious "I'M A DENSE KID IN A NEW WORLD AND I WANT TO GO HOME" plot. One of the main boys looks like his voice actor and since I can't unsee it, I've just been calling him by his voice actor's name instead.
Flying Witch: started this randomly. It's cute, I guess.
Gakusen Toshi Asterisk S2: I watched the first part, so I guess I have to watch the second part too. At least I'm glad we'll be seeing some more fighting.
Joker Game: Few minutes into the episode and I was totally sold tbh. Serious series don't show up too often, and it's always nice to see them done nicely.
Kiznaiver: Learned of its existence in the same way as I learned of Joker Game being a thing: they share the character designer (who's the managka of DOGS). Looks interesting so far.
Koutetsujou no Kabaneri: This thing got more fear across in one episode than SNK did in 25. Main boy's got some guts, and I'm ready for more. When is it time for the next episode?
Kuromukuro: Not entirely sure why I started this but I guess it'll be my new mecha of the season.
Kyoukai no Rinne S2: Same thing as with Asterisk. I watched the first season, so why not the second. First season was entertaining after all. Nothing too serious or deep, but fun.
Macross Δ: Let me admit I'm mainly here for the (male) voice cast, but I won't say no to nicely animated mecha either.
Mayoiga: I don't really get how someone can write a script in which I get annoyed with every single character apart from one. But it is a thing.
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn RE:0096: TV Anime cut of the original OVA episodes. Considering I never got myself to watch the last two episodes, I might as well just watch it again in one go.
Re:Zero: Now, while this plot might sound familiar because it's about a kid getting pulled to another world, that's not exactly what I thought about when watching the first episode. It's more the fact he's stuck in some kind of loop thing that makes it interesting. Animation's done well too. I'll keep watching this for now.
Seisen Cerberus: I should have known the main kid was going to be a mess.
Sousei no Onmyouji: I have no idea about the story (and tbh, the whole thing of them being fated to be together is a little lame) but I'm here for the fights and animation so far. I also totally get why Hanae was cast for the main role.
Tanaka-kun wa Itsumo Kedaruge: Listening to main boy talking with such a listless voice just makes me want to flop onto my bed and disappear into my mountain of pillows for the rest of the day.
Terra Formars S2: While I'm not really a Terra Formars fan and I have no idea why I'm even watching this, I'm still sad they changed the artstyle and animation. I liked the darker tone a lot more than this.
Still have to start Concrete Revolutio S2.
 
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I'm watching way too many series again... Why do I do this to myself?

I've started the 3rd season of Sailor Moon Crystal, Boku no Hero Academia, Bungou Stray Dogs, Kiznaiver, Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, Sakamoto desu ga, Re:Zero, Sousei no Onmyouji and Mayoiga. There are only 1 episodes out (2 for some) but they went pretty much how i expected them to... I absolutely love Kabaneri already. YES GIVE ME GOOD ART, STEAMPUNK THEME AND ACTION.  I love comedies like Sakamoto so I'm sure i am gonna enjoy it. I really enjoy the current Sailor Moon arc too.
Everything else will be either a hit or a miss for me. Especially Sousei no Onmyouji that i picked and watched with the lowest expectations possible. Also i read people saying it is gonna be a 4-cour. I hope they were lying.
Bungou Stray Dogs and Re:Zero were ok. I am trying to take Mayoiga seriously but I am assuming the serious shit has yet to come(i hope lol)
Kiznaiver was good too. Although I would have preferred if the characters were connected by "strong emotions" rather than pain. OFC that isn't affecting my enjoyment, just a random thought i had.
This season is looking a lot better than Winter in my opinion, that's for sure.
I hope I can keep up with spring season. I have an infamous history of falling behind and giving up when i am 2-3 episodes behind.... :<
oh thank god it wasnt just me

Thoughts on the new season so far:

Really liking Boku no Hero Academia. I can always go for a started from the bottom feels trip.
Asterisk is alright. Seems to be starting stronger than last season at least.
Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress is dope. Interesting plot and story with incredible potential. Feels like Snowpiercer with zombies.
I have similar comments for Sousei no Onmyouji. Really liking the interesting art direction with this one.
Seisen Cerberus has potential to be interesting as well. I laughed at the synopsis and the name DAGAN ZOD but when it came to the animation it was much more mature and refined than I initially thought.
Joker Game is straight heat. A psychological spy thriller with an interesting twist.
I can grow to like Terraformars Revenge if they stick to the source material and hope the BDs are gory like season one.
Ace Attorney  and Beyblade: Burst looks like it's going to be fun. I hope Phoenix Wright stays a savage. The latter is purely nostalgia.
I'm still watching Pokemon XY&Z on the low. It's still for kids but the battle animations have stepped up a notch. Not quite as nice as the specials but much better than the dreck that was everything before X and Y. Low key Pokemon has better animation than 80% of anime currently airing that's how you know The Pokemon Company rakes in billions.
Is anyone watching Concrete Revolutio? Is it making sense or is it still a complete mess?
 
Overall I'm pretty pleased! Especially considering Attack on Titan was supposed to be here but isn't.

I will be temporarily on hiatus for around one week since 2013/08/14 due to my work, and hopefully I will resume activities around my forthcoming birthday

This art looks so nice. Aside from how much black there is.
 
Also, DOG.

So I've only been casually seeing news about FFXV and I had no idea that it was not released yet lol....(coming from someone who doesn't care much about new games because said person is still playing old and unplayed games).
It seems rather ridiculous to release an anime series when the game is not even out yet though?? And those movies too?
I just found out that Suzuki Tatsuhisa voices Noctis though so that has piqued my interest a bit. And for that reason I really wish they will allow a Japanese voice option in the game, but that is highly doubtful.
 
The only new game I really care about is P5.

Finished "Haikyuu!" 2nd season, the last episodes were all insane!
Can't wait for 3rd season!

thanks so much kaye! I will definitely check out the mini

It's not like I know that much but let me tell you something about PENGUIN RESEARCH, Saku.
 
As far as I know they're literally a bunch of guys from the industry, who joined forces as a band. Main vocalist Ikuta Yoji used to do vids under the name of PENGUIN RESEARCH where he'd (cover) songs together with other random people/members. He'd usually play guitar himself, if I remember it right. This was before he quit his job and moved towards Tokyo to go for his music career in 2014. He has since worked on arrangements and compositions of music for a variety of (smartphone) games.
 
Last year he somewhat revived the band with new members. I think it was around the same time it was revealed that Yoji was added to the Band Yarouze! smartphone game/app in which you can find a variety of fictional bands. One of which, Blast, with Yoji's vocals. The other members are voiced by actual voice actors (Masuda Toshiki, Yamashita Daiki, and Ishiya Haruki in the case of Blast). That said, this is not the only voice actor project he's in (though I totally forgot what the other one was about. It was something about Princes and such together with Umehara Yuichiro among others). It seems that the guy himself is affiliated with an agency that manages a bunch of voice actors, and that one of his dreams is to become one himself as well.
 
Then sometime last year as well, a new song was revealed under the name of PENGUIN RESEARCH: Supercharger. It was the first track involving all the new members, and showing the new and updated style of the band revolving around Ikuta Yoji. This was actually not too long before I first heard about them.
 
At the end of last year it was then revealed that the band would be taking on the ending song of DRRR X2's last cour. With the end of said anime, there's also been the release of their first mini album just a few days ago, and the revealing of another anime tie-in with an opening song for this season's new Magi series.
 
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That said, I'm totally loving their sound. Their mini's pretty good btw. Please check it if you haven't yet!

It's not like I know that much but let me tell you something about PENGUIN RESEARCH, Saku.
 
As far as I know they're literally a bunch of guys from the industry, who joined forces as a band. Main vocalist Ikuta Yoji used to do vids under the name of PENGUIN RESEARCH where he'd (cover) songs together with other random people/members. He'd usually play guitar himself, if I remember it right. This was before he quit his job and moved towards Tokyo to go for his music career in 2014. He has since worked on arrangements and compositions of music for a variety of (smartphone) games.
 
Last year he somewhat revived the band with new members. I think it was around the same time it was revealed that Yoji was added to the Band Yarouze! smartphone game/app in which you can find a variety of fictional bands. One of which, Blast, with Yoji's vocals. The other members are voiced by actual voice actors (Masuda Toshiki, Yamashita Daiki, and Ishiya Haruki in the case of Blast). That said, this is not the only voice actor project he's in (though I totally forgot what the other one was about. It was something about Princes and such together with Umehara Yuichiro among others). It seems that the guy himself is affiliated with an agency that manages a bunch of voice actors, and that one of his dreams is to become one himself as well.
 
Then sometime last year as well, a new song was revealed under the name of PENGUIN RESEARCH: Supercharger. It was the first track involving all the new members, and showing the new and updated style of the band revolving around Ikuta Yoji. This was actually not too long before I first heard about them.
 
At the end of last year it was then revealed that the band would be taking on the ending song of DRRR X2's last cour. With the end of said anime, there's also been the release of their first mini album just a few days ago, and the revealing of another anime tie-in with an opening song for this season's new Magi series.
 
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That said, I'm totally loving their sound. Their mini's pretty good btw. Please check it if you haven't yet!

Hello and welcome to a new ORZ Project and first edition of Anime Theme Recommendations (ATR) where we'll be looking into the best of the best of the current season's anime themes. This can be either an opening or an ending theme, and you may find both from the same anime has been recommended. We start with January to March, the Winter season of 2016. Special thanks to @Zeus and @Original Saku for participating, as well as @CAT5 on the technical side. Below you'll find the artist picture of the musicians behind the music and the TV sized opening animation of the song below each blurb. If any videos don't work for you, feel free to tell us in the thread and we'll provide another source if possible, and no forgetting about telling us what your favourites are that we may have missed out! Or maybe one of us are on the same wavelength as yourself? Share the love by commenting! For anyone interested, guest submissions ARE open to members outside of ORZ! So, without further ado, enjoy the list and we'll see you in three month's time for the second batch of this years quality anime tunes. Thank you and enjoy.   Opening to Ajin flumpool - 夜は眠れるかい? (Yoru wa Nemureru kai?)       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFKOXiGm2kA    Ending to Fairy Tail Zerø Kavka Shishido - 明日を鳴らせ (Ashita o Narase)   

 
 

 
Ending to Dimension W Fo’xTails - Contrast  

 
 

 
Opening to 昭和元禄落語心中 (Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu) 林原めぐみ (Megumi Hayashibara) - 薄ら氷心中 (Usura Koori Shinjuu)
 

 
 
  Ending to ブブキ・ブランキ (Bubuki Buranki) MYTH & ROID - ANGER/ANGER
 

 
 
  Ending to 僕だけがいない街 (Boku Dake ga Inai Machi) さユり (Sayuri) - それは小さな光のような (Sore wa chiisana hikari no youna)
 

 
 
  Opening to 虹色デイズ (Nijiro Days) ソナーポケット (Sonar Pocket) - Best Friends
 

 
 
  Opening to Garo: Guren no Tsuki JAM Project - 月華 (Gekka)      

 
Ending to Haikyuu!! 2nd Season tacica - 発熱 (Hatsunetsu)        
Opening to Gintama° DOES - Know Know Know    
 

  Opening to 僕だけがいない街 (Boku Dake ga Inai Machi) Asian Kung-Fu Generation - Re:Re:      

 
Opening to Divine Gate
ヒトリエ (hitorie) - ワンミーツハー (one-Me two-Hearts)
     
https://youtu.be/WLWD-DcP0ko
 
Ending to Durarara!!x2 Ketsu PENGUIN RESEARCH - ジョーカーに宜しく (Joker ni Yoroshiku)   
 
https://youtu.be/JCj3ddGBFVc
 
Opening to Dimension W STEREO DIVE FOUNDATION - Genesis  
 
 
https://youtu.be/9Cqzz88jrxY
  Ending to Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans TRUE - STEEL-鉄血の絆- (Steel: Tekketsu no Kizuna)      
https://youtu.be/uIdBnZ7pSLM   Ending to Ajin 宮野真守 (Mamoru Miyano) - HOW CLOSE YOU ARE      
https://youtu.be/4L-Cz1_shFI
 
Ending to 赤髪の白雪姫 (Akagami no Shirayuki-hime) 2nd Season
eyelis - ページ～君と綴る物語～ (Page ~Kimi to Tsuzuru Monogatari~)
 

 
 
https://youtu.be/rdvMayyYtvQ
 
Opening to 暗殺教室 (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu) 2nd Season 3年E組うた担 (3-nen E-gumi Utatan) - QUESTION      
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YhEkCg6C9c
 
Opening & Ending to 灰と幻想のグリムガル (Hai to Gensou no Grimgar) (K)NoW_NAME - "Knew Day" & "Harvest"  
 
https://youtu.be/SvGWN7GgVrQ
https://youtu.be/4uyWw26c5u0
 

SE has to go all out for this. This is a game that has 10 years of history to it. All these side goodies are very great fluffers until the real deal is released. It's a very well executed strategy for them.
 
FFXV can either be the best game they've ever created, or the worst. It can only go 2 ways after so long.
 
Worst case scenario: People dislike the game and it receives bad reviews. With that in mind, I wouldn't be surprised if SE ended the FF series then and there.
I mean, 10 years to release this game, and you think they'd want to do it all over again for the same mediocre score by the naysayers?
 
Glad to hear you enjoyed the demo. I feel I will too. I'm gonna watch the Anime when I get home.
 
 
 
I've been downloading since 10AM CST, I feel your pain.

Played the demo last night (right after it was released) and it's pretty nice. I'm not really sure what people are disliking about it apart from, yes, "IT'S NOT TURNBASED SO THEREFORE IT SUCKS". Playing with a tiny wee Noctis was cute. There's not much to the demo as a whole but it all looked pretty nice and amazing. I can't wait for the full game tbh.
 
Square is going all out on this one and I'm loving it so far. The anime seems nice (well, the first episode did) and I'm totally ready for more SE-CG goodies.

I'm so sad Ace of Diamond ended yesterday. It was a good 2 and a half years and now my Mondays will not be the same if I'm not rooting for my boys Seido. The wait will be long because DnoA2 just started syndication in Japan so no episodes will be coming for a while.
 

Just beat The 3rd Birthday 46 times. 4 more to go to unlock everything.

I'm there with you tbh.
 
I haven't been waiting for 10 years to have Persona enter my home first. If they release at the same time, then that's sad for P5 but I'll get it later.

It's gonna be favoritism at this point lol
 
I have more of my life attached to SE than Atlus so it'd have to be FFXV.

Oh my god. I can't handle it anymore. I need to play FFXV NOWWWW

Masato! the vocalist. He's half Japanese/Caucasian American.
 
Silverstein's a pretty big and wellknown band in the rockscene in America. They're not Japanese!
 
Coldrain, OOR, FACT, Crossfaith, etc, I'm glad a lot of Japanese bands have been able to tour along with Western tours in the past few years.
 
 
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Glad they're fine apart from some bruises probably. Seems they also got lucky the trailer with the instruments wasn't wrecked.

Masato! the vocalist. He's half Japanese/Caucasian American.
 
Silverstein's a pretty big and wellknown band in the rockscene in America. They're not Japanese!
 
Coldrain, OOR, FACT, Crossfaith, etc, I'm glad a lot of Japanese bands have been able to tour along with Western tours in the past few years.
 
 
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Glad they're fine apart from some bruises probably. Seems they also got lucky the trailer with the instruments wasn't wrecked.

Early this morning while they were traveling from their recent stop in Texas to the next scheduled concert in Oklahoma coldrain were involved in a traffic accident which flipped their bus. They’ve reported no one was hurt, but they do not know when they will be able to rejoin their current tour with Silverstein, Being as an Ocean, and Emarosa. 
 
Official facebook announcement:
“It is with regret that, unfortunately, we will not be able to play our show with Silverstein in Tulsa tonight. We were involved in a bus accident last night, and luckily while none of the band and crew were seriously injured, it means that that right now, we have no means of transport to get there. We are working on this behind the scenes and hope to rejoin the tour at the next possible opportunity. Tulsa, we are sorry to let you down but this one is out of our hands right now. Thanks to everyone who’s supported us so far on these dates – we can’t wait to get back on the road!”
 
From the band's twitter:
“been in a mess all day…But thanks to the Texas state troopers & people that helped us out we are staying positive”
 
 
 
I'm super glad they are okay but holy shit!!

as previously mentioned, it appears to be Sadie 真緒(mao) & 美月(mizuki), who have previously formed special unit "The MUMMY", especially today 2016/03/18 is Sadie 11th anniversary (Sadie first live was at Osaka BIG CAT at 2005/03/18)