Don't Watch Anime List For Summer 2012
So thank you Sankaku Complex for telling to get my ass in gear and start writing out my reviews. Of course these are initial impressions. Just because I tell you to not watch them does not mean you shouldn't give them a chance. Anyway this is my not worth your time list. Inspired by this article because it has a good chunk of animes that I am going to not recommend. I have been able to get to episode four on most of these. So lets start things off right away with the ones I say to avoid like the plague
These ones of course are Kono Naka ni Hitori, Imouto ga Iru! and Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate, the dating sims. I can sum up why you should not watch these ones quickly. First off there are a lot of skipped events. As we all know in dating sims you have to trigger events to gain affection. I guess all of this happens while the animators are animating the anime. I know it is not uncommon for the male star to be popular in these animes. However, it generally takes five or six episodes for that to happen. In both of these animes we were barely to episode two before the girls were all over him. My next major problem is how the male lead can some how hit every single event to get the affection of every single girl. Imouto was particularly careless about this. Most of the time in dating sims gained affection points for one girl means lost affection points for another. At least that is the way I understood Sagara Family. Maybe I am wrong. Maybe these days dating sims are all about seeing how many girls you can convince to have an Orgy with you.
Next there is Chouyaku Hyakunin Isshu: Uta Koi. Personally I just cannot get excited about this anime. It is not that it is a bad anime or anything. It is just.. well.. boring to me. Poetry is something that has always bored me. Seeing is how this anime is about the stories behind poems, I am not surprised. That does not mean this one is bad at all really. All it means is that I get bored of it. If you are into tales of human romance and famous people being naughty then you will probably like this one.
Finally, there is Arcana Familiga. At first this one seemed to have potential, and I will say it is definitely close to the line, in my eyes. However, right now it is showing that it is just another moody, hormone driven, melodrama. At the end of the day it is just one girl who is basically a flake. Her two friends, who are in a constant dick size battle over her. Then the rest of the cast who appear when... well I have not established a pattern. I give it credit for being different. However, being different is not enough. The anime itself starts out great with a good foundation and plenty of places to grow. Too bad the only growing is going on in its pants.
So those are my do not watch recommendations for the summer season. I am sure there are more.. but I am having difficulty finding everything these days. Not everything gets put on Crunchyroll and Funimation has been slacking off. Plus it gets difficult to track down EVERY anime that is made these days. So I am going to stick with what I have found. There are plenty of other ones out there... like Rouge Hero. However, I have not gotten around to watching that one. Animes that make boobs boring are hard to motivate myself to watch. Anyway, for you marathon people I hope that you can use this list.