We now turn to the second batch of summer-anime. These were the shows which were the most hyped for the summer-season.
Coyote Ragtime Show
This is a science-fiction action series which just oozes with style. The first episode was more focused on the side-characters, instead of the main characters, which means that we haven’t seen too much of what this anime will really be like. We did get the chance to take a good look at the bad guys, though. It seems that they’re an army of twelve extremely dangerous cyborg-sisters with highly developed artificial intelligence. Only that was enough for me to keep following this series, though the best part of this anime is the action sequences it features. A lot of things happen at once, events succeed each other in a rapid pace and the music is awesome. It did have some boring parts, but overall, I liked this first episode.
Tsuyokiss
When I first heard about this show, I feared that it would probably become horrible, with each character as a tsundere. Still, it was better than I expected. Then again, my expectations weren’t what you’d call high. I’d describe this series as plain mediocre. It’s not nessecarily good, but not bad either. It wasn’t scared to throw all of the harem-cliche’s on one pile, the little brat, the silent girl, the annoying student council member and the big-breasted teacher. But the brat was okay, I guess. I also like the orange haired girl. Though my main problem with this series were the main characters. Both the male as the female one. Whenever the two of them were together, this series became predictable as hell, and not in a good way. Actually, I think that if Tsuyokiss would have been a yuri-anime, it would have stood a chance (the hug was about the only effective scene in this), but the male main character will probably ruin things. Still, I’m really recommending this to you if you have some sort of sleeping problem. Just watch the episode right before sleeping, and I’ll be a definite help.
Zero no Tsukaima
Now this is the real garbage of this season. What we have here is a pretty good concept, being handled by the guys who produced Shana. The result is a horrible mess. Everything that could have been messed up has been messed up. The backgrounds feature some fancy CG, but in exchange for that, they lack in so much detail. A room feels more like a cheap movie-stage now. The main characters aren’t any better, as they fit every stereotype in existance. The bishounen could have been so much funnier and half of the scenes just seem aimed to display as much fanservice as possible. The anime also shows that there hasn’t been any research put into the world, as the concepts just seem totally random and convenient. My advice is to not even touch this series with a ten-foot pole.
I must agree with you on all three of these; Zero is just utterly trashy, and Tsuyokiss is just plain dull. I’m not sure what my opinion on Coyote Ragtime Show is – I could see it was riddled with flaws and not particularly good, but compared to those other two shows it was enjoyable, especially the complete destruction.
“Just watch the episode right before sleeping, and I’ll be a definite help.”
It’s funny that you mention this because I did just that last night, and you were right – I didn’t have any problems falling asleep. ^_^ Personally, I didn’t care for Coyote Ragtime Show or Tsuyokiss all that much. I enjoyed the violent action scenes in Coyote Ragtime Show, but Tsuyokiss was just too cutesy for me. I’ll continue watching both for at least another episode or two, but I won’t be blogging either of them anytime soon. I trust your advice, so I’ll avoid Zero no Tsukaima at all costs. 🙂