Some quick first impressions: Dai Mahou Touge and Kiba

I managed to get my hands on the first bunch of the upcoming spring season. So far, I’m not disappointed. Among these three, there isn’t anything awesome, but I did see all three of them using some very creative ideas. Apart from that, I also managed to get my hands on a promo for Good Witch Of The West – Astrea Testament. From what I’ve seen, I totally loved it. I’m going to have a great time with this series. I can’t wait till it comes out. Anyway, onto the previews:

Dai Mahou Touge
When I first saw this, I had a very cute mahou-shoujo-series in my mind. In which everyone was happy and the main characters were all having fun. Well… it IS cute. And it is a mahou-shoujo-series. But apart from that, my expectations were so totally wrong. For starters: the main focus of this anime is comedy and parody. And when I say comedy, I mean morbid comedy. This anime is so full of the most demisingly jokes ever. For example, our main character is extremely evil when she enters in a battle. Add that to the fact that she’s extremely strong, and you can start praying for the antagonists. These are, by the way, absolutely hilarious: a group of punk girls. And yes, they look horribly funny, almost literally. Oh, and did I already mention that the main character’s main weapon involves talking vegetables? Overall, I think I’ll watch this. I kindof like this morbid humor. There aren’t any boys in the OP so it can’t be ruined by some kind of romance, so I’m positive about the next episodes.

Kiba
I’m into fantasy series, so I kindof was looking forward to this. So far, it has some interesting concepts. I so love the main character’s mother, and the fantasy world looks very interesting to be in. The side characters also show potential, from the three seconds of airtime that they managed to get. I think I’ll keep watching this. However, I’m a bit scared. The fact remains that the main character is a pubescent male. The fact remains that he’s violent and impulsive. The fact remains that he just ended up in a fantasy world. The fact remains that there was a woman near him when he did. I hope this will turn out right.

I also managed to stumble upon an anime called Denshin Mamotte Shugogetten. The anime aired five years ago (thanks to Scott for this information ^^;). At first glance, this is a harem-show with two main characters destined to be together. What’s more, one character is a moon princess who just happened to pass by on our main character. The character art also looks a bit weird at times. I’m glad that this managed to turn into something kindof right. The episode ended with me feeling that this wasn’t a total failure after all. This was probably because, even though we have to distinctive main characters, the focus didn’t totally land on them for this episode. There are several side-characters who get explained and featured. The setting for this episode is a play in which our main characters play a part. It was so surprising that they were just a couple of side-parts, and the main roles were played by side-characters. The comedy also really worked. Especially when the play is actually going, and our characters are just having fun performing.