Fall 2014 Anime Releases

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Last Updated: Oct 18, 2013 - 18:18 PDT
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Title in alphabetical order - number of eps if known
Groups: groups subbing that I know of
Summary: taken from a site or the 1st ep if I can't find any info
My First Impressions: I give my first impressions honestly, I do have specific tastes and I don't expect you to think the same thing as me, but it's there for those who know whether they have similar or very different tastes from me.
Other Comments: Others' comments.
Link: link to more info

Akatsuki no Yona - ? eps

Groups: FFFpeeps
Summary: King Il of Kouka, a land said in legends to have been founded by four dragons, has only one remaining heir, a daughter named Yona. She lives a happy life in the palace with her cousin Soo-won, who she loves in spite of her father's opposition to them marrying. Her life is turned upside down when Soo-won murders her father and steals the throne. Yona, with her childhood friend and bodyguard Hak, must retreat to gather allies and reclaim her place as ruler of the kingdom.
My First Impressions: After 3 eps it reminds me a little bit of Juuni Kokki. No idea whether it'll be anywhere near as good. So far, it moves fairly slowly, but it promises to have a decent enough story.
Link: anidb , ANN

Amagi Brilliant Park - 13 eps

Groups: Vivid Subs
Summary: Seiya was forced to accept an invitation to an amusement park by the mysterious and beautiful girl Isuzu. What he didn't know was that she would bring him to the decrepit Amagi Brilliant Park, Japan's most disappointing amusement park. Seiya is introduced to the leader of the Park, the "real princess" Latifah, who suddenly entrusts him with saving the park, which is in danger of shutting down. Amagi Brilliant Park, it turns out, is not just any amusement park, but rather one populated by fairies.
My First Impressions: I watched ep1 and could not swallow the ridiculousness of this show. The only thing it did was make me want croquette. I cannot watch this. <not continuing>
Other Comments: <Buncho> it is... surprisingly okay. solid premise, relatively interesting characters, though they play on character tropes. there's also a lot of hinting on backstory that hopefully will unfold in a meaningful way. granted... the condition of the park is sort of ridiculous. that one you might need to take on faith..
Link: anidb , ANN

Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo - ? eps

Groups: Commie
Summary: Humanity has advanced to great heights since it obtained the information technology known as "Mana." With that nearly magical power, problems like war, food shortages, and pollution have been eliminated. This age of peace and freedom, the Empress Angelese of the Misurugi Empire is a privileged girl with no disabilities. She learns, however, that she is a "Norma," a kind of human who cannot use Mana and are outcasts of society. Having lost everything, she is sent to an isolated island. There she meets other Normas who ride in humanoid weapons called Para-mails, protecting the world from dragons invaders from another dimension.
My First Impressions: The amount of gratuitous fanservice, nudity and sex is ridiculous. Remind me of Raimurou, and the animation isn't very good. It's also a very slow pace. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Danna ga Nani o Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken - 13 eps

Groups: Kaitou Fansubs, Migoto Fansubs & Chyuu-subs, Kaylith Fansubs
Summary: Kaoru is a serious office lady who's passionate about her job. Her husband Hajime, on the other hand, is a hard-core otaku who lives a nearly shut-in lifestyle. Kaoru worries about her husband, but they get along better than you'd think.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Denki-gai no Honya-san - eps

Groups: Commie
Summary: The "youthful bookstore comedy" revolves around the folks who work in a manga shop deep in a certain "Electric Town" neighborhood. ("Denki-Gai" or "Electric Town" is a popular name for shopping areas that specialize or used to specialize in electric and electronic items, like Tokyo's Akihabara.) The protagonist Umio works part-time at "BOOKS Umanohone" along with his senior at work (but not in age) Hiotan. As many dedicated manga fans visit the store, there is always something going on.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Garo: Honoo no Kokuin - ? eps

Groups: WhyNot?
Summary: Mendosa, the chief adviser of the king of Valiante, begins a campaign to hunt down "witches," resulting in the deaths of many magical knights and their sorcerer assistants. Anna, a sorceress married to the knight Herman Lewis, gives birth to a son before her execution. Herman takes their child, Leon, and flees, raising him to be the heir of the legendary Golden Armor. By the time Leon grows up, Valiante is completely in the control of Mendosa, who drives out Prince Alfonso and his mother. Alphonso decides to seek out the man who inherited the Golden Armor to reclaim the throne and save his people.
My First Impressions: Watched the first three eps. The art and animation isn't great, but acceptable for the most part. It's a little slow paced, but so far it's interesting enough? It's mostly plot driven with some character development. I'll probably watch at least another ep or two.
Link: anidb , ANN

Grisaia no Kajitsu - ? eps

Groups: Chihiro-Fansubs, Interrobang!? Fansub & Oyatsu
Summary: Whatever the circumstances behind its establishment, Mihama Academy is at present home to five female students, all with their own reasons for "enrollment". For better or worse, each girl has established a routine obliging of her current situation; life moves at an idle, yet accommodating pace within the walls of Mihama. Yet with the arrival of the institute's first male student, the nearly preposterously opaque Kazami Yuuji, the students at Mihama begin to fall out of step with their predetermined rhythms. Will Yuuji prove to be the element the girls around him needed to take hold of their lives once more, or will the weight of their pasts prove too steep a wall to overcome?
My First Impressions: Tried ep1 and couldn't get through more than half. The characters are just too ridiculous. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Gugure! Kokkuri-san - ? eps

Groups: Anime-Koi
Summary: A little girl named Kohina ends up summoning a Kokkuri-san, a lower-ranking ghost in Japanese folklore. The Kokkuri-san she calls ends up being a white-haired handsome, young man. Although he had intended to merely haunt her at first, he becomes worried about her terrible eating habit of cup ramen for every meal, so he decides to haunt her in order to protect her.
My First Impressions: Tried ep1 and couldn't make it past 5 mins. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Inou Battle wa Nichijou-kei no Naka de - eps

Groups: Commie
Summary: Six months ago, the five-member literature club all awakened superpowers. Unfortunately this has not led to them having anything else interesting happen in their lives, like epic battles or saving the universe. They go about their ordinary lives, just happening to have superpowers, waiting for the call to battle to finally happen - assuming it ever comes at all.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Madan no Ou to Vanadis - eps

Groups: Hiryuu Fansubs
Summary: In times of war, set in Western Europe, Eleonora Viltaria, one of the seven Vanadis of Zhcted, leads the war into Brune. There are actually seven Vanadis, named like this because they each received a powerful weapon from the dragon, to reign over seven territories, each possessing their own. The power of the Vanadis causes dread and fear toward their enemies. An Earl in the service of the country of Brune, a young archer called Tigre, got a taste of it after he was defeated on the battlefield by Ellen (Eleonora). However, Ellen decided to spare his life after seeing his skills. In exchange, he is asked to serve her.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Magic Kaito 1412 - 24 eps

Groups: FFFpeeps
Summary: High school student Kaito loves magic. His father was a genius magician with a secret identity as the Phantom Thief Kid. Unfortunately his father died in an unforeseen accident in a magic act. Eight years later, Kaito unexpectedly learns of his father's secret identity, and that he may have been murdered. In order to uncover the truth, he dons a silk hat and a white cape to follow in his father's footsteps as the Phantom Thief Kid.
My First Impressions: Watched ep1 and was rather bored. The art and animation is very 90's style and not that great. It bugs me too much for me to want to watch ep2. <not continuing unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Nanatsu no Taizai - eps

Groups: Chyuu-subs, Some-Stuffs
Summary: In a world where humans and non-humans have not yet been separated, the kingdom of Leones is protected by the Holy Knights, powerful magic users both revered and feared by the people. Supposedly the strongest, most fearsome of these knights, the Seven Deadly Sins, betrayed the kingdom and made enemies of all the other knights. Queen Elizabeth doesn't believe this story, and sets out to find the Sins - but when she meets the first Sin at a tavern, his name is Melodias, and he's nothing but a boy in charge of the pigs.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu - 12 eps

Groups: Doki Fansubs, Commie
Summary: Mitsuka Souji is a first year high school student who greatly loves twintails. One day, a beautiful girl named Thuearle, who comes from another world, suddenly appeared in front of him and gave him the power to transform into the twintails warrior Tail Red. Now Souji must fight in order to protect the peace on Earth with the help of his childhood friend Tsube Aika, who can becomes the twintails warrior Tail Blue.
My First Impressions: Tried watching ep1 and the fact that aliens would simply steal the love for "twintails" is ridiculous. The characters are also really boring. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Orenchi no Furo Jijou - 13 eps

Groups: Kaylith Subs
Summary: Tatsumi is a high school student who lives on his own, until a merman named Wakasa takes up residence in his bathtub. His solitary lifestyle is turned upside down by the self-centered (but handsome) new roommate.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Parasyte - the maxim (Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu) - 24 eps

Groups: Hatsuyuki Fansub, Underwater, Watashi Subs
Summary: Shinichi Izumi is a normal high school boy whose right hand has become infected with an alien parasite that names itself "Migi" ("right"). Migi is the first parasite to develop a symbiotic relationship with its host, as he and Shinichi slowly develop a grudging friendship. Migi isn't the only Parasite on earth, however, and as cases of Parasites killing humans begin to emerge, humans seek to kill off Parasites. Shinichi and Migi find themselves caught in between these two sides of the struggle over planet earth.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Sanzoku no Musume Ronja - ? eps

Groups: Anime-Koi
Summary: Ronja is the only daughter of Mattis, a bandit leader who lives in a castle in the middle of a large forest. When Ronja grows old enough, she ventures into the forest to interact the strange and magical creatures that live there. She learns to live in the forest through her own strength, with the occasional rescue from her parents. Ronja's life begins to change, however, when she happens upon a boy her own age named Birk.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso - ? eps

Groups: Commie, Kaylith Subs
Summary: Arima Kousei is a former child prodigy who lost his ability to play the piano when his mother died. His daily life is monochrome, but it begins to gain colour when he meets a female violinist by chance. Miyazono Kawori is an audacious go-getter who is overflowing with personality. Enchanted by the girl, Kousei starts to move forward with his own legs at the age of 14.
My First Impressions: Tried ep1 but the characters are all so boring. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis - ? eps

Groups: Commie
Summary: Mistarcia is a magical world where humans, gods, and demons mingle together. In the past, the black-and-silver winged Bahamut has threatened to destroy the land, but humans, gods, and demons overcame their differences to fight together and seal its power. The key to that seal was split in two, one half given to the gods and the other to demons, so that they would never be united and Bahamut never released. Now, two thousand years later, the world is in an era of peace - until the day a human woman steals the gods' half of the key.
My First Impressions: Tried watching ep1 but art and animation bothered me enough that I stopped fairly quickly. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Shirobako - ? eps

Groups: Chyuu-subs
Summary: A "shirobako" refers to the white box into which a finalized tape of a film is put, full of the effort of everyone who worked on it. Five girls have their eyes set on getting in a white box as they try to find success in the anime industry through writing, production, and voice acting.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Sora no Method - ? eps

Groups: Kaylith Subs, Waku-subs
Summary: The story begins one winter day when the wish of a few girls was realized with a miracle, changing the landscape of a town. "In the skies above this town, a disc is always there."
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Terra Formars - 13 eps

Groups: Commie
Summary: Twenty years ago, Shokichi Komachi was part of the Bugs 2 mission to Mars that discovered Terra Formars, human-cockroach hybrids that resulted from a terraforming accident. Shokichi was one of only two survivors. Now, the AE virus that came from Mars is raging wildly on earth. Shokichi boards the spacecraft Annex 1 to go back to Mars to find a sample in order to create a vaccine. They will face an unanticipated accident, a multinational conspiracy, and even more advanced Terra Formars.
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Trinity Seven - ? eps

Groups: Doki Fansubs, DameDesuYo Fansubs
Summary: Everyday is a normal day in the small town where Kasuga Arata lives. However, everything changed on the day of the Black Sun, and following it, a magician appears before him. The Black Sun caused the Breakdown Phenomenon which destroyed the town where he lives. Because of this, his normal life was artificially reconstructed by a Grimoire that his childhood friend had left. Just what is the purpose of the magician coming to the town? What will he do with the Grimoire's keepsake?
My First Impressions: Got through 2 episodes. Too many random fanservice that is totally off the mark (if you watch ep2 you'll know what I mean). THe animation and art are okay, and there is some stuff that is kind of interesting, but to get to those somewhat interesting parts are lots of really boring parts in between. <not continuing unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Ushinawareta Mirai o Motomete - ? eps

Groups: Waku-subs & Oyatsu
Summary: The Astronomy Club of which Akiyama Sou is a member is filled with the big names on campus. Just before the festival on October 1, the club receives a request from the student executive committee to calm the uneasiness among the students. There are reports of ghost sightings, accidents, sleeping sickness, and other mysterious incidents at the old building. When Furukawa Yui, a quiet girl who transferred late into the school, appears before Sou, the gears of fate slowly begin to move.
My First Impressions: Tried ep1 and was bored to tears. <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru - ? eps

Groups: FFFpeeps
Summary: In the era of the gods, year 300. Yuuna Yuuki lives an ordinary life as a second year middle school student, but she's also a member of the "Hero Club," where club activities involve dealing with a mysterious being called "Vertex."
My First Impressions: <not watching unless recommended>
Link: anidb , ANN

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