D-3: Biggest Disappointments in Anime of 2011

Again simply my own opinion, as you are entitled to yours. Anime I watched can be viewed here.

1. A-Channel

It wasn't like I was expecting a masterpiece of anything but A-Channel wasn't even as close to as entertaining as I thought it would be. It wasn't even funny. It just felt like a Lucky Star wannabe to me. After a while I started getting really sick of the characters and the mediocre scenarios.

2. C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control

The premise was quite interesting and it was one of my most anticipated series of spring 2011. Sadly, felt like it became unnecessarily convoluted when it tried to be too much. Visually it's stunning but story-wise it just didn't cut it for me.

3. Steins;Gate

I haven't finished this. I don't know if I'm ever going to stay awake long enough while watching it to be able to. After all the hype that was going around for this series, I was expecting something awesome. However dumb this sounds, I feel like I should like it. The set up is great, the characters are great, but for some reason, I just find it extremely boring. In fact, it's so boring that I fall asleep not even half way into the episodes.

[C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control First Impression

This was certainly not what I was expecting at all. I'm really liking the concept of selling your future for money and am quite interested in seeing how the financial world will potentially corrupt this down-to-earth 19 year old. This episode doesn't really give any indication of where the story is going so I have no idea what to think in terms of how potentially good it may or may not be. Being a massive Yu-Gi-Oh! fan I'm not into the whole Yu-Gi-Oh!-esque card battling thing I'm seeing here. I do however find the art quite interesting. 7/10 for this episode.

[C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control 「PREVIEW」

Airing:

April 8 2011

Producer:

Tatsunoko Productions

Synopsis:

The Japanese government was rescued from the brink of financial collapse by the Sovereign Wealth Fund. For its citizens, however, life has not improved, and unemployment, crime, suicide, and despair are rampant. Kimimaro, raised by his maternal grandmother after the disappearance of his father and the death of his mother, is a scholarship student whose only dream is to avoid all this and live a stable life. One day, however, he meets a man who offers him a large sum of money if he'll agree to pay it back. From then on his fate is radically altered as he's drawn into a mysterious area known as "The Financial District."

Genre:

Sci-fi, Action

My Thoughts:

YES! Finally a break from a slife of life and romance anime. I'm anticipating lots of action. I hope this is going to live up to my expectations. Besides the final two episodes of Black Lagoon: Roberta's Blood Trail and Hidan no Aria, I'm really looking forward to this one a lot.