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* Gatchaman Crowds Insight

* Minami-ke (not exactly supported per se, but a fallback comedy option)

* Ghost in the Shell: Arise

* The Legend of Korra

** Mixed feelings. Episode 1 was painful, Korra is like another Subaru at the beginning. Fortunately they ease off the "this character is naive due to her upbringing and we need to show it" pretty quickly. Seems like it could have some promise, but the plot development seems very formulaic ("Introduce Heroine. Introduce Teacher. Inevitable heroine/teacher conflict. Introduce allies. Introduce nemesis.") - does it manage to grow beyond this? Also a bit wary of another year-long show. --maxb

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* Kaiba - older but it seems most of us haven't seen it, and I could stand to watch it again --lmm

** Watching that scene once in company was enough. It's a good show but I'm not super enthused. - MP

* Flip Flappers

** Anime original magical girl (?) show that is long on symbolism and characterisation at the expense of immediate plot coherency. First episode struck me as slow and incoherent but I've warmed to it a lot thereafter. Essentially a coming of age story about two girls with a lot of psychedelic window dressing thus far. -MP

** I can confirm the first episode was slow and incoherent. Painfully so. I went no further. --maxb

** I'm quite liking it - I'm voting it on the schedule if possible -- AIM

* Occultic;Nine

** High paced mystery show about an ensemble cast and supernatural bullshit. Writing is pretty sharp overall but attention is required so should go in an early slot if at all. I'm enjoying it a fair amount but as with all mystery shows it could all fall apart in the end. -MP

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** The third season of Madoka the Gathering but with a new setting and cast. Essentially a dark melodrama about a card game eating your soul or something. The first two seasons were fairly mediocre (Mari Okada is a hack- except for 00 obviously) but the third season has a new writer and is a far more polished and compelling story. I'm aware this is a stretch but if I did push for it I'd suggest we jump straight into the third season- my friend did so happily and no prior knowledge is really required so far. -MP

** Currently watching it - somehow doesn't feel as high-octane as it should be -- AIM

* March comes in like a Lion

** Is rather interesting in that 4 episodes in, even though all we've really done is explored the characters, it has managed to pull this off without seeming boring.

* New Game! (ニューゲーム Nyū Gēmu)

** Cute girls designing cute vidya characters. -YYY

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 * Gatchaman Crowds Insight
 * Minami-ke (not exactly supported per se, but a fallback comedy option)
-* Ghost in the Shell: Arise
 * The Legend of Korra
 ** Mixed feelings. Episode 1 was painful, Korra is like another Subaru at the beginning. Fortunately they ease off the "this character is naive due to her upbringing and we need to show it" pretty quickly. Seems like it could have some promise, but the plot development seems very formulaic ("Introduce Heroine. Introduce Teacher. Inevitable heroine/teacher conflict. Introduce allies. Introduce nemesis.") - does it manage to grow beyond this? Also a bit wary of another year-long show.  --maxb
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 * Kaiba - older but it seems most of us haven't seen it, and I could stand to watch it again --lmm
 ** Watching that scene once in company was enough. It's a good show but I'm not super enthused. - MP
-* Flip Flappers
-** Anime original magical girl (?) show that is long on symbolism and characterisation at the expense of immediate plot coherency. First episode struck me as slow and incoherent but I've warmed to it a lot thereafter. Essentially a coming of age story about two girls with a lot of psychedelic window dressing thus far. -MP
-** I can confirm the first episode was slow and incoherent. Painfully so. I went no further. --maxb
-** I'm quite liking it - I'm voting it on the schedule if possible -- AIM
 * Occultic;Nine
 ** High paced mystery show about an ensemble cast and supernatural bullshit. Writing is pretty sharp overall but attention is required so should go in an early slot if at all. I'm enjoying it a fair amount but as with all mystery shows it could all fall apart in the end. -MP
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 ** The third season of Madoka the Gathering but with a new setting and cast. Essentially a dark melodrama about a card game eating your soul or something. The first two seasons were fairly mediocre (Mari Okada is a hack- except for 00 obviously) but the third season has a new writer and is a far more polished and compelling story. I'm aware this is a stretch but if I did push for it I'd suggest we jump straight into the third season- my friend did so happily and no prior knowledge is really required so far. -MP
 ** Currently watching it - somehow doesn't feel as high-octane as it should be -- AIM
-* March comes in like a Lion
-** Is rather interesting in that 4 episodes in, even though all we've really done is explored the characters, it has managed to pull this off without seeming boring.
 * New Game! (ニューゲーム Nyū Gēmu)
 ** Cute girls designing cute vidya characters. -YYY