Animu

Being a place for the planning of communal anime viewing. Seasons are named after the relevant anime season; at any given time we may be up to a season "behind" realtime.

Future

For spring, need replacements for slots 1-5. (Toradora continues in Slot 6)

Mushishi (slot 4?)
Knights of Sidonia (slot 1 or 2?)
Soredemo Sekai wa Utskishii - dropped by Lestaki, so probably not

Older series:

Madoka (just movie 3? All movies? Fancut?)
Haruhi? (Lmm has seen too many times)
Planetes? (old, but only steven has seen it)

End of Winter plan

Lmm is away for 2 weeks on July 16th. So we have 5 weeks to fill: June 11th, June 18th, June 25th, July 2nd, July 9th, i.e. 30 episode-equivalents. With Samurai Flamenco finished we have:

2 episodes of Noragami. OVAs will not be out in time (at least not the second one).
4 episodes of Space Battleship Yamato
6 episodes of Mekakucity Actors
4 episodes of Allison to Lillia
16 episodes of Toradora, + utterly terrible OVA

i.e. 32 episodes counting Toradora. If we assume Toradora will continue at its usual pace we require 25 episodes and have 16, so we need 9. 7 If we're watching the noragami OVAs.

Madoka movies are 4-5 episode's-worth each, as is Time of Eve. The Garden of Words is ~2 episodes, and TO is about 3.5 episodes' worth (spread across two parts). 5cm/s is about 2.5 episodes' worth (spread across 3 parts).

Options:

Madoka Rebellion and either:
- The Garden of Words + 5cm/s
- TO
Time of Eve movie and as above
Macross Zero and as above
- Goes well with TO as Macross Zero episodes are slightly overlength; however, mecha overload
Freedom and either:
- The Garden of Words
- 5cm/s
- Note: I don't actually think I'd like this much, but somehow feel obliged to list it
Gundam 0080 and either:
- 5cm/s
- TO (15 minutes over)
Black Rock★Shooter (1 episode short, perhaps + the first part of 5cm/s)
- I (Lmm) dropped the series, but figured it's worth mentioning in case Lestaki wants to make the case for it.
BPS marathon! You know it makes sense
Just start 4-5 new series and watch 2 episodes of each before the break

Descriptions of possible things:

Madoka Rebellion hopefully needs no introduction
The Garden of Words is (I hear) a very visually pretty romance series, all lush gardens. Also feet.
5cm/s is a somewhat emo romance/drama - it's by the same guy as Voices of a Distant Star if any of you remember that
TO is a robot thing with bad-looking CGI. Has a very amusing twist (at least when sleep-deprived at 6AM) but not much to recommend it other than that
Time of Eve is a very well-regarded piece of science fiction about a future with humanlike robots.
Macross Zero is a Macross series (remember Macross Plus?), so giant robots and singing. This particular incarnation has a bit of an environmentalist/anti colonialist bent and is extremely well animated for its time.
Freedom is a kids-on-big-motorbikes anime (think Akira), actiony and well-animated
Gundam 0080 is an older giant robot OVA, with an anti-war theme and some pretty good characters.
Black Rock★Shooter is some middle school drama mixed with some pretty music-video-style fights. Almost like an anime Sucker Punch, but with a lower-stakes real-world part.

Winter 2014 Schedule

Noragami
Space Battleship Yamato 2199
Samurai Flamenco
Archer (last 2 episodes, displacing Mekakucity Actors)
Mekakucity Actors
Allison and Lillia (with an eye towards possible replacement by Mushishi)
Toradora
(Also unofficial Magic Knight Rayearth from time to time)

Autumn 2014 Schedule

Little Witch Academia (first meeting, displacing Archer)
Ga-Rei Zero
Space Battleship Yamato 2199
Samurai Flamenco
Archer
Allison and Lillia
Twin Angel (filling gap in Archer)
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! (S1 + OVA)
(Also unofficial Magic Knight Rayearth from time to time)

New Year's 2014 Bonus Meeting

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 2nd A`s
Macross Plus

Summer 2013 Schedule

Gatchaman Crowds
Attack on Titan
The Sunday Without God
Fate/Kaleid Liner Prisma☆Ilya
Senki Zesshou Symphogear G: In the Distance, That Day, When the Star Became Music...
Simoun
(Also unofficial Kiddy Grade from time to time)

Spring 2013 Schedule

Psycho-Pass
Attack on Titan
Zetsuen no Tempest
Demon King at Work
Archer
Simoun
(Also unofficial Martian Successor Nadesico from time to time)

New Location

Flat 31, Rosecrest Court, 344 High Road, London N15 4ET. Still 18:45 on Wednesdays.

Moving House Bonus Meeting

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha The Movie 1st
Voices of a Distant Star

Winter 2013 Schedule

Psycho-Pass
Shinsekai Yori
Zetsuen no Tempest
AKB0048
Archer
Princess Jellyfish
(Also unofficial Aquarion EVOL from time to time)

Christmas 2012 Bonus Meeting

Strike Witches the Movie
Pale Cocoon

Autumn 2012 Schedule

Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
Shinsekai Yori
Secret of Cerulean Sand
Archer
Accel World
Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun
DVD-only episodes of Kokoro Connect
(Also unofficial Grenadier from time to time)

Summer 2012 Schedule

Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse
Secret of Cerulean Sand
Archer
Accel World
Space Bros (Dropped)
Tari Tari
Kokoro Connect
(Also unofficial Seirei no Morbito from time to time)

Spring 2012 Schedule

Jormungand
Fate/Zero (dropped after episode ~20)
Dantalian no Shoka
AKB0048
Natsuiro Kiseki
Space Bros
Wandering Son
(Also unofficial Seirei no Morbito from time to time)

Winter 2012 Schedule (disrupted by Japan trip and change of attendees)

Moretsu Pirates (dropped after ~14 epsiodes)
Fireball (short)
Senki Zesshou Symphogear: Meteoroid-falling, Burning, and Disappear, Then...
Last Exile ~Fam, the Silver Wing~
Chihayafuru
Princess Tutu
Honey & Clover
(Also unofficial Seirei no Morbito from time to time)

Autumn 2011 Schedule

Fate/Zero
Horizon in the Middle of Nowhere
Last Exile ~Fam, the Silver Wing~
Chihayafuru
Princess Tutu
Honey & Clover

"Squash"

Read or Die OVA (in accordance with tradition)
First episode of Fate/Zero

Time/Place

Lmm's (88 Chesterfield Gardens, Finsbury Park), 18:45 on Wednesdays