Technically, this scene was from 2013.
There are a lot of anime series that debut each anime season and many of them I don’t get around to sampling, either because I was watching other shows and/or I felt indifferent toward plot descriptions I read before they started. As weeks pass and people continue to talk about certain shows (mostly in a positive light), I think about maybe trying the ones I passed over after they finish their runs.
This post contains lists of anime series that premiered in 2014 I haven’t tried yet but still want to in the new year, broken down by debut season. I used general buzz from people I follow on Twitter as well as user ratings on Anime-Planet in compiling the titles. I also listed the shows I completed, started and dropped so that readers know what I did try during the year and, in some cases, need to finish.
Feel free to respond in the comments with recommendations of which series to definitely go for and which I shouldn’t bother with.
(By the way, some of the titles I listed below were profiled in Flawfinder’s countdown of disappointingly bad shows – I might be a little more cautious about those.)
WINTER
Completed:
D-Frag!; Go! Go! 575; Space Dandy season 1; Tonari no Seki-kun; Wooser season 2
Started:
Engaged to the Unidentified; Hozuki no Reitetsu; Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha; Nobunagun; Pupa; Super Sonico the Animation; Witch Craft Works; World Conquest Zvezda Plot
Dropped:
Nisekoi; Onee-chan ga Kita; Sakura Trick; Strange+; Wizard Barristers
Want to try:
Buddy Complex; Noragami, The Pilot’s Love Song; Robot Girls Z; Wake Up, Girls!; Youkai Watch
I began the year with renewed hope that I’d keep up with what I decided to continue watching after trying out the first episode or two of what I was interested in. That was the case for most of the shorts I saw but by the end of January, I fell behind once again. I finished a couple series after they aired (D-Frag! and Space Dandy season 1) and still have a handful that I sort of want to complete.
SPRING
Completed:
none yet
Started:
Abarenbou Rikishi!! Matsutarou; Baby Steps; Haikyu!!; Nandaka Velonica; Ping Pong the Animation
Dropped:
none yet
Want to try:
Break Blade; Brynhildr in the Darkness; Captain Earth; Chaika The Coffin Princess; The Irregular at Magic High School; Is the Order a Rabbit?; The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior; Knights of Sidonia; Mekaku City Actors; Nanana’s Buried Treasure; One Week Friends; Riddle Story of Devil; Selector Infected WIXOSS; The World is Still Beautiful
I mostly started watching all the new sports shows during spring season and not much else. That’s why there are many series I heard other people talking about but didn’t attempt to watch myself as they began airing.
SUMMER
Completed:
Ai Mai Mii season 2; Terror in Resonance
Started:
Encouragement of Climb Second Season; Jinsei; Locodol; Rail Wars!; Sailor Moon Crystal; Space Dandy season 2
Dropped:
none yet
Want to try:
Akame ga Kill!; Bakumatsu Rock; Barakamon; Hanayamata; Invaders of the Rokujyoma!?; Magimoji Rurumo; Monthly Girls’ Nozaki-kun; Nobunaga Concerto; Sabagebu!; Tokyo Ghoul
Summer was lackluster for me, though it did provide a thriller I watched week-to-week and the return of a favorite short from 2013 with longer episodes this time around. The list of shows I still want to try from this summer is about half comprised of acclaimed stuff like Barakamon, Nozaki-kun & Tokyo Ghoul and half made up of series that weren’t as talked about.
AUTUMN
Completed:
Hi-sCool! Seha Girls
Started:
Gugure! Kokkuri-san; I Can’t Understand What My Husband is Saying; Parasyte; Shirobako; Tribe Cool Crew
Dropped:
Denki-Gai no Honya-san
Want to try:
A good librarian like a good shepherd; Amagi Brilliant Park; Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works; Garo the Animation; Gonna be the Twin-Tail!!; In Search of the Lost Future; Joker; Magic Kaito 1412; Rage of Bahamut: Genesis; Ronja the Robber’s Daughter; Yona of the Dawn; Your lie in April; Yuki Yuna is a Hero
When I began writing this post in early December, I had already fallen behind on Shirobako, Kokkuri-san and Tribe Cool Crew. Amagi, Magic Kaito and Ronja seemed like they were all actively fan translated so I shouldn’t have a problem in finding subs when I decide to start them.
Overall, I thought it was another year of fun, new anime productions. 2015 has some sequels I’m anticipating in second seasons of Kiniro Mosaic and Non Non Biyori but other than those two, I think I might be spending more time checking out what I missed from this year than new stuff, at least for the first couple months.
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