What anime are you currently watching?

[Weeaboolits]

A friend recommended Dai Mahou-Touge to me, but I didn't start it yet.

[negzee]

[Weeaboolits]

[alexpk86]

[zamisk]

[NessySchu]

[noodles]

[Black_kero]

Downloaded a new anime last night that I plan on watching soon.

Queens Blade.

[NessySchu]

[Sampson]

[scy]

I don't go out of my way to watch Family Guy but I won't turn it off it's on. Like Sampson said, it has some moments

[noodles]

[Kimiko]

I'm finally done with all the Slayers series, movies and OVAs.

Slayers (TV) - An older anime that was a lot of fun. A little too rowdy or slapstick at times, but overall pretty good. Very little fanservice too, and three of the five main characters are women. Surprisingly, the world is almost completely Western D&D. The only Japanese elements I noticed were Rezo's staff, Zelgadis and Amelia's magic being of 'spirit' type, and Sylphiel being referred to as a miko (a quite oddly-dressed one though). Oh, and Lina's fondness of hot baths of course. I'm not sure I would buy this series on its own, but I'll definitely check out the rest of the franchise.
Slayers The Motion Picture (movie) - Sheesh. I spent over an hour searching for this movie, to find out that it's also called Slayers Perfect, which I had already downloaded.
The art and animation are pretty good, as befits a movie. The story is not so special. The characters designs are a little Disney-esque I think. Naaga's only purpose seems to be fanservice. All in all you wouldn't really miss anything important if you skipped this movie.
Slayers Return (movie) - Like Slayers Perfect, this is a story only about Lina and Naga. The other characters from the Slayers TV series aren't in it. It's about as silly as Perfect too. I don't really like Naga. Too much fanservice, too little character. I suppose the other stand-alone movies will be much the same. I hope the Next TV series is about the old group again. They worked much better as a team than Naga.
Slayers Gorgeous (movie) - Another silly story of Lina and Naga. While the animation is decent, the story just isn't interesting. Silliness is okay here and there, but if I don't care about the characters, it kinda falls flat.
Slayers Excellent (OVA) - Meh. Another collection of the antics of Lina and Naga, slightly zanier than before, if that's possible.
Slayers Special (OVA) - Yet another collection of three stories. The writers really seem to be scraping the bottom of the barrel now. The second episode is just one gag repeated. The third takes the shortcut of having two very long insert songs.
Slayers Next (TV) - Yay, the whole gang (except Sylphiel so far) is back. The comedy is still only so-so, but the action is decent at least. Naga's been replaced by Martina, who is only a little less annoying.
The ending was a little too grand, but otherwise not bad. Overall this series is as good as the first.
Slayers Try (TV) - It's sort of classic Slayers, but the story progresses a little too randomly. That is, plot twists or new elements are introduced that don't fit smoothly with the rest of the story. All in all, a decent Slayers entry, but not top entertainment.
Slayers Premium (movie) - Oy, I hope this is not representative of the following series. Everyone is acting like a caricature of their previous self. The art is rather different, although that will just take a little to get used to. The story of this movie is on par with the other movies and OVAs. That is, it's too silly for words.
Slayers Revolution (TV) - Is it me, or is this series becoming sillier and less serious with each installment? Pokota's voice and behavior are very annoying.
Suddenly, it's ep.13 and the series ends. Continued in Slayers Evolution-R. Duclis wasn't very convincing as bad guy. Let's see if the robot maid does better.
Slayers Evolution-R (TV) - Well, with some starts, stops and bad patches, that ended the Slayers series somewhat fittingly. I'm glad this was the last of it though. Time for something different.

Looking back, the first installments (Slayers and Slayers Next) were the best, relatively speaking. I wouldn't call them top anime, but they're okay if you're looking for a diversion. I can't point out exactly where it went bad after that, the series just got worse progressively. The actual TV series that is. The movies and OVA episodes are stand-alone stories, and quite a lot worse than the TV series IMO.

I still have Shakugan No Shana and Shinigami No Ballad lying around. Shana is pretty long too (downloaded at the same time as Slayers; I have to get through these long anime on my to-watch list some time you know), so I think I'll start with Ballad.

[Maxine MagicFox]

[ZetaBladeX13]