Hello everyone,
Today after watching yet another wonderful episode of A Channel I stopped at thinking about what is that makes an anime good and enjoyable for me.
What is that makes an anime funny and interesting, is it really only plot and deep involvement (Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica)? Is it only good comedy (Seitokai Yakuindomo)?
From the start of the time I watched over 500 anime series and I got in every genre (I watch almost any kind of anime to be honest) good experiences and bad experiences.
Let's talk about fanservice powered series, I loved Infinite Stratos while hated Seikon no Qwaser, loved Kemeko Deluxe and hated Asobi ni Iku Yo. Why is this difference?
We simply cannot say "plot" as none of these four series had any real solid plot running on background (you can hardly call plot those stories, let's be honest), nor they had any big comedy factor running on.
Then why? One of thing I'm starting to think is that one of the most important thing in an anime (at least from my point of view) is a good chemistry between the characters in the series.
That chemistry that we can see for example in the rivalry between the Infinite Stratos girls over Ichika's attentions or Kemeko's way to approach and involve all the other characters around her into crazy stuff.
In the past I happened to drop great plot series just because "they didn't sound right, I had no love for the characters" like happened with Mushishi. (that I managed to complete only months later)
Returning to A-Channel this is what I feel about this series. They just managed to pull up a nice combination of characters with good chemistry between them that just...sounds right. It is interesting to watch them, it is funny to follow them, I want to know more about them.
But unfortunately it seems that's a pretty difficult thing to pull off watching most of the current series...
And for you? What makes you love a series? Try to think about it!
See you soon,
feal87
P.S. Tooru costume scene was hilarious, but don't even think about touching her. She's mine! 