On the others. I’m liking Mokke a lot - it’s gentle and well done. Just what you want. Sketchbook I’ve found rather disappointing. I like gentle slice of life things, but this seems rather light on the content even for a slice of life show. I haven’t watched the subs yet, but that’s largely because I don’t feel the need to. Cats can’t quite make the final selling point for me.

I’m liking Blue Drop a lot as well. Again, might not be your cup of tea, but its sticking nicely to the SF setup and developing its characters without resorting to any entirely predictable standards. Oh, and do check out Clannad subbed. It’s funny, and at least for me, with my limited Japanese, much of that humour only comes out with subs. It’s far more worthwhile than I ever thought it would be. Again, give it a fair crack of the whip, Karura-sama. It might surprise you.

P.S: Make sure to get the Live-Evil sub for Shion no Ou. Besides having explanations for shougi (which you will definitely need unless you’ve actually played shougi), their translator actually knows Japanese.

kiseki gurl: Apart from Hero Tales, which I won’t bother continuing, everything is either good or inoffensive at the moment but I’m not sure how long I’ll stick with some of the series on lower half of the list. I need to cut down or face anime overload every week.

Krypfto: Haven’t read the manga yet, and I really love cats, which probably affects my judgement.

Sometimes I wonder if this new season actually sucks or if I have just goten way too damn picky. The only series I really, really like is Shion no Ou and that’s because I read enough of the manga to know that it’ll turn out good. But you’re holding out a lot better than me considering I’ve dropped/put on backup quite a number of these shows listed above.