Spring 2010 anime – also-rans

Working! About part-timers at a restaurant.  So irritating that I only watched half of the first episode.

Heartcatch Precure Another series in the “Futari wa Pretty Cure” universe. For addicts only, I think.

K-On! Series 2 The same five girls as in series 1 re-appear.  In this episode they mess around and fail to recruit any new members.  Seems a bit lacking – so far I see no reason to watch this rather than re-running the earlier series.

Mayoi Neko Overrun! Bizarre school comedy involving cats and cosplay. Even after watching it I don’t know what it’s about and I’m not sure I care.

Giant Killing A brilliant Japanese soccer player returns to Japan to revive the fortunes of a failing Japanese soccer team.  Might be good – check it out if you are a soccer fan.

B Gata H Kei This was trailed as a sex comedy about a 15 year old virgin girl who intends to have 100 sex partners.  I hadn’t memorised the Japanese title so when I downloaded and viewed yet another 1st Ep, the stunningly crude dialogue and the clumsy sexually-charged situations took me completely by surprise.  Partway through the episode I’d had enough of this dodgy tripe, and switched off.  Now removed from my computer. Apparently this is broadcast at 1am in Japan, so heck knows who it’s for – certainly not well-behaved Japanese school students who would be in bed asleep at this hour.  If  you live in the UK you might be wise to give this one a miss, and  check out the vaguely-drafted legislation made active earlier this week:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/06/cartoon_law_live/

If you come to the attention of the plods as a weirdo who watches stuff like this or the equally toxic “Kiss x Sis“, they just might make an example of you.