Umi Monogatari

Some mermaids find a ring that some girl threw into the ocean. They venture to the scary surface and try and give it back. In the process, they release some sort of dark evil. It looks like this is going to have an actual plot, which was kind of disappointing. I’d heard that this had Aria’s director on it and that sort of gave me this false impression that this was going to be Aria with mermaids. Oh well, I guess I’ll see if it continues to capture my interest.

Umineko no Naku Koro ni

So far, everything has been pretty good. The pacing is a little lightspeed, but it would have taken about a month to get to where we are right now if they’d followed the game. Good production all around in terms of animation, music, and voice acting. There were a few casting choices that had me worried when I read them, but they sure proved me wrong. And though the OP, 「片翼の鳥」, and ED, 「la divina tragedia〜魔曲〜」, aren’t from the game, they, together with their animations, are pretty good. Very much looking forward to when things start rolling at the first twilight.

Aoi Hana

This is some sort of yuri romance thing. I took a look because I heard it was worthwhile. I feel like the OP will tell you everything you need to know about this show: flowers and girls holding hands and slow music. I’ll probably watch another episode or two, at which point, I will get bored and drop it.