To be honest, the only reason I watched this was because I’d heard that Kinoku Nasu wrote it. I wasn’t really expecting something like Kara no Kyoukai or Fate/stay night, but I’d expected some kind of similarity. Well, I guess the only similarity was the fact that the plot is pretty incomprehensible.

The incomprehensible story that is CANAAN features a cast that I can’t really bring myself to like. There’s SUGOI, there’s her generic bumbling guy co-worker, mysterious assassin lady who happens to be friends with SUGOI, her mysterious evil counterpart mastermind, crazy girl who has the hots for her oneesama, masochist in love with crazy lesbian, hot lady with tragic past, ex-agent who caused lady’s tragic past but is in love with her, Yun Yun, and taxi driver.

The thing with the story is that I’m not sure what it was supposed to be about. It seemed like a bunch of random things happened in sequence. Oh look, there are a bunch of people infected with a virus and then terrorism happens at an anti-terror summit. I can’t see colours but suddenly I can again! Let’s go investigate this virus, also we’re both CANAAN. Also I’ll just shoot my arm off, TIME PASSES, stuff happens, THE END.

What.

I guess the gunfights were pretty cool.

I wonder how wrong I’ll end up being.

Umi Monogatari

So it turns out I was completely wrong about this. Episode 2 showed me that this is mahou shoujo with mermaids, something that is not relevant to my interests.

Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou

I watched the preview episode for this, which takes place in the middle of the story. The most interesting thing that I got from this is that what we associate with magic is actually oldschool magic and that modern magic is done through programming. I’ll probably keep this regardless of how bad it turns out, because it’s about programming.

CANAAN

There isn’t much to talk about in terms of story here. The first episode just kind of set some stuff up without any explanation. We do get some pretty cool action. I’m expecting this to be alright since it’s some sort of Type-Moon thing. Of course, there are magic eyes. Also, it has some pretty good production values for a studio that’s only done True Tears, which was entirely not action at all.

Bakemonogatari

So far, this is the most impressive show I’ve seen. It’s definitely the best looking show that SHAFT has done since ef and it’s actually done in real HD. The writing is great: it’s funny, it’s freaky, it’s hilarious. The story looks like it’s pretty interesting. It’s could be the best show of the season for me.