Might as well post my thoughts on some of the new shows.
Jojo's Bizzare Adventure Stardust Crusaders: Continuing the awesome manga adaption from the previous season. Not much to say here...it's great and I have nothing to complain about.
Akuma No Riddle: Weird premise in which a bunch of highly deadly female assassins -who are naturally all high school students,
because Japan- all get grouped in the same class, with the goal of killing the one girl among them who is not an assassin. It's pretty obvious who that girl is (she's one of the two main characters), yet they all seem to act oblivious initially. Only watched one episode of this, which sets everything up. The plot is going to revolve around the other main character deciding not to kill the girl and protect her from the others instead. The biggest problem I have with this show is that the main assassin girl is one of those 'cold' types who displays no emotion, or any real personality, for that matter, and doesn't speak much. I find this type of character incredibly boring.
Blade and Soul: Looked like it was going to be more Queen's Blade, but is actually a bit less fan-servicey (although it's still filled with scantily-clad females and huge, bouncing breasts, of course!) and actually has a story. The main character is similar to the girl in Akuma No Riddle in that she is cold, displays zero emotion, and rarely talks. One of the other characters even calls her out on this, so the show is at least self-aware and there may even be a reason why the character acts this way, but it still comes off as boring and makes for a character that I have no sympathy for. Awesome ending theme, BTW.
Captain Earth: Mecha show that seems to be trying to be something like Evangelion. Not sure about this one yet.
Fuuun Ishin Dai Shogun: Has some of the worst animation (or rather, completely lacks in animation) I've ever seen. Starts off as "tough guy takes over town by beating the shit out of all rivals in alternate-reality Japan," turns into "tough guy is also virgin and pervert who lusts for and peeps on women," but has to stay a virgin to pilot...a mecha....
because Japan.
Hitsugi no Chaika: Watched one episode. It's a fantasy-adventure show about a brother-sister duo helping a loli mage, who carries a magical sniper rifle in a giant coffin and is looking for body parts, Castlevania II-style. Might be fun; too early to tell.
Mekaku City Actors: About a shut-in, living with a virtual girl on his PC, who goes outside after two years and gets caught in the middle of a terrorist plot by masked men who demand a ransom for him and all the other customers in the shop they're in. Cool visual style and a plot that's hard to follow.
Ryuugajou Nanana no Maizoukin: Nanana is a happy-go-lucky girl who likes adventure and treasure-hunting! Also, she's FUCKING DEAD and her ghost haunts a dorm room that the protagonist inhabits. So it's ghost-harem comedy stuff or something.
Mangaka-san to Assistant-san: Yay, another harem-style show about a pervert surrounded by girls, wanting to do perverted shit and getting rejected for it. ZZzzzz.
Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo Returns: Classic murder mystery high-school detective hijinx.
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desuka?: Not sure why I watched this, but my wife and I sat through it and felt kind of...relaxed and pleasant afterwards. For some reason I kept thinking that the people who made this were really high.
Ping Pong the Animation:
