K-ON!! Season 2

It's K-ON!!(Yes, the !! is part of the title), and thus awesome. Review over.

Seriously though, season 2 seems to be shaping up much like season 1 did, although if it's 26 episodes long, it might get stale.

K-ON!! is awesome, but I really liked Sora no Woto better. They had pretty much the exact same production team/studio, which is why K-ON skipped a season.

I liked Sora no Woto better in part because it wasn't such a moeblob show. I'm not being very fair there, K-ON did develop into more than moeblob later in it's first season, but they seem to have lost their momentum or something. Really episodes of K-ON can do two things: focus on music, or focus on moe. The first two of season 2 focus on moe, and the show is much better when it focuses on music.

For those not anime-savvy, a moeblob show is one in which at least the main character (In K-ON all 5) is not so much a person as a blob of moe. It's probably best you look that word up on Wikipedia or something. Technically, moe translates to "budding", and moe can be roughly translated as "a turn on" depending on usage, but it's very hard to describe accurately. It's one of those things you just kinda pick up from watching a lot of anime. Not even Japanese otaku can define it in less than an essay and do it justice.

In fact, a real definition of it is widely debated in the anime community, particularly in Japan. I would agree with Joseph L. Dela Pena when he argues that moe is a pure, protective feeling towards a female character, without the sexualization of lolicon. But even that doesn't really capture it.

Sora no Woto

So I finally watched the last episode of Sora no Woto. If you haven't been watching it or keeping up on that kind of thing, Sora no Woto is somewhat of a slice of life anime about a small group of soldiers in a sort of distant future post-apocalyptic world, after humanity has rebuilt, to a degree. It takes place in what seems to be part of Europe, Spain, judging from the scenery. Music is a major theme, specifically the tune of "Amazing Grace".

Anyways, Sora no Woto is one of the best shows this season, with episodes that range everywhere from moeblob to war. I would highly recommend you watch this show, even if you don't normally watch anime.