It's that time of year again!
But as always some rules.
1. I will not be talking abotu spinoffs or sequels unless I have already seen all previous seasons.
2. No shows with Brother or Sister in the title (Mother and father also count but are far rarer)
3. No shows that are less then 20 minutes long.
4. No card game shows/shows where the only purpose is to sell something (like an app or toys to kids)
Alright with that out of the way.
Returning shows
Angel of death
Returning show may not be the most acurate thing here because we are only missing 4 episodes.
I have no idea why this show felt it needed to be 16 episodes.... the pacing is getting really bad to spread it out BUT.....
I still am curious to see how it all ends.
I just really wish the characters were more interesting. maybe it's different in the game btu the same lines are repeated constantly.
A certain magical Index III
Thanks for the recap... i know I just watched this not too long ago but it was nice getting that info dump.
Oh yeah I forgot that this show has the first episode be more on the fanservicy side... I still think i'll watch the show but not week to week. it's a lot more fun to marathon. especially with the episode ending the way it does.
New shows:
DOUBLE DECKER! DOUG & KIRILL
This show is ugly.... I really hate the look of these mostly CG anime. The show also has the odd tonality. It's trying to be funny but it uh.... isn't.
But yeah it's a buddy cop... erm... detective? anyways buddy cop supernatural thing that is also trying to be funny.
I love that it's so colourful but the CG is awful and I just can't make myself care about any of the characters so far.
RErideD - Derrida, who leaps through time
From the first episode we learn that this is a world full of Automata, robots that make life far simpler. However there is apparently a bug in the latest modle. One that could turn all the robots into crazy killers.
We also find out that Derrida had an idea for a way to travel through time but was never able to make it work.
Through a series of misfortunate events and potential meddling in the timeline Derrida ends up being cryogenically frozen till the year 2050 where it turns out.... yeah the bug did exactly what they feared.
the rest of the show (I assume) will be able making it so this all never happened.
I honestly enjoyed this and i'm at least willing to give it another episode or two.
Xuan Yuan Sword Luminary
The art style is giving me real Tales of vibes but maybe it's just cause I recently beat Zestiria.
So an Idyllic town is murdered by contructs as an empire tries to assert it's dominence.
Childhood friends are separated thinking that the other died in that tragedy.
The boy became a slave building contructs (and other little things in his spare time) and the sisters became a performing duo trying to earn money as they travel.
By chance the elder sister comes across a... uh... shrine? I guess we'll go with shrine for now... she comes across a shrine and gains a "magical" bracelet that allows her to summon a girl and a sword.
The episode ends with the boy no longer a slave and the sisters no longer powerless against the army.
I don't know if I care enough to give this any more episodes. The CG is still pretty prevalent in this show (though only looks bad when it's done to a character instead of a construct) but the show does look ok. I just wasn't really given enough reason to care after an episode.
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
*points to title* that is the plot.
I have heard this show can get fanservicy but this first episode was a joy.
Satoru has lived a normal life for 37 years... the only thing that could make it more perfect is a girlfriend.
however when meeting his Kohai for lunch he is stabbed, killed and reincarnated as a lowly slime.
I'm a little tired of the "transported to another world" genre but this honestly looks fun so yeah i'll be giving it a few more episodes.
Run with the Wind
When a deal seems to good to be true it probably is.
After stealing a sandwhich from a convenience store kakeru is chased down by a crazy guy on a bike asking if he likes to run. Next thing he knows he's moving into a dorm pretty much rent free (well pay as you can basis)
however to his (and the other 9 residents) surprise this dorm is actually a university track and field boot camp dorm... the goal is to run the Hakone Ekiden.
I'm on the fence about this one... i'm not the biggest fan of sport anime but there is something intriguing about this. it's well animated with great music and a diverse cast as well as some good humor... i'll probably give it another episode at least... plus having been to hakone i'm kinda curious to see it animated.
Between the Sky and Sea
Ok just from that intro i think i hate this.
So all the fish have vanished... but people still want to eat fish so they make space fisherie planet things and now women are allowed to fish so 6 cutesy girls go to fisk in space.
So... uh... I dislike fish... i hate space and cute girls doing cute shit is my least fav anime genre.
So the main girl that they show is like.... extremely shouty and i'm sorry I just can't. Maybe it's a good show but wow the first 5 minutes are not enjoyable.
Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai
So it's about A bubbny girl time traveller sent to protect an esper boy from an alien witch but then bunny girl changes into a battle maid outfit to fight--
oh thats just.... haruhi Suzumiya ep 0?
oh... well i'd honestly rather be watchign that right now.
Look i wanted to watch this with an open mind. Shows that deal with how confusing puberty is can be well done but... when we are less then 5 mins in al the little sister character is cuddling up to her big bro in bed cause sh'es cold..... look this show is makign itself hard to like.
and while my original description was a joke I don't know how inaccurate is is... there does seem to be something supernatural going on as only he can see the bunny girl sempai and when he writes about her some things are blocked from his vision by appearing censored.
According to this show it's something know as Adolescent Syndrome (or Puberty syndrom if you want to believe the subheader under the title more then crunchy's translation) and it pretty much is strange things happen to people at a certain age. This so far has ranged from wounds appearing out of nowhere to someone who was once famous disappearing from peoples vision and eventually existing at all.
Other then the little sister character this was really good. I'll be honest i nearly turned it off there cause it's just a gross trope. I don't know if it'll continue to be this interesting but i'm willing to give it another episode at least.
Zombie Land Saga
I'll be honest.... even with the title and some of the promo art.... that was not the opening i was expecting.
Oh it's about Saga the prefecture instead of an ongoing saga.
also.... apparently this is an Idol anime.... uh... kinda....
...
I just don't know. It's uh... surprising for sure but don't know if i'll keep watching lol.
BAKUMATSU
one day you are out to steal an artifact that could control the world... the next you are thrown into an alternate universe where things aren't exactly as you remember. also outfits have gotten far moire... fanservicy.
it doesn't seem like a bad show but at the some time but I don't tend to enjoy samurai shows in the first place and there wasn't enough in this first episode to hook me.
Ms. Vampire who lives in my neighborhood
Right off the bat I think it's neat that this show adds a very suvtle grain effect so it looks really cohesive and pretty.
Other then that it's just a goofy comedy Shoujo ai anime full of cute anime girls.
but like... little to no plot... just human meets vampire... human wants to treat vampire like a doll... vampire is tired of human but is also being all tsundere about them leaving.
it's just not my cup of tea.
UzaMaid!
The concept looks cute enough, little girl is annoyed by the overly affectionate Maid...
but then i looked at MAL and this is listed as Shoujo Ai....
sorry... i don't care how cute or well animated it appears to be, i'm not subjecting myself to that when the characters have such an age difference. Like this grown woman litterally falls in love with a child... i hope they just play it as "loves treating her like a doll" but you know what? I've been burned before *side eyes usagi drop* so I cannot stick around to find out.
Hinomaru Sumo
Oh no... lightning from the eyes.... I can't go back to "za zone" again...
. . . and fire too...
anyways there seem to be two major categories of sport anime.
1. The person who wants to be the best but physically can't and have to work 5 times as hard as anyone else to get anhwere but they are rewarded for their hard work.
2. The person has some disadvantage which means no one takes them seriously but they work hard to prove that they are in fact the best.
Find the second kind of sport anime far less enjoyable.
Like... none of the characters are likeable and I honestly don't have any intrest in sumo so pass.
DAKAICHI - I'm being harassed by the sexiest man of the year-
I'm actually surprised by how many shonen ai/shoujo ai shows we've gotten this season. Still this one looks kinda funny..... I really hope they don't fuck it up.
Damn... they fucked it up.
Had this been a show about the guy who dethroned the number 1 actor having a crush on said actor and then having their relationship grow over time as they get to know each other this would have been a really cute show.
instead he tries to rape him in the first episode... sure nothing happened but when the other person says No you stop.... why is that so hard for anime to figure out?
RADIANT
Boy wants to be the best sorcerer in the world.... please yell less then Asta... thats all i ask.
Well the kid is far more likable then the character in balck clover but just going on episode 1 this is just another shonen anime about a kid who has talent but lots of room to grow trying to be the best. episode 1 ends in a cliffhanger so i may give ep 2 a chance but it would need to do something unique or special to get me to watch much more.
After ep 2 yeah it's still just another shonen anime but it's got it's cute moments.
Goblin Slayer
The only thing i know about this show is that Crunchyroll put out an apology for not warning viewers that it contained graphic content. and now theres a notification on the page and a warning at the start.
ok.... yeah.... that was fucking uncalled for.
First of all shame one someone going "yeah this is a thing we should animate"
Second seriously Crunchyroll.... nobody saw that and thought "gee maybe there should be a warning?" they had to be called out.
Third off Fuck this show and shows like it, I get it shocking shit gets a point across but if i'm not going to let shonen ai get away with that bullshit I am certainly not letting you get away with it especially since this was far more explicit.
SSSS. GRIDMAN
I honestly don't know if i can stomach another Trigger anime so soon after Darling in the Franxx
It's a Mech/Kaiju Anime. It seems good and well animated HOWEVER.... out of all the shows trigger has done lately that combo of genres screams "could have sudden aliens" the most so..... after darling i just.... no. I'll wait till it's out and someone has seen it cause i can't do another gurren laggan.
so yeah not a bad show I just know where my phobias lie.
Anima Yell
Cheerleading anime. Pink haired prtag sees a cheerleading squad practive and wants to do it as well. The school she joined unfortunately doesn't have a cheer club so she's got to make one.
however no one wants to join... not even the person who originally inspired her.
But yeah it's a cute show about cheerleading. Not really my cup of tea but better then other shows that focus on moe.
Ulysses: Jeanna d'Arc and the Alchemist Knight
oh no they swore an oath to be friends forever no matter what.... i'm sure nothing will go wrong and they will easily keep that oath.
anyways this is a fantasy reterring of the 100 year war but alchemy is a thing and fairies and honestly after a single episode I would say there isn't a single redeeming things abotu this show.
It's animated poorly, the plot is nothing we haven't seen before and it seems like the only thing they are banking on is fanservice.
Pass.
Oh on the preview has what looks like an adult kissing someone who looks like a child... great... we haven't had enough of that this season...
Conception
. . . I dont wanna...
I didn't want anything to do with the game... doubt the anime will change my mind...
wow... they really like butts like a lot of these silhouettes are extremely defined unnaturally toned with added extreme force perspective butts.
it's just... wow is it bad.
I take it back... the last show maybe had a redeeming quality... it was better then this garbage heap. Why this show exists (other then to get nerd to procreate in japan) is beyond me.
Merc StoriA: The Apathetic Boy and the Girl in a Bottle
In this world Humans and monster live together in peace thanks to healers who can heal the hearts of monsters and can stop them from attacking.
One day a boys father gives him a bottle of water to his son then goes on another journey saying he'll come back by winter.
Well winter comes and goes but the father never returns... the bottle of water however turns out to be a monster/fairy girl.
Anyways years pass and the boy has the ability to heal monsters.... one problem... he's terrified of them.
Still he tries his best despite being scared.
Honestly this show was super sweet and I will probably watch more... considering ti's apparently based on a smartphone game I am more then a little impressed.
As Miss Beelzebub likes.
While that intro was painfully cutesy I love the way hell is represented in this anime.
Angels who have fallen from Heaven work hard to keep Hell orderly with satan gone.
Unfortunately in the end seems like it's just a fanservicy show with a comedy slant. probably fine but... I'm good.
*sees the same show twice*
Ok... new rule
No shows that have uncensored versions.
I think i've been pretty clear on where i stand as far as fanservice is concerned....
Tsurune
Well no matter what I can say one thing. This show is pretty.
Well it's better then the other Kyo ani sports anime with a mostly male cast.
I mentioned before that sports anime tend to either be underdog with no hope but eventually gets better or underestimated and works to prove just how good they are.
This is kind of both. We know this kid is very talented however due to anxiety he can't play as well as he wants to. In fact he's playing worse the an amateur and has decided to give up the sport.
obviously the show will be able him regaining what he lost due to fear and that is very interesting. I've seen it beofre in thing like Chihayafuru however that was a supporting characters so i'm curious how it'll work on a main.
Oh and the show is about archery... I should have probably mentioned that.
But yeah i'll keep watching and just hope it doesn't get more focused on pleasing fangirls then actually telling a plot.
And I believe with that I am done.
Considering I went into this season expecting less then nothing I have a handful of cute shows that i'm at least willing to give a chance. Nothing solid (except maybe index 3) but I am looking forward to the next three months.
What shows did you find interesting this season?
Monday, 22 October 2018
Tuesday, 7 August 2018
First Impressions: Summer 2018
It has been a crazy summer so far... we are already 5 weeks in and i haven't been able to start anything... that changes today
Same rules as always.
1. I wont be talking about any shows that are starting a new season UNLESS i have already watched all the previous stuff.
2. No shows with Brother/Sister in the titlte (and to a lesser extent Mother/Father) cause it's so often incesty and i don't like that.
3. No shows that are less then 20 minutes. sometimes i watch them but waiting week to week for a 3 min gag isn't enjoyable for me.
4. No card game shows/shows aimed to sell toys to children. I don't have an issue with these kinda of shows i just don't tend to enjoy.
I will do my best to give every show i have access to a shot but I make no promises about how long i stick around.
Returning shows
Kakuriyo Bead and Breakfast for Spirits
Still loving this show. the location and plot has changed a bit for the second cour but it's still cute and engaging.
My Hero Academia
Love it, it's great seeing some of the stuff i've already read in the manga animated and i can't wait for them to get to a certain scene
Persona 5
Keeps getting better with each week, i know people give it a hard time but i think it's doing a pretty good job of showing the story of the game in an anime.
Steins;Gate 0
Fantastic, absolutely heartbreaking and the slightly different intro song is just the perfect sum up of the show. can't wait to see what happens.
New shows:
HANEBADO!
Well this is some very intense badminton.
I will say right off the bat it is nice to see a anime with a mostly female cast playing a sport and not being hyper fanservice.
Like yes the animation pushes how far they can twist with each return but I think thats more for impact then titillation.
That all being said I'm not really a fan of sports anime. The ones i do enjoy present an interesting character. (Kuroko: A player with no presence making up for lack of basic skills, Haikyuu: A player who wants to be the ace but has to deal with the fact that he wont be growing anymore, Yuri on Ice: A skater who has no confidence in himself going on a journey of self discovery.)
Unfortunately for this show i'm not sure what angle they are going for... Player who was beaten so badly that they just want to do anything to improve? Player that that got tired of utterly destroying their opponents so they gave up the sport entirely? a small club with some potential but it just needs the right nurturing coach?
Right now it feels like it's going for all the things but that also makes it feel unfocused. The animation is good, but past that i didn't enjoy anything about this first episode. Not a bad show i just don't think it's for me.
ISLAND
Well.... thats a new take on tripping and landing in an awkward place.... though something tells me if that really happened the dude wouldn't just be midly confused but actually in a lot of pain.
Well... ok... It's a high production pervy show trying to legitimize itself by having this "mystery of the island" but lets be honest the main point of this is fanservice (i mean equal oppertunity fanservice i guess) and there is nothing wrong with that but it's not the kind of show I enjoy.
So yeah not bad but not a show i will continue.
Mr. Tonegawa Middle Management Blues
... I was hoping this show would be short... oh well...
Is this by the same guy who makes the mahjong anime? i mean this is card games... and other games i guess...
Ok so looked it up.... this show has a "parent" show called ultimate survivor kaiji (and i have now had spoiled for me thanks to the intreo of this show... and i guess the title)
so i'm going to count this as a sequel to a show i have not seen and pass for now... it looks a bit too goofy for me anyways.
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
Oh it's an Issekai title... well this will either be cute and endearing or awful since i swear the genre doens't have a middle ground...but considering the amount of fanservice in the intro song and the rampant same face syndrome i'm kinda leaning towats the latter... still going to give it a small chance.
man this is irritating. So this should would be really cute and clever and funny if not forthat fact that he is constantly imagining these girls nakid and the fanservice is so over the top.... maybe the later episodes are better but this is just creepy. I'ts like Overlord but far more pervy so yeah.. fi thats what you want go for it.
Damn i was hopign this would be good.
Chio's School Road
It's a comedy show about a girl who games a lot? i guess... i couldn't make it past the 7 min mark.. too gross... bailing
Also looks like a more fanservicy nichijo so... i guess if thats what you want... i dunno...
Haruhana Recieve
. . . I'm not going to be watching anything this season at this rate.
Yeah fuck this I have Haikyuu
It's a beach volleyball anime that seems to enjoy ass level shots so yeah.... i'm good.
Angels of Death
Ok the art i've seen for this looks really good... please... please let this be watchable
Hm... not sure, I know it's based on an rpg maker game but not sure if I'm going to enjoy something so morbid
that being said...... I'll probably continue cause there is just so little right now and I suspect it'll get better with the world being revealed more.
Cells at work!
Have you wanted to see and Anthropomorphize working of the body but you didn't enjoy Osmosis Jones? then this show may be the one for you.
It's a silly little show with some great character designs and some funny body humor jokes (the sneeze was pretty darn good) however for me there want nothing to make me want to watch more. the one episode was enough. perhaps that'll change but for now it's a pass despite it not being a bad show.
Planet With
What if one day you woke up, you were living with weirdos but hey they feed you so thats good. Suddenly Aliens show and and the weirdos tell you to go fight.... but they don't mean the alien... no they want you to fight the 7 heroes who have gone to fight the alien.
The 3d is a bit mediocre... and i've never been a fan of mech anime... but the base concept and the amount of info given in this first episode was really interesting so i'll probably give it a few more.
The Master of Ragnarok & Blessed of Einherjar
And we are back to the fanservice bullshit.... and Isekai? Like creators realize that they can do a "transported to other world" show and not have it just be fanservice... I mean experiencing culture shock is a good one... or language barriers... different type of humanoids existing is cool (and please for the love of god there there is more to that then just animal ears)
Also, cause now i'm annoyed... wow this is probably the worst opening to an Isekai show i've ever seen... they start on a nekid girl i nthe middle of a lake singing...ok thats not what is bad
the intro song tells us in like 3 seconds how he got to the other world..
heres an idea... start with that, don't have the intro song play this episode and then you can end with nakid girl singing before big battle.
Anyways i'm being unfair and i haven't even gotten past the intro song...
... Yggdrasil is the tree that connects the worlds... not a world itself...
WOW all this exposition would have made a really interesting show BUT NOPE... i guess we just get a single exposition dump so we can get to the fanservice.
Question... why is this harem calling all the girls familial terms... we have brother and father so far...
Oh so... children are like slaves to the "patriarch" and little brothers or sisters are like.... slaves with opinions....
Like... I hate this so much... but part of me wonders how much worse can it get.
Oh boy the boob suffocation hug... man it didn't take long to get just that much worse.
Ok some positives.. he can call back the other world if certain cinditions are met... nice......... too bad i don't give a shit about this cause the only thing i know is from the intro song and sorry thats not enough to make me care.
Oh and right back into some bullshit.... and more characters with backstory that is explain instead of shown..... is this a sequel and i just don't know it?
checked MAL... NOPE it's not a sequel... it's just a shitty harem anime.
wow that was so bad... possibly the worst Isekai show opener i have ever seen (also like... i get this genre is really popular but omg I hope they slow down with it soon)
Music Girls
Omg it's K-on but with an Idol group.
So a girl who knows nothing about idols (or thinks idols mean something else) sees an idol group preform for the first time and instantly memorizes the choreography (which hey some people pick up that kind of thing fast... so had it just been that then whatever) but then she starts giving pointers on how some character were over extending limbs and magically this new girl who I want to reiterate has never seen or heard of an idol group before magically swoops in and fixes everything.... lets see hey magically be able to sing better then the rest of them with no training.
Ok... she grew up in a musical family... fair point.... but then she would have heard of idol groups... so still calling overall bullshit.
Oh hey they are actually showing what real idol fans age demo is... and yeah it's creepy seeing older men judge teenage girls based on their looks alone in animation too : D
YES... ok that ending made up for a lot of the bullshit. Still not going to watch the show but that was a great payoff. So if you want a show like Shirabako or New game! then yeah... this may be closer to that then some other idol shows... but man it took way too long to gt there.
Asobi Asobase
Oh what a pretty artstyle.... considering i've been seeing cruchy talk about butt lasers when referring to this show... something tells me the look is decptive.
Yep.... though I would have been fooled till 'that' scene if not for crunchy spoiling.... my own fauklt for taking 5 weeks to even give the new season of anime a try.
Not a huge fan of gag anime but if you want something that looks like it'll just be a slice of life funtimes but is just... comedy... then maybe this is for you.
Holmes of Kyoto
Please be good please be good please be good...
OMG... this was so good.... I wont be surprised it's my fav of the season. I am so happy right now.
Ok so theres a worker in an antique shop who has the nik-name Holmes. He is very good at apprasiing stuff and when Aoi first steps into his store he sizes her up perfectly. this is a story about her starting to work at that store and the mysteries they solve together.
The art is great, perfect balance of comedy and serious moments. shoujo sparkles everywhere... I am so happy i'll be able to enjoy this over the summer.
Oh man i was feeling like such a grouch this was such a breath of fresh air.
Phantom in the Twilight
Is this a cafe show run by a vampire? if thats what this is then i'm going to have a good time.
I know there are like a bunch of cafe shows but... I just love them most of the time?
Ok so it's half cafe show/ half mythical... uh...magical (?) creatures solve problems... I am 100% good with this.
Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion
The way this show is animated is stunning however it does not take very long to get extremely violent.
Seems like it could be an interesting telling of the events in the title but the violence is just a bit too much for me and i think it's just gunna get worse from here.
Lord of Vermillion: The Crimson King
People are fighting... it's very red...
oh man just when you think there cant be anymore characters they just keep adding more and killing them off...
Ok so we get a little backstory... sounds kills everyone... well vaporizes? anyways most people are dead but some are not for reasons? oh wait maybe not? looks like city still has a lost of people... anyways...
uh.... he gets hurt and then powers activate? It seems like it's a neat concept... but it also seems like it's a huge cast and I get the feeling the ending wont be satisfying. maybe when it's done it'll be a good marathonable show but week to week I feel like it's going to be cliffhanger central.
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs
Please be less then 20 mins.... please...
Fffffff... ok well... lets give it a shot...
at least 4 panty shots in the intro song... honestly that was less then i expected in a show where every episode is the hot spring episode.
OK japan... i have now seen this in a few different shows... why lense flares to cover things. like they are ina hot spring. Do steam...
Anyways so the gimmick is that this psychic can drive away spirits with one punch... but this time the ghost is a girl... and punching girls is a no go.
cute concept... too bad it's full of fanservice bullshit... i just... i can't
We Rent Tsukumogami
Ever wanted something but wished you could just rent it? well this cute little shop has you covered... only what they rent may just sprout legs and walk back to the store. See the items they rent are actually yokai.
Seems like they also deal in request dealing with this certain kind of yokai.
Hm... With a premise like that I thought I would enjoy this... but I didn't.
Didn't like the look or the characters, the plot is whatever... don't love the "we are siblings but not related so it's ok" plot line they are putting in even if they are keeping each other at a distance.
This just didn't resonate... well i guess that happens occasionally.
Starlight Promises
.... 5 weeks in and only ep 1 is out?
*blink* was that a.... football logo? wait is this show the reason why crunchy is promoting that guy who does sports but also likes anime? neato
anyways this is an hour long so hopefully it's good.
*wipes away all the tears* thats ok... i didn't need my heart anyways.
So... dunno why this has "episode 1" at the start cause this is just a hour long move
and it's really good.
Some things are kinda just left open but you know what it works.
My only criticism is that theres a cg section near the end and some of the modles take away from the beauty of the scene.... but dancing is hard to draw i get it.
OK upon review of the first second of the anime... the logo i saw was Xflag B.B.Q.
..... So i guess they are just promtign the sports guy cause people need to realise anime isn't a genre and that anyone can like it....
but yeah maybe not the most interesting story but i still enjoyed it and it's not even that long.
Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigations
One of the perks of starting this list so late into the new season Is i can say with some amount of certainty that this will be the last show i'll talk about.
I know Amazon has some titles but I really dislike their layout/player/subs so i'm passing.
So it's about a law firm that exorcises spirits... t has everything i should like in a sho but it'd just not doing ti for me... doesn't help that i really hate the style.
Not a bad show but i'll not be watching.
And with that I am done! not much this season but... a few fun shows to catch up on~
What are your fav shows this season? feel free to let me know!
Same rules as always.
1. I wont be talking about any shows that are starting a new season UNLESS i have already watched all the previous stuff.
2. No shows with Brother/Sister in the titlte (and to a lesser extent Mother/Father) cause it's so often incesty and i don't like that.
3. No shows that are less then 20 minutes. sometimes i watch them but waiting week to week for a 3 min gag isn't enjoyable for me.
4. No card game shows/shows aimed to sell toys to children. I don't have an issue with these kinda of shows i just don't tend to enjoy.
I will do my best to give every show i have access to a shot but I make no promises about how long i stick around.
Returning shows
Kakuriyo Bead and Breakfast for Spirits
Still loving this show. the location and plot has changed a bit for the second cour but it's still cute and engaging.
My Hero Academia
Love it, it's great seeing some of the stuff i've already read in the manga animated and i can't wait for them to get to a certain scene
Persona 5
Keeps getting better with each week, i know people give it a hard time but i think it's doing a pretty good job of showing the story of the game in an anime.
Steins;Gate 0
Fantastic, absolutely heartbreaking and the slightly different intro song is just the perfect sum up of the show. can't wait to see what happens.
New shows:
HANEBADO!
Well this is some very intense badminton.
I will say right off the bat it is nice to see a anime with a mostly female cast playing a sport and not being hyper fanservice.
Like yes the animation pushes how far they can twist with each return but I think thats more for impact then titillation.
That all being said I'm not really a fan of sports anime. The ones i do enjoy present an interesting character. (Kuroko: A player with no presence making up for lack of basic skills, Haikyuu: A player who wants to be the ace but has to deal with the fact that he wont be growing anymore, Yuri on Ice: A skater who has no confidence in himself going on a journey of self discovery.)
Unfortunately for this show i'm not sure what angle they are going for... Player who was beaten so badly that they just want to do anything to improve? Player that that got tired of utterly destroying their opponents so they gave up the sport entirely? a small club with some potential but it just needs the right nurturing coach?
Right now it feels like it's going for all the things but that also makes it feel unfocused. The animation is good, but past that i didn't enjoy anything about this first episode. Not a bad show i just don't think it's for me.
ISLAND
Well.... thats a new take on tripping and landing in an awkward place.... though something tells me if that really happened the dude wouldn't just be midly confused but actually in a lot of pain.
Well... ok... It's a high production pervy show trying to legitimize itself by having this "mystery of the island" but lets be honest the main point of this is fanservice (i mean equal oppertunity fanservice i guess) and there is nothing wrong with that but it's not the kind of show I enjoy.
So yeah not bad but not a show i will continue.
Mr. Tonegawa Middle Management Blues
... I was hoping this show would be short... oh well...
Is this by the same guy who makes the mahjong anime? i mean this is card games... and other games i guess...
Ok so looked it up.... this show has a "parent" show called ultimate survivor kaiji (and i have now had spoiled for me thanks to the intreo of this show... and i guess the title)
so i'm going to count this as a sequel to a show i have not seen and pass for now... it looks a bit too goofy for me anyways.
How Not to Summon a Demon Lord
Oh it's an Issekai title... well this will either be cute and endearing or awful since i swear the genre doens't have a middle ground...but considering the amount of fanservice in the intro song and the rampant same face syndrome i'm kinda leaning towats the latter... still going to give it a small chance.
man this is irritating. So this should would be really cute and clever and funny if not forthat fact that he is constantly imagining these girls nakid and the fanservice is so over the top.... maybe the later episodes are better but this is just creepy. I'ts like Overlord but far more pervy so yeah.. fi thats what you want go for it.
Damn i was hopign this would be good.
Chio's School Road
It's a comedy show about a girl who games a lot? i guess... i couldn't make it past the 7 min mark.. too gross... bailing
Also looks like a more fanservicy nichijo so... i guess if thats what you want... i dunno...
Haruhana Recieve
. . . I'm not going to be watching anything this season at this rate.
Yeah fuck this I have Haikyuu
It's a beach volleyball anime that seems to enjoy ass level shots so yeah.... i'm good.
Angels of Death
Ok the art i've seen for this looks really good... please... please let this be watchable
Hm... not sure, I know it's based on an rpg maker game but not sure if I'm going to enjoy something so morbid
that being said...... I'll probably continue cause there is just so little right now and I suspect it'll get better with the world being revealed more.
Cells at work!
Have you wanted to see and Anthropomorphize working of the body but you didn't enjoy Osmosis Jones? then this show may be the one for you.
It's a silly little show with some great character designs and some funny body humor jokes (the sneeze was pretty darn good) however for me there want nothing to make me want to watch more. the one episode was enough. perhaps that'll change but for now it's a pass despite it not being a bad show.
Planet With
What if one day you woke up, you were living with weirdos but hey they feed you so thats good. Suddenly Aliens show and and the weirdos tell you to go fight.... but they don't mean the alien... no they want you to fight the 7 heroes who have gone to fight the alien.
The 3d is a bit mediocre... and i've never been a fan of mech anime... but the base concept and the amount of info given in this first episode was really interesting so i'll probably give it a few more.
The Master of Ragnarok & Blessed of Einherjar
And we are back to the fanservice bullshit.... and Isekai? Like creators realize that they can do a "transported to other world" show and not have it just be fanservice... I mean experiencing culture shock is a good one... or language barriers... different type of humanoids existing is cool (and please for the love of god there there is more to that then just animal ears)
Also, cause now i'm annoyed... wow this is probably the worst opening to an Isekai show i've ever seen... they start on a nekid girl i nthe middle of a lake singing...ok thats not what is bad
the intro song tells us in like 3 seconds how he got to the other world..
heres an idea... start with that, don't have the intro song play this episode and then you can end with nakid girl singing before big battle.
Anyways i'm being unfair and i haven't even gotten past the intro song...
... Yggdrasil is the tree that connects the worlds... not a world itself...
WOW all this exposition would have made a really interesting show BUT NOPE... i guess we just get a single exposition dump so we can get to the fanservice.
Question... why is this harem calling all the girls familial terms... we have brother and father so far...
Oh so... children are like slaves to the "patriarch" and little brothers or sisters are like.... slaves with opinions....
Like... I hate this so much... but part of me wonders how much worse can it get.
Oh boy the boob suffocation hug... man it didn't take long to get just that much worse.
Ok some positives.. he can call back the other world if certain cinditions are met... nice......... too bad i don't give a shit about this cause the only thing i know is from the intro song and sorry thats not enough to make me care.
Oh and right back into some bullshit.... and more characters with backstory that is explain instead of shown..... is this a sequel and i just don't know it?
checked MAL... NOPE it's not a sequel... it's just a shitty harem anime.
wow that was so bad... possibly the worst Isekai show opener i have ever seen (also like... i get this genre is really popular but omg I hope they slow down with it soon)
Music Girls
Omg it's K-on but with an Idol group.
So a girl who knows nothing about idols (or thinks idols mean something else) sees an idol group preform for the first time and instantly memorizes the choreography (which hey some people pick up that kind of thing fast... so had it just been that then whatever) but then she starts giving pointers on how some character were over extending limbs and magically this new girl who I want to reiterate has never seen or heard of an idol group before magically swoops in and fixes everything.... lets see hey magically be able to sing better then the rest of them with no training.
Ok... she grew up in a musical family... fair point.... but then she would have heard of idol groups... so still calling overall bullshit.
Oh hey they are actually showing what real idol fans age demo is... and yeah it's creepy seeing older men judge teenage girls based on their looks alone in animation too : D
YES... ok that ending made up for a lot of the bullshit. Still not going to watch the show but that was a great payoff. So if you want a show like Shirabako or New game! then yeah... this may be closer to that then some other idol shows... but man it took way too long to gt there.
Asobi Asobase
Oh what a pretty artstyle.... considering i've been seeing cruchy talk about butt lasers when referring to this show... something tells me the look is decptive.
Yep.... though I would have been fooled till 'that' scene if not for crunchy spoiling.... my own fauklt for taking 5 weeks to even give the new season of anime a try.
Not a huge fan of gag anime but if you want something that looks like it'll just be a slice of life funtimes but is just... comedy... then maybe this is for you.
Holmes of Kyoto
Please be good please be good please be good...
OMG... this was so good.... I wont be surprised it's my fav of the season. I am so happy right now.
Ok so theres a worker in an antique shop who has the nik-name Holmes. He is very good at apprasiing stuff and when Aoi first steps into his store he sizes her up perfectly. this is a story about her starting to work at that store and the mysteries they solve together.
The art is great, perfect balance of comedy and serious moments. shoujo sparkles everywhere... I am so happy i'll be able to enjoy this over the summer.
Oh man i was feeling like such a grouch this was such a breath of fresh air.
Phantom in the Twilight
Is this a cafe show run by a vampire? if thats what this is then i'm going to have a good time.
I know there are like a bunch of cafe shows but... I just love them most of the time?
Ok so it's half cafe show/ half mythical... uh...magical (?) creatures solve problems... I am 100% good with this.
Angolmois: Record of Mongol Invasion
The way this show is animated is stunning however it does not take very long to get extremely violent.
Seems like it could be an interesting telling of the events in the title but the violence is just a bit too much for me and i think it's just gunna get worse from here.
Lord of Vermillion: The Crimson King
People are fighting... it's very red...
oh man just when you think there cant be anymore characters they just keep adding more and killing them off...
Ok so we get a little backstory... sounds kills everyone... well vaporizes? anyways most people are dead but some are not for reasons? oh wait maybe not? looks like city still has a lost of people... anyways...
uh.... he gets hurt and then powers activate? It seems like it's a neat concept... but it also seems like it's a huge cast and I get the feeling the ending wont be satisfying. maybe when it's done it'll be a good marathonable show but week to week I feel like it's going to be cliffhanger central.
Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs
Please be less then 20 mins.... please...
Fffffff... ok well... lets give it a shot...
at least 4 panty shots in the intro song... honestly that was less then i expected in a show where every episode is the hot spring episode.
OK japan... i have now seen this in a few different shows... why lense flares to cover things. like they are ina hot spring. Do steam...
Anyways so the gimmick is that this psychic can drive away spirits with one punch... but this time the ghost is a girl... and punching girls is a no go.
cute concept... too bad it's full of fanservice bullshit... i just... i can't
We Rent Tsukumogami
Ever wanted something but wished you could just rent it? well this cute little shop has you covered... only what they rent may just sprout legs and walk back to the store. See the items they rent are actually yokai.
Seems like they also deal in request dealing with this certain kind of yokai.
Hm... With a premise like that I thought I would enjoy this... but I didn't.
Didn't like the look or the characters, the plot is whatever... don't love the "we are siblings but not related so it's ok" plot line they are putting in even if they are keeping each other at a distance.
This just didn't resonate... well i guess that happens occasionally.
Starlight Promises
.... 5 weeks in and only ep 1 is out?
*blink* was that a.... football logo? wait is this show the reason why crunchy is promoting that guy who does sports but also likes anime? neato
anyways this is an hour long so hopefully it's good.
*wipes away all the tears* thats ok... i didn't need my heart anyways.
So... dunno why this has "episode 1" at the start cause this is just a hour long move
and it's really good.
Some things are kinda just left open but you know what it works.
My only criticism is that theres a cg section near the end and some of the modles take away from the beauty of the scene.... but dancing is hard to draw i get it.
OK upon review of the first second of the anime... the logo i saw was Xflag B.B.Q.
..... So i guess they are just promtign the sports guy cause people need to realise anime isn't a genre and that anyone can like it....
but yeah maybe not the most interesting story but i still enjoyed it and it's not even that long.
Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigations
One of the perks of starting this list so late into the new season Is i can say with some amount of certainty that this will be the last show i'll talk about.
I know Amazon has some titles but I really dislike their layout/player/subs so i'm passing.
So it's about a law firm that exorcises spirits... t has everything i should like in a sho but it'd just not doing ti for me... doesn't help that i really hate the style.
Not a bad show but i'll not be watching.
And with that I am done! not much this season but... a few fun shows to catch up on~
What are your fav shows this season? feel free to let me know!
Sunday, 1 July 2018
First Impression: Spring 2018
I was bad and forgot to post my last first impressions the the end of the last cour... hopefulyl don't make the same mistake again...
anyways as always
Ground rules
1. I will TRY to give every show on Crunchyroll a chance but that doesn't mean I am obligated to watch a full episode. If I stop early I will give a time stamp and reason for stopping. I will not be looking at shows on Netflix or Amazon's anime Strike because the former won't simulcast and the latter Is just too much of a pain and expense to set up.
2. No shows that are under 20 minutes in length, I don't like waiting a whole week for a 3 min gag. there are some exceptions but it's rare.
3. No shows with Brother, Sister, Father or Mother in the title... too often it goes into incest... which I really do not like.
4. If the show is a second season of a show I didn't watch before I'm not going to talk about it here.
5. No card game shows, I may give them a chance but they really aren't my thing.
6. All opinions are my own and based solely on what I have seen. I tend to go into these shows completely blind. If I don't enjoy the show after 1 episode or even quit out of an episode early I'm not saying the show is bad... just that I didn't enjoy it.
Returning Shows
Darling in the FranXX
I was kinda hesitant about this show at first because I've never been the biggest fan of anime made by Trigger and the first first episodes are so blatantly trying to be allegory foe sex that is had little to no subtlety... it was all just too on the nose.
However as the show has progressed it has gotten infinitely more interesting. We are learning more about the world, more about why children are pilots, more about what it means to be an adult i nthe world.
This new episode (ep 13) was also really well done and as long as they don't mess it up I should be hooked till the end of the series.
New Shows
Magical Girl Ore
. . . This reminds me of Excel Saga, as of this moment i'm not sure if thats good or bad but it 100% gives me excel saga vibes.
I will say the first two episodes (cause they aired back to back) gave me a few chuckles. it's an interesting blend of Genre and i'm curious to see if it can keep up this level of zany or if it'll jump the shark.
The show is about a 15 year old girl who wants to be a magical girl.... however it may not be all it's cracked up to be. (and i know that described a bunch of other dark takes on magical girl anime but despite the amount of blood i doubt this is going to go into that territory)
So yeah may give it another episode at least. it hasn't hooked me as fast as Cute High Earth Defense Club Love! but it may still be a fun watch.
Kakuriyo -Bed & Breakfast for Spirits-
... ok... just on that title alone... I hope this is good
And after that intro song... yeah i'm going to like this show...
Oh no maybe this is more magus bride then natsume.... No wait this is good, she has a backbone and this show just made me laugh outloud.
hmmm also a bit of Hanasaku Iroha and Rstaurant to another world...
Ok so i should describe the show?
A young girl can see spirits, is abandonned by her month and adopted by her grandfather. However he passed away a few days ago.
Now as an adult she comes across an Ogre (oni) who is claking she must be his bride... her grandfather had used her as collateral. However this Oni works at a famous Inn in the hidden Ayakashi world.... and she doesn't want to marry someone she just met let alone an Oni. She declares that she will find a job, pay off the collateral and get out of being his bride.
It's like.... all the things i love about those 4 shows in one, I love that she has a backbone, i love that the relationship that should develop between her and theo ther Ayakashi will be based more on equal footing then just "well you have to cause i own you"
The animation may not be the best but I am looking forward to this show so much... please don't mess this up.
Space Battleship Tiramisu
. . . i'm usually hesitant about space shows but with a little like fly in space/Naked dance.... i'm almost curious.... however it's a 7 min long show so i'm not that curious.
Oh man suwabe you are better then this
Fist of the Blue Sky: Regenisis
can... can i just count this as a sequel and not watch it? never seen fist of the north star and i honestly don't care to change that.
While the intro has some really interesting motion graphic type animation... i know this isn't how the show looks... and i don't feel like sitting through terible CG of burly men... if i wanted that i'd just go watch jo jo (and i know it's well loved but i cannot get into it)
Is it Berserk levels of bad CG? no... but it still looks like it would be better as a video game then an anime.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby.
Musume is japanese for daughter (also girl but ignore that for now).... can i just wrap it up in my "no familial terms" blanket and avoid it cause... I will be amazed if this is any good.
So... when race horses died off they reincarnated as horse girls... and now they race (in bloomers cause of course)
and then..... when they win they have idol recitles.
no.... this is too silly....
you wanna see horse girls run? then this is the perfect show for you... it doesn't even look as bad as you'd expect a show about horse girls to be. however i'll pass.
GeGeGe no Kitaro (2018)
So this is an older series (novel? Manga?) that has been modernized.
I think it's a really neat conept. Asking a Yokai for help in modern times.
and even though i've made it clear i like stories with Yokai in them this one doesn;t do it for me...
not sure if it's because the character names all their attacks or i just don't have the history with the series it just.... it's fine but it didn't really resonate.
The Legend of Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These
So based on what MAL tells me this is an adaptation of the novels not a remake of the original The legend of Galactic heroes... I was just curious cause the title was familiar even though i have never seen or read anything.
For now though i think i'll pass, just too much space and i don't feel like forcing myself through it at the moment. (plus the CG i have seen os far is distracting so yeah pass for now.... if i hear good things from friend or find out it wont give me a panic attack i may give it a try though probably not)
Persona 5 Animation
This is stunning, considering how fast this anime is coming out compaired to the game that is really impressive.
that being said this first episode is really really rushed, not a complaint but yeah it's hard to fit the first like... 2-3 hours of a game into 23 mins. I hoping the pacing gets better though at the same time it's a huge game so yeah.
I figure it'll be good... i also figure it wont fix my biggest issue with P5 but i'm going to enjoy this
Comic Girls
After giving shows like newgame a chance i figured this may be fun take on being an artist and working towards serialization...
Yeah unfortunately not the case.
this is a cute show where four high school girls who all write/draw different kinds of manga live in a dorm and work together to help each other grow.
Which New game does this and succeeded is that even if the characters are eccentric they still seem grounded in reality. You could know and talk to people like this (except having a boss who is adverse to wearing a skirt... i don't buy that for a second)
This is just character types to the extreme... perhaps it'll tone down over the course of the show but it's so over the top right now i can't get into it.
MEGALOBOX
I'm not the biggest fan of boxing anime but this one just oozes style. It almost feels like the lines were drawn with a sharpie and i just love it.
Will i stick with it the entire time? probably not.
But i'm curious enough to give it another episode... i just really hate tournament arcs so thats the only reason i'm not giving this a full recommendation.
Gurazeni: Money Pitch
Not a fan of sports anime but again trying to give things a chance.... granted a lot of this seems to be CG assisted and it just looks odd.
So it's a show about making money as a pro baseball player.... Yeah sorry pass, the art isn't doinf it for me, i really dislike baseball and yeah i'm good.
Cute High Earth Defense Club HAPPY KISS!
YES, I forgot this was going to be this season. Sure it's a new cast which means no Kin-chan but i'm still all over this.
It's not as good as the original series but it's still goofy fun magical boys show.
Caligula
. . . um.
ok i think i know how to tackle this.... maybe.
Imagine your every day life, seems peaceful and happy right? nothing to complain about... but suddenly there are inconsistencies....
are you really happy?
why are you hearing a voice you've never heard before.
Why do you see memories that you don't have.
why is everyone acting so strangely.
and then suddenly you see why, and it's more horrific then you could ever imagine.
I think I enjoyed this.
I may need a few more episodes to decide.... like... maybe 10 more or so...
but I think it was pretty good.
Dance with the Dragons
Do you like your fantasy anime to be purely exposition for the world building for the first episode?
Cause i sure do not.
The most annoying thing about this show is that at least half the exposistion doens't need to be there (or at least doesn't need to be there from episode one)
Like yes we need to know about the group of people who fight dragons and why... we can even know that they are still teated like shit by corporate and possibly being used by higher ups.... as well as knowing that someone is looking for them... fine great.
every other bit of dialogue or term could have been introduced natrually by showing or not at all and we lose nothing.
it's a show about a world where science allowed for magic to be reality.... also dragons are a thing and they are killed cause they may harm people.
will i be watching more? no, even if i hear nothing but praise that first episode was a slog.
HINAMATSURI
What do you do when a young psychic girl drops into your aparment and breaks all your expensive vases? take care of her of course.
This is a Slice of life comedy about a yakuza thug being overpowered and taking care of a little girl who has probably spent her entire life destroying anything considered an enemy.
I don't think it's my cup of tea but it seems like a cute enough show... the comedy just doesn't land for me.
MAJOR 2nd
Another Baseball anime...
Well this one seems to be better... it's about a kid who has a famous dad but he is just ok. It can be disheartening having all this pressure and it doesn't help that your sister is so much more talented then you are.
Daigo either needs to get his shit together or work hard.
It's better then the other baseball anime and it's always more interesting dealing with character who are average getting better but i doubt i'l be continuing. I really dislike baseball.
Libra of Nil Admirari
This is based on a dating game isn't it...
oh yes I am going enjoy this show.
There are cursed tomes and this group of people hunt down and deal with.
One book ends up in the hands of Tsugumi's brother who tried to kill himself thanks to this book. Due to the stress of this incident she can now see the aura of the cursed books and now the group wants her.
I tend to like VN adaptations more when the female protag has a name so this has that going for it.
Will i watch the whole thing? probably... i just hope it continues to be plot for the most part. (and if it pulls an amnesia well you'll all get to hear about that so look forward to it?)
Golden Kamuy
Not a comment on the show but it's using very real looking fire in an anime and it just.... looks odd to me... anyways
and the cg bear is more "realistic" . . . hm
Stylistic choices aside it's an interesting take o na time you don't often see depected in anime.
I don't know if I'll stick with it... only cause i'm a bit squeamish about one of the things that will be a running theme... perhaps i'll marathon it at the end of the season? i don't think i can do it week to week.
Yotsuiro Biyori
Another restaurant anime with Suwabe....
yeah i'll bite
Ok so slice of life show surrounding a japanese cafe/sweet shop and the customers that attend.
Yep this is 100% my jam and i look forward to more. I mean it's not like i have a thing for Cafes or anything (it's just the bulk of the events i went to in japan and a inspiration for an entire set of images...)
Last Period: the journey to the end of the despair
What if the world actually had a gatcha system?
it's a meta fantasy comedy but... it feels like it's trying super hard.
The intro is super cute but i think i'm passing on the show as a whole.
Butlers X Battlers
Oh please let a show with a title this bad be good
Uh..... so... butlers sounds like Battlers...
um a guy who was with his sister is suddenly not... and he had super powers but you only see that at the end?
the one episode wasn't very good... which is disappointing cause it's quite pretty.... may give it another episode or two to see what is going on (though the post credit splash helps see that they got warped from somewhere(when?) else
Steins;Gate 0
I did watch the original anime, i know nothing about 0 but i am looking forward to it.
No better time to post this then at the seasons end right? oh boy.... ok next time i'll post sooner for sure
Saturday, 5 May 2018
Tokyo Xanadu ex+
So, now that I have finished the psvita version (normal play through) and ps4 version (hard play through and at this rate maybe a calamity run) What do I think.
...
Yeah I still love this game.
Alright so... right off the bat.
It fixes pretty much every issue i had with the Vita version.
The camera has a better field of view, I either got better at using slow characters or they were tweaked a bit. Typos are ALMOST all gone (the ex+ exclusive content has more typos and spacing issues then the stuff that was also in the vita game) I didn't accidentally make [character who steps forward when doing a smash attack] go out of bounds and softlock the game and above all else... the credit song plays during the true ending.
From what i understand NONE of those issues have been patched out of the vita version.... so between that, extra content, extra attacks and extra playable characters just get this version. It is 100% worth it.
If you have played the vita version and are wondering if ex+ is worth it, YES 100% it is the better game. The extra content is mixed throughout the game and adds so much to each character.
Still I'm getting ahead of myself.
Tokyo Xanadu focuses on Morimiya, an area in Tokyo that was devastated by the Tokyo earthquake 10 year prior. (this game takes place in 2015)
Lately strange events start happening and Kou finds himself stumbling into a strange world one day after work.
He makes many allies and tried to figure out the mysteries of these events surrounding his town.
The combat is action based and feels incredibly fluid (though my muscle memory was fighting with the fact that this version has slightly different controls to the vita one.... still after i changed it to match the vita game it was smooth sailing) Some characters are a little broken (Yuuki mostly.... at least the way i play) but every character is completely unique feeling.
It's a bit longer then the vita counterpart thanks to all the extra content (i would say 20ish hours more?) And this time i actually spoke to every npc (I didn't do that in the vita run cause i knew I'd be doing it here) and i got so much more of the world fleshed out.
It runs a lot better then the Vita game too, the only slowdown i ever experienced was in the afterstory which is ps4 exclusive (based on my time with cold steel i'm guessing there something with their night sky box that makes it so stuttery... luckily it never seems to be there during combat.)
But yeah I love this game.... i'm debating doing a calamity run just to clean up with trophies and use some of the NG+ exclusive costumes (here's looking at you "goth kou")
Still i do have a few other games i wanna play before i get to that..... or at least thats what i'll tell myself before i end up replaying on fast forward.... but yeah.
The best part of Tokyo Xanadu ex+?
even more sequel bait (and possible crossover bait?) then the original version (it was there but now there is more!) so yeah... here's hoping for another one soon (i mean this came out in 2015, it's entirely possible once they finish Sen IV it'll be the next in line?)
but yeah that's all i have to say, i love it, playing this version actually bumped down the original version on my top 10 list last year.... that's just how good this one is.
I wanna draw fanart but it may be spoilery so we'll see if i post it anywhere.
Still go play this if you can!
...
Yeah I still love this game.
Alright so... right off the bat.
It fixes pretty much every issue i had with the Vita version.
The camera has a better field of view, I either got better at using slow characters or they were tweaked a bit. Typos are ALMOST all gone (the ex+ exclusive content has more typos and spacing issues then the stuff that was also in the vita game) I didn't accidentally make [character who steps forward when doing a smash attack] go out of bounds and softlock the game and above all else... the credit song plays during the true ending.
From what i understand NONE of those issues have been patched out of the vita version.... so between that, extra content, extra attacks and extra playable characters just get this version. It is 100% worth it.
If you have played the vita version and are wondering if ex+ is worth it, YES 100% it is the better game. The extra content is mixed throughout the game and adds so much to each character.
Still I'm getting ahead of myself.
Tokyo Xanadu focuses on Morimiya, an area in Tokyo that was devastated by the Tokyo earthquake 10 year prior. (this game takes place in 2015)
Lately strange events start happening and Kou finds himself stumbling into a strange world one day after work.
He makes many allies and tried to figure out the mysteries of these events surrounding his town.
The combat is action based and feels incredibly fluid (though my muscle memory was fighting with the fact that this version has slightly different controls to the vita one.... still after i changed it to match the vita game it was smooth sailing) Some characters are a little broken (Yuuki mostly.... at least the way i play) but every character is completely unique feeling.
It's a bit longer then the vita counterpart thanks to all the extra content (i would say 20ish hours more?) And this time i actually spoke to every npc (I didn't do that in the vita run cause i knew I'd be doing it here) and i got so much more of the world fleshed out.
It runs a lot better then the Vita game too, the only slowdown i ever experienced was in the afterstory which is ps4 exclusive (based on my time with cold steel i'm guessing there something with their night sky box that makes it so stuttery... luckily it never seems to be there during combat.)
But yeah I love this game.... i'm debating doing a calamity run just to clean up with trophies and use some of the NG+ exclusive costumes (here's looking at you "goth kou")
Still i do have a few other games i wanna play before i get to that..... or at least thats what i'll tell myself before i end up replaying on fast forward.... but yeah.
The best part of Tokyo Xanadu ex+?
even more sequel bait (and possible crossover bait?) then the original version (it was there but now there is more!) so yeah... here's hoping for another one soon (i mean this came out in 2015, it's entirely possible once they finish Sen IV it'll be the next in line?)
but yeah that's all i have to say, i love it, playing this version actually bumped down the original version on my top 10 list last year.... that's just how good this one is.
I wanna draw fanart but it may be spoilery so we'll see if i post it anywhere.
Still go play this if you can!
Monday, 2 April 2018
March comes in like a Lion
Oh... another anime about an orphan..... man i really did have a lot of those this season.
Anyways March comes in like a Lion is possibly one of the most stunning anime I have ever watched. The use of visual metaphor and animation techniques I never dreamed possible blow my mind every time. The story is also really good there isn't a single thing i can criticize about this show.... other then season 2 is over...
Hopefully we will get season 3 next October.
Anyway the story continues to follow Rei as he works as a Professional shogi player. He balances work, school life and the family that continues to help him.
There feels like a bit more focus on the other family this season but I think it works cause it shows Rei's shift in attitude about shogi. It's a difficult show to describe but it is seriously and i'll be amazed if it doesn't make my top 10 of the year.
I know this is short but i feel like all i can really say is go watch it, you'll know weather or not you are interested within an episode or two.
Plus in my opinion it's better then the other shogi anime airing right now (but i'm not a fan of moe so i'm a little biased)
Also you hear the cats inner dialogue, what more could you ask for.
Go watch it here: http://www.crunchyroll.com/march-comes-in-like-a-lion
Anyways March comes in like a Lion is possibly one of the most stunning anime I have ever watched. The use of visual metaphor and animation techniques I never dreamed possible blow my mind every time. The story is also really good there isn't a single thing i can criticize about this show.... other then season 2 is over...
Hopefully we will get season 3 next October.
Anyway the story continues to follow Rei as he works as a Professional shogi player. He balances work, school life and the family that continues to help him.
There feels like a bit more focus on the other family this season but I think it works cause it shows Rei's shift in attitude about shogi. It's a difficult show to describe but it is seriously and i'll be amazed if it doesn't make my top 10 of the year.
I know this is short but i feel like all i can really say is go watch it, you'll know weather or not you are interested within an episode or two.
Plus in my opinion it's better then the other shogi anime airing right now (but i'm not a fan of moe so i'm a little biased)
Also you hear the cats inner dialogue, what more could you ask for.
Go watch it here: http://www.crunchyroll.com/march-comes-in-like-a-lion
Thursday, 29 March 2018
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody
See... at least one of the shows I watched this season doesn't involve an orphan.... or at least... we don't know if his parents are alive or dead so i'm just going with not an orphan.
Death March start in the real world with a programmer working his ass off to finish a game with a team before the deadline hits. It immediately swaps to a sucked into another world story when he finds himself looking younger and in a mix of the two games he was working on.
Unlike other people he has acess to some pretty terrifying magic, this essentially maxes out all his stats and gives him seemingly limitless skill points to assign as needed.
He uses this new found god mode to be a merchant, travel around the world and make it a better place (well he kinda fall into that)
For a show about a character who is quite literally overpowered, it's pretty chill. Sometimes it's like a cooking anime, it's got it's Harem moments though the main character doesn't seem to be perusing anyone in the harem.
There are moments when there are battles but for the most part he is doing his best to hide how strong he is.
It's a cute little show that was fun to watch.... however...
So far it's only 12 episodes, there doesn't seem to be any hint when we will get more... and as a full story that as of this moment is "complete" It falls flat in every way.
We don't know why he is in the world... just that his condition for being there is different then everyone else.
we don't know why he has a HUD still, we don't know about the warnings concerning one of his party members, their main quest isn't complete and overall too much is just left unfinished.
Now it does say "this isn't the end of the story" but at the same time right now this is all there is and until we got notified of season 2 (which could happen later this year or many years from now) I cannot reccomend this show [unless you just want a chill experience that goes nowhere, then yeah enjoy]
I almost feel like the season finally should have been a few episodes back because it was the end of a large event and we actually get some closure (they even changed then ending osng which made me think maybe this was the end of the season) It would still be incomplete but it wouldn't be ending on such a dull note.
If there is more I will probably watch, it's a cute and fun little show just very disappointing about where it decided to stop for now.
Death March start in the real world with a programmer working his ass off to finish a game with a team before the deadline hits. It immediately swaps to a sucked into another world story when he finds himself looking younger and in a mix of the two games he was working on.
Unlike other people he has acess to some pretty terrifying magic, this essentially maxes out all his stats and gives him seemingly limitless skill points to assign as needed.
He uses this new found god mode to be a merchant, travel around the world and make it a better place (well he kinda fall into that)
For a show about a character who is quite literally overpowered, it's pretty chill. Sometimes it's like a cooking anime, it's got it's Harem moments though the main character doesn't seem to be perusing anyone in the harem.
There are moments when there are battles but for the most part he is doing his best to hide how strong he is.
It's a cute little show that was fun to watch.... however...
So far it's only 12 episodes, there doesn't seem to be any hint when we will get more... and as a full story that as of this moment is "complete" It falls flat in every way.
We don't know why he is in the world... just that his condition for being there is different then everyone else.
we don't know why he has a HUD still, we don't know about the warnings concerning one of his party members, their main quest isn't complete and overall too much is just left unfinished.
Now it does say "this isn't the end of the story" but at the same time right now this is all there is and until we got notified of season 2 (which could happen later this year or many years from now) I cannot reccomend this show [unless you just want a chill experience that goes nowhere, then yeah enjoy]
I almost feel like the season finally should have been a few episodes back because it was the end of a large event and we actually get some closure (they even changed then ending osng which made me think maybe this was the end of the season) It would still be incomplete but it wouldn't be ending on such a dull note.
If there is more I will probably watch, it's a cute and fun little show just very disappointing about where it decided to stop for now.
Sunday, 25 March 2018
School Babysitter
This is a really cute and sweet story about two orphans being taken in by a lady who owns a school.
I swear I watched more then just... stuff where the main characters parents are dead....
Anyways Ryuuichi and Kotaro have a hard time getting used to their new home when they find out that the eldest brother will be forced to help with the school daycare during his time off. His brother attends the daycare so this all kind of works.
The rest of the show focuses on the kids at the daycare and those who end up as part of the "babysitting club" but the show isn't afraid to blindside you with the fact that Ryuuichi character recently lost his parents and hasn't had time to grieve.
Overall theres no real plot other then everyone warms up to each other more over time and the kids are cute.
Still this show gives me Natsume Yuujinchou Season 1 vibes... it's good and sweet but it feels like there could easily be another 5 seasons...
Past that my only dislike about the show is the proportion of the kids... they all look like babies when most of them are toddlers and should be reaching the teanagers/adults knees not ankles. (and the one actual baby can fit in their hands it just... it's really distracting)
Will there be more? no clue. I would love for there to be more but if this is all we ever get then it was a cute little show in a season where I wasn't watching very much.
Though on that note if there was a sequel where Kotaro was older I think that could be really interesting.
For now though I enjoyed it.
I swear I watched more then just... stuff where the main characters parents are dead....
Anyways Ryuuichi and Kotaro have a hard time getting used to their new home when they find out that the eldest brother will be forced to help with the school daycare during his time off. His brother attends the daycare so this all kind of works.
The rest of the show focuses on the kids at the daycare and those who end up as part of the "babysitting club" but the show isn't afraid to blindside you with the fact that Ryuuichi character recently lost his parents and hasn't had time to grieve.
Overall theres no real plot other then everyone warms up to each other more over time and the kids are cute.
Still this show gives me Natsume Yuujinchou Season 1 vibes... it's good and sweet but it feels like there could easily be another 5 seasons...
Past that my only dislike about the show is the proportion of the kids... they all look like babies when most of them are toddlers and should be reaching the teanagers/adults knees not ankles. (and the one actual baby can fit in their hands it just... it's really distracting)
Will there be more? no clue. I would love for there to be more but if this is all we ever get then it was a cute little show in a season where I wasn't watching very much.
Though on that note if there was a sequel where Kotaro was older I think that could be really interesting.
For now though I enjoyed it.
Saturday, 24 March 2018
The Ancient Magus' Bride
Normally by the end of a show I'm pretty sure i know how i feel about the overall.
That is probably why this show perplexes me.
24 episodes and i'm still not sure what i think... So lets break it down.
The story follows Chise Hatori, a teenage orphan who can see spirits.
Considering the parallels to my fav show Natsume yuujinchou you would think that this would automatically make me favour the show more. However...
After trying to jump off the roof of the school building she is approached by a man who owns an auction. he convinces her that instead of dying why not sell herself to someone who can make use of her gift.
She ends up being bought by a Magus who is tall like a giant and has a head made of bone and horns on either side of his head. He informs her that he wishes to teach her to be a magus as well as make her his bride.
The story then ends up being more episodic. We learn more about what Chise is and why she is considered so special and rare to those in any of the magical fields. We see her try to use her powers without destroying herself. We see her try to grow a backbone after being such a doormat for so long. Above all else we see her trying to figure out how she fits into this family dynamic.
This show, on face value has everything I love in it.
Stunning Visuals.
Interesting world building.
Amazing Music...
And yet I still find myself on the fence... and I think i can pinpoint a few reasons why.
1. I really don't think Elias and Chise have a healthy relationship. It gets better as the show goes on but it still feels like Elias is a bit too controlling.
About 3/4 of the way through the show I saw a video essay by Lindsey Ellis that mentioned there could be some similarities between the romance in this and the romance in twilight but one is universally panned and the other is ok.
For me, I had never thought about the similarities but having it pointed out that that really made things click into place for me. Both give me that same somewhat creeped out vibe cause there is such a shift in the power dynamic...
When the show is loosely based on this one relationship and you can't really bring yourself to enjoy that then it gets harder to like the show overall.
Now as I said, it gets better... Chise grows a backbone and I really started to enjoy the show but then...
2. It ends in a way where Everything is resolved.... but also nothing is resolved.
Every main plot thread in the series is tied up in what feels like breakneck speed at the end. No loose ends, everything is good... But it feels like they haven't been able to tell their story.
Now from my research the manga still seems to be ongoing so perhaps they just wanted to finish everything in a way that both allowed for another season but also didn't disappoint if that second season never happened. I just feel like you have this great setup of Chise being both powerful but fragile and it never really amounts to anything. Perhaps this is the case in the manga, i haven't read it but in the anime it mostly felt like things were happening to Chise instead of Chise driving the plot....
3. One of the plots early one deal with cats in a way that almost made me drop the show.
Much like Natsume this show can get deceptively horrific, it does not shy away from difficult subject matter but on more then one occasion I felt it pushed it too far and that makes it really hard to enjoy the show. It's not enjoyable to be thinking "what horrors are you going to blindside me with".
I don't know if there is enough story for it but I do hope that one day we get another season... currently it feels unfinished and rushed.
I want to like this show I really do, as mentioned before the possibility for a cool story is there, it just feels like they have side stepped it. The visuals are stunning and I will probably get the OST as soon as I can cause the music is great.
And I want to be clear I didn't hate the show... but I just didn't love it either.
Anyways thats really all i have to say on this show... I think I have a couple of shows ending shortly however i didn't end up watching too much this season. next season is looking packed though (hopefully this time i'll remember to post my first impressions BEFORE I talk about the show ending~)
That is probably why this show perplexes me.
24 episodes and i'm still not sure what i think... So lets break it down.
The story follows Chise Hatori, a teenage orphan who can see spirits.
Considering the parallels to my fav show Natsume yuujinchou you would think that this would automatically make me favour the show more. However...
After trying to jump off the roof of the school building she is approached by a man who owns an auction. he convinces her that instead of dying why not sell herself to someone who can make use of her gift.
She ends up being bought by a Magus who is tall like a giant and has a head made of bone and horns on either side of his head. He informs her that he wishes to teach her to be a magus as well as make her his bride.
The story then ends up being more episodic. We learn more about what Chise is and why she is considered so special and rare to those in any of the magical fields. We see her try to use her powers without destroying herself. We see her try to grow a backbone after being such a doormat for so long. Above all else we see her trying to figure out how she fits into this family dynamic.
This show, on face value has everything I love in it.
Stunning Visuals.
Interesting world building.
Amazing Music...
And yet I still find myself on the fence... and I think i can pinpoint a few reasons why.
1. I really don't think Elias and Chise have a healthy relationship. It gets better as the show goes on but it still feels like Elias is a bit too controlling.
About 3/4 of the way through the show I saw a video essay by Lindsey Ellis that mentioned there could be some similarities between the romance in this and the romance in twilight but one is universally panned and the other is ok.
For me, I had never thought about the similarities but having it pointed out that that really made things click into place for me. Both give me that same somewhat creeped out vibe cause there is such a shift in the power dynamic...
When the show is loosely based on this one relationship and you can't really bring yourself to enjoy that then it gets harder to like the show overall.
Now as I said, it gets better... Chise grows a backbone and I really started to enjoy the show but then...
2. It ends in a way where Everything is resolved.... but also nothing is resolved.
Every main plot thread in the series is tied up in what feels like breakneck speed at the end. No loose ends, everything is good... But it feels like they haven't been able to tell their story.
Now from my research the manga still seems to be ongoing so perhaps they just wanted to finish everything in a way that both allowed for another season but also didn't disappoint if that second season never happened. I just feel like you have this great setup of Chise being both powerful but fragile and it never really amounts to anything. Perhaps this is the case in the manga, i haven't read it but in the anime it mostly felt like things were happening to Chise instead of Chise driving the plot....
3. One of the plots early one deal with cats in a way that almost made me drop the show.
Much like Natsume this show can get deceptively horrific, it does not shy away from difficult subject matter but on more then one occasion I felt it pushed it too far and that makes it really hard to enjoy the show. It's not enjoyable to be thinking "what horrors are you going to blindside me with".
I don't know if there is enough story for it but I do hope that one day we get another season... currently it feels unfinished and rushed.
I want to like this show I really do, as mentioned before the possibility for a cool story is there, it just feels like they have side stepped it. The visuals are stunning and I will probably get the OST as soon as I can cause the music is great.
And I want to be clear I didn't hate the show... but I just didn't love it either.
Anyways thats really all i have to say on this show... I think I have a couple of shows ending shortly however i didn't end up watching too much this season. next season is looking packed though (hopefully this time i'll remember to post my first impressions BEFORE I talk about the show ending~)
First Impressions: Winter 2018
New year and a ton of new anime i know nothing about, Time to give my first impression on every show I can get my hands on (so pretty much anything on crunchyroll)
First things first...
1. I will TRY to give every show on Crunchyroll a chance but that doesn't mean I am obligated to watch a full episode. If I stop early I will give a time stamp and reason for stopping. I will not be looking at shows on Netflix or Amazon's anime Strike because the former won't simulcast and the latter Is just too much of a pain and expense to set up.
2. No shows that are under 20 minutes in length, I don't like waiting a whole week for a 3 min gag. there are some exceptions but it's rare.
3. No shows with Brother, Sister, Father or Mother in the title... too often it goes into incest... which I really do not like.
4. If the show is a second season of a show I didn't watch before I'm not going to talk about it here.
5. No card game shows, I may give them a chance but they really aren't my thing.
6. All opinions are my own and based solely on what I have seen. I tend to go into these shows completely blind. If I don't enjoy the show after 1 episode or even quit out of an episode early I'm not saying the show is bad... just that I didn't enjoy it.
The Ancient Magus' Bride
I'm still not 100% on board with this... there are aspects of chise and elias' relationship i just don't buy or feel off and i feel likethe show is going to address them but I'm just on edge. The show is lovely to look at and the music is good but i feel myself putting up a wall when i watch it and i don't know why.
First things first...
Ground rules
1. I will TRY to give every show on Crunchyroll a chance but that doesn't mean I am obligated to watch a full episode. If I stop early I will give a time stamp and reason for stopping. I will not be looking at shows on Netflix or Amazon's anime Strike because the former won't simulcast and the latter Is just too much of a pain and expense to set up.
2. No shows that are under 20 minutes in length, I don't like waiting a whole week for a 3 min gag. there are some exceptions but it's rare.
3. No shows with Brother, Sister, Father or Mother in the title... too often it goes into incest... which I really do not like.
4. If the show is a second season of a show I didn't watch before I'm not going to talk about it here.
5. No card game shows, I may give them a chance but they really aren't my thing.
6. All opinions are my own and based solely on what I have seen. I tend to go into these shows completely blind. If I don't enjoy the show after 1 episode or even quit out of an episode early I'm not saying the show is bad... just that I didn't enjoy it.
Returning show
March comes in like a Lion
This show still has some of the most creative ways of showing things like depression and anxiety. I love every moment.
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card
This should probably be in new shows since it's a what.... 18 year gap bewteen the end of the last seasons (ok probably closer to 15 after localization time and whatnot)
Cardcaptor Sakura: Clear Card
This should probably be in new shows since it's a what.... 18 year gap bewteen the end of the last seasons (ok probably closer to 15 after localization time and whatnot)
The Ancient Magus' Bride
I'm still not 100% on board with this... there are aspects of chise and elias' relationship i just don't buy or feel off and i feel likethe show is going to address them but I'm just on edge. The show is lovely to look at and the music is good but i feel myself putting up a wall when i watch it and i don't know why.
New shows
A Place Further The the Universe
I'm cautious with any titles that have space related stuff in the title however the style of all the promo art I've seen is enough to give me the courage to give it a try. Also I think this has more to do with a ship then space so... here's hoping I'm not wrong.
This is a show about youth and pushing yourself in order to make your dream a reality.
Mari has always been timid however one day while her mother forces her to clean up she finds an old journal with her goals for highschool written on the front page.
1. keep a journal (which is already a bust as this is literally the only page filled in and she's a second year student)
2. Skip school at least once.
3. Go on an adventure with no plan
4. Make the most of her youth.
So it's decided... she's going to hope on the train in the other direction from school and have a youthful adventure until she chickens out at the last second... like she always does.
On her way home from school another girl who shares her school uniform runs by to catch a train but drops an envelope in the process... an envelop that happens to have 1 million yen. (around 8900k USD for reference)
Mari does eventually find the girl and returns he money and finds out why exactly she's been saving. She wants to follow her mothers footsteps and explore Antarctica.
However due to the fact that she is a highschool student everyone tells her it's imposible... in order toprove them wrong she continues to take steps towards her dream and even encourages Mari to join in... even if the natural reaction is to give up or run away cause it's scary.
So.... if you couldn't tell by the far longer then normal description... i really liked this first episode. I worry that it may devolve into cute girls doign cute shit but I seriously doubt it will (or at least I hope it doesn't) The animation is a bit of an odd mix between high detailed BGs and rather simplistic character designs but in the end it does work.
Hopefully this show continues to be good.
Ms Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles
It's pretty girls eating food.
And it's sexualized to hell and back...
So if that sounds fun to you then enjoy... it seems completely pointless.
In my case it just amkes me want to go back and have more ramen (the ramen i did have there was pretty damn good... granted i'm more of a fan of Ton Katsu)
Laid-Back Camp
This is a show about cute girls camping, the backgrounds are lovely and true to the places they are set in.
but it's too cutesy for me... I have no idea why it's got over 500 5 stars ratings in a little over a day.
Granted this kinda thing tends not to be something i enjoy so yeah most likely pass.
Record of Grancrest War
I assume based off the title this is loosely connected to Record of Lodoss War, a show i have never seen but have always been curious about.
Anyways if it does reference anything in the other show i have no clue about it.
I'm not sure if one episode is enough, the world is full of Chaos, manifestations of energy that bring about impossible things like demons.
A Mage Siluca is unable to stop a demon lord from appearing and a peace that was 1000 years in the making is destroyed in an instant. Now she travels to far away lands to contract her skills to a lord.
However along the way they are stopped by bandits, before she can even fire off a single spell a knight (or at least wannabe) named Theo comes to the rescue. Not wanted to contract with the letcherous old man she's been promised to she takes this opportunity to trick the man into forming a contract with her... their ambitions seem to line up though it is odd how blatantly pushy she is being.
Again the one episode wasn't enough to hook me but it wasn't enough to make me run off either... i'll probably give it 2-3 more before deciding if I'm enjoying it or not.
Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko
Monsters have been plaguing Tokyo for centuries... Thank goodness girl in school girl uniforms/mini skirts are able to weild swords to take them down.
I can't even begin to describe how much I want the military school genre to die.
The only young girls can fight the monsters (and they fight in a skirt cause that is practical) is also a genre I wish would just go away but alas... it's like the backbone of fanservice anime so yeah it's here to stay.
and to boot it looks like they are setting up a tournament which hopefulyl is just this episode cause yeah.. not a fan of those either.... look this show just isn't for me... i wouldn't call it fanservice because even with the low angles you never see anything but it's still that kind of show.
citrus
I'll be honest, i'm not a huge fan of yuri/shoujo ai (i'm not sure what this falls into but i'll assume the latter) because more often then not one character forces themselves on the other character and i'm sorry that is really shitty.
Still may as well give it a chance.
*deep sigh*
Look.... i think this could be good, but I know i'm not going to enjoy it.
having a character who doesn't get "love" is interesting to me, until I figured out I'm ace I didn't get it either so seeing that in another character has potential....
but when the student council president openly gropes this girls ass after seeing her put the phone in her skirt pocket... this feels like it's just pointless pandering.
Yes i get that she is breaking school decorum rules but i'm pretty sure literally feeling someone ass through their clothing is also violation of the rules... or at very least a sexual harrasment lawsuit waiting to happen.
please don't play the teacher forcing himself on a student as romantic please don't frame an adult forcing themselves on a child as romantic...
*head on desk* While it is just a kiss thanks for proving my point about why i don't like shows like this.
Look, I have real issue when any character forces themselves on any other character. It is not okay and i really wish some genres wouldn't rely on it as much as they do. I get it she does it to prove a point but still it's just such a shitty thing to do that I wont be watching the show.
IDOLiSh7
I didn't realize this was a new show, there have been so many idol shows lately they all just blur together.
Oh man... some of this CG is rough.
um... it's your standard "we are starting a new idol group, you (a newbie to the company) will manage them. They are all colour coded so please if you cna't remember their name at least refer to them by colour (added bonus that it's a group of 7)
But hey rigth after i type this the president of the company acknowledges this and tell the newbei she has to cut down the group of 7 since that is too much to remember.
but like... the show is called Idolish7... we know they'll all be a group.
we don't even see them working for the audition... it just happens and we see them all sweating waiting for the results.
Nothing about this show separated itself from all the other idol anime out there... and boy are there a ton.
Mitchiri Neko
3 min show about gags invovling cats.
but not like.. real cats... fatasy cats that play soccer or dicuss the type of pot to get into.
in thee mines we get 6 skits... so yeah.
but yeas as much as i love cats... uh... pass.
KARAKAI JOZU NO TAKAGI-SAN
Takagi is a young girl who loves to tease the boy she sits next to.
However this boy wotn take it sitting down... he vowes to tease her back and embarras her infront of everyone... except he's terrible at it and ends up getting in trouble himself instead of making the girl sweat.
Still they both obviously care for each other quite a bit and it seems like a cute show based on a little harmless teasing.
Granted i feel like it's really stuck on a 4koma kind of pacing... so it's a lot of set up for a gag... i just don't think it's the kind of show i'd enjoy week to week but maybe i'll marathon it at the end of the season since it does seem cute.
Maerchen Maedchen
this this is how it went.
the intro plays and i think "ok this is a neat setup... sure they eyes look like SAO crossed with eromanga but... maybe the story will be good.
then the intro was full of fanservice... in face like the same fanserve at least twice... also how large is that book that you can completely sover your nakid bodywith it? also so many low angkle shots to focus on gym shorts....
just... ugh
so let me get this straight.
Whenever something even remotely upsetting happens to you... you go read... and beacuse you read so much you have no friends.... not even aquatances... no one....
uh huh...
anyways the show actually isn't bad, yes there is fanservice but it's less "lets just titilate the viewers" and more "what would you do if you had to run from a lunatic chasing you and you were in the bath and your clothes were stolen. I worry that in the future it'll just be pointless fanservice but hey maybe i will give this another episode or two.... even though my track record for Magical school anime is abysmal.
Oh right the plot, girl who likes books accidently gets magic book and stumbles into magical work after chasing a mage she sees roaming the streets.
Unable to find the mage in this new world she ends up being taken in by a kind lady and... well takes a bath and you can get the rest from there... apparentl the book she has is important and now she'll be a member of the school i guess.
... then again from that ending song.... maybe i'm giving this show too much credit... we get a swimsuit, a maid, girls in gym uniforms and a girl licking a lolipop....
I get it... some people think you have to be more eye catchign to stand out but it really does come across as trying too damn hard... if you can't keep viewers interested with your plot then don't bother.
Junji Ito Collection
Not a fan of horror series but this seems like this could be interesting.... plus i have a friend who likes this creator and I trust her taste... even if our taste vary wildly.
Call it a gut feeling..... i'm not going to like this.
So i'm just gunna pass... I have a feeling there is some shit i just don't need in my head and i do not need to stick around to find out what that is.
plus holy f*ck this guy is annoying and i just want him off the screen.
Slow Start
... this is Either just a cutesy show or hiding something horrible under the surface... it's just too cute... this can't be all it is. however i thinks this is exactly all it is... a super cute show about first year high school girls...
Ok... i feel the pain of being at the top of the roll call list.... that got a chuckle out of me...
This show doesn't; seem bad... but it's just cute girls discussing random topics with visual gags.... Its cute that the one girl is shy and she's trying hard to make friends but it's just too much nothing.
However i have a feeling this is definately on one of my friends watch lists...
The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!
*looks at march comes in like a lion and then back at this* Ok.... do you want that show minus the introspective look at depression/ptsd as well as the pressure of being gifted and what that means as you get older? Oh and add just all of the cuteness you can cram in? yeah thats this show...
Moe March comes in like a lion....
and don't get me wrong March comes in like a lion has some utterly adorable moments but they feel more natural then a small girl who happens to be in your apartment who can't say your name without biting her tongue calling you master.
I just can't figure out why air this now? why not wait till spring? i'm not sayign it's automatically going to be worse then march comes in like a lion but blatantly competing with it seem foolish. Granted i hate this kind of cutesy bullshit so i'm obviously not the target audience.... and the target audience may not like serious shows like march comes in like a lion.... so i guess it has a place but yeah.... why is this a winter show...
any this 16 year old Ryuo (a high title in the shoji world) is nearly defeated by the cutesy 9 year old who he found in his apartment... but in the end he wins so it's all good...
she's only been playing 3 months.
still she wants to be his deciple, and she's cooking for him... and he finds out she's truly givfted in every way... at this rate she'll be a ryuo at a yonge---
why is there a scene of the 9 year old in the shower.
.... yeah ok no you know what? i have my shoji anime... i am getting too many bad vibes from this show... i was worried it would just be moe bullshit but i can tell it's going to be so much worse then that. I'm out
watch March comes in like a lion.
School Babysitters
The proportion of the little kid is a bit freaky to me.... i mean they are the size of a baby but they are walking so thye have to be like... 2? and they are being asked questions like "can you keep walking" so like.... they just seem small.
Ah it's hanasaku iroha but instead of the parents being irresponsible and missing they are dead... also the old woman in this isn't stern but more a..... well you can use your imagination for a descriptor.
So anyways the main guy and his brother lose his parents in a plane crash, they may have never been hom anyways but it's still sad, luckily (?) an old lady who lost her son and his wife invite them to stay at her academy.
only when he's not in class he's going to be the schools babysitter.
i mean i've heard of colleges having daycares but maybe this is one of those academies that has all the different levels of schooling? or a really promiscuous group of teens?
or just a daycare atatched to the school?
Either way it's pathetically obvious that this old lady is actually their long lost grandma (but hey if the show just prives this as a red herring i will give it all the credit) and she acts cold but really she cares... probably.
anyways it's the teachers children... well that is very nice for the workplace to provide daycare.... dunno how they'd feel about it being run by a student but hey... thought that counts?
ugh all of these toddlers are drawn like babies... it's freaking me out man... and the one baby is SUPER small... like i get anime is styalized (hell my art is anime inspired so of course i know) btu you still kinda have to adhere to realistic proportions... most toddlers will be around 2.5-3 feet tall.... all of these looks like less then one with super chubby hands (another baby exclusive trait)
anyways it does seem like there is an adult in all this, though he was just asleep with like 5 or six kids playing unsupervised so... yeah the student may be a better choice.
oh my god the baby can fit in his hand... no... no this is all wrong
oh the kids are old enough to read? then yeah they definitely should be bigger...
Ok all bitching about proportions aside I did enjoy this show, it got me crying pretty hard in a single episode. I don;t know if i'll enjoy it in the long run but i'm willing to give it a chance. I just may draw them with actual proportions for toddlers for my own peace of mind.
How to Keep a Mummy
I thought this would be a 3 min show for sure... but NOPE it's full length.
Anyways how would you feel if your father constantly sent you horrific cursed items... this time he sends a mummy but no worries! he lets you know it's super cute! (and in a coffin with a cross on it for some reason...)
and thats the show, amn i's hard to live with a mummy but it's so darn cute.
it's not a bad show but there was little to nothing to grab my interest. it's a cute showing being cute.
DARLING in the FRANXX
Oh it's time for the a TRIGGER show... maybe i'll enjoy this one. *looks back on their catalog* i mean their track record isn't the best with me but always willing to give it a shot.
It's interesting, after Failing an exam to become a paired pilot of a franxx Hiro prepairs himself to head home to his orphanage (or more likely be disposed along the way... who has room for failures anyways?) however after a chance encounter with a girl sporting two horns and a sudden attack he soon finds out he is a (or the?) Darling this girl has been searching for to make the giant robot work well.
Well it's actually about puberty but sure... all that robot shit i guess.
the animation is really pretty, the mix of fairly simplistic designs and subtle cg work as well as interesting monster/robot design and high detailed BGs creat an odd mix that actually manage to work.
Will i enjoy the whole show for the whole cour? I highly doubt it.... we are already on mars or something so the chances we are headed to space are exceedingly high.
And last time I watched a trigger show (or a show that was done by the team that would immediately become trigger) that went into space i had a massive panic attack and actualyl don't remember the whole second half.
well except the shit that sent me over the edge... i get to remember that with cystal clarity... thanks brain.
Anyways... considering it's looking like i'll only have a couple of shows this season... i may continue with it.
Assuming is stays the hell out of space.... i wont do that again... not with this animation/creation house.
After watching episode 2: oh it's about sex more then puberty... i will still argue about it being abotu the latter but the focus is definitely on the former.
Death March to Parallel World Rhapsody
There is a certain thing where game developers crunch to get everything ready for launch, Susaki is tasked with cleaning up a rookies mistakes since said rookie vanished without a trace.
anyways after finally doign bug fixes for two games he finally can get some sleep... only he starts havign an odd dream (?) about a world thats like a mashup of the two games.
only this actualyl hurt... luckily he has a special thing that was impliments to kill all the monsters... doign so gets him from level 1 to level 310.
anyways my guess is that this will be another transported to another world story and he will be the special to save everything, it may be cute... i'll probably give it another episode or two but as of right now the only unique this is how much cg was used and yet it still looks pretty good.
Pop Team Epic
Never have I wanted some thing to be a short show more then this.
the fake show they show at the start looks terrible in it's own way but wow i'd rather be watching that.
it's a bunch of rapidfire skits... for 24 minutes
I get why people would enjoy this but I can't even last 3 minutes let alone 24.
SANRIO BOYS
Ok...
I like the concept of a show saying it's okay for guys to like cute things.
that is a good concept.
But his is taking that concept and trying to sell you sanrio cute stuff specifically and i take issue with that.
this exact same plot with a made up company would be 100% fine.
but this glorified 24 minute ad? pass.
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens
The world is full of people however in Hakata 3% of the population seem to be part of a certain line of work.
So we have a story that focuses on Hitmen.... and detectives... and hitmen hitmen and also a samurai hitman.
The first episode wasn't enough to hook me but i feel like there is something interesting under the surface... a bit of a Durarara vibe to it (minus any supernatural stuff i guess)
just not sure with this one.
HAKYU HOSHIN ENGI
I follow some people who have been extrememly ecited for this, i know nothing about it but i hope at least they are enjoying.
Unfortunately this show is front loaded with a LOT of exposition... i'm not sure if thats the catch up those who haven't watched the previous anime or read the manga but it makes this first bit a bit of a slog.
Also it has a lot of tropes that seem to be extremely popular in 90 anime. neither a good or bad thing it's just really noticeable.
I have a feeling if you know the source this is probably enjoyable, i'm not the biggest fan of shonen titles to begin with and so far nothing about this show is really hooking me.
So.... i forgot to post this.... and considering i just finish magus bride... uh... better late then never?
It's pretty girls eating food.
And it's sexualized to hell and back...
So if that sounds fun to you then enjoy... it seems completely pointless.
In my case it just amkes me want to go back and have more ramen (the ramen i did have there was pretty damn good... granted i'm more of a fan of Ton Katsu)
Laid-Back Camp
This is a show about cute girls camping, the backgrounds are lovely and true to the places they are set in.
but it's too cutesy for me... I have no idea why it's got over 500 5 stars ratings in a little over a day.
Granted this kinda thing tends not to be something i enjoy so yeah most likely pass.
Record of Grancrest War
I assume based off the title this is loosely connected to Record of Lodoss War, a show i have never seen but have always been curious about.
Anyways if it does reference anything in the other show i have no clue about it.
I'm not sure if one episode is enough, the world is full of Chaos, manifestations of energy that bring about impossible things like demons.
A Mage Siluca is unable to stop a demon lord from appearing and a peace that was 1000 years in the making is destroyed in an instant. Now she travels to far away lands to contract her skills to a lord.
However along the way they are stopped by bandits, before she can even fire off a single spell a knight (or at least wannabe) named Theo comes to the rescue. Not wanted to contract with the letcherous old man she's been promised to she takes this opportunity to trick the man into forming a contract with her... their ambitions seem to line up though it is odd how blatantly pushy she is being.
Again the one episode wasn't enough to hook me but it wasn't enough to make me run off either... i'll probably give it 2-3 more before deciding if I'm enjoying it or not.
Katana Maidens ~ Toji No Miko
Monsters have been plaguing Tokyo for centuries... Thank goodness girl in school girl uniforms/mini skirts are able to weild swords to take them down.
I can't even begin to describe how much I want the military school genre to die.
The only young girls can fight the monsters (and they fight in a skirt cause that is practical) is also a genre I wish would just go away but alas... it's like the backbone of fanservice anime so yeah it's here to stay.
and to boot it looks like they are setting up a tournament which hopefulyl is just this episode cause yeah.. not a fan of those either.... look this show just isn't for me... i wouldn't call it fanservice because even with the low angles you never see anything but it's still that kind of show.
citrus
I'll be honest, i'm not a huge fan of yuri/shoujo ai (i'm not sure what this falls into but i'll assume the latter) because more often then not one character forces themselves on the other character and i'm sorry that is really shitty.
Still may as well give it a chance.
*deep sigh*
Look.... i think this could be good, but I know i'm not going to enjoy it.
having a character who doesn't get "love" is interesting to me, until I figured out I'm ace I didn't get it either so seeing that in another character has potential....
but when the student council president openly gropes this girls ass after seeing her put the phone in her skirt pocket... this feels like it's just pointless pandering.
Yes i get that she is breaking school decorum rules but i'm pretty sure literally feeling someone ass through their clothing is also violation of the rules... or at very least a sexual harrasment lawsuit waiting to happen.
please don't play the teacher forcing himself on a student as romantic please don't frame an adult forcing themselves on a child as romantic...
*head on desk* While it is just a kiss thanks for proving my point about why i don't like shows like this.
Look, I have real issue when any character forces themselves on any other character. It is not okay and i really wish some genres wouldn't rely on it as much as they do. I get it she does it to prove a point but still it's just such a shitty thing to do that I wont be watching the show.
IDOLiSh7
I didn't realize this was a new show, there have been so many idol shows lately they all just blur together.
Oh man... some of this CG is rough.
um... it's your standard "we are starting a new idol group, you (a newbie to the company) will manage them. They are all colour coded so please if you cna't remember their name at least refer to them by colour (added bonus that it's a group of 7)
But hey rigth after i type this the president of the company acknowledges this and tell the newbei she has to cut down the group of 7 since that is too much to remember.
but like... the show is called Idolish7... we know they'll all be a group.
we don't even see them working for the audition... it just happens and we see them all sweating waiting for the results.
Nothing about this show separated itself from all the other idol anime out there... and boy are there a ton.
Mitchiri Neko
3 min show about gags invovling cats.
but not like.. real cats... fatasy cats that play soccer or dicuss the type of pot to get into.
in thee mines we get 6 skits... so yeah.
but yeas as much as i love cats... uh... pass.
KARAKAI JOZU NO TAKAGI-SAN
Takagi is a young girl who loves to tease the boy she sits next to.
However this boy wotn take it sitting down... he vowes to tease her back and embarras her infront of everyone... except he's terrible at it and ends up getting in trouble himself instead of making the girl sweat.
Still they both obviously care for each other quite a bit and it seems like a cute show based on a little harmless teasing.
Granted i feel like it's really stuck on a 4koma kind of pacing... so it's a lot of set up for a gag... i just don't think it's the kind of show i'd enjoy week to week but maybe i'll marathon it at the end of the season since it does seem cute.
Maerchen Maedchen
this this is how it went.
the intro plays and i think "ok this is a neat setup... sure they eyes look like SAO crossed with eromanga but... maybe the story will be good.
then the intro was full of fanservice... in face like the same fanserve at least twice... also how large is that book that you can completely sover your nakid bodywith it? also so many low angkle shots to focus on gym shorts....
just... ugh
so let me get this straight.
Whenever something even remotely upsetting happens to you... you go read... and beacuse you read so much you have no friends.... not even aquatances... no one....
uh huh...
anyways the show actually isn't bad, yes there is fanservice but it's less "lets just titilate the viewers" and more "what would you do if you had to run from a lunatic chasing you and you were in the bath and your clothes were stolen. I worry that in the future it'll just be pointless fanservice but hey maybe i will give this another episode or two.... even though my track record for Magical school anime is abysmal.
Oh right the plot, girl who likes books accidently gets magic book and stumbles into magical work after chasing a mage she sees roaming the streets.
Unable to find the mage in this new world she ends up being taken in by a kind lady and... well takes a bath and you can get the rest from there... apparentl the book she has is important and now she'll be a member of the school i guess.
... then again from that ending song.... maybe i'm giving this show too much credit... we get a swimsuit, a maid, girls in gym uniforms and a girl licking a lolipop....
I get it... some people think you have to be more eye catchign to stand out but it really does come across as trying too damn hard... if you can't keep viewers interested with your plot then don't bother.
Junji Ito Collection
Not a fan of horror series but this seems like this could be interesting.... plus i have a friend who likes this creator and I trust her taste... even if our taste vary wildly.
Call it a gut feeling..... i'm not going to like this.
So i'm just gunna pass... I have a feeling there is some shit i just don't need in my head and i do not need to stick around to find out what that is.
plus holy f*ck this guy is annoying and i just want him off the screen.
Slow Start
... this is Either just a cutesy show or hiding something horrible under the surface... it's just too cute... this can't be all it is. however i thinks this is exactly all it is... a super cute show about first year high school girls...
Ok... i feel the pain of being at the top of the roll call list.... that got a chuckle out of me...
This show doesn't; seem bad... but it's just cute girls discussing random topics with visual gags.... Its cute that the one girl is shy and she's trying hard to make friends but it's just too much nothing.
However i have a feeling this is definately on one of my friends watch lists...
The Ryuo's Work is Never Done!
*looks at march comes in like a lion and then back at this* Ok.... do you want that show minus the introspective look at depression/ptsd as well as the pressure of being gifted and what that means as you get older? Oh and add just all of the cuteness you can cram in? yeah thats this show...
Moe March comes in like a lion....
and don't get me wrong March comes in like a lion has some utterly adorable moments but they feel more natural then a small girl who happens to be in your apartment who can't say your name without biting her tongue calling you master.
I just can't figure out why air this now? why not wait till spring? i'm not sayign it's automatically going to be worse then march comes in like a lion but blatantly competing with it seem foolish. Granted i hate this kind of cutesy bullshit so i'm obviously not the target audience.... and the target audience may not like serious shows like march comes in like a lion.... so i guess it has a place but yeah.... why is this a winter show...
any this 16 year old Ryuo (a high title in the shoji world) is nearly defeated by the cutesy 9 year old who he found in his apartment... but in the end he wins so it's all good...
she's only been playing 3 months.
still she wants to be his deciple, and she's cooking for him... and he finds out she's truly givfted in every way... at this rate she'll be a ryuo at a yonge---
why is there a scene of the 9 year old in the shower.
.... yeah ok no you know what? i have my shoji anime... i am getting too many bad vibes from this show... i was worried it would just be moe bullshit but i can tell it's going to be so much worse then that. I'm out
watch March comes in like a lion.
School Babysitters
The proportion of the little kid is a bit freaky to me.... i mean they are the size of a baby but they are walking so thye have to be like... 2? and they are being asked questions like "can you keep walking" so like.... they just seem small.
Ah it's hanasaku iroha but instead of the parents being irresponsible and missing they are dead... also the old woman in this isn't stern but more a..... well you can use your imagination for a descriptor.
So anyways the main guy and his brother lose his parents in a plane crash, they may have never been hom anyways but it's still sad, luckily (?) an old lady who lost her son and his wife invite them to stay at her academy.
only when he's not in class he's going to be the schools babysitter.
i mean i've heard of colleges having daycares but maybe this is one of those academies that has all the different levels of schooling? or a really promiscuous group of teens?
or just a daycare atatched to the school?
Either way it's pathetically obvious that this old lady is actually their long lost grandma (but hey if the show just prives this as a red herring i will give it all the credit) and she acts cold but really she cares... probably.
anyways it's the teachers children... well that is very nice for the workplace to provide daycare.... dunno how they'd feel about it being run by a student but hey... thought that counts?
ugh all of these toddlers are drawn like babies... it's freaking me out man... and the one baby is SUPER small... like i get anime is styalized (hell my art is anime inspired so of course i know) btu you still kinda have to adhere to realistic proportions... most toddlers will be around 2.5-3 feet tall.... all of these looks like less then one with super chubby hands (another baby exclusive trait)
anyways it does seem like there is an adult in all this, though he was just asleep with like 5 or six kids playing unsupervised so... yeah the student may be a better choice.
oh my god the baby can fit in his hand... no... no this is all wrong
oh the kids are old enough to read? then yeah they definitely should be bigger...
Ok all bitching about proportions aside I did enjoy this show, it got me crying pretty hard in a single episode. I don;t know if i'll enjoy it in the long run but i'm willing to give it a chance. I just may draw them with actual proportions for toddlers for my own peace of mind.
How to Keep a Mummy
I thought this would be a 3 min show for sure... but NOPE it's full length.
Anyways how would you feel if your father constantly sent you horrific cursed items... this time he sends a mummy but no worries! he lets you know it's super cute! (and in a coffin with a cross on it for some reason...)
and thats the show, amn i's hard to live with a mummy but it's so darn cute.
it's not a bad show but there was little to nothing to grab my interest. it's a cute showing being cute.
DARLING in the FRANXX
Oh it's time for the a TRIGGER show... maybe i'll enjoy this one. *looks back on their catalog* i mean their track record isn't the best with me but always willing to give it a shot.
It's interesting, after Failing an exam to become a paired pilot of a franxx Hiro prepairs himself to head home to his orphanage (or more likely be disposed along the way... who has room for failures anyways?) however after a chance encounter with a girl sporting two horns and a sudden attack he soon finds out he is a (or the?) Darling this girl has been searching for to make the giant robot work well.
Well it's actually about puberty but sure... all that robot shit i guess.
the animation is really pretty, the mix of fairly simplistic designs and subtle cg work as well as interesting monster/robot design and high detailed BGs creat an odd mix that actually manage to work.
Will i enjoy the whole show for the whole cour? I highly doubt it.... we are already on mars or something so the chances we are headed to space are exceedingly high.
And last time I watched a trigger show (or a show that was done by the team that would immediately become trigger) that went into space i had a massive panic attack and actualyl don't remember the whole second half.
well except the shit that sent me over the edge... i get to remember that with cystal clarity... thanks brain.
Anyways... considering it's looking like i'll only have a couple of shows this season... i may continue with it.
Assuming is stays the hell out of space.... i wont do that again... not with this animation/creation house.
After watching episode 2: oh it's about sex more then puberty... i will still argue about it being abotu the latter but the focus is definitely on the former.
Death March to Parallel World Rhapsody
There is a certain thing where game developers crunch to get everything ready for launch, Susaki is tasked with cleaning up a rookies mistakes since said rookie vanished without a trace.
anyways after finally doign bug fixes for two games he finally can get some sleep... only he starts havign an odd dream (?) about a world thats like a mashup of the two games.
only this actualyl hurt... luckily he has a special thing that was impliments to kill all the monsters... doign so gets him from level 1 to level 310.
anyways my guess is that this will be another transported to another world story and he will be the special to save everything, it may be cute... i'll probably give it another episode or two but as of right now the only unique this is how much cg was used and yet it still looks pretty good.
Pop Team Epic
Never have I wanted some thing to be a short show more then this.
the fake show they show at the start looks terrible in it's own way but wow i'd rather be watching that.
it's a bunch of rapidfire skits... for 24 minutes
I get why people would enjoy this but I can't even last 3 minutes let alone 24.
SANRIO BOYS
Ok...
I like the concept of a show saying it's okay for guys to like cute things.
that is a good concept.
But his is taking that concept and trying to sell you sanrio cute stuff specifically and i take issue with that.
this exact same plot with a made up company would be 100% fine.
but this glorified 24 minute ad? pass.
Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens
The world is full of people however in Hakata 3% of the population seem to be part of a certain line of work.
So we have a story that focuses on Hitmen.... and detectives... and hitmen hitmen and also a samurai hitman.
The first episode wasn't enough to hook me but i feel like there is something interesting under the surface... a bit of a Durarara vibe to it (minus any supernatural stuff i guess)
just not sure with this one.
HAKYU HOSHIN ENGI
I follow some people who have been extrememly ecited for this, i know nothing about it but i hope at least they are enjoying.
Unfortunately this show is front loaded with a LOT of exposition... i'm not sure if thats the catch up those who haven't watched the previous anime or read the manga but it makes this first bit a bit of a slog.
Also it has a lot of tropes that seem to be extremely popular in 90 anime. neither a good or bad thing it's just really noticeable.
I have a feeling if you know the source this is probably enjoyable, i'm not the biggest fan of shonen titles to begin with and so far nothing about this show is really hooking me.
So.... i forgot to post this.... and considering i just finish magus bride... uh... better late then never?
Wednesday, 3 January 2018
Code: Realize ~Guardians of Rebirth~
I was supposed to finish this in 2017 but got too busy and here we are.
Also quickly sharing my Biases.
I love silly reverse harems... as long as the main character has a name and they are definitely going for one route i'm happy.
This show meets all those criteria.
We follow Cardia, a mysterious girl who has an odd poison coursign through her body. anything she touches with her bare skin melts. Luckily she has clothing and certain items that negate this problem but it does mean she is forced to live in isolation. That is until Chivalrous thief Arsene Lupin come and steals her away.
We learn that she is the daughter of a famous and somewhat hated scientist. a man who created an item of infinite energy... it also happens to be whats keeping Cardia alive... as well as what make her impossible to touch. Arsene, originally stealing her for a selfish reason, befriends her and decides to help her get rid of that natsy poison.
How? well with his house full of pretty boys all with referential names. like Saint-Germain, Victor Frankenstein, Impey Barbicane, Abraham Van Helsing and even Delacriox II.
These overly designed pretty boys all have special talents and work together to gather more info on Cardia's father as well as leaning about how this may be able more then the fate of one girl.
It's corny, it's stilly it's over the top and I loved every minute, I want to get the game and see the other endings.
Also how can you hate a show with a character named Herlock Sholmes... you can't... you just can't.
Needless to say... if you hate reverse harems then yeah this show will not change your mind (though it's seriously not even a big part of the show... the show is about cardia and just happens to have some hot guys to pick from)
If you hate shows where the characters have ridiculous over the top costuming when they are trying to blend in.... then watch something else.
However if all that sounds like a fun time I seriously believe you will enjoy this show. The art is lovely, the music is enjoyable and above all I really enjoyed the story. It's corny and predictable but it's also fun and sweet and sad when it needs to be.
Would it have made my top 10 list had I finished it on time? No... but it would have been an honourable mention cause this show was just so enjoyable.
You can watch it all on Chrunchyroll
Also quickly sharing my Biases.
I love silly reverse harems... as long as the main character has a name and they are definitely going for one route i'm happy.
This show meets all those criteria.
We follow Cardia, a mysterious girl who has an odd poison coursign through her body. anything she touches with her bare skin melts. Luckily she has clothing and certain items that negate this problem but it does mean she is forced to live in isolation. That is until Chivalrous thief Arsene Lupin come and steals her away.
We learn that she is the daughter of a famous and somewhat hated scientist. a man who created an item of infinite energy... it also happens to be whats keeping Cardia alive... as well as what make her impossible to touch. Arsene, originally stealing her for a selfish reason, befriends her and decides to help her get rid of that natsy poison.
How? well with his house full of pretty boys all with referential names. like Saint-Germain, Victor Frankenstein, Impey Barbicane, Abraham Van Helsing and even Delacriox II.
These overly designed pretty boys all have special talents and work together to gather more info on Cardia's father as well as leaning about how this may be able more then the fate of one girl.
It's corny, it's stilly it's over the top and I loved every minute, I want to get the game and see the other endings.
Also how can you hate a show with a character named Herlock Sholmes... you can't... you just can't.
Needless to say... if you hate reverse harems then yeah this show will not change your mind (though it's seriously not even a big part of the show... the show is about cardia and just happens to have some hot guys to pick from)
If you hate shows where the characters have ridiculous over the top costuming when they are trying to blend in.... then watch something else.
However if all that sounds like a fun time I seriously believe you will enjoy this show. The art is lovely, the music is enjoyable and above all I really enjoyed the story. It's corny and predictable but it's also fun and sweet and sad when it needs to be.
Would it have made my top 10 list had I finished it on time? No... but it would have been an honourable mention cause this show was just so enjoyable.
You can watch it all on Chrunchyroll
Monday, 1 January 2018
Year End Top 10 - Anime
Last year was full of a lot of great anime...
Yet if you know anything about me you already know my number 1.
Also to make sure everyone understands how my top 10s work. Only shows I have finished in 2017 will be o the list.
This yeah I think I'll be changing the formula just a bit.
SO yeah technically it's on the list... it would be in the top 5 but i didn't finish it in 2017 so i can't actually put it there.
Had this only been those episode it would be fighting for number 2 spot. it was funny and sweet and just a joy... until the next episode where it got so terrible so quickly. It's honestly too bad cause I wanted to love this show but by the end I hated it.
Is it the episodic nature of learning more about people who visit a single shop?
Is it the lovingly animated food that makes me really miss Japan?
Is it Suwabe as the lead chef?
Yeah probably that one but also the other two.
This show is fun, even though it's 100% episodic most of the characters have an arc, either within their episode or over a few episodes as they go back again and try similar yet different dishes.
I would love if this show got another season... i have no idea what they would do with it but hey at least I'd get to see Suwabe serve up really pretty anime food.
Also there was an episode that was done like a wildlife show... good times.
Anyways The reason it is as low as it is is how it was handled. It retconned the end of the first season so you just open cold some point after Rin's secret is exposed but before the world nearly gets destroyed.
I loved it, but it makes recommending the show really hard cause i have to be like "watch till about episode 22 and then watch this second season and then if you want go back and watch the last few episodes of the show"
Still I really did enjoy it and... man it's already so hard to try and put these in an order.
It does at times remind me a bit too much of work though so that's probably why it's not a bit higher. Still really good show if you can get through the first episode you will probably enjoy it.
The cinematography is amazing, it strikes the perfect balance between realism and anime. The story is great and had me laughing and crying constantly.
However, unless I'm watching on dvd/bluray with the remote in my hand I will never watch this film again and I can't put a film i refuse to watch much higher on my list.
*I have Astrophobia, there is a scene that goes on for way longer then it needs to in this film.... I had no idea about it (though i should have known better, Makoto Shinkai loves that kind of shit) and I ended up having a really bad Panic attack in the movie theatre. Other then this one scene the film is pretty much perfect. so yeah.... good film, do not watch if you have Astrophobia. (or watch in an environment where someone can skip past that scene for you.)
Again this show has amazing visual metaphor for anxiety, depression, grief, and PSTD. The music is amazing and the story of a child prodigy who has an odd love hate relationship with the thing he's best at is really interesting.
However Season 1 specifically has some issues. If you know nothing about Shogi then... well don't expect to learn about it here... yes there is a song about all the classes but Crunchyroll in their infinite wisdom decided not to translate it... and it's like a full episode worth of content. Rei also takes quite a long time to get out of his depressive funk so the show is a bit of a downer BUT seeing him grow and become kinder and warmer and deal with some of his emotions is what pushed this show to top 5.
Also the dynamic he has with the other characters is perfect and I just love everyone.
Oh boy this is just getting more and more difficult... OK
However this season wasn't as enjoyable as the first one.
I still adored it, i would still love yet another season but overall I think season 1 was far more concise and focused.
that being said I had so much fun at the eccentric family Cafe so.... yeah.
This show does everything right where GAMERS went so very wrong. It's sweet, it's funny, it made me emotional and despite being low budget it never feels like it's cutting corners.
I seriously hope we get more... I know we probably wont but I want to see more of Moriko and Sakurai's story. Still even if this is all we get i loved every second of it.
The story continues after Yakumo finishes telling Yotaro the tale of his old friend Sukeroku. it deals with the guilt Yakumo has for how he lost his best friends and lover, it deals with the fact that he is getting older and despite his best effort to have Rakugo die off with him the artform continues to be past to the younger generation. We deal with Yakumo's facing of his mortality as well as the changing times. In the end it finishes exactly the way it needed to and even though I'm so sad there will never be anymore i adored every minute of it. the voice acting is some of the best i have ever heard and even though Akira Ishida gives me chills when i hear his voice it's so perfect for this role. Yotaro's journey is also really enjoyable to watch. every moment of this show has stuck with me despite it being one of the first shows I finished in 2017
However if you even know me just a little... you know my number 1 pick.
Also spoilers for 2018, if i see the film this year it'll be my number 1 once again.
That's how much I love this show.
This is another episodic show that overall has an arc... though I will say I hate myself for calling when certain chapters would be animated.
Honestly considering which episode they finished the season with... and I doubt they'd continue that line of thought for the movie... man season 7 cannot get here fast enough.
If you love fairly chill shows about learning to deal with things in your life like grief or being different then I cannot recommend this show enough. There is also a talking alcoholic kitty : D
but yeah considering I went to the town this show is loosely based on... it's no surprise that once again it is my fav anime of the year.
What was your favourite show or film this year? Any shows that exceeded your expectations? feel free to let me know!
Yet if you know anything about me you already know my number 1.
Also to make sure everyone understands how my top 10s work. Only shows I have finished in 2017 will be o the list.
This yeah I think I'll be changing the formula just a bit.
Shows that might have made the list had i finished them this year:
My Hero Academia season 2
For whatever reason i still haven't watched the final 5 episodes of this season... i think my thinking was let this show end cause i didn't care for that arc in the manga and then marathon..... but then i forgot to marathon.SO yeah technically it's on the list... it would be in the top 5 but i didn't finish it in 2017 so i can't actually put it there.
Attack on Titan season 2
I didn't watch any of this, much like the first season i didn't want to watch a show like this week to week so i let it build in hopes of binging and then... well forgot about it. The different between this and hero aca is that i don't think they would have cracked the top ten. It's a neat show and i did enjoy season one (when i saw it a few years later) but from what i hear it starts to drag... probably going to wait for season 3 before i even start this one.Code: Realize: ~Guardian of Rebirth~
Long story short I watched too much this season... I got overwhelmed and ended up behind on pretty much everything. Still i enjoyed what i saw of this and will probably finish it today or tomorrow and maybe it'll make it to 2018's list. Probably not but who knows i really do love some reverse harem fluff.Honourable Mentions:
GAMERS!
Specifically the first 6 episodes.Had this only been those episode it would be fighting for number 2 spot. it was funny and sweet and just a joy... until the next episode where it got so terrible so quickly. It's honestly too bad cause I wanted to love this show but by the end I hated it.
Our love has always been 10 centimetres apart
Really cute show should probably be considered my number 11 of this list. I love the art and music and once again I have a soft spot for fluff.Alright now that we have gotten through that... time for this list!
10. Restaurant to Another World
I don't know why i enjoy this show as much as I do.Is it the episodic nature of learning more about people who visit a single shop?
Is it the lovingly animated food that makes me really miss Japan?
Is it Suwabe as the lead chef?
Yeah probably that one but also the other two.
This show is fun, even though it's 100% episodic most of the characters have an arc, either within their episode or over a few episodes as they go back again and try similar yet different dishes.
I would love if this show got another season... i have no idea what they would do with it but hey at least I'd get to see Suwabe serve up really pretty anime food.
Also there was an episode that was done like a wildlife show... good times.
9. Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga
... really? holy crap this year was good if a show i was certain would be in my top 5 would be 9.Anyways The reason it is as low as it is is how it was handled. It retconned the end of the first season so you just open cold some point after Rin's secret is exposed but before the world nearly gets destroyed.
I loved it, but it makes recommending the show really hard cause i have to be like "watch till about episode 22 and then watch this second season and then if you want go back and watch the last few episodes of the show"
Still I really did enjoy it and... man it's already so hard to try and put these in an order.
8. New Game!!
I binged both season of this show. Originally when I saw the first episode I was worried that it would just be cute characters being cute. However I was pleasantly surprised. Yes there is a lot of cute girls being cute but they are also working their ass off to make a game. they are struggling, they are succeeding, the are failing, they are growing and in the end it's a sweet heartwarming show and I hope we get another season down the road (even though it can be considered a complete story). The art is adorable, the music is super catchy and despite the aura of Moe that wafts off it the story is really good.It does at times remind me a bit too much of work though so that's probably why it's not a bit higher. Still really good show if you can get through the first episode you will probably enjoy it.
7. Your Name
I love this movie, out of all Makoto Shinkai's films this one is probably my fav*The cinematography is amazing, it strikes the perfect balance between realism and anime. The story is great and had me laughing and crying constantly.
However, unless I'm watching on dvd/bluray with the remote in my hand I will never watch this film again and I can't put a film i refuse to watch much higher on my list.
*I have Astrophobia, there is a scene that goes on for way longer then it needs to in this film.... I had no idea about it (though i should have known better, Makoto Shinkai loves that kind of shit) and I ended up having a really bad Panic attack in the movie theatre. Other then this one scene the film is pretty much perfect. so yeah.... good film, do not watch if you have Astrophobia. (or watch in an environment where someone can skip past that scene for you.)
6. A Silent Voice
Another really good movie. Visually it's stunning, the colours pop and the use of visual metaphors for things like PTSD and Anxiety are all realized really well in this moving medium. It cuts some of the story bits from the manga that just dragged and didn't really add much of anything. I love that even though the main girl is deaf she still has friends and is treated normally even if it's a bit harder to communicate. I love that is shows kids are little shits who deserve to get their asses handed to them when they outright refuse to learn something to make things more convenient for others. (I may be a little biased on that point I'll admit, I've had some kids say horrible shit to me about my autistic brother and it was nothing a little public shaming of the parents didn't fix). Still there was a lot of really good anime this past year so thats the only reason why it didn't crack the top 5.5. March comes in like a Lion
Specifically season 1... cause season 2 is technically ongoing.Again this show has amazing visual metaphor for anxiety, depression, grief, and PSTD. The music is amazing and the story of a child prodigy who has an odd love hate relationship with the thing he's best at is really interesting.
However Season 1 specifically has some issues. If you know nothing about Shogi then... well don't expect to learn about it here... yes there is a song about all the classes but Crunchyroll in their infinite wisdom decided not to translate it... and it's like a full episode worth of content. Rei also takes quite a long time to get out of his depressive funk so the show is a bit of a downer BUT seeing him grow and become kinder and warmer and deal with some of his emotions is what pushed this show to top 5.
Also the dynamic he has with the other characters is perfect and I just love everyone.
Oh boy this is just getting more and more difficult... OK
4. Eccentric Family 2
I adore this show, it's quirky balance of Humans, Tengu and Tanuki is wonderful and sweet and funny.However this season wasn't as enjoyable as the first one.
I still adored it, i would still love yet another season but overall I think season 1 was far more concise and focused.
that being said I had so much fun at the eccentric family Cafe so.... yeah.
3. Recovery of an MMO Junkie
This was my favourite show of winter 2017, It was so refreshing seeing a character who wasn't a teenager and who grows so much while still being a gamer.This show does everything right where GAMERS went so very wrong. It's sweet, it's funny, it made me emotional and despite being low budget it never feels like it's cutting corners.
I seriously hope we get more... I know we probably wont but I want to see more of Moriko and Sakurai's story. Still even if this is all we get i loved every second of it.
2. Descending Stories: Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju
OK so I lied when i said I only really knew what my number 1 show was... I knew this would be number 2 as well. It had to be.The story continues after Yakumo finishes telling Yotaro the tale of his old friend Sukeroku. it deals with the guilt Yakumo has for how he lost his best friends and lover, it deals with the fact that he is getting older and despite his best effort to have Rakugo die off with him the artform continues to be past to the younger generation. We deal with Yakumo's facing of his mortality as well as the changing times. In the end it finishes exactly the way it needed to and even though I'm so sad there will never be anymore i adored every minute of it. the voice acting is some of the best i have ever heard and even though Akira Ishida gives me chills when i hear his voice it's so perfect for this role. Yotaro's journey is also really enjoyable to watch. every moment of this show has stuck with me despite it being one of the first shows I finished in 2017
However if you even know me just a little... you know my number 1 pick.
1. Natsume Yuujinchou Roku
cause of course it's Natsume Yuujinchou Roku.Also spoilers for 2018, if i see the film this year it'll be my number 1 once again.
That's how much I love this show.
This is another episodic show that overall has an arc... though I will say I hate myself for calling when certain chapters would be animated.
Honestly considering which episode they finished the season with... and I doubt they'd continue that line of thought for the movie... man season 7 cannot get here fast enough.
If you love fairly chill shows about learning to deal with things in your life like grief or being different then I cannot recommend this show enough. There is also a talking alcoholic kitty : D
but yeah considering I went to the town this show is loosely based on... it's no surprise that once again it is my fav anime of the year.
What was your favourite show or film this year? Any shows that exceeded your expectations? feel free to let me know!
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