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December 16th, 2017
My thoughts on anime from 2010-2019
Here's part five of the "My Thoughts On Anime From Different Decades Series".
Winter 2010
Spring 2010
Summer 2010
Fall 2010
Kuragehime
My thoughts: When I finished this anime, I initially thought this was just average. However, I thought about it more not very long afterwards, and became more aware that this was worse than I actually noticed while watching it. Mind you, this is far from the worst anime I've watched, but I don't find it as great as most people make it out to be. For one, most of the comedy felt forced, and only two handfuls of it made me at least chuckle. Second, nearly all the characters are either obnoxious or despicable. The only ones that didn't fall into either category were Tsukimi and Shu, but even with the latter, I was very frustrated with him in the second half of the show. So yeah, Tsukimi's the only character in this anime that I found fully likable. As much as I hated Kuranosuke, I do appreciate how unashamed he is with his love of fashion. In fact, that's probably the thing I liked the most out of whole show.
Score: 4/10
Winter 2011
Spring 2011
Summer 2011
Fall 2011
Winter 2012
Spring 2012
Summer 2012
Fall 2012
Winter 2013
Spring 2013
Summer 2013
Fall 2013
Winter 2014
Spring 2014
Summer 2014
Bakumatsu Rock
My thoughts: If I watched this as a teenager, I'd probably love the shit out of it, mainly 'cause of the attractive guys. However, I was 20 when this was released. At that age, I was (And still am) looking past appearances, and thus won't go squealing at the aforementioned men here, regardless of how handsome they are. And I'm gonna tell ya, I really hate this anime. There were too many things that I found stupid, and not in a good way. One of the biggest examples was when Sakamoto and his band played a concert inside an onsen...which is massively ironic, considering those types of places are made for relaxation. Speaking of concerts, for at least half of the anime, they sing one song over and over again, which got annoying and not to mention lazy. The song itself wasn't good to begin with, so them repeating the same damn thing only made it worse, at least to me. Also, for some reason, there're moments where Sakamoto, Katsura, and Takasugi's tops get ripped off while they're playing the music, which came off as beyond forced (And magically, their tops are back on when they're done). The only characters I kinda liked were the female singers in the filler episode; I was pretty saddened we never saw them again after that, because the rest of the characters are very uninteresting. I'm honestly happy I didn't watch this as a teenager; otherwise I would've been really oblivious of the faults this had.
Score: 3/10
Glasslip
My thoughts: My biggest problem with this is it has no idea what direction it wants to go. Part of Glasslip is about Touko receiving very vague fragments of the future, but another is about the friendships, along the new kid, Kakeru. Now my issue with the latter is there is so much focus on it, that we rarely, if ever, see any exploration related to the future fragments Touko was having. Even when we do, it's not much, which utterly disappointed me. I wouldn't make a huge deal out of it if the characters were likable, but with the exception of Hiro, I was nothing but mad at them, specifically towards Touko's friends. Throughout the anime, they intensely dislike Kakeru because fuck you, that's why (The closest I can think of is he's weird, but I don't think that's enough justification). Hell, there was one moment where Yanagi literally said this towards him, "It's your fault Yuki's not attractive anymore." Are you serious? How the hell did he make Yukinari not attractive anymore in your eyes? He didn't even do anything. The overall story goes absolutely nowhere, and there're times where it feels padded. Considering this is a slice of life show, that is saying quite a bit. Well, you know what they say. Such a waste of potential.
Score: 4/10
Fall 2014
Akatsuki no Yona
My thoughts: Without question, the best thing about this show is Yona's character development. She started off as the typical naïve princess character, but after her father gets killed, she grows stronger throughout the anime. My favorite moment is when she gave a man who kidnapped a lot of women a death glare. That moment...holy shit, that is one of most awesome moments in anime history! I could just rewatch that scene over and over again, and I'd still not get tired of it. On the topic of characters, there's a guy named Zeno who gets introduced and be a part of Yona's group at the last episode. In fact, now that I look back on it, I think this should've ended on 23 episodes instead of adding an extra one, because it felt incomplete. Good thing the OVA was made afterwards.
Score: 8/10
Winter 2015
Spring 2015
Summer 2015
Fall 2015
Winter 2016
Spring 2016
Summer 2016
Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan (TV)
My thoughts: Not many short comedy anime have made me laugh as consistently as Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan. I lost count on how many times I've laughed out loud, even occasionally replaying certain moments over and over again. That very rarely happens, so that is saying something. I love how the titular character is written, especially when he doesn't give a shit about a lot of things. If you were to ask me what I didn't like about this anime, it was these two characters named Toritsuka and Makoto (Teruhashi's brother). They're the least funniest and least interesting characters in the entire show, and every time I saw either of them on-screen, I just groaned. Toritsuka is the type of character who sees ghosts, but he's also a pervert. He doesn't have any personality beyond that. As for Makoto...oh boy. He's one of those characters who has a sister complex, and like with Toritsuka, he has no personality besides that bit. Hell, Nendou's more interesting than either of those two, and he's stupid!
Score: 9/10
Fall 2016
Winter 2017
Spring 2017
Summer 2017
Aho Girl
My thoughts: I swear to god, this anime does not go one minute without a character screaming their lungs out. I get some people find characters shouting funny, hell, even I can find it amusing at times. But here's the thing. The yelling here is so profuse, that I was on the verge of getting a headache. Now there were moments where I laughed out loud, but I think only a handful of the comedy made me do that...? As for the characters, I hated every single one of them, and they're the main reason why I didn't like this anime. You have Yoshiko, who's the most obnoxious character ever (Although that was intentional, so kudos, I guess) and is deeply in love with A-kun. A-kun is the bland violent Tsundere character who constantly beats the shit out of Yoshiko, but considering her actions throughout the show, I'm not gonna fault him too much. As for Sayaka...next. Then we have Iinchou, who is also in love with A-kun, even going as far as stalking him. And the last character that's worth mentioning is Yoshie, who, in my opinion, is the most vile and despicable person in the show (There was even an implication in which she took her husband's virginity by raping him, which made me uncomfortable). Oh, and do you know how Yoshiko fell in love with A-kun? When they were little kids, he gave her a banana, which made her literally cry in joy. Yep, that's how it happened... I'm honestly happy each episode is twelve minutes, because if they were over 20 minutes, there's no doubt I would've actually gotten a headache.
Score: 4/10
Fall 2017
Animegataris
My thoughts: Man, did they exaggerate the whole concept of the anime club. But I wasn't expecting it to be realistic, so I accepted the way it was presented here. Anyway, for most of the anime, I thought this was just okay, nothing special. What surprised the hell out of me, though, was the last two episodes, where it got so ridiculous, that it floored me, but in a good way (Even if I got frustrated a few times). There was one thing which confused me, however. In the beginning of the anime, Neko-senpai explicitly told Minoa to not tell anyone that she's able to talk to him, yet not long before the penultimate episode, he talks with the other anime club members on his own will. So why did he bother telling her not to say this to anyone at first? That honestly ended up being kind of pointless, if you ask me.
Score: 7/10
Blend S
My thoughts: This is a very funny anime. Though there were plenty of times where I laughed out loud, my favorite bit would be the one related to Maika's hair and why she keeps it in low pigtails, especially the part where she accidentally smacks it on Dino's face. That was just priceless. However, what kills the anime for me a tad is the "running gag" of Dino being accused of doing anything even slightly perverted, often times leading to characters nearly calling the police on him. Yes, that kind of cliché... If they played that "joke" only once or twice, I would've simply brushed it off, but it happened so often, that it got old very quickly; it wasn't even funny the first time. Not to mention that Mafuyu's smacked the girls' asses on purpose without their consent, and forced Maika to cosplay at one point (Hypocrisy, much?). Oh, and let's not forget Maika's older sister, who turns out to be a Yandere, because at one point, after Hideri accidentally makes Maika cry, she mistakes that it was Dino who did it (Who just happened to try comforting her) and even goes as far as threatening him with a naginata! Come on, it was bad enough having him be accused constantly, do we really need to have weapons involved?! I actually felt genuinely sorry for Dino, mostly because all he wants to do is cheer Maika up. Seriously, cut that shit out.
Score: 8/10
Dies Irae
My thoughts: It's hard for me to describe this anime other than "painfully average". Average story, average characters, and average score. Pretty much the only things that weren't average were the art and animation, which I thought was decent. So yeah, this is just...meh.
Score: 5/10
Dynamic Chord
My thoughts: My god, I haven't watched an anime this boring in a long time. It is so sluggish, that there were times where I struggled to sit through it. I'm not joking, nothing interesting happens throughout all the twelve episodes of this show. Now I wouldn't be saying this if any of the characters were intriguing or likable. Alas, all of them are shallow, and don't have an iota of a personality. As for the music, the songs here are forgettable, to the point where I tend to skim through them. The animation that's used during the concerts don't help it, either. What I mean is every time one of the group of musicians play, whether it's at a live concert or they're just practicing, it has animation where it looks exactly like it was taken from a game (I get this was adapted from a visual novel, but this is ridiculous). It's so stilted, and they reuse the same animation over and over and over again. How lazy can you get?! Not that the 2D animation is any better, though; it's also stiff, and the art style looks like it came from 2007 instead than 2017. Oh, and I can't stand that paparazzi character. Actually, scratch that, he's not a paparazzi, he's a profuse stalker (Even though he's the one who gets followed at one point). Whenever I saw him on-screen, I wanted to smash his head with his fucking camera. *Sighs* This anime is just...extremely dull.
Score: 4/10
Evil or Live
My thoughts: I'll be honest, the only reason I watched this was to laugh at it, due to the premise sounding so absurd. And I did laugh a few times...at the unintentional comedy. I will talk about the intentional humor, but I wanna bring up the other elements this show has to offer first. The story is supposed to be about a school "helping" teenagers get over their internet addiction, but most, if not all, of the things the teachers do to the students has nothing do with internet addiction (How, exactly, is physically beating them up constantly supposed to help them?). All the characters are either shallow or assholes; even when we first met Shiori and Jun, I thought either of them would at least be decent, but nope, they're no better than the rest of the characters. The animation is so blatantly bad, that even a kid would notice it, and don't even get me started on the lip syncing. On top of that, the character design for our main character, Hibiki, keeps on changing after he toughens up from being in the jail cell, sometimes to the point where he's unrecognizable. *Sarcasm* I didn't know toughening up made you have a different appearance. You learn somethin' new every day. *End sarcasm* There's also apparently a relationship going on between Hyo and Jun...even though Jun's a student and Hyo looks like he's in his 40's. *Shudders* For the comedy that was supposed to be humorous, all of it came off as forced, out of place, and worst of all, unfunny, especially the bits where one of the girls kept on calling Hibiki "My Darling~". For a few weeks, I considered this to be just as bad as King's Game The Animation, but then I thought about it more, eventually coming to the conclusion that it wasn't. The reason is this anime simply made me feel apathetic less than halfway through. King's Game, on the other hand, had bigger issues which infuriated me to no end. Still, I couldn't give two shits about this show.
Score: 2/10
Houseki no Kuni (TV)
My thoughts: First things first, I'll admit it took some time for me to get used to the CG, but after a few episodes, I came to believe that the CG works here. My favorite moment is when Dia attempts to fight a giant Lunarian, which is the most well animated and fast paced fight scene I'd seen. Besides the animation, everything else was good, but I felt like the ending was pretty underwhelming. I'm very neutral towards Phos; they're one of the few characters in anime where I'm very mixed about. On one side, Phos is a whiny brat, but on the other side, they're an interesting character. So at the end of the day, I did like this anime, but didn't love it.
Score: 7/10
Inuyashiki
My thoughts: Although I really enjoyed the story, and the character of Inuyashiki, my main issue with this anime is Hiro. I am aware he was not supposed to be liked, but please hear or read me out. For the first half, I found him to be well-written, and he deserved my hatred for him. But then in episode five or six, when his mother discovers that he's been massacring for quite some time, he panics, even going as far as crying about it. I found him to be a complete idiot, because after he finds out his mother commits suicide, he kills all the news reporters that arrived at his fathers' place! Seriously, what the fuck did this asshole think was gonna happen?! He didn't even bother disguising himself, so he was inevitably gonna get caught sooner or later! What I find even worse is the anime apparently tried to redeem Hiro by him healing people - like what Inuyashiki does - after Shion and he talked. I'm sorry, but after all the shit he did beforehand...there's no way he could be redeemed. On second thought, it doesn't matter, because after Shion and her grandmother get shot, he goes back to killing innocent civilians, which ends up making his attempt at "redemption" completely pointless. *Slow claps* Anyway, I teared up a bit at the ending. Very bittersweet, but at least Inuyashiki saved millions of lives.
Score: 8/10
Itsudatte Bokura no Koi wa 10 cm Datta.
My thoughts: I found the relationship between Miou and Haruki cute, but there was one element which irritated the hell out of me. That's the cliché where one character refuses to talk to or see their love interest for some time, leading the other to get confused, if not frustrated on why they don't want to see them. I understand why Miou didn't want to talk to Haruki, but what good would it be to just flat-out tell him, "It's better if you don't talk to me anymore"? That'd only frustrate him to no end! And big shocker, when she did tell him, he was angry at her for avoiding him until that point. I think this would've been a lot better if they didn't use that cliché as conflict. I know you're probably gonna make the argument that if they didn't, Haruki wouldn't have "realized" that being a filmmaker was his late brother's dream, not his. However, Miou made him snap out of it by telling him it was his own dream as well, subsequently having Haruki become aware that that was true. So do I dislike this? No. There were enough decent things to make me at least say it was okay.
Score: 6/10
Juuni Taisen
My thoughts: You don't know how disappointed I am with this anime. The start of this show was great, especially with how well animated the fight scenes were. I also thought this had a ton of potential, since this was a death tournament with Zodiacs (As you can probably tell, I have a soft spot for Zodiac related stories). I was genuinely impressed with the start of it, that I went as far as beliving this was going to be my favorite anime of fall 2017. Then about halfway through the anime, I came to realize a major issue, and that's the repetitiveness and predictability of the story. Here's how an episode usually goes: We focus on a character by giving them their backstory and learning why they participated in Juuni Taisen, further hearing them monologuing for a lengthy amount of time, then when it's done, they get killed off within minutes or an episode or two by another one of the participants (Or in Horse's case, die from asphyxiation from immense smoke). It got so redundant, that there ended up being a complete lack of tension. As for the characters, because this is a Battle Royale-esque story, there was no point in me actually caring about them, even Sharyu, who I liked the most out of the whole cast. The only character we didn't get a backstory was Usagi, but then again, he's a necromancer and wants to be "friends" with everyone, so I guess we didn't need to learn more about him beyond that. So if the characters aren't worth caring, are they at least interesting? Well, some of them are, but most are either meh or boring. When all is said and done, this is no doubt the most disappointing anime I've watched.
Score: 6/10
Konohana Kitan
My thoughts: It was a rather cute slice of life anime, and I liked the relationships to a certain extent. The character I liked the most was Yuzu. She's adorable, and I like her personality. Now while I'm on the subject of characters, Satsuki left a bad first impression on me. She starts off as the hardworking asshole cliché, who constantly criticized her for every mistake she made, regardless of how small it was. Satsuki, I understand why you're hardworking and want to do the best for Konohanatei, but for gods' sake, Yuzu was new! You can't expect her to know everything by her first day! Thankfully, she does get better as the anime goes on, although she's still rude at times. But the character I ended up disliking the most was Ren. The biggest reason comes from the third episode, where it's focused on her and her backstory. That's nice and all, but her backstory, ironically, made me dislike her! I never thought that'd actually happen! Ahem, anyway, the gods that visited the inn were pretty interesting, especially the one who turns into literal baby bubbles.
Score: 7/10
Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau
My thoughts: I was very fascinated with the story, and the culture in the Mud Whale/Falaina. Not only that, but I love the artwork, the opening song, the relationships and the concept of the Marked and Unmarked people living in Mud Whale. I get that some people won't like this show, but for me, I really enjoyed it.
Score: 9/10
Net-juu no Susume
My thoughts: My favorite thing in this anime is how it creates a balance between focusing on what happens in the game the main characters play, and what goes on in real life. I especially really like Moriko, and her interactions with Sakurai. However, one of my biggest problems is it was very apparent that Sakurai stalked her. I say "apparent", because at first, when Koiwai mentioned it, I couldn't remember at any time where Sakurai did such a thing. But then I looked on TVTropes for this anime, and even though there're a few things I wouldn't say was stalker-ish (Such as him over-analyzing his interactions with Moriko), I don't feel comfortable calling their relationship cute, because I don't want to sound like I'm endorsing stalking (It's the complete opposite). And speaking of Koiwai, I really fucking hate him. Every time he's with either Sakurai or Moriko, he mercilessly jests at them. I'm not saying you shouldn't tease your friends, but not every conversation has to involve someone playfully poking fun at others, yet that's exactly what he does throughout the entire anime. I hate him so much, that I was nothing short of relieved when at one point, when Moriko sleeps from drinking too much, he brought her home instead of taking advantage of her. I'm not joking when I say that's the most relieved I've ever been while watching an anime.
Score: 8/10
Ousama Game The Animation
My thoughts: There is so much I wanna say about this anime, that I'm going to write a separate blog about this. I'll definitely link it here when I post it in public. So, here's the short version of my thoughts: All the characters are fucking stupid, the pacing is awful, the reveal as to who the titular King is makes no goddamn sense, and the overall story's a freaking mess! Oh my god, I'm actually stunned at how horrible this show is! And don't even get me started on the ending! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE WORST ANIME I'VE EVER HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO WATCH!
Score: A big fat motherfuckin' 1/10
Pingu in the City
My thoughts: I won't lie, when I first heard about this, I thought it was a troll (Even though it wasn't on April Fools Day). I had to do research on this, but it turned out that this was real. Since I do enjoy the original show, I gave this a watch, and I ended up really liking it (Which isn't really a surprise). I love how despite this being CG, the animators were able to capture the look from the original series. As for the actual content, it's cute, and Pingu is as fun to watch as he was in the original show. If I were to give out any complaints, it'd be that some of the jobs Pingu participates in do get pretty repetitive, but even then, they're executed differently, so this isn't a huge issue. All I'll say if you like the original series, then you sure as hell will like this.
Score: 9/10
Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou
My thoughts: You'd think a premise like this would be boring, but surprisingly, it really, really works here. I was not bored once throughout the anime; in fact, I was very intrigued by the world building, and our two characters, Chito and Yuuri. Speaking of which, they're what make this anime shine brilliantly. I loved their interactions (Well, minus the moments where Chito gets physically violent with Yuuri, but thankfully, those are few and far between), whether it'd be them trying to figure out what certain things are that people used a long time ago, or occasionally meeting someone, additionally knowing what they do for a living. This anime proves that you don't need to have a show filled with explosions, loads of characters, or even goals. This is just a show featuring two people who only want to survive, and be with each other. I honestly don't have any major issues with this, although I found Yuuri to be very annoying in the ninth episode, where she continuously asked if she could eat the fish. However, she's only legitimately annoying in that episode, so I didn't have much of a problem. This is the most relaxing anime I've ever seen, and I definitely recommend it to people who want to feel the same, and are also fans of slice of life.
Score: 10/10
Two Car
My thoughts: I'm gonna be straightforward here; Yuri and Megumi are the same goddamn character. Seriously, you could just switch them with each other, and you wouldn't notice the difference. The reason I'm mentioning this is because other characters have constantly brought up about them being "alike", which just makes me not believe them. Writers, there's a difference between two people being alike and being the same person. Then again, nearly all the characters have no personalities, so I suppose it doesn't matter. While on the subject of "characters being exactly alike", there're these twins who - unlike Yuri and Megumi - purposefully act so identical, that they're like clones. After the show finished focusing on them, I came to realize that their backstory is the most meaningless one in the entire anime. You could cut out their backstory, and you'd still know everything about them, minus them formerly being in love with the same man. By the way, if he was so surprised about them being twins, then how did he not already figure it out when he asked two identical people to go on a date with him? Well, unless he thought he forgot... Anyway, in the end, the twins decide to go back to being exactly alike. Was that supposed to be character development? If so, then that's not character development, that's reverting back to your old lifestyle. Besides all that, this show is mediocre, but the things I did like were the animation and the idea of sidecars requiring two people. I thought it was an interesting idea, but it wasn't very well executed. Didn't help that Megumi and Yuri frequently made petty arguments with one another, which got obnoxious very fast.
Score: 5/10
Urahara
My thoughts: Hoo boy...let me start off by saying that when this anime started, I found it to be just dull, with bland, uninteresting characters. Then episode seven and eight came, and holy shit, that was when this show went downhill. The eighth episode is without question the worst episode in the entire anime. Why is that, you may ask? Firstly, the dialogue got so repetitive, that you could make a drinking game out of it. Secondly, the episode just drags for an eternity until the end credits play. I even asked myself at one point how far I was in the episode, and I was shocked when I found out I was halfway through. Not to mention the characters became completely unlikable, especially when Mari and Kotoko (Who were being brainwashed from eating so many of the Scoopers' snacks) were pissed off at Rito for killing Sayumin (Who, out of nowhere, turns into a giant) when Rito had a good reason for doing so! Then after Rito eats the Scoopers crepe, she goes insane, and the other girls apparently get out of their brainwashing somehow...yeah, that made no sense. Anyway, I just wanted to get that off my chest, because that episode infuriated me to no end. So what about the rest of this anime's content presented here? Well, the art style is supposed to come off as cute, but the way it's crudely drawn makes it come off as ugly rather than cute. There're split screens (Most of which is unnecessary) that happen six plus times per episode (With the exception of episode ten, which, shockingly, had very few split screens). There's also this twist where it's revealed that almost everything inside of the bubble that "protects" the city the story takes place in was a fantasy, which I thought was utterly confusing (Does that mean they also imagined Sayumin turning into a giant at one point?). By the way, the bubble thing I mentioned...the anime made a vocal point that the barrier was supposed to be very strong, to the point where the Scoopers couldn't break in. However, we've constantly seen them throughout the anime (Hell, there're even two instances where we see them break into the bubble on-screen!), which makes me convinced that this is the shittiest barrier ever. Now you could argue that without Scoopers breaking in, there would be no conflict, but if you're going to say the barrier's really strong, don't flat-out contradict yourself! Also, the woman who voices Rito sounds so disinterested in being in this anime; even when the character she plays is supposed to sound surprised, she still sounds flat. And no, this being her first role is not an excuse. She could've put at least a little more effort in. If she gets any more anime roles in the future, I hope she doesn't sound this dull.
Score: 3/10
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Washio Sumi no Shou
My thoughts: I liked how we got to learn about Mimori/Sumi's past. I also found Gin's death incredibly sad, especially seeing that this is one of the rare instances in a Magical Girl anime in which a character actually dies. That honestly is what nearly made me give this a higher score, due to how powerful it was, but overall, this is just another typical decent Magical Girl anime.
Score: 7/10
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Yuusha no Shou
My thoughts: I'm genuinely impressed with this. I actually liked this more than the first season and the Washio Sumi Chapter. Do you know how rare it is for me to like a sequel more than its predecessor? This is mainly because of the story, and the ordeal Yuna goes through. The scene where she's crying on the snowy ground made me desperately want to comfort her. The last episode was fucking intense, especially with how Yuna defeated the Shinju.
Score: 9/10
Winter 2018
Koi wa Ameagari no You ni
My thoughts: To say I was looking forward to this would be an outright lie. I was actually hesitant to watch it - for obvious reasons - to which I considered skipping it. But the back of my mind was telling me, "Come on, you know you're curious about this; just watch it." So I gave in, and decided to give this anime a chance. After finishing, I'm honestly impressed. I first thought it was going to be one of those stories where the main character has a crush on someone way older than them, but acts and does stuff in a creepy manner. I can safely say that isn't the case here (Really, the only creepy thing Akira did was smell Kondo's shirt in the first episode, so I was beyond happy when she didn't do any more creepy stuff afterwards). And I'm gonna feel weird saying this, but I felt chemistry between Akira and Kondo. I know this anime doesn't focus on the drama very much, but what I was confused by was one of the male characters named Kase essentially forced Akira to go on a date with him after discovering her crush on Kondo for blackmail in the fourth episode. Yet, after that episode, Kase mentions her crush on Kondo once, and even then, he came off as, "Even though I made you go on a date with me or else I'd blackmail you, I'm chill about your love for the manager." I just feel like that didn't make much sense, which makes me think that most of the fourth episode was pretty pointless.
Score: 8/10
Kokkoku
My thoughts: It's another one of those stories where it sounds boring on paper, but the execution here was amazing. I was enthralled by how the plot was developing, and every time Juri slammed her hand onto someone (Specifically the antagonists) to get the "jellyfish" out, I thought, "Fuck yeah!" I wasn't expecting how the last two episodes went, though. Sagawa being defeated, only to be reborn. Well, I hope he'll be a better person after being reborn.
Score: 9/10
Mitsuboshi Colors
My thoughts: This surprised me, in a good way, of course. Yes, this is another show where cute girls are doing cute things, but here, the main child characters actually do things that I could see real children do. I really liked our three leads, to the point where I couldn't tell you which one I enjoyed the most. The supporting characters are also really enjoyable, and their encounters, especially with Saito, were really fun to watch. I think it's safe to say that this is one my most favorite CGDCT anime ever.
Score: 9/10
Poputepipikku
My thoughts: Let me make this clear. I wanted to like this anime, I really did. However, I didn't laugh for a majority of this; there were a couple of episodes where I didn't even smirk once. I didn't have a very good impression at first, but throughout the show, I did laugh on occasion, which made me like this just a tinge more (It wasn't much, but at least it was something). Since this is full of skits, my favorite one is the first bit in episode five, which is titled "Donca*Sis". I found it the funniest one out of all the skits in the anime.
Score: 5/10
Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san
My thoughts: Koizumi's the best part of this anime. If she was portrayed any differently, I would've liked this way less than I do now (Albeit I'm also a huge ramen lover, just not to her extent). The main reason I didn't care for this anime was because of one of the other main characters, Yuu. She constantly stalks Koizumi and won't take no for an answer. It's even made worse in episode ten, where we see one of her bedroom walls covered in pictures of Koizumi, with her picture taped beside them. She also has a fucking observation notebook, writing down what Koizumi ate, along with scary music playing in the background. I love how the anime doesn't even try to hide the fact that Yuu is a fucking creepy stalker. Yes, I know Misa also stalked Koizumi, but she only did that once, so she's a saint compared to Yuu. But even without that element, this is a painfully average anime.
Score: 5/10
Sanrio Danshi
My thoughts: I really liked how the show presents as there's nothing wrong with guys liking certain things that're "girly" (I use quotation marks, because I don't consider anything to be feminine or masculine nowadays). If they enjoy it, that's all it matters. The thing that weirds the shit out of me in this is at least once per episode (With the exception of the last three episodes), it randomly goes into first POV. I'd accept it if it was like that throughout the entire anime, but here, it feels awkward, out of place, and unnatural. There was even one episode where the first POV came from a freaking crab. Like, seriously?
Score: 7/10
Slow Start
My thoughts: The perfect description for this is "generic cutesy slice of life moe girls". Now this being generic doesn't mean it's bad, per se, it just doesn't stand out from the rest of the shows that feature "cute girls doing cute things". The characters are also very typical, as you'd expect in this kind of anime. The shy, but sweet girl (Hana), the very energetic girl (Tama), the kind, mature girl (Eiko), and the girl who's supposed to be a high schooler, but looks like a child (Kamuri). The most interesting part was Hana being a gap year student because she got the mumps on the day for the entrance exams. Speaking of that, I was a little disappointed she never got to confess this to her friends, especially since she mentioned that she didn't feel right keeping it a secret from them. Then again, by the end of the anime, she did say she'd tell them someday, so I shouldn't dwell on it.
Score: 6/10
Sora yori mo Tooi Basho
My thoughts: When this was first announced, I thought it was going to be a bland anime, with young girls doing silly things in Antarctica. Well, I'm happy to inform you that it's far from being bland, and while there're certainly girls being silly at times, it's much deeper than that. I'm also pretty happy it took time for the girls to actually head to Antarctica, because if they'd gone too soon, that wouldn't have been in the slightest bit realistic, since they're teenagers. As for the situation about Shirase's mother, I'm not at all surprised she passed away, because since she was in such an awful blizzard when Gin lost her, there's no way she would've survived a week, much less three years. But even when I kinda saw it coming, I was very close to crying when Shirase saw how many of her messages were sent Takako had on her computer, unread. By the end of the anime, I felt really satisfied with how this concluded.
Score: 9/10
Violet Evergarden
My thoughts: I loved this. I really, really loved this. Yes, I know this was very hyped before this began, but I actually hate hype, because I don't like having my expectations unrealistically high. For me, the higher your expectations are, the more disappointed you'll be. So I went in this anime neutral (As I do with almost every anime I'm about to watch), but after finishing it, well, I already mentioned how I feel about it. Anyway, the element which made me adore this the most was, unsurprisingly, our titular character. She may come off as a stoic character with no other personality, but to me, she has way more depth than that. I especially love how she grew throughout the anime. At the end, I was wondering what she was surprised at, but I hope it wasn't Gilbert. If it was, then I'll be mad, because that'd be a huge cop-out.
Score: 10/10
Yuru Camp△
My thoughts: Even though I don't like going camping myself for multiple reasons, I found this very relaxing and entertaining, especially the character interactions. The only thing I thought this didn't need were the constant narrations, but it's pretty minor, so it's not a big deal.
Score: 8/10
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Kuragehime
My thoughts: When I finished this anime, I initially thought this was just average. However, I thought about it more not very long afterwards, and became more aware that this was worse than I actually noticed while watching it. Mind you, this is far from the worst anime I've watched, but I don't find it as great as most people make it out to be. For one, most of the comedy felt forced, and only two handfuls of it made me at least chuckle. Second, nearly all the characters are either obnoxious or despicable. The only ones that didn't fall into either category were Tsukimi and Shu, but even with the latter, I was very frustrated with him in the second half of the show. So yeah, Tsukimi's the only character in this anime that I found fully likable. As much as I hated Kuranosuke, I do appreciate how unashamed he is with his love of fashion. In fact, that's probably the thing I liked the most out of whole show.
Score: 4/10
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Bakumatsu Rock
My thoughts: If I watched this as a teenager, I'd probably love the shit out of it, mainly 'cause of the attractive guys. However, I was 20 when this was released. At that age, I was (And still am) looking past appearances, and thus won't go squealing at the aforementioned men here, regardless of how handsome they are. And I'm gonna tell ya, I really hate this anime. There were too many things that I found stupid, and not in a good way. One of the biggest examples was when Sakamoto and his band played a concert inside an onsen...which is massively ironic, considering those types of places are made for relaxation. Speaking of concerts, for at least half of the anime, they sing one song over and over again, which got annoying and not to mention lazy. The song itself wasn't good to begin with, so them repeating the same damn thing only made it worse, at least to me. Also, for some reason, there're moments where Sakamoto, Katsura, and Takasugi's tops get ripped off while they're playing the music, which came off as beyond forced (And magically, their tops are back on when they're done). The only characters I kinda liked were the female singers in the filler episode; I was pretty saddened we never saw them again after that, because the rest of the characters are very uninteresting. I'm honestly happy I didn't watch this as a teenager; otherwise I would've been really oblivious of the faults this had.
Score: 3/10
Glasslip
My thoughts: My biggest problem with this is it has no idea what direction it wants to go. Part of Glasslip is about Touko receiving very vague fragments of the future, but another is about the friendships, along the new kid, Kakeru. Now my issue with the latter is there is so much focus on it, that we rarely, if ever, see any exploration related to the future fragments Touko was having. Even when we do, it's not much, which utterly disappointed me. I wouldn't make a huge deal out of it if the characters were likable, but with the exception of Hiro, I was nothing but mad at them, specifically towards Touko's friends. Throughout the anime, they intensely dislike Kakeru because fuck you, that's why (The closest I can think of is he's weird, but I don't think that's enough justification). Hell, there was one moment where Yanagi literally said this towards him, "It's your fault Yuki's not attractive anymore." Are you serious? How the hell did he make Yukinari not attractive anymore in your eyes? He didn't even do anything. The overall story goes absolutely nowhere, and there're times where it feels padded. Considering this is a slice of life show, that is saying quite a bit. Well, you know what they say. Such a waste of potential.
Score: 4/10
Fall 2014
Akatsuki no Yona
My thoughts: Without question, the best thing about this show is Yona's character development. She started off as the typical naïve princess character, but after her father gets killed, she grows stronger throughout the anime. My favorite moment is when she gave a man who kidnapped a lot of women a death glare. That moment...holy shit, that is one of most awesome moments in anime history! I could just rewatch that scene over and over again, and I'd still not get tired of it. On the topic of characters, there's a guy named Zeno who gets introduced and be a part of Yona's group at the last episode. In fact, now that I look back on it, I think this should've ended on 23 episodes instead of adding an extra one, because it felt incomplete. Good thing the OVA was made afterwards.
Score: 8/10
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Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan (TV)
My thoughts: Not many short comedy anime have made me laugh as consistently as Saiki Kusuo no Ψ-nan. I lost count on how many times I've laughed out loud, even occasionally replaying certain moments over and over again. That very rarely happens, so that is saying something. I love how the titular character is written, especially when he doesn't give a shit about a lot of things. If you were to ask me what I didn't like about this anime, it was these two characters named Toritsuka and Makoto (Teruhashi's brother). They're the least funniest and least interesting characters in the entire show, and every time I saw either of them on-screen, I just groaned. Toritsuka is the type of character who sees ghosts, but he's also a pervert. He doesn't have any personality beyond that. As for Makoto...oh boy. He's one of those characters who has a sister complex, and like with Toritsuka, he has no personality besides that bit. Hell, Nendou's more interesting than either of those two, and he's stupid!
Score: 9/10
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Aho Girl
My thoughts: I swear to god, this anime does not go one minute without a character screaming their lungs out. I get some people find characters shouting funny, hell, even I can find it amusing at times. But here's the thing. The yelling here is so profuse, that I was on the verge of getting a headache. Now there were moments where I laughed out loud, but I think only a handful of the comedy made me do that...? As for the characters, I hated every single one of them, and they're the main reason why I didn't like this anime. You have Yoshiko, who's the most obnoxious character ever (Although that was intentional, so kudos, I guess) and is deeply in love with A-kun. A-kun is the bland violent Tsundere character who constantly beats the shit out of Yoshiko, but considering her actions throughout the show, I'm not gonna fault him too much. As for Sayaka...next. Then we have Iinchou, who is also in love with A-kun, even going as far as stalking him. And the last character that's worth mentioning is Yoshie, who, in my opinion, is the most vile and despicable person in the show (There was even an implication in which she took her husband's virginity by raping him, which made me uncomfortable). Oh, and do you know how Yoshiko fell in love with A-kun? When they were little kids, he gave her a banana, which made her literally cry in joy. Yep, that's how it happened... I'm honestly happy each episode is twelve minutes, because if they were over 20 minutes, there's no doubt I would've actually gotten a headache.
Score: 4/10
Fall 2017
Animegataris
My thoughts: Man, did they exaggerate the whole concept of the anime club. But I wasn't expecting it to be realistic, so I accepted the way it was presented here. Anyway, for most of the anime, I thought this was just okay, nothing special. What surprised the hell out of me, though, was the last two episodes, where it got so ridiculous, that it floored me, but in a good way (Even if I got frustrated a few times). There was one thing which confused me, however. In the beginning of the anime, Neko-senpai explicitly told Minoa to not tell anyone that she's able to talk to him, yet not long before the penultimate episode, he talks with the other anime club members on his own will. So why did he bother telling her not to say this to anyone at first? That honestly ended up being kind of pointless, if you ask me.
Score: 7/10
Blend S
My thoughts: This is a very funny anime. Though there were plenty of times where I laughed out loud, my favorite bit would be the one related to Maika's hair and why she keeps it in low pigtails, especially the part where she accidentally smacks it on Dino's face. That was just priceless. However, what kills the anime for me a tad is the "running gag" of Dino being accused of doing anything even slightly perverted, often times leading to characters nearly calling the police on him. Yes, that kind of cliché... If they played that "joke" only once or twice, I would've simply brushed it off, but it happened so often, that it got old very quickly; it wasn't even funny the first time. Not to mention that Mafuyu's smacked the girls' asses on purpose without their consent, and forced Maika to cosplay at one point (Hypocrisy, much?). Oh, and let's not forget Maika's older sister, who turns out to be a Yandere, because at one point, after Hideri accidentally makes Maika cry, she mistakes that it was Dino who did it (Who just happened to try comforting her) and even goes as far as threatening him with a naginata! Come on, it was bad enough having him be accused constantly, do we really need to have weapons involved?! I actually felt genuinely sorry for Dino, mostly because all he wants to do is cheer Maika up. Seriously, cut that shit out.
Score: 8/10
Dies Irae
My thoughts: It's hard for me to describe this anime other than "painfully average". Average story, average characters, and average score. Pretty much the only things that weren't average were the art and animation, which I thought was decent. So yeah, this is just...meh.
Score: 5/10
Dynamic Chord
My thoughts: My god, I haven't watched an anime this boring in a long time. It is so sluggish, that there were times where I struggled to sit through it. I'm not joking, nothing interesting happens throughout all the twelve episodes of this show. Now I wouldn't be saying this if any of the characters were intriguing or likable. Alas, all of them are shallow, and don't have an iota of a personality. As for the music, the songs here are forgettable, to the point where I tend to skim through them. The animation that's used during the concerts don't help it, either. What I mean is every time one of the group of musicians play, whether it's at a live concert or they're just practicing, it has animation where it looks exactly like it was taken from a game (I get this was adapted from a visual novel, but this is ridiculous). It's so stilted, and they reuse the same animation over and over and over again. How lazy can you get?! Not that the 2D animation is any better, though; it's also stiff, and the art style looks like it came from 2007 instead than 2017. Oh, and I can't stand that paparazzi character. Actually, scratch that, he's not a paparazzi, he's a profuse stalker (Even though he's the one who gets followed at one point). Whenever I saw him on-screen, I wanted to smash his head with his fucking camera. *Sighs* This anime is just...extremely dull.
Score: 4/10
Evil or Live
My thoughts: I'll be honest, the only reason I watched this was to laugh at it, due to the premise sounding so absurd. And I did laugh a few times...at the unintentional comedy. I will talk about the intentional humor, but I wanna bring up the other elements this show has to offer first. The story is supposed to be about a school "helping" teenagers get over their internet addiction, but most, if not all, of the things the teachers do to the students has nothing do with internet addiction (How, exactly, is physically beating them up constantly supposed to help them?). All the characters are either shallow or assholes; even when we first met Shiori and Jun, I thought either of them would at least be decent, but nope, they're no better than the rest of the characters. The animation is so blatantly bad, that even a kid would notice it, and don't even get me started on the lip syncing. On top of that, the character design for our main character, Hibiki, keeps on changing after he toughens up from being in the jail cell, sometimes to the point where he's unrecognizable. *Sarcasm* I didn't know toughening up made you have a different appearance. You learn somethin' new every day. *End sarcasm* There's also apparently a relationship going on between Hyo and Jun...even though Jun's a student and Hyo looks like he's in his 40's. *Shudders* For the comedy that was supposed to be humorous, all of it came off as forced, out of place, and worst of all, unfunny, especially the bits where one of the girls kept on calling Hibiki "My Darling~". For a few weeks, I considered this to be just as bad as King's Game The Animation, but then I thought about it more, eventually coming to the conclusion that it wasn't. The reason is this anime simply made me feel apathetic less than halfway through. King's Game, on the other hand, had bigger issues which infuriated me to no end. Still, I couldn't give two shits about this show.
Score: 2/10
Houseki no Kuni (TV)
My thoughts: First things first, I'll admit it took some time for me to get used to the CG, but after a few episodes, I came to believe that the CG works here. My favorite moment is when Dia attempts to fight a giant Lunarian, which is the most well animated and fast paced fight scene I'd seen. Besides the animation, everything else was good, but I felt like the ending was pretty underwhelming. I'm very neutral towards Phos; they're one of the few characters in anime where I'm very mixed about. On one side, Phos is a whiny brat, but on the other side, they're an interesting character. So at the end of the day, I did like this anime, but didn't love it.
Score: 7/10
Inuyashiki
My thoughts: Although I really enjoyed the story, and the character of Inuyashiki, my main issue with this anime is Hiro. I am aware he was not supposed to be liked, but please hear or read me out. For the first half, I found him to be well-written, and he deserved my hatred for him. But then in episode five or six, when his mother discovers that he's been massacring for quite some time, he panics, even going as far as crying about it. I found him to be a complete idiot, because after he finds out his mother commits suicide, he kills all the news reporters that arrived at his fathers' place! Seriously, what the fuck did this asshole think was gonna happen?! He didn't even bother disguising himself, so he was inevitably gonna get caught sooner or later! What I find even worse is the anime apparently tried to redeem Hiro by him healing people - like what Inuyashiki does - after Shion and he talked. I'm sorry, but after all the shit he did beforehand...there's no way he could be redeemed. On second thought, it doesn't matter, because after Shion and her grandmother get shot, he goes back to killing innocent civilians, which ends up making his attempt at "redemption" completely pointless. *Slow claps* Anyway, I teared up a bit at the ending. Very bittersweet, but at least Inuyashiki saved millions of lives.
Score: 8/10
Itsudatte Bokura no Koi wa 10 cm Datta.
My thoughts: I found the relationship between Miou and Haruki cute, but there was one element which irritated the hell out of me. That's the cliché where one character refuses to talk to or see their love interest for some time, leading the other to get confused, if not frustrated on why they don't want to see them. I understand why Miou didn't want to talk to Haruki, but what good would it be to just flat-out tell him, "It's better if you don't talk to me anymore"? That'd only frustrate him to no end! And big shocker, when she did tell him, he was angry at her for avoiding him until that point. I think this would've been a lot better if they didn't use that cliché as conflict. I know you're probably gonna make the argument that if they didn't, Haruki wouldn't have "realized" that being a filmmaker was his late brother's dream, not his. However, Miou made him snap out of it by telling him it was his own dream as well, subsequently having Haruki become aware that that was true. So do I dislike this? No. There were enough decent things to make me at least say it was okay.
Score: 6/10
Juuni Taisen
My thoughts: You don't know how disappointed I am with this anime. The start of this show was great, especially with how well animated the fight scenes were. I also thought this had a ton of potential, since this was a death tournament with Zodiacs (As you can probably tell, I have a soft spot for Zodiac related stories). I was genuinely impressed with the start of it, that I went as far as beliving this was going to be my favorite anime of fall 2017. Then about halfway through the anime, I came to realize a major issue, and that's the repetitiveness and predictability of the story. Here's how an episode usually goes: We focus on a character by giving them their backstory and learning why they participated in Juuni Taisen, further hearing them monologuing for a lengthy amount of time, then when it's done, they get killed off within minutes or an episode or two by another one of the participants (Or in Horse's case, die from asphyxiation from immense smoke). It got so redundant, that there ended up being a complete lack of tension. As for the characters, because this is a Battle Royale-esque story, there was no point in me actually caring about them, even Sharyu, who I liked the most out of the whole cast. The only character we didn't get a backstory was Usagi, but then again, he's a necromancer and wants to be "friends" with everyone, so I guess we didn't need to learn more about him beyond that. So if the characters aren't worth caring, are they at least interesting? Well, some of them are, but most are either meh or boring. When all is said and done, this is no doubt the most disappointing anime I've watched.
Score: 6/10
Konohana Kitan
My thoughts: It was a rather cute slice of life anime, and I liked the relationships to a certain extent. The character I liked the most was Yuzu. She's adorable, and I like her personality. Now while I'm on the subject of characters, Satsuki left a bad first impression on me. She starts off as the hardworking asshole cliché, who constantly criticized her for every mistake she made, regardless of how small it was. Satsuki, I understand why you're hardworking and want to do the best for Konohanatei, but for gods' sake, Yuzu was new! You can't expect her to know everything by her first day! Thankfully, she does get better as the anime goes on, although she's still rude at times. But the character I ended up disliking the most was Ren. The biggest reason comes from the third episode, where it's focused on her and her backstory. That's nice and all, but her backstory, ironically, made me dislike her! I never thought that'd actually happen! Ahem, anyway, the gods that visited the inn were pretty interesting, especially the one who turns into literal baby bubbles.
Score: 7/10
Kujira no Kora wa Sajou ni Utau
My thoughts: I was very fascinated with the story, and the culture in the Mud Whale/Falaina. Not only that, but I love the artwork, the opening song, the relationships and the concept of the Marked and Unmarked people living in Mud Whale. I get that some people won't like this show, but for me, I really enjoyed it.
Score: 9/10
Net-juu no Susume
My thoughts: My favorite thing in this anime is how it creates a balance between focusing on what happens in the game the main characters play, and what goes on in real life. I especially really like Moriko, and her interactions with Sakurai. However, one of my biggest problems is it was very apparent that Sakurai stalked her. I say "apparent", because at first, when Koiwai mentioned it, I couldn't remember at any time where Sakurai did such a thing. But then I looked on TVTropes for this anime, and even though there're a few things I wouldn't say was stalker-ish (Such as him over-analyzing his interactions with Moriko), I don't feel comfortable calling their relationship cute, because I don't want to sound like I'm endorsing stalking (It's the complete opposite). And speaking of Koiwai, I really fucking hate him. Every time he's with either Sakurai or Moriko, he mercilessly jests at them. I'm not saying you shouldn't tease your friends, but not every conversation has to involve someone playfully poking fun at others, yet that's exactly what he does throughout the entire anime. I hate him so much, that I was nothing short of relieved when at one point, when Moriko sleeps from drinking too much, he brought her home instead of taking advantage of her. I'm not joking when I say that's the most relieved I've ever been while watching an anime.
Score: 8/10
Ousama Game The Animation
My thoughts: There is so much I wanna say about this anime, that I'm going to write a separate blog about this. I'll definitely link it here when I post it in public. So, here's the short version of my thoughts: All the characters are fucking stupid, the pacing is awful, the reveal as to who the titular King is makes no goddamn sense, and the overall story's a freaking mess! Oh my god, I'm actually stunned at how horrible this show is! And don't even get me started on the ending! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY THE WORST ANIME I'VE EVER HAD THE MISFORTUNE TO WATCH!
Score: A big fat motherfuckin' 1/10
Pingu in the City
My thoughts: I won't lie, when I first heard about this, I thought it was a troll (Even though it wasn't on April Fools Day). I had to do research on this, but it turned out that this was real. Since I do enjoy the original show, I gave this a watch, and I ended up really liking it (Which isn't really a surprise). I love how despite this being CG, the animators were able to capture the look from the original series. As for the actual content, it's cute, and Pingu is as fun to watch as he was in the original show. If I were to give out any complaints, it'd be that some of the jobs Pingu participates in do get pretty repetitive, but even then, they're executed differently, so this isn't a huge issue. All I'll say if you like the original series, then you sure as hell will like this.
Score: 9/10
Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou
My thoughts: You'd think a premise like this would be boring, but surprisingly, it really, really works here. I was not bored once throughout the anime; in fact, I was very intrigued by the world building, and our two characters, Chito and Yuuri. Speaking of which, they're what make this anime shine brilliantly. I loved their interactions (Well, minus the moments where Chito gets physically violent with Yuuri, but thankfully, those are few and far between), whether it'd be them trying to figure out what certain things are that people used a long time ago, or occasionally meeting someone, additionally knowing what they do for a living. This anime proves that you don't need to have a show filled with explosions, loads of characters, or even goals. This is just a show featuring two people who only want to survive, and be with each other. I honestly don't have any major issues with this, although I found Yuuri to be very annoying in the ninth episode, where she continuously asked if she could eat the fish. However, she's only legitimately annoying in that episode, so I didn't have much of a problem. This is the most relaxing anime I've ever seen, and I definitely recommend it to people who want to feel the same, and are also fans of slice of life.
Score: 10/10
Two Car
My thoughts: I'm gonna be straightforward here; Yuri and Megumi are the same goddamn character. Seriously, you could just switch them with each other, and you wouldn't notice the difference. The reason I'm mentioning this is because other characters have constantly brought up about them being "alike", which just makes me not believe them. Writers, there's a difference between two people being alike and being the same person. Then again, nearly all the characters have no personalities, so I suppose it doesn't matter. While on the subject of "characters being exactly alike", there're these twins who - unlike Yuri and Megumi - purposefully act so identical, that they're like clones. After the show finished focusing on them, I came to realize that their backstory is the most meaningless one in the entire anime. You could cut out their backstory, and you'd still know everything about them, minus them formerly being in love with the same man. By the way, if he was so surprised about them being twins, then how did he not already figure it out when he asked two identical people to go on a date with him? Well, unless he thought he forgot... Anyway, in the end, the twins decide to go back to being exactly alike. Was that supposed to be character development? If so, then that's not character development, that's reverting back to your old lifestyle. Besides all that, this show is mediocre, but the things I did like were the animation and the idea of sidecars requiring two people. I thought it was an interesting idea, but it wasn't very well executed. Didn't help that Megumi and Yuri frequently made petty arguments with one another, which got obnoxious very fast.
Score: 5/10
Urahara
My thoughts: Hoo boy...let me start off by saying that when this anime started, I found it to be just dull, with bland, uninteresting characters. Then episode seven and eight came, and holy shit, that was when this show went downhill. The eighth episode is without question the worst episode in the entire anime. Why is that, you may ask? Firstly, the dialogue got so repetitive, that you could make a drinking game out of it. Secondly, the episode just drags for an eternity until the end credits play. I even asked myself at one point how far I was in the episode, and I was shocked when I found out I was halfway through. Not to mention the characters became completely unlikable, especially when Mari and Kotoko (Who were being brainwashed from eating so many of the Scoopers' snacks) were pissed off at Rito for killing Sayumin (Who, out of nowhere, turns into a giant) when Rito had a good reason for doing so! Then after Rito eats the Scoopers crepe, she goes insane, and the other girls apparently get out of their brainwashing somehow...yeah, that made no sense. Anyway, I just wanted to get that off my chest, because that episode infuriated me to no end. So what about the rest of this anime's content presented here? Well, the art style is supposed to come off as cute, but the way it's crudely drawn makes it come off as ugly rather than cute. There're split screens (Most of which is unnecessary) that happen six plus times per episode (With the exception of episode ten, which, shockingly, had very few split screens). There's also this twist where it's revealed that almost everything inside of the bubble that "protects" the city the story takes place in was a fantasy, which I thought was utterly confusing (Does that mean they also imagined Sayumin turning into a giant at one point?). By the way, the bubble thing I mentioned...the anime made a vocal point that the barrier was supposed to be very strong, to the point where the Scoopers couldn't break in. However, we've constantly seen them throughout the anime (Hell, there're even two instances where we see them break into the bubble on-screen!), which makes me convinced that this is the shittiest barrier ever. Now you could argue that without Scoopers breaking in, there would be no conflict, but if you're going to say the barrier's really strong, don't flat-out contradict yourself! Also, the woman who voices Rito sounds so disinterested in being in this anime; even when the character she plays is supposed to sound surprised, she still sounds flat. And no, this being her first role is not an excuse. She could've put at least a little more effort in. If she gets any more anime roles in the future, I hope she doesn't sound this dull.
Score: 3/10
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Washio Sumi no Shou
My thoughts: I liked how we got to learn about Mimori/Sumi's past. I also found Gin's death incredibly sad, especially seeing that this is one of the rare instances in a Magical Girl anime in which a character actually dies. That honestly is what nearly made me give this a higher score, due to how powerful it was, but overall, this is just another typical decent Magical Girl anime.
Score: 7/10
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru: Yuusha no Shou
My thoughts: I'm genuinely impressed with this. I actually liked this more than the first season and the Washio Sumi Chapter. Do you know how rare it is for me to like a sequel more than its predecessor? This is mainly because of the story, and the ordeal Yuna goes through. The scene where she's crying on the snowy ground made me desperately want to comfort her. The last episode was fucking intense, especially with how Yuna defeated the Shinju.
Score: 9/10
Winter 2018
Koi wa Ameagari no You ni
My thoughts: To say I was looking forward to this would be an outright lie. I was actually hesitant to watch it - for obvious reasons - to which I considered skipping it. But the back of my mind was telling me, "Come on, you know you're curious about this; just watch it." So I gave in, and decided to give this anime a chance. After finishing, I'm honestly impressed. I first thought it was going to be one of those stories where the main character has a crush on someone way older than them, but acts and does stuff in a creepy manner. I can safely say that isn't the case here (Really, the only creepy thing Akira did was smell Kondo's shirt in the first episode, so I was beyond happy when she didn't do any more creepy stuff afterwards). And I'm gonna feel weird saying this, but I felt chemistry between Akira and Kondo. I know this anime doesn't focus on the drama very much, but what I was confused by was one of the male characters named Kase essentially forced Akira to go on a date with him after discovering her crush on Kondo for blackmail in the fourth episode. Yet, after that episode, Kase mentions her crush on Kondo once, and even then, he came off as, "Even though I made you go on a date with me or else I'd blackmail you, I'm chill about your love for the manager." I just feel like that didn't make much sense, which makes me think that most of the fourth episode was pretty pointless.
Score: 8/10
Kokkoku
My thoughts: It's another one of those stories where it sounds boring on paper, but the execution here was amazing. I was enthralled by how the plot was developing, and every time Juri slammed her hand onto someone (Specifically the antagonists) to get the "jellyfish" out, I thought, "Fuck yeah!" I wasn't expecting how the last two episodes went, though. Sagawa being defeated, only to be reborn. Well, I hope he'll be a better person after being reborn.
Score: 9/10
Mitsuboshi Colors
My thoughts: This surprised me, in a good way, of course. Yes, this is another show where cute girls are doing cute things, but here, the main child characters actually do things that I could see real children do. I really liked our three leads, to the point where I couldn't tell you which one I enjoyed the most. The supporting characters are also really enjoyable, and their encounters, especially with Saito, were really fun to watch. I think it's safe to say that this is one my most favorite CGDCT anime ever.
Score: 9/10
Poputepipikku
My thoughts: Let me make this clear. I wanted to like this anime, I really did. However, I didn't laugh for a majority of this; there were a couple of episodes where I didn't even smirk once. I didn't have a very good impression at first, but throughout the show, I did laugh on occasion, which made me like this just a tinge more (It wasn't much, but at least it was something). Since this is full of skits, my favorite one is the first bit in episode five, which is titled "Donca*Sis". I found it the funniest one out of all the skits in the anime.
Score: 5/10
Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san
My thoughts: Koizumi's the best part of this anime. If she was portrayed any differently, I would've liked this way less than I do now (Albeit I'm also a huge ramen lover, just not to her extent). The main reason I didn't care for this anime was because of one of the other main characters, Yuu. She constantly stalks Koizumi and won't take no for an answer. It's even made worse in episode ten, where we see one of her bedroom walls covered in pictures of Koizumi, with her picture taped beside them. She also has a fucking observation notebook, writing down what Koizumi ate, along with scary music playing in the background. I love how the anime doesn't even try to hide the fact that Yuu is a fucking creepy stalker. Yes, I know Misa also stalked Koizumi, but she only did that once, so she's a saint compared to Yuu. But even without that element, this is a painfully average anime.
Score: 5/10
Sanrio Danshi
My thoughts: I really liked how the show presents as there's nothing wrong with guys liking certain things that're "girly" (I use quotation marks, because I don't consider anything to be feminine or masculine nowadays). If they enjoy it, that's all it matters. The thing that weirds the shit out of me in this is at least once per episode (With the exception of the last three episodes), it randomly goes into first POV. I'd accept it if it was like that throughout the entire anime, but here, it feels awkward, out of place, and unnatural. There was even one episode where the first POV came from a freaking crab. Like, seriously?
Score: 7/10
Slow Start
My thoughts: The perfect description for this is "generic cutesy slice of life moe girls". Now this being generic doesn't mean it's bad, per se, it just doesn't stand out from the rest of the shows that feature "cute girls doing cute things". The characters are also very typical, as you'd expect in this kind of anime. The shy, but sweet girl (Hana), the very energetic girl (Tama), the kind, mature girl (Eiko), and the girl who's supposed to be a high schooler, but looks like a child (Kamuri). The most interesting part was Hana being a gap year student because she got the mumps on the day for the entrance exams. Speaking of that, I was a little disappointed she never got to confess this to her friends, especially since she mentioned that she didn't feel right keeping it a secret from them. Then again, by the end of the anime, she did say she'd tell them someday, so I shouldn't dwell on it.
Score: 6/10
Sora yori mo Tooi Basho
My thoughts: When this was first announced, I thought it was going to be a bland anime, with young girls doing silly things in Antarctica. Well, I'm happy to inform you that it's far from being bland, and while there're certainly girls being silly at times, it's much deeper than that. I'm also pretty happy it took time for the girls to actually head to Antarctica, because if they'd gone too soon, that wouldn't have been in the slightest bit realistic, since they're teenagers. As for the situation about Shirase's mother, I'm not at all surprised she passed away, because since she was in such an awful blizzard when Gin lost her, there's no way she would've survived a week, much less three years. But even when I kinda saw it coming, I was very close to crying when Shirase saw how many of her messages were sent Takako had on her computer, unread. By the end of the anime, I felt really satisfied with how this concluded.
Score: 9/10
Violet Evergarden
My thoughts: I loved this. I really, really loved this. Yes, I know this was very hyped before this began, but I actually hate hype, because I don't like having my expectations unrealistically high. For me, the higher your expectations are, the more disappointed you'll be. So I went in this anime neutral (As I do with almost every anime I'm about to watch), but after finishing it, well, I already mentioned how I feel about it. Anyway, the element which made me adore this the most was, unsurprisingly, our titular character. She may come off as a stoic character with no other personality, but to me, she has way more depth than that. I especially love how she grew throughout the anime. At the end, I was wondering what she was surprised at, but I hope it wasn't Gilbert. If it was, then I'll be mad, because that'd be a huge cop-out.
Score: 10/10
Yuru Camp△
My thoughts: Even though I don't like going camping myself for multiple reasons, I found this very relaxing and entertaining, especially the character interactions. The only thing I thought this didn't need were the constant narrations, but it's pretty minor, so it's not a big deal.
Score: 8/10
Spring 2018
Posted by AL19 | Dec 16, 2017 11:53 PM | 0 comments
My thoughts on anime from 2000-2009
Here's part four of the "My Thoughts On Anime From Different Decades Series". At this point, the seasons will also be included.
Winter 2000
Spring 2000
Summer 2000
Fall 2000
Winter 2001
Spring 2001
Summer 2001
Fruits Basket
My thoughts: This was one of the few TV anime I watched in English fully, and before I made my MAL account. I remember enjoying this anime back when I was a teenager, I guess because I liked plenty of the characters, and how the premise was decently executed. At least, that's what I remember, anyway. The one thing that makes me sad, though, is this never continued after it was over. I wished it had a second season, especially since the rest of the zodiac members were never introduced in the anime (Horse and Rooster, anyone?). Buuuut simultaneously, I'm somewhat happy they didn't continue; here's my reason why. Does anyone remember that in the manga, it was revealed that Akito was actually a female? Now this was revealed long after the anime ended, but can you imagine if the show did continue? Yeeeaah, that would've been awkward as shit. Granted, they probably would've disregarded that, still remaining Akito as a male, but just thinking him with his manly voice while him being female in the manga kind of makes me find it amusing in a weird way.
Score: 8/10
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
My thoughts: The animation is breathtakingly beautiful, the characters are well written, the story's amazing, and I love the world building in this film. I especially love the relationship between Chihiro and Haku. What more can I say about this film? Oh wait, the song that plays in the end credits. Just...that heavenly song...it is so soothing, it almost sounds like a lullaby.
Score: 10/10
Fall 2001
Winter 2002
Spring 2002
Summer 2002
Fall 2002
Winter 2003
Spring 2003
Summer 2003
Fall 2003
Winter 2004
Spring 2004
Summer 2004
Fall 2004
Winter 2005
Spring 2005
Summer 2005
Fall 2005
Winter 2006
Spring 2006
Gintama
My thoughts: If I made these series of blogs around the early 2010's, I'd no doubt go all fangirly about how much I love this show and its subsequent seasons. However, sometime in 2016, I came to realize that I don't love this anime as much as I used to. I still think it's good, mind you, but I noticed some issues with it. First off, while watching Gintama°, I rarely, if ever, laughed to the point where it was hard. That was when I was questioning myself, "Do I not find this as funny as I remember?" One other issue I found was
Mitsu x Mitsu Drops
My thoughts: I'm sorry, this is supposed to be a romance? What the hell is so romantic about a person constantly being sexually harassed and treated like shit by their so-called "love interest"? Throughout this anime, I wanted to strangle Kai and throw him off the school roof. Y'know, I'm actually very happy this was only two episodes. If the whole manga was covered, I would've grabbed my computer, and slam it on the ground in pure anger (Okay, I wouldn't actually do that, but you get what I mean).
Score: 3/10
Summer 2006
Fall 2006
Winter 2007
Spring 2007
Sola
My thoughts: The seventh episode is what caused me to like this a little less, and it's also what cemented my hatred for Aono, because she does the most despicable thing in the entire anime. So near the end of the seventh episode, Yorito insisted on seeing Matsuri after the latter agreed to not see him ever again. Of course, Aono only tells him not to instead of explaining the reason, because that'll so work if you don't explain it to him, am I right? Anyway, Yoriro manages to see Matsuri again, and what Aono did there was control his mind, and then stabbed Matsuri with a piece of glass. What's worse is she doesn't appear to have any regret for it! And we're suppose to sympathize with her?! Yeah, I don't fucking think so.
Score: 6/10
Summer 2007
Nanatsu-iro★Drops
My thoughts: The story's pretty good, and characters are okay, although I found Nona uninteresting. She's not awful, per se, but I just didn't care for her, nor her servant, Arthur. Also, there were two things which I didn't quite understand. Mind you, these are pretty minor, but they bugged me so much, that I felt like discussing it. The first thing was in the third episode, when Sumomo is feeling down, Tsuwabuki suddenly mentions Yuki-chan (Who's the tiny sheep he transforms into) trying to cheer her up. Besides Sumomo and Kisaragi, the only people who saw Yuki-chan were Nadeshiko and Nona, so in Sumomo's perspective, there's no way Tsuwabuki would've known who Yuki-chan was, yet she never questions this. The second one is halfway through, there's a flashback of when Sumomo got lost in the school opening ceremony, leading Tsuwabuki to help her. He realizes - in his sheep form - "That was her?" Okay, how did he not recognize her from that day? She had the exact same appearance then, so I find it hard to believe he wasn't cognizant about that. You could make the argument that because he's not social, he didn't pay much attention to what she looked like. However, I'm pretty sure asocial people would at least spare a glance at others.
Score: 7/10
Fall 2007
Winter 2008
Spring 2008
Summer 2008
Fall 2008
Winter 2009
Abunai Sisters: Koko & Mika
My thoughts: The titular characters are supposed to come off as sexy, but the animation makes them look hideous instead of appealing. It's supposed to come off as funny, but I only snickered twice; even then, it was because of how stupid it got. The closest to a "plot" is a dude and old lady trying to get the sisters' most prized possession called the booby stone (Yes, that's the name for it), but how they presented it was still mind-bogglingly dumb.
Score: 2/10
Spring 2009
Summer 2009
Fall 2009
Spring 2000
Summer 2000
Fall 2000
Winter 2001
Spring 2001
Summer 2001
Fruits Basket
My thoughts: This was one of the few TV anime I watched in English fully, and before I made my MAL account. I remember enjoying this anime back when I was a teenager, I guess because I liked plenty of the characters, and how the premise was decently executed. At least, that's what I remember, anyway. The one thing that makes me sad, though, is this never continued after it was over. I wished it had a second season, especially since the rest of the zodiac members were never introduced in the anime (Horse and Rooster, anyone?). Buuuut simultaneously, I'm somewhat happy they didn't continue; here's my reason why. Does anyone remember that in the manga, it was revealed that Akito was actually a female? Now this was revealed long after the anime ended, but can you imagine if the show did continue? Yeeeaah, that would've been awkward as shit. Granted, they probably would've disregarded that, still remaining Akito as a male, but just thinking him with his manly voice while him being female in the manga kind of makes me find it amusing in a weird way.
Score: 8/10
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi
My thoughts: The animation is breathtakingly beautiful, the characters are well written, the story's amazing, and I love the world building in this film. I especially love the relationship between Chihiro and Haku. What more can I say about this film? Oh wait, the song that plays in the end credits. Just...that heavenly song...it is so soothing, it almost sounds like a lullaby.
Score: 10/10
Fall 2001
Winter 2002
Spring 2002
Summer 2002
Fall 2002
Winter 2003
Spring 2003
Summer 2003
Fall 2003
Winter 2004
Spring 2004
Summer 2004
Fall 2004
Winter 2005
Spring 2005
Summer 2005
Fall 2005
Winter 2006
Spring 2006
Gintama
My thoughts: If I made these series of blogs around the early 2010's, I'd no doubt go all fangirly about how much I love this show and its subsequent seasons. However, sometime in 2016, I came to realize that I don't love this anime as much as I used to. I still think it's good, mind you, but I noticed some issues with it. First off, while watching Gintama°, I rarely, if ever, laughed to the point where it was hard. That was when I was questioning myself, "Do I not find this as funny as I remember?" One other issue I found was
Mitsu x Mitsu Drops
My thoughts: I'm sorry, this is supposed to be a romance? What the hell is so romantic about a person constantly being sexually harassed and treated like shit by their so-called "love interest"? Throughout this anime, I wanted to strangle Kai and throw him off the school roof. Y'know, I'm actually very happy this was only two episodes. If the whole manga was covered, I would've grabbed my computer, and slam it on the ground in pure anger (Okay, I wouldn't actually do that, but you get what I mean).
Score: 3/10
Summer 2006
Fall 2006
Winter 2007
Spring 2007
Sola
My thoughts: The seventh episode is what caused me to like this a little less, and it's also what cemented my hatred for Aono, because she does the most despicable thing in the entire anime. So near the end of the seventh episode, Yorito insisted on seeing Matsuri after the latter agreed to not see him ever again. Of course, Aono only tells him not to instead of explaining the reason, because that'll so work if you don't explain it to him, am I right? Anyway, Yoriro manages to see Matsuri again, and what Aono did there was control his mind, and then stabbed Matsuri with a piece of glass. What's worse is she doesn't appear to have any regret for it! And we're suppose to sympathize with her?! Yeah, I don't fucking think so.
Score: 6/10
Summer 2007
Nanatsu-iro★Drops
My thoughts: The story's pretty good, and characters are okay, although I found Nona uninteresting. She's not awful, per se, but I just didn't care for her, nor her servant, Arthur. Also, there were two things which I didn't quite understand. Mind you, these are pretty minor, but they bugged me so much, that I felt like discussing it. The first thing was in the third episode, when Sumomo is feeling down, Tsuwabuki suddenly mentions Yuki-chan (Who's the tiny sheep he transforms into) trying to cheer her up. Besides Sumomo and Kisaragi, the only people who saw Yuki-chan were Nadeshiko and Nona, so in Sumomo's perspective, there's no way Tsuwabuki would've known who Yuki-chan was, yet she never questions this. The second one is halfway through, there's a flashback of when Sumomo got lost in the school opening ceremony, leading Tsuwabuki to help her. He realizes - in his sheep form - "That was her?" Okay, how did he not recognize her from that day? She had the exact same appearance then, so I find it hard to believe he wasn't cognizant about that. You could make the argument that because he's not social, he didn't pay much attention to what she looked like. However, I'm pretty sure asocial people would at least spare a glance at others.
Score: 7/10
Fall 2007
Winter 2008
Spring 2008
Summer 2008
Fall 2008
Winter 2009
Abunai Sisters: Koko & Mika
My thoughts: The titular characters are supposed to come off as sexy, but the animation makes them look hideous instead of appealing. It's supposed to come off as funny, but I only snickered twice; even then, it was because of how stupid it got. The closest to a "plot" is a dude and old lady trying to get the sisters' most prized possession called the booby stone (Yes, that's the name for it), but how they presented it was still mind-bogglingly dumb.
Score: 2/10
Spring 2009
Summer 2009
Fall 2009
Posted by AL19 | Dec 16, 2017 11:00 PM | 0 comments
My thoughts on anime from 1990-1999
Here's part three of the "My Thoughts On Anime From Different Decades Series".
1990
1991
1992
Chika Gentou Gekiga: Shoujo Tsubaki
My thoughts: Talk about fucking depressing. What I found interesting was the history behind the making of this 48 minute film. If you didn't know, the animation was entirely done by the director, mainly because probably no studio would want to adapt it, due to its graphic nature. Thus, I'm going to forgive the animation presented here. Anyway, I felt nothing but sympathy for Midori for the awful shit the rest of the characters did to her. Even with Masamitsu, when Midori is given an offer to be an actress, he takes her chance away! He's not nearly as unlikable as the rest of the characters, but that was a huge dick move. By the way, he and Midori seemed to form a romantic relationship, and they even kissed on the lips at least once on-screen. Um, Midori's a child, right? I understand her wanting comfort and all, but I found that very creepy.
Score: 6/10
Iron Virgin Jun
My thoughts: Goddamn, did I hate this OVA. I kind of expected it to be bad, but I didn't think it was gonna be this shitty. The main reason why I found this to be awful is because of the abomination that is the plot. You can figure out what the plot is by looking at its page on MAL, but what pissed me off the most is that Jun's mother (I don't think her name is ever mentioned) hired a group of pricks, named Golden Cherry Boys (By the way, it's nothing short of a shock I even remember their name, because it's only said once in the entire OVA), to not only capture Jun, but also to rape her. Jun explicitly said that she doesn't want to get married yet - which is understandable, considering she's still young - let alone marry anyone she doesn't love. Not to mention she's strong, so of course she'd kick their and her mother's asses! Even though Jun's not a very interesting character, I felt sorry for her for the disgusting bullshit her mother attempted to put her through. On top of that, the rest of what's here is dull, especially the fight scene in the climax, which was underwhelming.
Score: 3/10
1993
1994
1995
1996
Byston Well Monogatari: Garzey no Tsubasa
My thoughts: The infamous dub of this makes this extremely funny. There were plenty of moments where the bad acting made me laugh my ass off. Besides the unintentionally hilariousness that goes on, what is there for me to say about this that hasn't already been said? As long as you shut your brain off, you might get a kick out of it.
Score: 10/10
1997
1998
1999
1991
1992
Chika Gentou Gekiga: Shoujo Tsubaki
My thoughts: Talk about fucking depressing. What I found interesting was the history behind the making of this 48 minute film. If you didn't know, the animation was entirely done by the director, mainly because probably no studio would want to adapt it, due to its graphic nature. Thus, I'm going to forgive the animation presented here. Anyway, I felt nothing but sympathy for Midori for the awful shit the rest of the characters did to her. Even with Masamitsu, when Midori is given an offer to be an actress, he takes her chance away! He's not nearly as unlikable as the rest of the characters, but that was a huge dick move. By the way, he and Midori seemed to form a romantic relationship, and they even kissed on the lips at least once on-screen. Um, Midori's a child, right? I understand her wanting comfort and all, but I found that very creepy.
Score: 6/10
Iron Virgin Jun
My thoughts: Goddamn, did I hate this OVA. I kind of expected it to be bad, but I didn't think it was gonna be this shitty. The main reason why I found this to be awful is because of the abomination that is the plot. You can figure out what the plot is by looking at its page on MAL, but what pissed me off the most is that Jun's mother (I don't think her name is ever mentioned) hired a group of pricks, named Golden Cherry Boys (By the way, it's nothing short of a shock I even remember their name, because it's only said once in the entire OVA), to not only capture Jun, but also to rape her. Jun explicitly said that she doesn't want to get married yet - which is understandable, considering she's still young - let alone marry anyone she doesn't love. Not to mention she's strong, so of course she'd kick their and her mother's asses! Even though Jun's not a very interesting character, I felt sorry for her for the disgusting bullshit her mother attempted to put her through. On top of that, the rest of what's here is dull, especially the fight scene in the climax, which was underwhelming.
Score: 3/10
1993
1994
1995
1996
Byston Well Monogatari: Garzey no Tsubasa
My thoughts: The infamous dub of this makes this extremely funny. There were plenty of moments where the bad acting made me laugh my ass off. Besides the unintentionally hilariousness that goes on, what is there for me to say about this that hasn't already been said? As long as you shut your brain off, you might get a kick out of it.
Score: 10/10
1997
1998
1999
Posted by AL19 | Dec 16, 2017 10:49 PM | 0 comments
My thoughts on anime from 1980-1989
Here's part two of the "My Thoughts On Anime From Different Decades Series".
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
Cosmos Pink Shock
My thoughts: I honestly would've preferred this to be about Micchi actually being able to find Hiro, and have them reunite, because that was her motivation for going across the galaxy in the first place. Instead, she crashes into apparently Jupiter (Never mind the fact that Jupiter is a gas planet), and meets this guy who hates women due to his mother cheating on his dad or something when he was a child. Yes, he's one of those characters who hates a gender all because one person did a terrible thing a long time ago. Don't get me wrong, what his mother did was awful, but that's not justification for despising billions of other females. What's worse was he kept on saying "I hate women" to be point where it got very aggravating. Also, there were a few guys who in the beginning were trying to go after her all angrily because she ruined a sports game, but near the end, they suddenly wanted to help her when she's in danger? Where the hell did this come from? Anyway, the best way to describe this is uninteresting.
Score: 5/10
Twinkle Heart: Gingakei made Todokanai
My thoughts: This is definitely because I love cute things, but I'd love to take Shimy and Cream Puff Bat to my home, so I can cuddle with them when I'm feeling sad. Anyway, there were a few things that bugged me, specifically in the climax. Throughout the OVA, Lemon has been infatuated with J.J., who just happens to look like this guy named Saeki. After he presumably dies, Lemon gets shocked, but apparently cared much more about the lively stuffed animals, because when they get shot, she bawls her eyes out. Then when she defeats the monster, she doesn't lament about or even bring up J.J.'s death. Man, she must've gotten over it in just under a minute, since she seemed to have a huge crush on him prior. Speaking of the monster she defeats, the only reason she was able to do so was because the heart imprinted on her uniform glowed, making her super strong, I guess. So does the heart glowing only happen when one of the girls get angry? If so, then we've already seen the others get pissy plenty of times (Yes, I know it was supposed to be played for laughs, but it was still anger. Besides, it wasn't funny), so that wouldn't make much sense. Or was it from the power of luuuurve? All I can say is this is just another average OVA from the '80's.
Score: 5/10
1987
1988
1989
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
Cosmos Pink Shock
My thoughts: I honestly would've preferred this to be about Micchi actually being able to find Hiro, and have them reunite, because that was her motivation for going across the galaxy in the first place. Instead, she crashes into apparently Jupiter (Never mind the fact that Jupiter is a gas planet), and meets this guy who hates women due to his mother cheating on his dad or something when he was a child. Yes, he's one of those characters who hates a gender all because one person did a terrible thing a long time ago. Don't get me wrong, what his mother did was awful, but that's not justification for despising billions of other females. What's worse was he kept on saying "I hate women" to be point where it got very aggravating. Also, there were a few guys who in the beginning were trying to go after her all angrily because she ruined a sports game, but near the end, they suddenly wanted to help her when she's in danger? Where the hell did this come from? Anyway, the best way to describe this is uninteresting.
Score: 5/10
Twinkle Heart: Gingakei made Todokanai
My thoughts: This is definitely because I love cute things, but I'd love to take Shimy and Cream Puff Bat to my home, so I can cuddle with them when I'm feeling sad. Anyway, there were a few things that bugged me, specifically in the climax. Throughout the OVA, Lemon has been infatuated with J.J., who just happens to look like this guy named Saeki. After he presumably dies, Lemon gets shocked, but apparently cared much more about the lively stuffed animals, because when they get shot, she bawls her eyes out. Then when she defeats the monster, she doesn't lament about or even bring up J.J.'s death. Man, she must've gotten over it in just under a minute, since she seemed to have a huge crush on him prior. Speaking of the monster she defeats, the only reason she was able to do so was because the heart imprinted on her uniform glowed, making her super strong, I guess. So does the heart glowing only happen when one of the girls get angry? If so, then we've already seen the others get pissy plenty of times (Yes, I know it was supposed to be played for laughs, but it was still anger. Besides, it wasn't funny), so that wouldn't make much sense. Or was it from the power of luuuurve? All I can say is this is just another average OVA from the '80's.
Score: 5/10
1987
1988
1989
Posted by AL19 | Dec 16, 2017 10:40 PM | 0 comments
December 8th, 2017
My thoughts on anime from 1970-1979
Since I'm older and wiser, I have more things to say, and thus decided to make these series of blogs where I explain how I feel about certain anime.
Now, for parts one through three, I'll only mention the years rather than also including the seasons, because there aren't many easily-found anime from these periods of time. Even though there's definitely more '90's anime available online, there's not enough to include the seasons.
Do keep in mind that not every anime I've watched will be in these blogs. Reasons will either be A) I watched it a long time ago and hardly remember it, B) they're short to the point where I barely, if at all, have a proper opinion on it, or C) I can only think they're bad/decent/mediocre/good, and nothing else. I'm also not including hentai, because it's simply porn, so they're not worth talking about.
So without further ado, let's get started.
Now, for parts one through three, I'll only mention the years rather than also including the seasons, because there aren't many easily-found anime from these periods of time. Even though there's definitely more '90's anime available online, there's not enough to include the seasons.
Do keep in mind that not every anime I've watched will be in these blogs. Reasons will either be A) I watched it a long time ago and hardly remember it, B) they're short to the point where I barely, if at all, have a proper opinion on it, or C) I can only think they're bad/decent/mediocre/good, and nothing else. I'm also not including hentai, because it's simply porn, so they're not worth talking about.
So without further ado, let's get started.
1970
Yasashii Lion
My thoughts: First of all, this has to be the most obscure anime I've ever seen. However, despite how unknown it is, this actually isn't too hard to find. Just type in the title, and you'll find it in no time. Anyway, as for the content presented here, I will say that the story - most specifically the relationship between the dog and lion - was really sweet. I loved how the lion (As a cub) would try to bark like a dog, and would also nurse on said dog, followed with songs basically narrating it (I admittedly found the lyrics to be cheesy, but it wasn't bad). My only real negative for this is that the artwork is ridiculously ugly. I was able to get used to it, but if you're expecting good art, then this is not for you.
Score: 8/10
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
Versailles no Bara
My thoughts: This is a really solid anime. Oscar is very likable (Not to mention I absolutely love her voice), and has great chemistry with André. It was incredibly sad when André passed away, and Oscar meeting the same fate not long after. But the only thing I thought after the latter died as well was, "Well, at least she'll be with André." In my opinion,
I think it ended fittingly. This is the most well-known anime from the '70's, and it deserves it.
Score: 9/10
Yasashii Lion
My thoughts: First of all, this has to be the most obscure anime I've ever seen. However, despite how unknown it is, this actually isn't too hard to find. Just type in the title, and you'll find it in no time. Anyway, as for the content presented here, I will say that the story - most specifically the relationship between the dog and lion - was really sweet. I loved how the lion (As a cub) would try to bark like a dog, and would also nurse on said dog, followed with songs basically narrating it (I admittedly found the lyrics to be cheesy, but it wasn't bad). My only real negative for this is that the artwork is ridiculously ugly. I was able to get used to it, but if you're expecting good art, then this is not for you.
Score: 8/10
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Versailles no Bara
My thoughts: This is a really solid anime. Oscar is very likable (Not to mention I absolutely love her voice), and has great chemistry with André. It was incredibly sad when André passed away, and Oscar meeting the same fate not long after. But the only thing I thought after the latter died as well was, "Well, at least she'll be with André." In my opinion,
I think it ended fittingly. This is the most well-known anime from the '70's, and it deserves it.
Score: 9/10
Posted by AL19 | Dec 8, 2017 11:36 PM | 0 comments