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Jun 17, 2022
"Be Crazy for me, Make me shine on you!"
This series sells its premise so hard. Ancient Chinese strategist/politician/attendant/artist Kongming reincarnates in modern day Japan. He as a fish out of water stumbles around "hell" for a few hours until he finds his new purpose: to be a rising musical star's tactician.
The music in this series really kills it. The bright and bumping music in the clubs, the battle rap, the hard angsty idol punk, all of it slaps. the soundscape of this show keeps creeping back into my mind even days after I watch an episode.
I really hope this series continues to
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be adapted. I hope it spawns a genre of historical figures being reincarnated in the modern era.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Apr 30, 2022
In this 2:23 music video, we see Hololive set a new standard for their talent's music videos. The animation follows the plot of Hoshou Marine our swashbuckling, pirate captain set sail with her merry crew of brigands. The animation is incredibly fluid, and bright. The music video prominently features other Hololive talents who can be seen interacting with our heroine and her crew.
Importantly, the now-graduated member of Gen 3 Rushia can be seen in the video. Marine spoke at length on stream that she wanted the entire generation to appear together despite the circumstances around her departure from the agency.
The full version
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of this song is almost double the length of this video.
Hololive really stepped up the production value for this project compared to prior works by some of their other talents. This music video opts for full animation, detailed backgrounds, and a broadcast anime level of art direction and compositing. The days of the highly stylistic, but minimalist, limited animation music videos we have seen from Hololive are behind us. This is the new standard and I look forward to future productions of this caliber.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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Apr 3, 2022
"Fate somehow brings me hope inside my heart"
Banana Fish
A Salinger short story. Two little words. What might they mean?
This series is as beautiful as it is dark and painful. Written as a young women's manga in the 80's but, adapted for the modern era, Banana Fish is a series that defies expectation.
From the very first minutes set in some desert in the middle east, to the mean streets of New York. To the most apt description of Cape Cod I have ever seen in any media. "There's nothing here. Plus, it's always windy."
The mystery of what exactly is Banana Fish and
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who is controlling it rapidly becomes the B plot of this series as it develops. Ash's increasingly violent actions, the price both he, his gang and most of all Eiji have to pay to find out takes center stage.
Ash is a force of nature. Lethal. Beautiful. Crafty. Clever. Deeply wounded. He is like a lynx trapped in a cage. His painful past, compounded by the actions he has to take to find the truth, and peace.
Eiji. A warm spirit. A gifted athlete who has lost his gift for a time. In a foreign land with vastly different cultural views. But he makes Ash his home.
Ash never misses. He never hesitates. He will stop at nothing and ultimately he knows that it will kill him. And Eiji, he doesn't want to see Ash destroy himself.
Everyone should watch this show. It isn't a yaoi. It certainly is not a typical Shojo.
Be like the Leopard on Kilimanjaro.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Apr 3, 2022
Rent-A-Girlfriend came onto the scene at an odd time.
This was one of, if not THE, progenitor of the seasonal,
"Bait for lonely dudes who stack no paper and pull no bitches"
cliché.
The series stars a boring, dopey guy, with very little going for him. You kind of pity him and if you are sad and lonely too, (like I was when I first watched this) you project onto him. This is not a healthy relationship between audience and viewer but this is what the show wants you to do.
The Girls are what you watch this show for. Make no mistake. Chizuru is pretty, capable
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and her dialogue is funny. Mami is a vidictive, secretive, manipulator but she makes for a good antagonist. Ruka has a cute design. I like her hair bandana. Sumi must be protected at all costs.
This type of series prey's on lonely guys. Not just the prototypical "Incel" but normal guys who might be in a rut. I watched this thing during covid lockdown and oh boy, was that a mistake.
Writing this review now, months later and with a much healthier state of mind I find it difficult to relate to this series like I did when I first saw it.
Is it good? Yeah if you like trash. Which I do. It's not the most offensive of these but from what I know of the manga it gets there.
Reviewer’s Rating: 7
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Apr 3, 2022
"Mama gotta get that check."
In a genre awash with, self insert male protagonists, female "characters" that exist only to satisfy the wish-fulfilment of the male audience the series attract, Sono Bisque Doll wa Koi wo Suru stands out.
Wakana Gojo is a shy, deeply passionate, and and skilled craftsman. He is not a self insert or a blank slate for the lonely dudes to project onto. He is a young man struggling to perfect his craft, and form meaningful connections with his peers. As someone who has also grappled with artistic aspirations, I understand his harshness on his own work. I can't ever get the
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faces right on my figures either. Granted, I'm painting warhammer mini's not Hina dolls but there is a kinship between us.
Marin Kitagawa is a beacon of light. She's kind, works incredibly hard, and is equally as passionate about the things she cares about. She isn't just a pair of 2D breasts to ogle. She grows and develops beyond being just a "Oh man I wish she was *My* Girlfriend."
When My Dress Up Darling was first airing I remember looking at it and thinking that this was going to be another Rent a Girlfriend, Uzaki Chan, Girlfriend Girlfriend, or Nagatoro. This genre I have taken to call "Bait for lonely dudes who pull no bitches and stack no paper."
I cannot stress this enough but Dress Up Darling is so much more than that.
It has some of the same pitfalls mind you, the fanservice, some instances of ridiculous circumstance (looking at you episode 11.) But the character animation, art direction, scripting, and characters themselves rise above the ill repute of some of this series peers.
Give her a try. If you like seeing deeply passionate people come together to accomplish something that they couldn't do on their own.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jan 29, 2022
*This review is written by an anime-only and contains spoilers to all of Attack on Titan*
"When something must be done, it must be done, no matter what."
These three OVA's have been a white whale of mine for years. I'd seen them discussed online and some clips inevitably made their way to youtube but to finally see them as season 4 part two is airing...
Lost Girls follows the story of two of the series strongest female characters. Annie Leonhart and Mikasa Ackerman, as they fulfill their missions and look deep within themselves for what motivates them to keep going.
It's fair to say everyone knows
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that Annie is the female titan. But as I write this, she is still trapped in a chrysalis of titan hardened crystal deep beneath the military headquarters in the interior. We never go to see or hear much of Annie in her own words. Most of what we know about her comes from the other Marleyan Warriors and flashbacks. To see how she carries herself, cold calculating and brutally efficient. While all the while the trauma of her past actions, the things she must still do, and what will come of all of it weighs on her behind those cold unfeeling eyes.
She's just as terrified as they all were. We see her distract herself with a dirty job the MP's have passed up on for a week as a way to steel her nerves before going and capturing Eren during the expedition in season 1.
Conversely, much like Reiner and Bertolt, she's conflicted by the nature of her mission. She does start to see the Eldians of Paradis as people and even helps them escape fate in their own ways. All the Warriors were just kids. None of them truly knew what they were capable of, or what they were going to be doing.
Mikasa's section covers a moment in her life that stretched out to eternity. Eren was dead, Armin was hurt, Trost was fallen. Alone, out of gas, and with one dull shattered blade at her disposal she faces down a 15 meter titan. Facing the end she unconsciously invents a different time. One where things could have been happier.
This episode has major implications for the ending of the series. Unlike every other episode of the series including the other OVA, ONA, and ODA episodes this one is unnumbered. It features events that have happened in paths through the coordinate, but at the time of this episodes airing we didn't even know what that was yet. Specifically the season 4 part 2 opening calls back to a white butterfly Mikasa observes during this episode. These details along with the monologue Mikasa gives speculating on Eren's nature and what he will do once they finally reach the sea establishes a major risk to everyone that the series is just now facing in episode 78.
Keep moving forward. Because you were born into this world.
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Jan 14, 2022
"Kimi wa Kikoeru?"
Can you hear the sound of my voice?
Gurren Lagann is a series that levels you up as an otaku. It makes the lads into men. The lasses into ladies. It is going to break you out of every ceiling you have artificially put on your own life.
This show leads with a strong right hook followed up by a headbutt. Its big, dumb, brash, and it acts completely on impulse. It encourages you to do the same. Through a series of ever escalating stakes, our heroes defy expectation, logic, and in a few cases the laws that govern our universe to
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bring about change.
It practices what it preaches too. Gainax employees have commented that they intentionally gave animators who were seasoned and experienced with certain scenes the polar opposite to work on. Mech fight animators were given close, interpersonal scenes of dialogue. Character animators were give bonkers big mech fights. These professionals were put outside of their comfort zones which meant they had to adapt and use their base instincts.
Of all the great quotes in Anime this series has a few of my favorites.
"Let me see you grit those teeth."
"Believe in the me that believes in you"
"This is the drill that will pierce the heavens"
Gurren Lagann is the less gloomy, far dumber but equally as bright younger sister to Evangelion. The two make an excellent companion piece if you want to watch them that way.
Break some ceilings weebs, we don't need them anyway.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jan 14, 2022
What is there to say about this franchise that hasn't already been said?
This review is completely biased and unobjective, thus failing as a review at all.
But, I want to add my voice to the thousands who have given this show the legacy it has earned.
I watched the entirety of Neon Genesis Evangelion in June of 2021. This series had been out for 26 years. I had tangentially known about Eva ever since I stumbled across video essays on it on YouTube at the age of 13. I never watched those videos then, why would I? I was a kid I barely knew what anime
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But the fact that there are hundreds of them spoke to me. The amount of analysis, documentation, conjecture and discussion about this series fascinated me. Having watched all of it, I can understand why.
Eva sticks with people. You can find a small part of yourself in all of the characters. It's probably an ugly part of yourself that you'd sooner forget but it is there.
Iconic sound and art direction coupled with one of the all time greatest OP's in A Cruel Angel's Thesis, makes the show's visual and soundscape unforgettable.
The soundscape especially is something I see get passed over frequently. The constant, maddening wailing of cicadas. The mechanical tones of the NERV HQ computer displays. The low constant humming of the interior of the entry plugs. The sound the angels make when they fire massive purple crosses at the cast. The terrifying crescendo of the train alarms during the series most psychological introspective moments. The soundscape of this series stays with you.
Evangelion has earned its place in the pantheon of essential viewing for any anime fan. You are allowed to disagree, but there are collegiate dissertations that have been published that will dissent with that opinion.
Reviewer’s Rating: 9
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Jan 14, 2022
In lieu of writing about this movie as itself, I want to write about what this movie is and what it is saying to you as the viewer.
Gainax was broke, Hideaki Anno was cripplingly depressed and factually so. Not in the modern memetic sense. Diagnosed, confirmed and prescribed depressed. Neon Genesis Evangelion had saved the studio, for now. They knew that they were going to make a film and through a myriad of factors (budgetary and time constraints, censorship, writing and directorial disagreements, a real world terror attack), the studio opted to push the "Original" ending of Eva off for this film.
In the time
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it took this film to air however, even more factors altered the DNA of this project. Death threats, graffiti, harassment, and worse from a part of the viewer base targeted Gainax and Anno. Gainax's financial problems returned. Many well documented events and factors went into making this movie what it is.
So what is End of Evangelion anyway?
End of Evangelion is Hideaki Anno walking into your room, grabbing you by the shoulders, leaning into you so close, that you can see the bags under his tired eyes and saying to YOU, yes YOU the viewer, "Remember. You asked for this."
End of Evangelion is an all out assault on you the viewer. Even more so that the series it concludes. It is violent, sexual, mystical, horny, deeply introspective, perverse, psychological, and spiteful. It attacks all of your sensibilities as an audience member. It goes out of it's way to be the most graphic and offensive it can be to make you think.
Psychosexual, existentially dreadful, gory, and steeped in loathing for its protagonist and audience alike. This movie attacks you every time you watch it. Both personally and sensationally. If Smell-o-vision existed this movie would make you stew in the scent of metal and blood and erm, other bodily fluids.
If you could taste this movie it would make you ill.
As a personal note, I have seen EoE several times over, and in all my viewings I have never once been sober. I refuse to watch this beast sober. A cocktail or libation. Some cheap weed or worse. This movie takes you places if you open yourself up to it. I'm not advocating for irresponsible or illegal behavior here but if you are of a legal age in a situation where you feel safe to do so I highly recommend watching this film inebriated.
Kimochi Warui and curtains my fellow weebs
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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Jan 14, 2022
This series is a meteoric (heh get it?) success. It is a classic among classics for most and if you haven't given it a chance I would urge you to do so.
Cowboy Bebop brought anime to the west in a way no other series had done at the time of it's release. Airing on Adult Swim with a fantastic dub gave western fans a chance to witness a classic on broadcast television. In 2001. The significance of that can easily be taken for granted to contemporary fans of seasonal anime today. I wish I could have seen it.
Some of the most memorable quotes,
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pastiches', lines, meme formats, and callbacks in modern anime can be found in this series. That novelty alone is worth your time.
Cowboy Bebop has been written about ad nauseum but it has stood the test of time. Give it a shot will ya?
-See you Space Cowboy
Reviewer’s Rating: 10
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