I feel like this was supposed to be another ultraviolent and hyper sexualized late 80s/early 90s anime, but unfortunately it failed in both regards.
Whatever fighting it has is too boring, with very little blood or gore, plus mediocre animation. The sex scenes are few and far too tame.
On the other hand, the story was a positive surprise, even though they tried tackle too much.
Its always interesting to see christiany or other aspects os western culture/religion portrayed in anime. It wont provide you with anything particularly new if you're a history nerd, but I was pleasantly surprised how the childrens crusade ties in to the story.
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Apr 10, 2021
Maryuu Senki
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Dont come here expecting much in terms of story, its mediocre.
It doesnt help that whoever subbed this was too lazy and decided to ignore the giant wall of text in the beggining of the anime, which I can only assume is a shit ton of lore/context. On the other hand, this delivers eveything I expected to: -Cool demons and awesome fights -Great animation and 80s character desgins -Overflowing levels of 80s cheese, which I absolutely love. ... 
Feb 3, 2021
White Album
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I am far too lazy to write a proper review, so I will do it in bullet points about whats caught my attention.
Setting: - The series is set in 1986. The sole purpose for this is because characters have busy schedules, and without cellphones, they keep missing eachother everytime they call and leave voice messages instead. I cannot stress how this is a central point in the show. It feels very frustrating (in a good way), and makes me appreciate the fact we have smartphones today. A lot of the drama and heartbreak could be avoided by talking to your loved one at the right time. They ... 
Sep 13, 2019
Basilisk: Kouga Ninpou Chou
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This is a high bodycount anime. This isnt a spoiler, you get that its that kind of anime in the first 2 episodes.
Dont get attached to any characters. The ones I liked the most died way too soon. Some of the more boring ones lived too long. As for the death scenes, they are powerful and wonderfully executed. Bravo. Here is what annoyed me though: It is usually a cheap tatic in anime to show a bland charcters sad backstory right before they die to make the viewer more sensitive to his/her death. Its cheap manipulation that is sometimes necessary when the directors want you to ... 
Sep 11, 2019
Cyber City Oedo 808
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Ima keep this short. In fact, so short that this paragraph is just filler to reach the minimum amount of words required. Can I start yet? Ok.
Cyber City is amazing, but I suggest you dont go in with absurdly high expectations thinking the entire thing is the best Cyberpunk anime ever made. Let me explain. Each episode is dedicated to one character and out of the three episodes 1 is good, the other is peak cyberpunk masterpiece and the other is kind of stupid and out of place. The first episode is good standard cyberpunk action. I don't have much to say about it. The second episode, o ... 
Sep 7, 2019
Even as an 80s nostalfag I really couldnt get into this. Its trainwreck, really. Its like they took every bad cliche of the time and threw it in a pot and this came out. Plot is all over the place and the soundtrack is really bad. They also repeat the same tracks too much for a 90 minute movie.
Also, way too many flashback scenes. Again, this is a fucking 90 minute movie. We dont need this. It does have some pretty colorful psychedellic scenes though, and the first car chase sequence was pretty cool. But franky, only watch this if you have OCD about seeing every 80s ... 
Aug 19, 2019
A.D. Police (TV)
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Unless you have serious OCD about completing the bubblegum crisis universe, dont bother with this. Seriously, I would rather have put the 4 hours I spent watching this into trap hentai.
I dont recommend this even to the biggest BGC fan out there. Ad Police (TV) doesnt have any resemblence to BCG and it doesnt do shit to expand the universe or lore. It could be something else entirely if it didnt have the name boomer and genom in it. This basically a shitty cop show. It fails to have a cyberpunk feel to it, and it also falis to have a decent noir vibe, which ... 
Jul 9, 2019
Before I reached the final arc this would have been a 9.5 or 9 for me. Unfourtunately the show decides to make a turn and show off its shounen roots and they stick out like a sore thumb.
Extremely long battles for a 26 anime, people pulling out power from their asses in the last minute (which curiously hardly happened throughout the entire series, not to mention the battles themselves. While they are mostly great, they get old after a while because they keep flailing their arms around like an inflatable tube man. You will get if you watch it. If you are a veteran anime watcher ... |
