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this probably the best vanilla hentai ever...
its really rare for a hentai to have a plot...
+ both episodes have the same environment (snow)
+ i highly recommend this to everyone...
---episode 1's art is a bit simpler that the episode 2
girl character is less perv :P... unfortunately her left eye is blind which makes it more dramatic for some people, i guess...
---episode 2's art is more realistic
girl character is way more cute and cuddly (fluffy ^^) but she's a bit perv which makes it balanced... i really enjoyed this hentai and it will be on my favorite forever...
--for watching hentai i suggest hentaihaven.org BUT with [strict pop-up blocker] and [ublock origin] enabled, cuz u might get flooded with ADs...
---and [ryuanime.io] and [ryuanime.to] for watching anime (dont forget the pop up and add blocker ...
1 hour agoTokyo Ghoul (Anime) add
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2 hours agoPlanetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume (Anime) add
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The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic setting, few decades after a war that almost caused complete extinction of the mankind. The protagonist is introduced as a "junker", some kind of Indiana Jones from the future, risking his life seeking old treasures. The story begins when he finds himself in a planetarium; there that he meets Yumemi, a robot that operates as a host in this planetarium before it being shut down as a result of the war. The robot just woke up, she isn't aware of what occurred and is willing to throw a regular starry sky presentation to her new "costumer", but eventually she needs his help to cast this presentation. And guess what? He is willing to help her.
These 2 are the only characters in this anime. The story is resolving around these 2, isn't that compelling once you know one of them is a robot. I mean how can an interaction between a human being and a robot be compelling? Why should I care that she is struggling to show the costumer the stars, if that's only because she has been programmed to do so? How can possibly she get development? How the dialogues she has with the main guy have an affect on her? I feel like the show wants us feel sorry for her, but I can only feel sorry if I can relate with the character, a character that has authentic feelings and personality, other words a human being. Not a robot.
The main character, the human, doesn't make the story any good too. He is the one that can be molded by the interactions with the robot, but the result it isn't quite good. In the first episode he was pretty inconsistent, the rest of the episodes he just seems consistently stupid. I would not rage too much if he was a guy conflicted with some kind of sudden attraction for the robot girl meditating on it throughout the episodes, but I can't just be ok with the whole compassion shit for a robot. In the 4th episode he literally say he wants make her happy
You CAN'T have drama if the feelings and emotions have no value, and this show supposed to be drama. Maybe if had a different approach like a nonsensical comic one or an action thriller, I could care less about the human-robot dynamic. But not with this approach.
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13 of 13 episodes seen
ReLIFE was an average show to me. Here's why:
First, the positive things: The story was pretty good, the characters were ok, even though they were really annoying sometimes, they had a realistic personality and that made them interesting for me. I liked the art in this one, also the animation was consistant and felt good to watch. This show had some pretty funny and cute moments that i truly enjoyed.
Now, the bad things: THE SOUNDTRACK. The fucking soundtrack was awful, it made me so uncomfortable. The music was in almost every minute of the episode, and it wasn't a cute soundtrack, it sounded like my little 4 year old brother pressing random keys at a piano and that made it so hard for me to watch. The first episodes were kinda boring honestly, i had no idea what was the direction the anime was taking until the last episodes. Everything became more interesting IN THE FREAKING LAST TWO EPISODES, and then it ended???? just like that. And what the hell was that ending?? It was pure shit and it would only be acceptable if they are giving us season 2 but i don't think that's happening.
So, final toughts: ReLIFE has some good parts but the overall is just meh. I wouldn't recommend it to any of my friends because it has nothing special but if you want to give it a try do it, why not?
2 hours agoKokoro Connect (Anime) add
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13 of 13 episodes seen
Another anime to succesfuy make me cry! Twice! And the first time was at ep 5!!!
You think this will be your casual school life, romance anime with some supernatural bit and some life lessons. Well, you're wrong. In the very beginning it hits you with feels and drama and by the middle you're so deep into the darkness and feels that you start suffocating.
It has it's light moments, of course. Comedy is pretty good there and I laughed quite a lot.
What it does the best is character development. Personally, I could relate to three of the characters - Nagase, Inaba and Taichi and some of their problems are known to me. This anime does a great letting characters overcome their problems not in just one arc but in the whole anime and not letting their problems be easily solved - it takes tears and pain and help from others to finally overcome them.
Two things I weren't very happy with:
1) only 17 episodes. I hear that it was planned to make 24 but something happened and it never got finished. Because of that we never truly saw SPOIERS Aoki x Yui sail or understood anything about Heartseeds or why was the phenomenom even there in the first place.
2)Nagase Iori. Yes, I could soemtimes relate to her and I understood her but by the end of the anime she got a little, well, annoying. Might be because of my impatence and the fact that I'm easily annoyed but... Every arc was basically about Nagase's problems and in the background, someone else's. What I decided in the end was that Nagase was probably *the* main MC in this whole anime because her character developed the most, she had the deepest problems + in the ending song (well at least one), she's the only one who is shown.
3 hours agoShingeki no Kyojin (Anime) add
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25 of 25 episodes seen
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12 of 12 episodes seen
Himiko- The Feminist Poster-Child: The girl who thinks all men are out to rape her. I suppose that would make her a pretty good character, if they had actually decided to make her the strong independent woman she started out to be; but that is needless to say, not what we have here. Not spoiling the story(too much) for people who haven't seen the show, but something happened that made all of her friends hate her despite it not being her fault at all. Let's just say it involved rape. After this event they chose to send her into this game. After which, she is almost raped herself, and decides that all men are her enemy in this game. In the end she relies solely upon Sakamoto, completely disregarding what little character she had to begin with. It's like if this shows developers wanted to make an even bitchier version of Asuna from SAO- and she probably can't even cook.
Sakamoto- Neet Gamer Cliche. He is this shows equivalent of Sora from No Game No Life, or Kirito from SAO(I should stop comparing...). He's that dude who was a shut-in gamer from one world, who is taken to another world where he is suddenly gifted and actually can contribute something to the world. The only thing about this show is how much of a fucking dumbass this guy is. The dude has to be the absolute densest motherfucker I have ever seen in anime. He is also like a hypocritical spiderman/batman. He says he isn't gonna kill, but then he will, then he tries, then he doesn't... it's just really dumb. There really isn't much to say about him, he's just a cliche of the Guy-who-gets-transported-to-another-world genre which I have seen at least 7 different times.
For the rest of the supporting cast I will just list off my nicknames for them, and once you watch the show you will figure out exactly who they are mearly from the name. We have; Daddy Issues, Everyone's Weird Uncle, The Fonz Wannabe, Basic Bitch, Token Black Guy #1, Token Black Guy #2, Papa Bear, Obvious Bad Guy, and Female Jack Skellington.
Like I said, it starts off pretty much like Konosuba(SAO, No Game No Life, ReZero.... is there an actual name for this kind of story?) Where the dude gets taken to another world that turns his life upside down. I would like to say that at least 20% of the story is due to some of the characters own stupidity, but I will let you decide that for yourself. The story really is nothing special, except for one thing- It doesn't have an ending. I watched 12 episodes for some kind of closure, and all I got was cock-blocked and disappointed that I had wasted 3 hours of my day. It was at this point that I decided to write this review. The ending(or lack-thereof) alone is why you have this garbage review to read.
I would say it was somewhere between meh, and OK. It's really nothing special in my opinion. I have certainly seen better, but I have also seen a lot worse.
Sound: Same as the Animation, nothing really special about it. I'm not a sound geek, so I'm not really picky.
My Personal Enjoyment: 1
I kept on waiting for something that I hadn't seen before, and I didn't get anything. The story is as cliche as the characters. That being said, the best way i can describe is if Michael Bay had an autistic baby with Reki Kawahara.
There was absolutely nothing about the show I can say I enjoyed.
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4 hours agoHigh School DxD (Anime) add
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5 hours agoCowboy Bebop (Anime) add
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13 of 26 episodes seen
Story - 1
First of all, there is no story. The show is episodic, which isn't always a bad thing, but Cowboy Bebop does each individual episode's story so poorly. Every episode basically goes the same way. The crew catches a cheap bounty showing how "cool" they are. Then, one of the members meets some suspicious stranger, who, surprise, ends up having a bounty on their head. As the episode moves on, we learn that the criminal isn't actually a bad person, and that they've just been put in a rough situation. A final confrontation takes place, and the criminal dies at the end. Every now and then there are special character episodes, which change up the formula a little bit, but then the consequences to these stories never show up again.
Art - 6
Art was really bland. The colors are boring. Animation was smooth. But then again it's easy to make animation smooth when almost nothing happens.
Sound - No Score
I don't listen to music because I spend all my time watching anime, so the whole music aspect of the show was lost on me.
Character - 3
The characters are so boring and simple. Spike is the typical "cool" character because he never has to put any effort into what he's doing. His backstory, which is seemingly one of the big pulls of the show, is so cliche that it becomes boring and a waste of time. I would criticize Jet's character but I really don't know enough about him because he's never developed, except for one random character episode that is supposed to make us feel sorry for him or something. Faye is just for fan-service and is boring. Meanwhile Ed is just there. She doesn't contribute anything except weird comic relief. Overall, the characters are so boring and the relationships between them are even more boring. The characters rarely actually interact with each other. The only time I was ever actually interested in the characters was around episode 10 during Spike's character episode. There was clear tension between the members of the crew, and that actually had me interested. However not only did this tension come out of nowhere, it also disappeared just as instantly as it was created.
Enjoyment - 1
Not a fun show at all. The action scenes are all incredibly boring. First of all they are just slow, and coupled with the fact that we know nothing serious is going to happen to the characters, there is zero excitement.
Overall - 2
cowboy Bebop is a bad show, and as I said earlier I cannot understand why people love it. Every element of the show is boring and cliche. People might say that it is unlike any other anime out there, but in reality it shares far more than it may seem. Like most anime, every character has a "tragic" backstory. These backstories also are randomly introduced and randomly vanish over the course of one or two episodes. Also this show is filled with fan-service, which people seem to just not have a problem with in this anime for some reason. Cowboy Bebop is only unique in the sense that no one on the show does anything unique or interesting. read more
6 hours agoFullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Anime) add
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6 hours agoChuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! (Anime) add
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12 of 12 episodes seen
1 people found this review helpful
12 of 12 episodes seen
In a few words, this is the dark version of Angel Beats. What I could understand watching this is that no matter what happenned in your past, it's still a part of you that you can't just get rid of it. The message of the anime is: "You can't just get rid of your past. To continue progressing in life, accept your past and get over it. Otherwise, you will stop in time and live a life without being really you. Your past (traumas, regrets, pendences...) is a part of who you are".
7 hours agoBoku no Hero Academia (Anime) add
1 people found this review helpful
13 of 13 episodes seen
Boku no hero academia is a very good anime. It has good character development, interesting art style, and awesome soundtracks. Even though I like this anime, there are also some downsides as well.
Good parts:
One good things about this anime is the message. Although some may say that the message, anyone can become a hero, is corny and a bit unrealistic, I found this to be very inspiring and heartwarming. In other words you don't really need to have powers or capes to be a hero. Just lending a helping hand to anyone in trouble is good enough.
The characters are also pretty decent as well. Sadly, the series only concentrates on Deku, Bakugo, and All Might so far. The other characters are yet to be explored thoroughly but they do have a lot of potential so I hope that as the series goes on, we would learn most of the character's personality and reasons for wanting to be a hero.
For me personally, I just adore the art style. It's rough like sketches and thick outlines matches the superhero like theme very well. Also, the action scene in episode 12 was just amazing. (No spoilers)
BTW, can I mention that the ost for Boku no hero academia like "Say you Run" and "You can be a Hero" is like a 10/10. It really conveys the emotions of the current scenes and makes you think you're actually inside of the anime. I tip my hat to you Porno Graffiti.
This show also has good pacing. Every time each episode ended, it made me want to see more of it and just when I thought nothing interesting can come out of the current episode, something new and exciting comes out in the end that makes me wanna see more.
Bad parts:
The premise of Boku no hero academia has been used many times. The idea about how the world gets super power and stuff just gets repetitive at times and this show is no exception but how they handled the details and such made this show worth while.
Also the trope," I want to be a hero" is a bit cliche. It's basically every goal of every shounen main character ever.
I sorta did found Deku's character a bit annoying and jarring. He cries literally every two seconds and he gets nervous about everything, but these type of characters are luckily not overused. This creates an opportunity to make the character grow stronger each passing day, so when you look back at how far he/she developed, you feel somewhat satisfied.
I give this show a 9 out of 10 which I may have gave it more credit than it deserves but this is my final conclusion. Hope you liked this review!!!
7 hours agoPrison School (Anime) add
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12 of 12 episodes seen
So in the end, should you watch Prison School?
My advice: Keep an open mind and watch the first 3 episodes, then see if you feel like continuing.
(I don't know if my english is good or not, so I'll apologize for any spelling mistakes in advance.)
7 hours agoHunter x Hunter (2011) (Anime) add
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Now, what is it about Hunter x Hunter that makes it so special? At face value, there really isn't anything going on that makes it stand out. The initial conflict isn't very innovative, and for a while, it seems like it's on the same level as other shounen. It should be said that I am very familiar with long-running shounen. I have seen all of Naruto, all of Bleach, and even though it's not on my list, I have seen 20-30 episodes of Fairy Tail, 40-50 episodes of One Piece, and at least 200 episodes of Naruto Shippuuden. I'll say here that I will make lots of comparisons between Hunter x Hunter and "the big three." The reasons why Hunter x Hunter is so special among shounen, as well as anime in general, are very simple. Hunter x Hunter does things that other anime don't do. Hunter x Hunter gets things that other anime don't get. Hunter x Hunter goes places that other anime don't go. Hunter x Hunter gets what a good story is. Hunter x Hunter gets what good characters are. Hunter x Hunter gets anime, and Hunter x Hunter gets people.
While I would normally start off talking about the story, I think I'll start of talking about the characters. Now, the big three have humungous supporting casts, and so does Hunter x Hunter. The thing about Hunter x Hunter is that it uses its supporting cast in a much more effective way. For example, in Bleach, there are lots of soul reaper characters that get screen time sprinkled all throughout the series. It seemed like tons of these characters got an episode or two (or three) that consisted of either filler to provide backstory, or a fight scene with a forgettable bad guy where they would monologue and/or have flashbacks while fighting. Also, One Piece dedicated entire arcs to introducing supporting cast members. I think Naruto did a much better job at integrating backstories in a way that seemed to benefit the plot, but giving backstories to every single minor character grows very tiresome. Not only do all of the minor characters of Hunter x Hunter feel meaningful, they all just kind of slip into the plot without much effort. For example, in the fourth arc of the series, a group of body guards is assigned to protect someone. At first, it just seemed like the Togashi wasted his thinking juices on creative designs for characters that wouldn't make any difference in the story. By the time the arc was over, all of the guards felt important and all you really learned about them was their names. They were only in that one arc too! And later down the line when one of the characters would pop on screen for a few seconds, a lightbulb would light up in your head and you would remember them! By the way, while Hunter x Hunter does suffer from characters having monologues during fights to discuss their abilities, the problem is much less prevalent compared to the big three.
Next, I'm going to talk a bit about the main cast, as well as some of the supporting cast members I felt stood out more.
First up is Gon! Gon has a lot of characteristics you would expect from a young protagonist. He's tough and talented, but not tough enough. To protect his friends and find his father, he'll need powers that will take both work and experience to achieve. His friends and father are in fact the main things that push him. While becoming a hunter because his father was a hunter isn't the most original thing in the world, the story does a good job at keeping that plot point in play. In fact, the beginning of just about every arc had something to do with Gon taking the next step to find his daddy. The arc would then find its own shape and Gon's daddy quest would take the back seat for a bit before the next arc. I'll hit on this again later, by the way.
Next is Killua, who in my opinion is the best character in the cast. Killua has the most fleshed out backstory out of everyone. He also has very intriguing character traits. While Gon's problems are pretty easy to deal with, Killua has a whole family of problems (ba-dum-ch). His tale is one of coming of age and learning the meaning of friendship. Also, Gon and Killua form a tag team that stays together for pretty much the entire series.
The other two main characters are Leorio and Kurapika, of whom I will discuss at the same time. Gon, Killua, Leorio and Kurapika form kind of a fab-four during the first arc, but after that, Leorio and Kurapika kinda part ways. They both show up in the fourth arc, where Kurapika does some badass fighting. After that, Kurapika doesn't get much more screen time while Leorio doesn't make much of a difference to the story until the last arc. Both of them are still good characters even though they don't get as much screen time as Gon and Killua, but I have one big problem with each of them. My deal with Kurapika is that his defining characteristic is his quest to avenge his clan, of which he is the lone survivor. We've seen that before. With Leorio, it's that he probably wouldn't have gotten to be a hunter without his buddies helping him out during the exam. Also, even though we never really see him fight someone, he gets a little clip down the line that reveals he has some fighting strength.
My favorite supporting character would be Hisoka. He may be a "bad guy," but he's the kind of bad guy you root for. His motives for his "badness" are hidden for the duration of the series, but that only makes him more mysterious. Early on he takes interest in Gon because he sees his huge potential. Hisoka wants to see Gon grow up, get stronger, and then...??? Yeah, that's for you to figure out for yourself. Anyway, he still isn't the Madara Uchilla kind of villain whose goal is to enslave humanity for whatever reason. Hisoka shows up when he wants and does what he wants, only to slip back into the shadows…
The last character, or characters, I want to talk about is the Phantom Troupe. The Phantom Troupe have this Akatsuki thing going on with a club full of criminals. Their motives are somewhat explained. The gist is that they are an elite bunch who want to steal stuff. Why they steal what they steal is for you to discover. The troupe is a prime example of having creative characters without dedicating twenty minutes of backstory to each one. Also, they all have really cool powers that you learn about by watching them fight, rather than having them monologue about their powers to their foes. And the last reason I like them is a good bridge over to my favorite thing about the characters: the depth of the villains of Hunter x Hunter.
I think that Hunter x Hunter has the overall best villains of any anime I've seen. Now, I have already talked about some general things I like about Hisoka and the Phantom Troupe, but there are certain characteristics that other anime villains don't have. These characteristics are value for life and duty to one's friends. Minor spoilers coming up btw. So, there is a point in the story where a Troupe member gets killed by a main character. After that, the rest of the Troupe mourn over their lost friend. Yes, friend! One of the members actually brings of the length of their friendship with the deceased. These criminals that have killed countless people have a level of depth that I have never seen in anime villains. Another example would be in the sixth arc of the series. The main villain of that arc is as bad as they could possibly come, and even he learns to love a person that is as very weak and feeble. It should also be noted that all of the bad guys in the sixth arc have a diverse pallet of emotions that is not seen elsewhere.
After talking about the characters, it's story time! I'm going to give some thoughts on each arc without spoiling anything.
Arc 1: Easily the worst in the series. Well, I guess it's not bad, but it's not good. Everybody will tell you it's a poor representation of the show, and they are all right. I actually had to force myself through at least half of it. Still, it did set up some very important characters, as well as plant a seed for the rest of the series to grow from.
Arc 2: While it is technically an arc, it's more like a short story to develop Killua's character. It still isn't wasted time, as it gives Hunter x Hunter the push it needs to get going.
Arc 3: This is my third favorite arc of the series. It's where we really see the world of Hunter x Hunter develop. My main reason for liking it is that it is short, sweet and it gets a lot done. Coupled with some good battle sequences, it sets the foundation for the combat abilities of the characters.
Arc 4: It is what I think to be the best arc of the series, and many will agree. It introduces the Phantom Troupe and reveals the dark tone of Hunter x Hunter. Also, much more is at stake in this arc compared to the first three.
Arc 5: It kind of lost me a bit. While it was certainly good, the shift in tone compared to the previous arc missed me.
Arc 6: It is actually my fourth favorite, but many fans see it as their first favorite. All things considered, it is fantastic. However, the 61 episodes that it was left me exhausted, and there were a lot of episodes heavy on the narration side that kind of disrupted the arc's flow. Still, it's a fantastic arc with a fantastic story.
Arc 7: This arc was my second favorite, which is good, seeing how it is the last one in the series. The tone shift from the previous arc was very refreshing, and it gave me all of the things that I needed before Hunter x Hunter ended.
Now, about the actual story, Hunter x Hunter has a very cool way of doing things. The main conflict is Gon trying to find his dad, not that that is much of a conflict. What Hunter x Hunter does is use that as a guide for taking the characters to different places, proceeded by inventing a completely new conflict for the current setting. It's almost like watching what would be considered filler arcs in other shounen, except they're not filler arcs. The story of Hunter x Hunter had a billion directions it could have gone in, and the possibilities are still open.
The really great thing about Hunter x Hunter's story is that it is not afraid of taking things too far. After the first arc, it seemed like a nice and happy children's show. A couple of arcs later, the stuff on the screen had me think things like, "Oh…crap…that really just…happened." I'm not saying that death and darkness is what makes a story good, but a story without fear of where it's going is nothing but exciting. Also, few to none of the conflicts are solved through the power of friendship. It became clear early in the series that characters weren't able to do magic tricks and make a happy ending come out of nowhere. Knowing that pumps out lots of suspense in to the air.
Time to talk about the ending. Lots of people say the worst part of Hunter x Hunter is that it's over. I kind of agree, but I also disagree to. When I look at what we got, I think what we got was good. Has the story ended in the sense that an official ending has been announced? Well, no. It's not called Hiatus x Hiatus for nothing. Still, I think if we got more, it could disrupt what is actually a pretty sound ending for a very good anime.
Time for the boring stuff. Does it look good? Visually it isn't any different from the big three. Now, the soundtrack is very good. There are tons of tracks, and I love each one.
So, final verdict time. Hunter x Hunter is a huge journey. I certainly think it is worth the watch, but I would be lying if I said I'm sad that it's over. I'm actually very happy to get to watching something else. Despite the score and praise I give it, it won't get a place on my favorites because I don't see myself re-watching it for a long time. I may re-watch the fourth arc at some point, but once again, it will be a while. Still, be sure to put this on your plan-to-watch list. Hunter x Hunter really is something special, and you won't be able to understand that until you see that for yourself.
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No tiene tantos gliches, los seiyus son buenos, y cada uno de los personajes están muy bien armados, con una personalidades casi únicas.
El personaje principal es muy infantil al igual que "enano", el otro personaje principal es todo lo contrario al anteriormente mencionado, ya que es muy egosentrico y uno de los mas altos del equipo. Pero que se puede decir, los dos juntos son fascinantes y alucinantes, en pocas palabras...son "dinamita".
Sin mas análisis, le doy un 8 de 10 (8/10).
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12 of 12 episodes seen
One thing I will say that made this above an average anime was that it was funny. If you ever wanted to hear a TON of sexual jokes centered around farming and see a kawaii teacher who can't find a man hit on her students and ooze desperation and negative energy you will enjoy it. The best episode is the one where he talks about it being just another average day and it is all sorts of crazy stuff that happens that makes me die laughing. It isn't bad for a comedy but the other elements are sorely lacking and the tropes are too strong.
Story 5/10 Art 8/10 Sound 7/10 Character 5/10 Enjoyment 6/10 Overall 6/10
8 hours agoGolden Time (Anime) add
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11 of 24 episodes seen
Story: 6
To begin with, I've read the summary for this anime a lot of times and one day when I reread it again, I didn't think it would really center a lot around "memories" and I certainly didn't expect that would be so important in the plot. So I thought that this anime was going to be another boring Slice of Life anime.
But I was wrong, and I wasn't just wrong in how well it displayed in the first few episodes. Episode one started off normally like any other anime and the fact that it was a college setting made it a bit interesting as I've been sick of watching high school characters (they tend to be annoying, especially with how they are portrayed).
The main character's amnesia, I thought it was only a portion of the anime and that it won't be brought up again (thought it was just a filler for his background story), but after around episode 7, I realize that this anime may just leave me wondering how the choices the MC makes counterargue with me and the rest of this anime.
I can agree with others in that the story was interesting because I've never seen any other anime with this kind of plot. Sure, amnesia has been around a few animes, but this one involved with his past conflicting with his current self, which leaves me with questions about amnesia and whether someone should really try to go back to their past self.
The Romance genre has never been good with me because after a while, I just drop the series because there's nothing left to tell after the MC just gets together with the other person. Since the plot centered around this fast-paced and out of the blue romance relationship between the two MCs, I thought that there was literally no character development at all, it didn't appeal to me and worst of all, that's not how real life works (yes, this is anime world so I don't blame the author).
Art: 6
Nothing wrong with the series's art, but sometimes I feel really angry when seeing the two MCs face, comparing with their personalities. The other characters and their design with the art looks unique but they kind of dull in with every moment the anime goes on.
Sound: 5
I probably shouldn't rate sound a 5 because I didn't even turn my volume on when I watched this anime. I never saw and heard the opening song and ending song, and I've, of course, didn't get to hear any background music. I didn't hear any sound and was fine with it, but I could almost imagine their voices, and the voice actors were fine, nothing wrong with them.
But to be fair, even if I didn't hear the music, I won't rate it a 10 because that's unlogic. All I can say is that art and sound were about the same.
Characters: 4
Trust me, there really are characters that are immediately unlikable and not even worth mentioning, and I'm sorry to put this, but about 90% of MCs just don't go along with my head and this may only just be my opinion.
The main character acts like a goody-two-shoes and a nice guy that seems to have his way of talking to the main character girl easily in the first few episodes and it just centers around them too much, there's no space for other characters to get close with the MC girl.
Tada Banri - The MC wasn't unlikable in the first start, but after his problem with amnesia reappears, I just couldn't take it anymore. His conversations and attitude with Koko was very annoying and knowing that they were meant to be the main couple, I actually didn't want him to be with anyone in the end, aside from Linda after knowing who she was. The only thing I like about him was his past, maybe I should say that his ghost was one of the characters I like.
Kaga Koko - She was annoying but I didn't despise her in the first place (it shocks me that I actually felt bad for her in the first place when it's her fault for being a stalker and obsessive/weirdish kid). The cover of the anime mainly showed her and I already didn't want to know anything about her and she looked like the only one who's capable of wearing other clothes, whereas the rest were plain and nowhere to be found. She even looked more adult than the rest (but her personality is worse than that of an adult) and I thought it was a story of an older woman with a younger man after her first appearance in episode one.
The way she says "love" makes me think that the author didn't put enough effort in her. It felt as if she was a person who was very hard to avoid and disappear in someone's life (with what happened to Mitsuo) and then all of a sudden, someone totally capable of giving up love for him and then falling in love with another person. It really bothered me with why the MC chose to go out with someone like that instead of someone who was interesting, like Linda.
Linda - the first time she came out, I was thinking "Oh, another character that will not get together with the MC". But after knowing her past with Banri, I really started liking this character and hoped for the MC to get his mind and head straight and leave someone like Koko. His thoughts about amnesia made me hate the MC because if I had amnesia, I wouldn't want to lose my identity and start over with no one to know (of course, this is just my opinion).
Mitsuo, Oka Chinami, 2D-kun - characters who are just like placeholders for "friends". 2D-kun was suddenly part of the group and only served for a few lines and his personality began to contradict with his name and it didn't make any sense to even have him with just a few information about his likes and his name. Oka Chinami was a likable character at first and after Mitsuo started to take an interest on her, I thought they would have some character relationship development, but no, there was not. Mitsuo just started to take a liking to another person and then Oka realizes this and starts to feel for him without any mentioning of how or any way of distributing this information in the viewer's eyes. It's always about the MCs and not them, these characters' stories get nowhere and no result except that we know the MCs are the ones who get together.
Enjoyment: 5
To be honest, I actually enjoyed the series because of the plot. I enjoyed some of the characters even though they only have a little of screen time. When once the idea of amnesia awakes in an episode, it makes me want to know more only to know that the MC will have to have some time with Koko for a progressive romance, and it felt like the anime doesn't really cover that until the last episode. And the last episode wasn't enjoyable because of Linda's reply and it felt rushed and we never get to know whether she meant it or not, so how could Banri's ghost just be satisfied with just that answer? The MC returns with amnesia and amnesia can be like this, but I don't think he can just turn back and turn new and realize what is his best and true decision is.
Overall: 5
The story was good but it didn't keep me watching. I ended at episode 11 even though I decided to go to Wikipedia and read the plots for each episode to see how the author was going to manage the conclusion and watched the last episode. read more
9 hours agoGokukoku no Brynhildr (Anime) add
1 people found this review helpful
13 of 13 episodes seen
I'm writing this review immediately after watching Gokukoku no Brynhildr, and the two words I keep coming back to, to describe this show is 'rushed' and 'disappointing', so lets go over why I keep coming back to these two words.
Disappointing - A show that started out so promising with its opening few episodes slowly devolves into an ecchi/harem, there's nothing wrong with ecchi and harem shows by itself, but when an anime leads you to believe it's one thing, then takes a 180 halfway through to be a completely different show, it feels misleading and ruins any investment I previously had from that point. Even after I realized that this show was not what I originally thought it would be (and was described as) I decided to keep watching because I actually enjoyed the characters and comedy, even if they both fell under tropes that I've probably seen a million times. Little did I know that any enjoyment I would have gotten from this show would slowly be ruined as the show nears its end...
Rushed - Gokukoku no Brynhildr starts off as a pretty good show, episodes 1-3 introduce Ryouta, our "I need to protect my friends even if it means sacrficing myself" main character, Kuroha a witch with a similar mindset, and Kana who is a paralyzed witch who can look into the future and see when people are about to die, Kana helps Kuroha in her mission to help save people who are about to die, it's explained that witches rely on a pill cleverly named "death supressants" (Yes, I'm serious.) to stay alive or else they'll melt, after a series of events and a new character who is also a witch named Kazumi with the power of super hacking abilities is introduced, they manage to get more pills, and they all go to Ryouta's school and join the astronomy club so they can hide out in an observatory for the astronomy club. This is where things start to go downhill.
In episode 5 we are introduced to our final important character Kotori, and how is she introduced? Well she just transfers into the same school as our characters and also just so happens to join the astronomy club,(a club that literally nobody else in the entire school joined) wow what a set of uncanny coincidences! Anyway after Kotori is introduced the show quickly becomes an ecchi harem where each girl (besides Kana) falls under a certain trope, Kotori is the big boobed, dense always giggly girl, Kazumi is the insecure small boobed girl who has a secret crush on Ryouta that isn't really a secret because she literally throws herself at him multiple times in the show, Kuroha is the shy, 'girl next door' character that also has feelings for Ryouta but doesn't understand her feelings, and finally we have Ryouta who is supposedly a genius with a photographic memory but doesn't understand why Kuroha gets mad whenever Kazumi teases Ryouta with 'lewd' talk.
So after all the characters are set up there is a reptitive formula to this show, that trys to make it seem like the plot is moving forward when in reality very little is happening, this formula is summed up as 'Evil scientist antagonist who created all witches sends out a witch (each one gets progressively stronger as the show goes on) that gets defeated by our characters. This goes on until about episode 9, when they go into full on "rush the shit out of this show and make any enjoyable elements we had completely ruined" They end up introducing TWO more characters that are only there for plot conveniences (one to guide the character in a later episode and one to revive the character), anyway our Evil scientist character finally says "f*** it i'm done" and goes into the council (a group of people that meet with evil scientist in a strange room that are never really explained = the council) to tell them he's going to release the strongest witch named Valkyrie, the council tell him not to but he already released Valkyrie. Valkyrie and evil scientist end up confronting our characters and out of no where a completely new faction (that was only ever hinted at) shows up to try and kill all the witches, out of sure plot convenience evil scientist, Valkyrie and the witch that the evil scientist was after teleport to some cabin. From this point on the viewer is barraged with new information that makes very little sense.
The last episode alone makes this anime that I could have easily given a 6, a 4, I really can't explain why this last episode is so bad without spoiling it, but Kuroha ends up beating Valkyrie and looks up, and asks Ryouta one question, and this question is the end of the show. They literally ended the show with more questions than answers, and there were ALOT of questions before this scene with Kuroha and Ryouta.
The sad thing is the last few episodes really didn't need to be rushed as much as they were, there was SO MUCH filler in the earlier episodes that they could have just sprinkled in bits and pieces as the show went on, to give an example of how much filler there actually is, there was an entire episode dedicated to the girls getting a high test score so they could go to the beach! If the show wanted to be a harem comedy, that's fine, but this show couldn't decide what it wanted to be and ended up suffering miserably for it. read more
9 hours agoZettai Shougeki: Platonic Heart (Anime) add
5 people found this review helpful
5 of 5 episodes seen
I have long prided myself on being a lover of the best and worst that the visual medium has to offer. I don't limit myself to watching anime and movies that people, critics, or my friends think are great. I love watching things that just plain suck sometimes. So bad it's good, so bad it's HORRIBLE, I don't care- I think you can get something out of anything, even if that's "I want that hour of my life back and a bag to puke in".
I've seen a good number of godawful 80s and 90s OVAs that exist solely for exploitative purposes- tasteless, shameless, filthy, or just plain obscene things that have no good reason to be out there but for some T&A, but are cult hits regardless. Mad Bull 34, Violence Jack, Angel Cop, the list goes on and on. The "trashy OVA schlock" is basically a genre of its own, and if it's not, I'm coining the term now, Bob Saget!
I had thought that this was a dying breed, the anime equivalent of a late night titty movie- something with such a barely functional plot that served only to push you from one pointless sexual scene to another bare body. I was very, very wrong. In 2008 and 2009, studio Arms (the animators of Kite, Elfen Lied, Queens Blade, and hentai galore), perhaps the most famous tasteless anime-trash producer of all time , dropped another bomb on the world: Master of Martial Hearts.
Since this is a 5 episode OVA, there's not a whole lot that can be said regarding the plot and characters that the viewer shouldn't just see for themselves. Master of Martial Hearts is, at heart, a panty fighter in the vein of Ikkitousen and Butt Attack Punisher Girl (yeah, go look that one up). Every episode features the MC, Aya fighting against various fetish stereotype girls- the little sister, the maid, a priestess girl, flight attendant, sexy nurse/cop, and Shenhua from Black Lagoon. (cheongsams, whaddup?) PS, be on the lookout for a FOTNS reference.
Every gut busting, throat crushing, bone cracking blow from our pugilistic sadist of a MC also destroys her opponent's clothes- another note straight out of Ikkitousen. One chick takes a knee to the face, and her bra shreds into tiny pieces like paper. Another girl gets punched so hard in the stomach that her butt comes bursting out of the back of her panties and skirt. No article of clothing is safe! It's like Soul Calibur out here! Expect a lot of exposed titties to keep you glued to the screen, because it's certainly not for the personality anyone exhibits.
The next bit is the plot twists. It would be criminal of me to reveal anything, but dayum, there's so much over the top, out of nowhere melodrama that a telenovela would be jealous of Martial Hearts. If you've ever seen the SNL skit "The Californians", IT'S THAT, IT REALLY IS!
Finally, we put the icing on the crap cake that every shameless OVA Schlock must have to achieve legendary status: the dub. Staples in the OVA Schlock genre have historically consisted of the venerable Central Park Media or Media Blasters. No more. Funimation stepped up to the plate (and why they licensed this odious turd is beyond me) and immediately started swinging for the fences. It's hard to believe it, but they actually pulled out all of their A list ladies for this one- Trina Nishimura, Alexis Tipton, Cherami Leigh, Colleen Clinkenbeard, Caitlin Glass, Brittey Karbowski, Monica Rial, and they even got Luci Christian in on the action. It's an ensemble of various action girl voices, and boy, does it ever make it more fun to imagine the other characters they voice going at it in a trashy, half naked death match. I mean, the show is already about some disgusting fetish wish fulfillment, so why not imagine that the blank slate characters are replaced with ones from other series??
In all seriousness, these ladies actually didn't do a gag dub. If anything, the English version is vastly improved over the completely emotionless, robotic Japanese. It adds so much more color when they get really into it, which brings this into that special level of schlock: Shoji Sato class. High School of the Dead was a terrible anime pandering to people with swollen cow udder fetishes, as was its stablemate Triage X. But what makes them so special is how they're the perfect amount of schlock and trashy, tasteless titty movie with some super hammy and overplayed melodramatic moments. They're hilarious in how utterly ridiculous they are, (not to mention that the HOTD dub is 5/7 perfect). Shoji Sato is a man who knows his target audience, and makes manga that appeals to them. It sells. It was a shock to me that Mr Sato didn't make Master of Martial Hearts, because it's so perfectly in line with his style.
Seriously, I'm giving it a 9 for the same reason I gave Mad Bull a 9. Just plain ridiculousness. And if you manage to make it to that 5th episode... the ending will leave your sides as shredded as the girls in the show's clothes. I promise it's worth waiting until the end. You might die laughing at the sheer stupid craziness.
Oh, and if you value your eardrums, mute the opening song. It's like a tonedeaf gazelle trying to mimic the shrieks of a dying whale mixed with Eddie Vedder and nu-metal.
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9 hours agoFreezing Vibration (Anime) add
1 people found this review helpful
12 of 12 episodes seen
The difference between Freezing and Freezing Vibration is it's topic of agenda and execution of the agenda they both do.
Freezing Vibration takes off where the first season left on on but with a different plotline following Satellizer and Kazuya. So instead of the survival of humanity of Nova attacking humanity, we have a artificial vs.natural in the form of discrimination towards the newly shown plotline of E-Pandora, artificial Pandora using ordinary girls to the naturally-battle ready Pandora's. So before LA delves into this "agenda" that Vibration has, LA will get into the typical basics.
In terms of characters, we have a new line of characters, from the international Pandora's and their Limiters to the new cast of E-Pandora's, essentially the cast has DOUBLED but omitted some of the characters from the first season such as Ganessa. As for character focuses, we do get some insight to some of the characters that were hinted at the first season such as Chiffon and Elizabeth Mably voiced by Sayaka Ohara, as for the new cast of E-Pandora characters, well the centralized focus is on these new E-Pandora's, most notably Amelia Evans voiced by Suzuko Mimori. Oddly enough Satellizer and Kazuya doesn't get much of a focus until the halfway mark, however that is "slightly" compensated with an in-depth look at Satellizer's past which will for LA will immediately bring up Satellizer's younger step-brother Louis el Bridget, if there was a lack of execution or payoff for even looking into Satellizer's past with Louis involved, well the biggest problem with developing Satellizer's past is that Louis in reality didn't get the comeuppance he deserved to all he did to Satellizer in the past AS WELL AS during the events of Vibration, LA already loathed Louis as a character from the first season (in fact LA hated this character more than the main villain of Vibration), the payoff to this just wasn't handled properly. As much as the characters and their development are scattered and LA has overall mixed feelings to the new and old characters. If you want to know whether Satellizer is STILL LA's favourite character, she is, however as for the minor character cast, well LA's favourite minor character is STILL Chiffon, however Cathy Lockharte voiced by Rie Kugimiya can easily be LA's second favourite from the minor cast...and no it's not because of Rie Kugimiya.
In terms of animation done once again by A.C.G.T, well it's overall decent like the first season but LA felt that it kinda lacked in the battle department with some stiff and awkward battle movements here and there, still Vibration still has the same color palette it had in the first still briniging in that dark tone and mood it needs for this season.
The fanservice however takes a big dip in levels as Vibration gets serious with it's agenda and really due to this agenda, most of the fanservice and ripped clothing is hardly noticeably, let alone LA cares about it. However the biggest offender of the fanservice is the shameless fanservice girl of Elizabeth Mably essentially her walking in the nude is the highest level of fanservice Vibration ever gets.
Now onto the "difference of agenda" LA said at the beginning of this review, well Vibration overall has lowered their stakes in the plot for a more focus on artificiality vs. natural while taking on abused human experimentation for a "ambitious mad scientist human villain" -sigh- see what LA means by lowering the stakes, sure Vibration is multi-faceted with it's new agenda but ultimately towards the overall impact on this plot, it doesn't do much for LA to care about the plot when the villain is a scummy human villain instead of ohh LA doesn't know the already powerfully insane Nova's, made worse by Satellizer's failed execution of her past (though her character development along with Kazuya gets better) and made even worse is that Kazuya becomes utterly one-note as a supporting character to Satellizer. As much as LA is bashing Vibration LA will say that at the VERY least the new agenda Vibration took with it's multi-faceted messages doesn't ring hollow as it's centralized focus on this does make it engaging even if the payoff is horrible, also the new cast of characters of E-Pandora's and the international Pandoras are welcome additions to Freezing.
The ending if anything gave the focus from Satellizer to Chiffon Fairchild and to be honest it was kinda baffling where this ending led to, yes it actually lead to an actual death compensated with a few "deaths but not" by the end of it. Now LA really thought that this ending was a clusterfuck of themes and ideas put together with some plotlines that still become unexplained by the end of Vibration, however for a clusterfuck, LA didn't mind this ending, sure it has lots of loose plot threads (like the obvious, what the hell are the Nova's!?!??!?!) that "might" hint to another season but how batshit insane it went to the central focus of the Nova, LA didn't mind it as it had a similar ending to the first season.
Freezing Vibration, with it's negatives and positives, all LA can say about Vibration is that, it's not THAT bad a sequel to Freezing, however LA would say that if you want higher stakes in Freezing just stick to the first season, if you wanted a different agenda to Freezing and like the new cast of characters, then Vibration will scratch that itch, for LA however Vibration is "decent" but can't stand up to it's first season as the negatives "just" outweighed the positives for LA. read more
1 people found this review helpful
4 of 12 episodes seen
High school in Japan, to some people, serves as their most memorable period in the life, that they will reach deep into their memoirs to reminiscent upon. The time spent with their friends creamed off with a dash of romance blossoming late into their years serves as well of inspirations for the oncoming flood of Slice of Life (SOL) animes. With most of these shows having their basis on school life as to possibly induce local Japanese viewers wrapped in scents of nostalgia, recent shows have show a slight deviation from this norm, with SOL animes moving out from their comfort zones to explore the normality of work based life as well. Such anime, like New Game!, brings a refreshing taste of mint to the average viewers palate.
Just as much as you would expect out of any SOL anime, the overarching plot is pretty much none existent. Based on a 4-Koma manga, the story is sub-divided into individual occurrences to the characters, and how the react or dealt with the situation, and often hilarity ensues. You could hop in at any episode mid series and still get aligned with the anime. Storyline often does not serve as a strong sellout point, such is SOL animes. Instead, the genre base itself more on its individual characters, which will be gone through next. However, as mentioned, New Game! does base itself on a scenario outside of conventional school settings. Such anime have long evolved and learned from its predecessors to inculcate interesting new situations that might not be your run of the mill type seen in multiple school life anime to invigorate your soul.
Without a plot twisting storylines to base itself upon, SOL animes generally relies solely on character development, which is why I find this genre so endearing. Often by the end of a series, you felt attached to the characters, understanding them so much through their individualistic personalities and hilarious occurrences that that they seemed more of old friends to you, and grown unreasonably sad when the series comes to an end, for these friends are ending their long journey with you. The approach to New Game! is no different. The anime strongly emphases on its characters and by even end of episode one, the development made you feel you have know them for years.
Now, critics might argue that the characters for SOL animes tend to be stereotypical, with the energetic one, shy one, airhead, cute one whom looks horribly underage. This is utterly undeniable, and has been the inside joke of the anime community. I can assure you, that New Game! contains exactly the aforementioned types of characters. Yet, before you say that this is not your cup of tea, perhaps consider what made the producers and studios to stereotype these characters in particular. Maybe its the idea that these set of characters fit perfectly into any given situation like a well knitted glove, with the notation that the reaction they trigger is unrealistically appealing yet not too far-fetched so we can relate that to our own life and place ourselves with them in the predicament. It sort of serves as an ideal, unachieved notion like your Hollywood stars and their glamorous lifestyles or a really nice dream. These set of characters and delusory situations that we will never get to meet in life, yet secretly wish that they are part of us, to laugh and cry about. Therefore, I do recommend anyone to try SOL animes least once, and perhaps starting with New Game!.
Props to New Game! though. Despite generalised characters, their behaviors do seemed to stand out, or perhaps exaggerated more than the norm. In particular, Hifumi's shyness as well as Yagami's laid-back attitude seemed to complement the series' development as a whole greatly, and is extremely entertaining to watch. Other characters tend be overshadowed at times, including our dear main character Aoba. Overall, I would say that the producers did a outstanding job on the characters.
The artstyle is pretty standard for a SOL anime, with upbeat and vibrant colours garnishing the entire anime. Characters are colourful as well, and are well designed to drawn attention on first glance. Its not revolutionary or explicit in any case, but certainly it suffice to lighten up the overall atmosphere and compliment its characters well.
As for the soundtracks used, the opening is fairly catching, standard for a SOL anime. Background music are not exceptional but are provided at appropriate timings and do serve to lighten up the mood, enough to make you laugh along.
Overall, I would say I enjoyed New Game! a lot, and would really recommend anyone to give it a try.
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2 people found this review helpful
750 of ? episodes seen
Story: I'm not going to lie, the story has a very basic cycle openly but it has a main story building in the background. The story typically plays out with Luffy arriving at an island, the people are friendly but something is wrong. the person controlling the island is evil and must be stopped. Luffy has no reason to help but he gets so pissed of at whatever is wrong that he makes a promise to a member of the island (typically a girl) that he will kick the villians ass. The very often 2D villain is evil for evils sake gets beaten off as Luffys crew in order of importance defeats his underlings. After this they have a party and leave. this cycle is repeated with something little being added to the overall story every arc, This building up to a dramamtic ending.
Art: I don't have to say much about this, its horrible but you will get used to it.
sound: the soundtrack is awesome, I listen to the indivioul tracks all the time, adds something to every scene.
Character: Luffy is a life loving badass, undereducated, simple minded, strong moraled and willed pirate. He sets his mind to something and does it, he has no fear which builds into his badass nature. His character changes after a serious event before a 2 year time skip and he developes a sense of what its like to be scared and powerless. However with how good Luffy is, most of his crew is 2D. With the exception of Roronoa Zoro, he's first mate and swordsmen.
Enjoyment: For me their is nothing more important then enjoyment in and show. I can say without a doubt you will enjoy this show, it is a feel good joy ride that always leaves you with a smile. it sets up a grand scale world with many lovable characters.
Overall: This show is exciting, engaging and allows you to leave the world and engulf yourself in a fantasy world like no other. I'm sure anyone who watches this will atleast leave with a smile, it is wonderful.
0 people found this review helpful
2 of 2 episodes seen
Art: so l loved the art of this series. The female characters all look soft and have lovely shapes and proportions. More hentai should have Character designs like this. the blue haired student and the purple haired teacher are my personal favs but all the girls are appealing. the main guy is disgusting but they were going for that. The movements were fluid for the most part and there was a lot of variety in the positions so not as much reshooting the same movements over and over. the bodies shook and jostled appropriately. They were beautiful. Background art? what background art? it was dark toned and .. i dont know who cares?
Sound: i cant critique much on sound. their moans aroused me.. so yeah
Character: The dude was disgusting. the purple haired teacher seemed motherly so it was awesome that she got pregnant. the red head was Tsundere i suppose. eh. the blue haired girls personallity didnt stand out too much but she was the best to look at in my opinion. she seemed athletic though, more so than the others. the blonde was evil trashy and manipulative and iloved it.
Enjoyment: yeah i come back to watch this one a lot.
So yeah
11 hours agoBig Order (TV) (Anime) add
3 people found this review helpful
10 of 10 episodes seen
I wont even waste time writing much about it. Long review short A stupid MC got OP powers, destroys the world when he was a fucking kid, tries to make it right but just doesnt have the brains or the sense how to do it or use his powers. Only acts as a tag along for the whole series put in place just for the right moments.
Was expecting a lot from the makers of Mirai Nikki but This show can suck my *****.
Got to write a longer review so just adding some random words and sentences here just like the crappy plot of this show.. &*%^$%($^*(&(%^&*$%$%
12 hours agoFairy Tail (Anime) add
2 people found this review helpful
175 of 175 episodes seen
Oh the characters are the best each has their own backstory and in depth heartaches which make them who they are its hard not to love them even the bad guys when they're so detailed, Personally I can never wait for a new piece of the fairy tail puzzle and I've still yet to see everyone I hope I can *fingers crossed* oh and following on from the amazing characters I should mention each of them has a unique magic and style to them which boosts the story ten fold hehe and remembering them all is tricky at first but it does get easier don't fret.
The main cast is great though not all are my favorites but I guess that's how it goes I'm not worried though... And there's something else the shipping it gets pretty intense within the fandom and some episodes troll the heck out of some ships and others sink them entirely I'm still waiting for the day mine comes true ya know? hehe well I hope this helps you decide to watch this series too I know its given me many laughs and tears. Good luck.
This anime has been subbed in english.
It has also been dubbed in english *thumbs up* hope it helps.
(sorry about the others i have no idea I only speak english)
12 hours agoAldnoah.Zero (Anime) add
1 people found this review helpful
7 of 12 episodes seen
Story: 4/10
The story is predicated on the assassination of the princess of Vers (Mars) but it isn't engaging at all. During the whole series, she's essentially the character in the least amount of danger after the failed assassination attempt. A few minor changes would have made this anime a 7, 8, or even a 9. The removal of some minor character, some relationship links, some familial ties maybe.
*spoiler - Ep 2* Had Inaho's sister actually died, the MC would have had something riding on defeating the Vers knights.
Most of the characters have their own tragic reason for wanting to battle the Vers empire and end the war... everyone but the MC. He's just the brother of a pilot school instructor, who happens to be yet another Logan's Run-esque middle school aged messiah figure/tactical genius. He's comparatively good at maneuvering the bots, only because everyone else literally stands there shooting at things.
The story has zero stakes in play, every character is floating in the thin water soup that is the 'plot' of this anime, and in fact, many of them don't need to be there at all, namely Lt. Marito. I really could have given a shit about the fate of these characters.
Art: 7/10
A typically visually pleasing anime from A-1 Productions. A little bit of same face different hair syndrome happening with a handful of the female characters, but hey, look at K-on, those girls are essentially the same person in four different wigs and most people like that anime.
Characters: A sub-par storyline clearly doesn't have many compelling characters. 4/10
The only character that has any inkling of development in these 12 episodes (though at the time of writing I've only seen 7 episodes because the plot is pretty transparent already) is Slaine, and that's only because he starts off as a spineless fanboy and becomes an almost three-dimensional character, almost.
The soundtrack during the lacklustre fight scenes almost makes you think something integral to the plot is happening; but of course, that's just the magic of a decent soundtrack. If not for the music, the fight scenes would have been at best, cringe-worthy.
TL;DR: Banal anime with barely any plot, cool enough art, and semi-decent characters, watch it if you're tired of animes with umm.. plots and character development I guess.
12 hours agoCode Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch (Anime) add
3 people found this review helpful
25 of 25 episodes seen
ART. Studio is Sunrise, the studio that did Cowboy Bebop, Gintama, InuYasha. The characters here are uniquely drawn - they're quite lean, except the occasional fat ones, but Lelouch and his friends and enemies are for the most part pretty slim. The hair is also unique. Overall the art is quite distinctive, not super awesome like that of ufotable but pretty good. It's quite different from that of Cowboy Bebop though.
SOUND. Without a doubt one of my favorite soundtracks out there. Kotaro Nakagawa brilliantly does an orchestral-esque symphony of sound with brass fanfare to punctuate the climactic moments. Percussion and what I think is guitar make this OST even more awesome.
CHARACTER. Who is Lelouch Lamperouge? He is the ultimate mastermind, the one who calls himself Zero who commands the resistance as a chessmaster moves the pieces. His moves to topple the empire are brilliant. Reminiscent of Light Yagami, but better I think, for Lelouch is not entirely good nor evii but more of an anti-hero. You encounter quite a few morally ambiguous questions in this anime, some morally ambiguous characters. The characterization is not entirely brilliant as is that for Clannad or FMAB and would normally merit an 8, but because of who Lelouch is, I give it a 9.
ENJOYMENT. I saw episode 1 and didn't find it particularly awesome, so I entered a hiatus, but after seeing Code Geass on so many top 10 lists I saw episode 2 and was hooked. For Lelouch has the Geass -- what's that, I wonder?
one word to describe this anime: brilliant
2 people found this review helpful
12 of 12 episodes seen
The plot was amazing, and the characters seemed to fit so well in the story, and you can say I got addicted to it. It was a very surprising story because of its plot twists, and you can say my heart was broken for a while.
If you love gore and mystery, and maybe even thriller, I highly recommend this anime to you. Or if you simply like to see people getting killed. (I love it by the way, only in animes though).
Would you be more interested if I told you that ''Another'' is based on a true story from the 18th century?
Yesterday, 2:42 PMKuromukuro (Anime) add
1 people found this review helpful
7 of 26 episodes seen
/!\ This review contains minor spoilers /!\
This review was written after finishing 7 episodes.
Of the 1st episode:
A mysterious black cube(-like) object, as well as a big-ass robot (referred to as "relic") were dug up in Japan, which they couldn't keep, nor move, so they built a city under the jurisdiction of the United Nations (UN) right there, studying them.
However, one fateful day similar big-ass robots accompanied by small chickenbots started raining down the sky. At that time, the chosen airhead heroine (17yo) touched the black cube thing which then birthed a samurai (18yo), who then bowed down calling her princess.
After the initial confusion settled, we get to know that our heroine just *happens* to be the princess' lookalike (with many more coincidences to come!), and that the samurai spent the last 450 years inside that cube. The "demons" aka the big-ass robots are our samurai's sworn enemies, so he kidnaps the princess, the cube transforms into a weird levitating vehicle, they hop in, find the "relic" based on intuition, vehicle transforms back to a cube, docks into the big-ass robot and they are already on their way to slay the intruders, because OF COURSE they are the chosen ones, mankind's only hope! Together they will be victorious! And romance! And other cool stuff!
Indeed, first we have big-ass robots invading, then we have old alien technology recovered along with a man, then it turns out bullets, rockets, shells and even nukes are useless and can't even put a nice scratch on these robots, basically the military is utterly useless as always, then said robots start waving swords around and punching one another,
because that's how advanced civilizations fight.
This is in fact a show about alien samurai piloting space samurai robots and invading Earth for no apparent reason (emphasis on apparent), battling a human samurai piloting an over 450 years old and surely not outdated samurai robot.
Because samurai.
Good luck trying to count the clichés.
On the bright side, the show does give at least rudimentary excuses/explanations for certain things, such as the answer to the question "how do we repair a high-tech robot we can't even begin to understand?".
Characters include
our samurai, who is hot-headed and loud, ignorant to the present, but also to women or pretty much anything else that does not involve fighting.
His views on the world are different and I am no expert at the social norms of feudal Japan so I cannot tell how accurate it is, still it's emphasized how confused our samurai is by the habits, the technology, and the people's mindset of the present.
The results are often comedic.
In time, he begins to get used to technology and learn history, his history.
Realizing all he had was gone, he focuses (or rather, continues to focus) on slaying all the invading demons, however, "relic" refuses to do his bidding without the princess on his side.
The princess (not really a princess I just don't give a damn about her name) is an airhead who has zero motivation to do anything. At all.
She has no idea what she wants to do or become.
As an example, her "career plan" is "Mars", followed by "Mercury" and "Jupiter". As the planets.
On a certain faithful day, she was kidnapped and essentially forced into the fight between humanity...I mean, between the samurai and these demons, and surprise, she does not want that either.
Really, that's pretty much her character. Not wanting anything.
Her father happened to study said relic and prophesize the second coming of these Demons (because coincidence), and disappeared later on. Because of that, princess was called a liar so she hates her father. Being a 17 years old girl is just tough, makes her act like a pampered 12 years old.
The rest of the characters were rather generic also, including an arrogant princess type loli whose most cliché phrase was "why does it have to be her", she also knows the samurai better than a samurai from 450 years ago.
Her butler has the depth of a teaspoon, he really is "just there",
a "marine" kid whose only distinct trait is his over-the-top foul mouth,
his navigator(?) whom I've forgotten completely.
There are a few cardboard cutout schoolmates, some with the reasoning of a goldfish, the samurai fan little sister of the princess, their monk uncle, and their UN researcher mother, who's sometimes pushy, somewhat protective and an airhead, but has little presence and impact on the story, mostly serves as a tool for drama, and the character explaining technology. Princess doesn't seem to like her mother either, by the way.
These side and supporting characters did not change and contributed very little to the story (so far) and could be replaced, even removed by making minor changes to the story, as the show appears to be focusing on the samurai and the princess the most, with a bit of a focus on their relationship with other characters for reasons such as melodrama.
The drama is forced, the twists are weak, uninspired.
I can not really explain without spoilers, so let's say that so far MC blindly pursues his ideals without giving just a moment of thought about other possibilities or the consequences of his actions. Too simple-minded to my taste, but one character hardly ruins a series.
But two does.
Princess still doesn't want "it", whatever that "it" might turn out to be. When she's told she doesn't have to do what she doesn't want to do, she says "lies" and continues to complain, because she sure knows better.
Her mother would support her whatever she wanted to become, and as we could see in the first episode she really does, yet princess says her mother doesn't let her choose, even though she herself has not the slightest idea what she wants still. "My parents are selfish, they should care about their daughter more!" could be the motto of our hypocrite princess. I find it unreasonable and uninteresting.
Of comedy, I suppose it's very opinional. Although I wouldn't say the show excels at it, I found myself enjoying it for the most part.
As said the twists are weak, like the identity of the demons, or their fluent Japanese, but don't worry, apparently they speak nearly 200 languages (of Earth), because how else would we get to know their plans, or make demands?
The tone of the show is light, it's comedic, (with childish melodrama but that's been mentioned already).
If you are hoping for a Game of Thrones anime where you don't know which one of your favorite characters will die next, likely you'll be disappointed, as even those who apparently seek danger and try their best to get themselves killed survive and return with a few scratches and a smile. Trains, cars, houses destroyed, no report of injured civilians either.
Again, the show relatively lighthearted.
As for the art, it's fine until the robots enter. Full CG, and though their most generic movements (walking, running) are somewhat fluid and pleasant to watch, their appearance is out of place. Moreover, the frequent punching and falling leaves no mark, they barely ever appear damaged. No pieces flying, no parts twisting or bending, not even scratches or dirt.
Another downside, still-shots, smoke screens, distant shots and similar tricks were utilized to reduce the cost of animation, and though I do not mind it usually, it was painfully obvious at times.
In short, the animation of characters, of the city and such, it was fine, but the animation of the robots, of combat, it was most certainly not fine, it was poor.
I have not hoped for anything in particular starting the series, yet I was mostly disappointed and/or annoyed by what it had to offer, only enjoying moments of the samurai-meets-the-present jokes.
Note that with only 7 episodes in, nothing is absolute.
Interesting secrets might unfold, characters may change or realize how idiotic they are, story may develop and turn dark, its pace may change and visuals may...
...get used to?
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Yesterday, 2:27 PMBig Order (TV) (Anime) add
1 people found this review helpful
10 of 10 episodes seen
Not quite sure where this show's massive hate base came from - at least, not compared to every other boring, inconsequential, and downright awful anime of which we get at least ten of every season - but I will say that if the parents in The Monkey's Paw had actually seen their kid, he'd probably look like a visual representation of this series' technicals. For starters, whenever something titillating happens in this show, there's always a bright flash of light that makes it look the images had been caught on fire prior to airing and the production team decided to just air it anyways because they made a deal with Satan and he's very stingy regarding when he wants his animu. Apparently, Satan isn't so stingy regarding whether he can actually see the underage boobage or what's actually happening in general, because the fire engulfed like 90% of the frames whenever a scene happens in order to make pre-pubescent boys experience their first erection, and since Big Order is a schlock anime, you're going to be seeing quite a bit of damaged footage by the time it finishes. You'll also notice watching the show that the violent images in this series were reportedly evacuated from the fire before it got too big, but because they're directed with about as much enthusiasm as a USA police officer has for a black person's safety and animated with a budget of three nickels, I speak no hyperbole when I say that a bunch of stick figures duking it out would have been more exciting to watch.
And a lot has already been said about the sound mixing and choice of music, which is so utterly mismatched regarding what's going on that you could have put on one of those never-ending loop videos featuring a Rick Astley song and it would have blended in just as well. I wasn't really paying attention to it because the show aired on the same day as four other anime I kept up with and I mostly played video games when going through the boring half of that output just to keep myself from falling asleep, but the fact that I can't remember a single tune doesn't speak well for the composer of that shit. But of course, what else can you expect from asread? You know asread, right? The guys who gave us Shuffle, and then gave us Shuffle again? Can you imagine the censorship in that show if aired today? Depending on who you are, you'll either get more pissed off at the series than you already are now or laugh like a hyena because your mind has broken to the point that you can't imagine what you're watching.
But even if you did put yourself into the mindset of the four or five complete freaks who will always like your horrible product and accept the horrendous production, you still have to deal with the story and characters - or lack thereof because this show's handling of them is so poor that it makes Angel Beats look like Six Feet Under. The plot is focused on a young middle-school kid named Eiji, a kid who screams "I want to be Lelouch" so much that he might as well have had the costume included with his summoning of the Jojo/Ajin stands that represent the superpowers in this show and give him the ability to control people. He was apparently responsible for destroying the world in his youth in order to protect his younger dying sister, and due to the terror caused by that incident, he isolates himself from the rest of the world with only some mysterious girl who's name I can't remember due to how little importance she actually had to keep him company. One day however, another mysterious girl named Rin transfers to his classroom, intent on taking revenge for her family due to them being a casualty of Eiji's crime, only to be put under his control and turned into his masochistic love slave thanks to her immortality. However, with her comes a giant organization intent on exploiting Eiji's powers for their own gain, and Eiji ends up awakening to his potential as an Order user in order to deal with all that happening in his life, keep his sister happy, and save/destroy the world. What follows is what I can only describe as the writers of this show throwing out a ton of toys from their Geass/Evangelion-ripoff box and seeing which one sticks.
It's really appalling just how much happens in this show and yet not a single thing that does is engaging because of the show's utter disregard for context. There's a lot of plot, but there's so little story behind it to the point that it feels like an abridged series without the dubbing. Eiji himself is pretty bland as a lead character, only being defined by what the plot tells him to do and nothing else when it takes a break. The only thing close to an engaging hook is the questions brought up regarding whether you'd save or destroy the world if you had the power to do so, but Big Order never expounds on the philosophies the characters have towards this theme with anything more than either a token "well that's how they feel" or because "I'm an anime character", which is about as tacked on a reason as you can get short of "because I'm in a porno". And speaking of being an anime character, it's really hard to take anyone seriously because they all look like rejected cosplay competitors, they're all lame anime stereotypes whose humor blends poorly with the setting, and all the girls and one or two guys fall for our bland male character's cock to the point that they don't mind actually getting pregnant from him. Oh and yes, that pregnant or not pregnant bunny girl looks a lot like Rei Ayanami. Because you can't be a post-90s anime if you're not ripping off Evangelion (and you can't be a post-2012 anime if you're not ripping off Jojo).
I strongly advise not trying to connect everything that happens on your first watch, because there are some things in life that the human mind just isn't made to comprehend. The best I can summarize it is that there's this organization that opposes the one that wants to use Eiji, his father is the true reason behind the world's destruction, his sister is incredibly vital to the plan, there's a bunch of crazy men, there's a bunch of even crazier ladies, and not a single thing I just spoiled matters because the ending shits over everything that happened prior in a way that I won't go into, but let's just say I didn't make that Eiji: The Harem King joke earlier lightly. Oh, and there's incest. According to manga fans, the incest is something the anime added because…there is no justification to add incest. It's incest. It's fucking disgusting.
But then again, I guess that's why it was included in the first place. Because one thing I've learned from watching Evangelion clone after Evangelion clone is that they always focus on the more disturbing parts of that series and never on, y'know, the reason why those disturbing parts worked in the first place? And Big Order definitely does not break that mold, what with its prepubescent sex, violent usage of superpowers, and of course, the nuclear missile I mentioned earlier. Of course, Devadasy at least had some balls in regards to its pretentious imagery. For all of Big Order's claims to be edgy trash, it never goes far enough with that adjective and just ends up being plain trash. None of that prepubescent sex I mentioned leads to anything interesting let alone actual penetration, and the violence is hard to take seriously when it's executed like a Xebec production. You know Xebec, right? The guys responsible for Argevollen and Tokyo ESP? Why yes, I did remind you those shows existed, and now you want to kill me for it.
The only positive I really have for Big Order is that the monochrome effect used to indicate a different dimension in the final episode was alright. Other than that though, Big Order is a classic victim of being birthed from a lack of imagination and teeth, unable to make what it rips off its own and suffering massively for it. I wouldn't join its massive hate base in calling it one of the worst anime of all-time, but I also wouldn't recommend it even if you're a trash-lover. Most of the trash anime this year alone at least had good animation and visual direction that could carry you if you just mute the screen and turn off the subtitles. The only way Big Order would look good to you is if you wore sunglasses and then poured acid all over your eyes. read more
Yesterday, 1:51 PMPing Pong The Animation (Anime) add
6 people found this review helpful
11 of 11 episodes seen
I truly had a sickened look on my face all throughout the eleven episodes of this filth. Everytime I saw the main charachter I wanted to scream ''whats your story'' at the screen. If I had a choice of having tiny cuts carved into my testicles and then salt and lemon juice to be poured over them , or sitting through this disease again I would choose the ball cutting in an instant. After completing this series , I wanted to watch something with an actual story so I decided to indulge in all of the filler episodes from Naruto. These Naruto episodes are infinitely better in every way imaginable than Ping pong the animation.
The term ''animation'' is taken quite lightly these days as this so called anime resembles a powerpoint presentation. It uses the highest form of disease ....Rotoscope animation.
I would honestly love to know where the income is sourced for these kind of productions, Shonen Jump must be pulling money out of their anuses to fund this ridiculousness because I certainly do not see another explanation. My dream in life is to see the situation that spawned this awful awful anime and to hear the conversation between a board of directors and the creators. What kind of bank hands over money to someone who pitches this kind of shit. No doubt this was produced by some form of immigrant who recieved a grant (funded by the taxpayer) to fulfill his or her dirty fantasy to create this filth. I could sit hear and write about immigration all day but that is a story for another time.
Overall I really am lost for any other word for this anime other than a complete disgrace and a mockery of japanese culture and anime in general. I would be ashamed to be associated with this production and I feel that any poor soul that watched this accidentally should be offered complimentary counselling and treatment at this stage.
This is not what the taxpayer should be funding. We go to work in fields such as electrical , medical and educational and then we have our finances and our efforts diluted into an embarrassment such as this ! I for one hope my country never disgraces itself with something of the calibur of Ping pong the animation as it is truly in a league of its own.
Any person who enjoys this anime legitimately is either extremely autistic and may god have mercy on their souls. I hope that the standard of anime improves over the coming years because if it does not the next generation will never have the chance to see what a real plot is or a charachter progression. That is why I have chosen to not reproduce if this comes to light as I could not live with the guilt of bringing a child into the same world where ping Pong the animation exists.
I choose not to make any further comment on this production until a sequel is created.
I drink to forget but I always remember. read more
Yesterday, 1:50 PMDanganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Zet... (Anime) add
4 people found this review helpful
3 of 12 episodes seen
As you probably already know, there are two seasons of DR airing this summer, one airing on Monday and the other airing on Thursday. The one airing on Monday is the Future Arc, a sequel to both games and this one that airs on Thursdays is the Despair Arc, a prequel to both games also. SO if you are here after completing the anime of the first game and want to watch this, STOP AND TURN AROUND because this is not the animation of the second game and you'll just end up a confused mess, meaning you wont enjoy this as much as you should. Both DR3s assume you have played both games, (playing Ultra Despair Girls and reading Danganronpa 0 are also recommended) so watching it without doing so will be a waste of time.
Now onto the review;
So far this Despair Arc really sets the scene of how vibrant and cheerful life was at Hopes Peak prior to the events of the most awful, most tragic event in human history or whatever it's called. The studio stays true to the art style and the soundtrack is as great as ever. The characters you fell in love with in DR2 are back and act a usual, with the exception of Komaeda (not batshit crazy yet).
After episode 2 the despair begins, starting with the Twilight Syndrome Case but I wont go into any details since you should already know what will happen, given you've already played the game.
If you are too afraid to watch this given the disappointing results of the adaptation of the first game, I can assure you that this is much different. The only negative I can give this season so far is it's extremely fast pace. It's quite hard to stomach some information as its thrown in your face followed by another event that can make you forget whats going on. Also, the first two episodes are mainly just your average slice of life, comedy series but they still contains important information so I wouldn't skip it if I were you.
Lastly, the opening is very symbolic. If you like to make theories and such, I suggest watching the opening a few times as you may be able to gain a lot of info from it but I'm not much of an analyst.
0 people found this review helpful
25 of 25 episodes seen
First of all, the story is unique. There aren't many western style churches featured in most anime and the way this one is done is pretty entertaining. The plot moves forward at a good pace (except when Teito is moping around, that was kinda dragged on) and incorporates really nice elements into the story.
Second, the characters are welly rounded and have entertaining relations with each other. There are a few cliche characters, however that can be overlooked because of the plot. Also, the villains here are great, they are all types of crazy and have a nice design.
Also, the sound and artwork are done nicely. The character's outfits are a little funny though I've seen worse. There's little animation flaws here and there but no anime is without them.
Lastly, this anime does not cover the entirety of the manga though the story is satisfactory and does not deviate much from the original. I very much dislike that they cut the story off because the rest probably deserves animation. Any way the way it's cut off leaves things somewhat confusing, maybe reading the manga is a better choice (or do what I did and see the anime then read the manga).
Yesterday, 1:44 PMPokemon: The Origin (Anime) add
1 people found this review helpful
4 of 4 episodes seen
This anime truly is a work of art. And by a work of art i mean that "modern art" which is just a rock and a pile of dirt under a pane of glass that everyone pretends to enjoy. It is literally the script of Pokémon Red, completely acted out into a 6 season show, only just as they finished. Nintendo realised that this year was yet another deficit, which was the cause of their directors untimely demise (R.I.P Sotoru Iwata. Always remembered <3 ). So they couldn't afford it, so what they did is picked four random "episodes" and made 2 minute debriefs that span Seasons upon Seasons, mashed it all together, and this came out of Game Freaks anus. Its DISGUSTING and i would give it negative numbers if i could. The only redeeming factors are the reasnable art style and nostalgic pokemon cries.
As i told Dwayne this, i could see the tears well in his eyes. He ran away, he ran til he could run no more. And no one could find him. TO be honest, no one was looking anyway. The next day at school however, I was stomaching a sausage roll when i noticed a shadow on the ground, when i looked up i saw it. Dwayne, his arms outstretched, posing his body as that of Jesus our lord and savior on the cross. He had a rusty knife in his hand, faintly stained with blood, his mothers no doubt, he then stabbed himself, screaming about how "He wanted a fanciful death" and how "there were too many questions and not enough answers" he fell to the ground, as his bodily fluids splattered everywhere. Sheilagh O Mahony Kennedy's letter arrived at Davrils house that evening.
Dear Davril Dahern, We regret to inform you of Dwaynes untimely demise. We witnessed him early that day screaming "Look at me lads look at me" as he taunted Dwinns dog. He was savagely attacked and brutally disfigured. With his last breath, he climbed to the top of our fine establishment (in kerry). His will to live was ultimately ended by someone named Kate Downs? As he cut her name into his back. ANyways, ima keryy woman myself, so have a beautiful day. Btw if you expect use to pay insurance, you can go fuck yourself you pityful eexcuse for a woman
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Yesterday, 1:41 PMShisha no Teikoku (Anime) add
0 people found this review helpful
1 of 1 episodes seen
The animation was good.
This is yet another movie that attempts to mask its lack of direction with impenetrable philosophy, pretending to super deep when there is actually nothing there. The use of fictional historical characters is just an attempt to be super edgy and is little more than a cheap hook to fool viewers into thinking that it goes somewhere (hint: It doesn't). If you ever wanted to think to yourself, "WTF am I watching?", or "I could be doing something productive instead," then this is the perfect movie for you.
The only reason it keeps 3 stars is because the whole animated corpses in society concept is just engaging enough.
In the words of /u/kuddlesworth9419:
"The first half of the film is pretty good but it falls apart in the second half. Nothing is explained. Characters' motivations and intentions are just pulled out of nowhere. The final "fight" is a complete mess. I had no idea what The One was even trying to do. What were the crystals (some energy thing I think). Why is sound visible, why does sound effect the dead, why are the dead eating people (zombies? I assume), androids?, where did that come from. It's a real mess."
Yesterday, 1:37 PMHoukago no Shokuinshitsu (Anime) add
1 people found this review helpful
2 of 2 episodes seen
This anime makes me wonder why or how this was created. It looks like it was animated by 5 year olds with MS paint. Also YAOI HANDS YAY.
I've seen some bad anime, believe me, but this one takes the trash cake title of being the worst anime I've ever laid eyes on. And I do not say that lightly.
If you want to waste an hour of your life, don't waste it on this, waste it on some higher grade trash like Vampire Holmes or Diabolik Lovers. Because, while they may still be trash, at least it's somewhat better trash.
1 people found this review helpful
11 of 11 episodes seen
Yesterday, 1:19 PMPokemon: The Origin (Anime) add
2 people found this review helpful
4 of 4 episodes seen
Overall the anime was rushed beyond belief as what usually would take place over 2 or 3 seasons takes place in a couple of minutes in pokemon the origin. Everything about this anime makes me more suicidal then I have ever been in the past and I can truly say it is the blight of the franchise and that it should be removed from dispersal or else corrected as a full 120 episode season with a new artist.
I entered pokemon Origins with very high hopes as I love the pokemon franchise from the bottom of my heart, However I left the series feeling frightened , violated , dissapointed and quite sick. I had the urge to vomit as I turned off my computer.
I really expected more from the name of such a classic franchise , but as my grandfather once said ... Beggars cant be choosers.
1 people found this review helpful
13 of 13 episodes seen
Spoiler alert beforehand.. The best thing about this show was that it was released all at once. I mean this is the first show I have seen where all the episodes were released together. So no waiting for weeks and weeks which is a definite plus.
Moreover its about a 27 yr old part timer and I can relate to that. I am much younger than him but I am also at that stage where I need to work to eat or to even watch anime. I really wish I got a pill like that to redo my life. *sigh
Kaizaku is a interesting character and so are the other supports. The character development is well thought out and the anime is mostly friendship/relationship based.
I will be eagerly waiting for the second season but sad news looks like I will have to wait for a long time.
Yesterday, 12:42 PMRe:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu (Anime) add
5 people found this review helpful
25 episodes
On one hand I feel angry watching how the MC is developing. That is not how a typical anime protagonist should be. But on the other I am loving it. Precisely because its not your average 'go with the flow' style. The creators took a risk and it really paid up.
There is so much pain, love, comedy, tragedy, gore, horror, adventure, and what other genres there are. Its such a good mix I can't believe it myself. Its like Akame Ga Kill but I would have to say this one is much better.
I would have given it a 10 but I have a love/hate situation going on with Subaru so a 9.
Maybe 9.5
Yesterday, 12:13 PMDagashi Kashi (Anime) add
4 people found this review helpful
12 of 12 episodes seen
The art is really good and the characters have super nice personalities, hobbies and make funny faces and all. I like the way they described every single character and that they were totally different from each other. It was only weird that they always wore the same clothes every day.
The sexual humor is really enjoyable and the sounds are also great.
It's an amazing anime to watch if you like colorful, happy and humoristic anime's!
Yesterday, 12:11 PMDanganronpa 3: The End of Kibougamine Gakuen - Zet... (Anime) add
6 people found this review helpful
3 of 12 episodes seen
For those that don't know this is one of two of the Danganronpa anime running now the other being side future. With side future you atleast need to have seen the anime based off the first game or played the game yourself or atleast have some knowledge. Side Despair on the other hand is pretty much a prequel to both the first 2 games, mainly the first. You might want to atleast have some knowledge on the games or the anime before watching either one. But anyway today I am going over side despair.
Story- For those that don't know Side Despair is basically showing what happen before the biggest most horrible tragic despairing event in history and stars the remnants of the despair or the 77th class in hope peak academy's main course. Going to be honest here and say I like this one over Side Future, which might have to do with the fact I have been more interested in the 2nd games characters stories then I have been with the first games characters. Pacing is alright and I would be happy if they stuck with the happy stuff in the anime. But as most people know, this is Danganronpa. You ain't going get no happiness. Only Hope and Despair. And no happiness allowed (Despite the first 2 episodes hie story making me smile and laugh...But after that, no happiness for me, you, or anyone watching this.)
Overall though I do like the story in Side Despair. Plus unlike the game adaption this and side future are anime exclusive so hopefully pacing doesn't suffer like it did in the game adaption as much as I love it.
Art- I haven't seen that much of Lerche's anime but for he ones I have seen like the game adaption and Monster Musume it good. And I like in this anime to. Like the backgrounds, characters designs, pretty much almost everything. Got no major complaints with it.
Sound- I love the opening and ending to this anime. I love them to death. And the Japanese voice actors are good as far as I am concerned. Not a single complaint about anyone of them really.
Character- I love the second games characters. They all pretty much have there personalities from Ibuki being energetic to Mikan being extremely clumsy all the way to Hiyoko being a little bitch and TeruTeru being a extreme pervert. I love all of them. I loved them more then the first games characters which compared to them, I consider bland. All the characters keep there personalities which I love. Even Nagito and his crazy self to a certain extent.
Enjoyment- Between Side Despair and Side Future, I am loving side despair more. Loving every minute of it so far.
Overall- I recommend this anime whole heartedly. But I think you might want to have some knowledge on the series, atleast a little bit before you watch this. Wether you love it or hate it is up to you. I don't tell people what to think. But I know for a fact I am enjoying every single minute of it.
With that being said I'm out. Peace people
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10 people found this review helpful
4 of 12 episodes seen
One of my all time favorite anime to this day is "Barakamon" which is a slice of life journey that taught me so much on what it meant to see our world as a beautiful canvas. It's most definitely hard to deny how excited I was when the news came in that it was receiving a prequel called "Handa-Kun'. However, once walking into this entry..I was left bitterly disappointed at what I was looking at. This is like receiving tickets to Disneyworld but instead being taken to a broken down arcade machine.
Handa-Kun was chosen to be a gag story in a school setting instead of being an actual meaningful prequel that have could have expanded more on Handa's character before the intro of Barakamon. By "gag story" I am referring to just absolute nonsense while using "funny" Barakamon related jokes. In other words..Handa-Kun is just a way to milk the series more. Nothing else.
Yeah, you could definitely say I'm being harsh but let me ask you a question. How would you feel if Fullmetal Alchemist:Brotherhood received a prequel on Maes Hughes and it just turned out to be an entire gag comedy about how much he loves his daughter? Sure, Maes Hughes is insanely awesome(in my opinion anyways) but such a concept wouldn't hold up just as a comedy with Fullmetal Alchemist jokes. You would need serious storytelling attached to that because it was also what made Hughes a great character. Even the funniest of writing styles only really work due to the serious tones of the story its being wrapped around.
My point being, the comedy aspect in Barakamon only worked so well because it was being played alongside an emotional story about a guy trying to figure out his life. It's bad enough when Handa Kun doesn't do that good of a job as a gag anime even if it was the first entry of its own thing. I'm not lying, there wasn't much here that made me laugh. You want a funny gag anime that is airing in summer 2016? Go watch "Saiki Kusuo" as that at least contains more originality to this concept.
Overall: My vision of a prequel would have been seeing Handa's love for calligraphy develop for the very first time and then it all slowly leading into the big intro that the first episode of Barakamon is known for. Instead, this is just a shameless cash-in that will make some fans laugh while having others question what could have been.
Yesterday, 11:36 AMStreet Fighter II: The Movie (Anime) add
3 people found this review helpful
1 of 1 episodes seen
I watched the American dubbed release as I did when I was a child. The voice acting is actually pretty solid. Ryu occasionally sounds bit too high pitched. Every other main character sounds really good. The American version also added some rocking tunes from bands like Korn and Alice in Chains. Whether you like that genre of music or not, it fits very well in the places they insert it. The rest of the original music in the film sounds fantastic as well.
The art resembles most anime from the early 90s. You will either like it or you won't. I personally don't have an issue with different art styles so I love it. The fight scenes are incredibly well animated. You feel the impact of each move as flesh shifts upon contract. It's all quite visually stimulating.
The story is M. Bison is bad. He's using his powers and influence to collect strong fighters. Cyborgs are out on the prowl monitoring the strongest fighters. Guile and Chun Li are on a mission to stop it. Along the way Ken, Ryu, and many other well known characters are sucked into Bison's plot. It's simple, but it works in such a way to show off a lot of different fights, while still being relevant to the plot. Although sometimes I feel like they just added random fights with little explanation just for the sake of it. It's all entertaining, it just lacks purpose sometimes.
The ending cliffhanger is dumb. Not going to spoil anything, but it was just silly.
I am pleasantly surprised. i fully expected to return to this film and be left with regret. However, I remain impressed with this film even after all this time. If it's been a while since you've seen this movie it's safe to watch it again. If you've never seen this movie before then get a move on.
Yesterday, 10:39 AMSchool Days (Anime) add
3 people found this review helpful
12 episodes
Uma curiosidade à parte é que já é terceira vez que eu assisto, portanto não me lembro muito da primeira impressão que tive, isso se deve ao fato de que da primeira vez eu escolhi ele por meio de um spoiler, e já sabia como ia terminar, além do fato de que eu assisti o anime de "trás para frente", assisti o último episódio primeiro só para ver a famosa cena final, antes era só pra ganhar experiência, mas depois fui me interessando, quando percebi, eu já tinha assistido completamente fora de ordem, lembro-me que na época fiquei um pouco confuso...
Mas enfim, o enredo não é tão cliché quanto parece, é fato que ele não começa de uma forma convencional, por isso um newbie pode 'dropar' simplesmente porque é chato, e não prende muito. Mas é preciso um pouco mais de paciência e até o episódio 3 as coisas vão começando a ficar interessantes... Por isso o começo não é cliché, ele ao invés de apelar para situações "ingênuas" que se vê em animes colegias, ele começa de uma forma bem menos ficcional, de um garoto apaixonado, mas que não consegue nem falar com a menina que gosta e uma menina intrometida que tenta "ajudar" um garoto completamente infantil a ser um pouco mais maduro. Um motivo pelo qual eu não gostei muito da primeira metade, é que ela realmente fica confusa, é muito difícil entender as motivações do Makoto Itou e da Sekai Saionji, uma vez que o Makoto mesmo sendo tímido tem impulsos sexuais com frequência, e a Sekai parece cada vez mais estando afim de alimentar esses desejos, que privam ele de uma abordagem mais adulta.
A medida que a história vai se desenvolvendo, vai ficando muito mais fácil de entender as reais intenções de todos os três personagens principais -que eu chamaria de o "triângulo das bermudas" , pois esse trio leva qualquer um ao abismo- , assim como também fica fácil de intender a completa inexperiência na vida amorosa assim como na social.
Da segunda metade do anime para frente o enredo é bem mais atraente, isso porque ele fica tão dramático ao ponto do telespectador querer assistir episódio atrás de episódio só para ver as atitudes do Makoto e as consequências delas, em outras palavras, é como se o telespectador estivesse caçando motivo para se estressar, ou melhor dizendo, para se surpreender com a ingenuidade e a infantilidade dos personagens, que são precoces em muitos aspectos.
O fim para quem assistiu é surpreendente, muitos apontam como um dos piores finais, na verdade o que eu penso é que ele surpreendente o suficiente para muitas pessoas (as que tem preferência por finais menos ásperos) se sintam um pouco confusas, principalmente se for levar em consideração a velocidade em que tudo ocorre, o anime prepara o desfecho inteiro para um único episódio (que é o último) é como se você saísse de um mar calmo e repentinamente entrasse em uma tempestade...
Conclusão:O enredo é surpreendente do começo ao fim, e isso influência muito quem está assistindo, é emocionante no real sentido da palavra (é por isso que esse anime consegue o feito de ter uma gama dos personagens mais odiados do mundo otaku). De uma forma geral, a minha nota é 7, não é 8 pela oscilação do enredo, o que pra mim é mais que o suficiente para perder um pouco mais de vontade de acompanhar.
Não tem muito o que falar sobre a arte do anime... É preciso lembrar que o anime é baseado numa light novel, então os gráficos são bem estilo "indie" mesmo, o que não é algo bom já que os "peidos gráficos" são mais frequentes (resultado também de um possível e quase provável orçamento baixo), é claro que não nenhuma obra de arte mas carece até no sentido de ambiente e confortabilidade, o que sem dúvida é motivo para um 7 , eu poderia até dar 6 , mas não sei se seria justo já que eu não tenho outras objeções além dessas...
Infelizmente também é outro ponto fraco, o áudio não ruim, mas tirando o tema de abertura e encerramento só sobra mais uma ou duas músicas, sendo que tem muitas partes que uma trilha sonora cairia bem para agregar mais tensão ao clima, mais uma vez vou dar uma nota mais alta (no caso 8) pois criticar a quantidade das música e não a qualidade seria quase que "pedir demais" .
Acredito que os personagens são muito vazios, sem grandes objetivos, é como se estivessem se lá só pra cumprir tabela, o trio principal é bastante convincente, e até bem feito, nas o resto age no limiar da inutilidade, resumindo, você tem o Makoto, a Sekai, a Kotonoha, e o resto das meninas são a curto ou a longo prazo" aperitivos" do Makoto, o que sem dúvida é motivo para fazer dele o protagonista mais deplorável de todos que eu já vi, ao longo do tempo você vai acumulando um ódio destilado contra o protagonista, e até pelos outros personagens.
Uma coisa muito interessante que eu pude perceber é a hipermasculinidade dos personagens masculinos e uma hiperfemininidade das garotas, isso se deve pela inabilidade do Makoto de compreender os vários papéis dos homens e das mulheres na sociedade, que ele só entende pelo desejo de reprodução e de espalhar o seu gene com a maior quantidade de mulheres possível, esse é o principal motivo de ele simplesmente não combinar com a Kotonoha, pois a Kotonoha não é tão feminina igual as outras que o Makoto sai(que são mais promíscuas e tentam manter relações sexuais com qualquer um que tenha uma certa popularidade, independente se elas já estão ou não acompanhadas).De qualquer forma os personagens são reflexos de muitos adolescentes, principalmente os do sexo masculino, que são desenvolvidos fisicamente, mas mentalmente extremamente infantis e imaturos, ou melhor dizendo, não tão maduros para conviver numa sociedade japonesa. Por isso que minha nota é 7,
Conclusão fina:
O anime tem sim muitos pontos negativos ,mas também tem muitos negativos, mesmo os usuários do MAL não são unânimes em relação ao desenho.Minha nota pessoal é 8 já que o animes conseguiu fazer duas coisas muito importantes para mim, que são: me prender ao enredo e inovar.
P.S.:Essa é o minha primeira review, portanto muitos erros ortográficos podem ter acontecido. read more
Yesterday, 10:38 AMAnsatsu Kyoushitsu (TV) 2nd Season (Anime) add
6 people found this review helpful
25 of 25 episodes seen
It has many touching sinces and so mutch fun at the same time, it also has a great story that was hidden in the first season and some new great characters... I think it was a splendid anime and i loved it.
I Highly recoment you to watch it (no matter the age) and i am sure you will love it as i did.
My score is 9 for the secont season because i liked it a lot and i have allready recommended to the most of my friends.
Yesterday, 10:26 AMBakemono no Ko (Anime) add
1 people found this review helpful
1 of 1 episodes seen
6 people found this review helpful
4 of 13 episodes seen
That being said I gave this show a shot cause I thought the premise was quiet interesting. I mean who doesn't have regrets or to put it differently who does not change and looks back and think "now I would do this or that differently"?
But this show fails totally, it is slow-paced boring romance without any spice. The main-character is stupid and slow. - I don't think it is entertaining to watch the school-day of a below-average Japanese girl. They tried to make the story somewhat exciting by introducing the letter of the future. However, the letter itself is so boring and only focuses on her high-school crush, who btw is also boring, that it cannot make up for the lack of enjoyment.
So if you want to watch a slow paced show with boring characters and shojo cliches then go ahead and watch it. If you are looking for exciting twists, a deep discussion about regrets and a psychological challenging show with drama then don't watch it. Actually just skip it anyway :)