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Apr. 10th, 2004 09:38 pmAnime review time!
With the advent of the spring season in Japan, comes a wave of new shows. Surf's up!
Aishiteruze Baby: Since it's very new, the only reference material I could find was the Japanese website. From there, I must say that I had my doubts. However, curiosity got the better of me, and upon viewing the actual show, those doubts were thankfully dispelled. The gist of the show is that a high school romeo is suddenly forced to take care of his 5 year old cousin. Social impossibilities aside, if you dig shoujo style anime, you'll dig this. My Pervert-o-Matic detection system was completely quiet through this show, to the point that I had to make sure it was actually working. On the other hand, my WAFF-meter was at DefCon 5 the whole time. For the sake of comparison, some Miyazaki movies would look bitter and disgruntled. If I continue to follow on with this one, it's gonna have to be in very small doses.
Midori no Hibi: Alright, who came up with this idea, and why? Masturbatory overtones aside, it's about a boy that wants a girlfriend, and ends up with one, as his right hand. Mostly because the girl wished to "be by his side" or something like that. Very odd concept, to be sure, but with reasonable execution. Then again, it's ideas like this that remind me of why I watch anime in the first place. I don't think anyone other than the Japanese could come up with something like this.
Ugly and Beautiful World: Gainax's latest offering. Character design has "Mahoromatic" plastered all over it. Not sure what's going on, but it looks cool, even though the plot is probably gonna need half the series in order to finally wake up. This looks like a series to keep an eye on so far.
Madlax: Ok then. Here we have a show with a cute female lead, action from the word go, lots and lots of guns, explosions, and haunting music that won't leave your head. YES. Plot be damned! A must-see for anyone that's ever wished for something halfway between Noir and Tomb Raider.
Interlude: This is another one where the only reference I went by was the original Japanese website, so I thought, ok, I'll check it out. Then a day or two later, I watched it. The result? This show kicks ass. It has some goofy elements scattered through the show thanks mostly to the lead girl with more genkiness and stereotypical traits than should be allowed, but at the same time will mess with your head. Secret projects, strange monsters, and shadows running around on their own. Next episode, please!
Maburaho ep. #24: Having followed this closely for the past several months, and despite ADV picking up the license for this, I was still able to continue downloading and watching it, grabbing the untranslated episodes, figuring I knew enough about the series to follow along, then getting the version put out by a shadow sub group. So, the other day the last episode comes out in raw form, and rather wait for the subbed version, I watch it anyway. Even with what teensy bit of Japanese that I could muster and my pre-existing knowledge of the show, all I can say is OMGWTF! Now I hope the subbed version comes out soon.
Smash Hit!: A fanservice anime about what goes on behind the scenes of another anime, specifically Cosprayers. Main character is the producer who looks like she stopped aging when she was 12, and is about all the trials and tribulations she faces in the process of making a show.
Tenjou Tenge: I swear that this came off the same assembly line as Ikkitousen. More fighting and fanservice. In other good news, one of the characters is named Bob, and he appears to exhibit inherent Bobness. That was probably the biggest influence in my decision to watch this. It's about damn time that we Bobs get represented in anime!
And so that concludes the review portion of this LJ entry.
In other news, I'm at NVAA, and my butt has fallen asleep.
With the advent of the spring season in Japan, comes a wave of new shows. Surf's up!
Aishiteruze Baby: Since it's very new, the only reference material I could find was the Japanese website. From there, I must say that I had my doubts. However, curiosity got the better of me, and upon viewing the actual show, those doubts were thankfully dispelled. The gist of the show is that a high school romeo is suddenly forced to take care of his 5 year old cousin. Social impossibilities aside, if you dig shoujo style anime, you'll dig this. My Pervert-o-Matic detection system was completely quiet through this show, to the point that I had to make sure it was actually working. On the other hand, my WAFF-meter was at DefCon 5 the whole time. For the sake of comparison, some Miyazaki movies would look bitter and disgruntled. If I continue to follow on with this one, it's gonna have to be in very small doses.
Midori no Hibi: Alright, who came up with this idea, and why? Masturbatory overtones aside, it's about a boy that wants a girlfriend, and ends up with one, as his right hand. Mostly because the girl wished to "be by his side" or something like that. Very odd concept, to be sure, but with reasonable execution. Then again, it's ideas like this that remind me of why I watch anime in the first place. I don't think anyone other than the Japanese could come up with something like this.
Ugly and Beautiful World: Gainax's latest offering. Character design has "Mahoromatic" plastered all over it. Not sure what's going on, but it looks cool, even though the plot is probably gonna need half the series in order to finally wake up. This looks like a series to keep an eye on so far.
Madlax: Ok then. Here we have a show with a cute female lead, action from the word go, lots and lots of guns, explosions, and haunting music that won't leave your head. YES. Plot be damned! A must-see for anyone that's ever wished for something halfway between Noir and Tomb Raider.
Interlude: This is another one where the only reference I went by was the original Japanese website, so I thought, ok, I'll check it out. Then a day or two later, I watched it. The result? This show kicks ass. It has some goofy elements scattered through the show thanks mostly to the lead girl with more genkiness and stereotypical traits than should be allowed, but at the same time will mess with your head. Secret projects, strange monsters, and shadows running around on their own. Next episode, please!
Maburaho ep. #24: Having followed this closely for the past several months, and despite ADV picking up the license for this, I was still able to continue downloading and watching it, grabbing the untranslated episodes, figuring I knew enough about the series to follow along, then getting the version put out by a shadow sub group. So, the other day the last episode comes out in raw form, and rather wait for the subbed version, I watch it anyway. Even with what teensy bit of Japanese that I could muster and my pre-existing knowledge of the show, all I can say is OMGWTF! Now I hope the subbed version comes out soon.
Smash Hit!: A fanservice anime about what goes on behind the scenes of another anime, specifically Cosprayers. Main character is the producer who looks like she stopped aging when she was 12, and is about all the trials and tribulations she faces in the process of making a show.
Tenjou Tenge: I swear that this came off the same assembly line as Ikkitousen. More fighting and fanservice. In other good news, one of the characters is named Bob, and he appears to exhibit inherent Bobness. That was probably the biggest influence in my decision to watch this. It's about damn time that we Bobs get represented in anime!
And so that concludes the review portion of this LJ entry.
In other news, I'm at NVAA, and my butt has fallen asleep.
