Gatchaman Crowds - 1

Hajime Ichinose is a schoolgirl who I would describe as normal, were it not for her freakish love of planners and utter randomness. One day, she meets a strange, teleporting man who promptly rips out her soul, Guilty-Crown-style, and turns it into a notebook. The rainbow swirls and backdrop associated with this process were not the first pseudo-drug-induced moment that this episode had to offer, nor the last.

Fantasista Doll - 1

Uzume Uno is a timid, ditzy, awkward schoolgirl. One day, on a crowded train, someone puts something in her bag. You know, I was actually impressed that a trope was almost subverted there.

She was neither molested nor robbed.  What is the world coming to...?

Stella Girls Academy - 1

Yamato Yura is a shy student starting high school at an all girls boarding school. When she finds her absent roommate’s collection of airsoft guns and action movies, she proceeds to reenact a shootout, to the joy of Rento, who, as a member of the understandably unpopular C3 mock battle club, is looking for members. Failing to convince Yura after butchering her name and continuously calling her a weirdo, the club tries to win her over with a mock battle. Yura is initially hesitant, but seems to begin enjoying the battle as she sees the other girls in action, and begins to imagine the battle as real.

Gifuu Dodo!! Naoe Kanetsugu - Maeda Keiji Sakegatari - Episode 1

Because they are obviously too awesome to share an exclamation mark!!

The episode starts with a housewarming party at which a samurai with a reputation for eccentricity, Maeda Keiji, shares his wisdom that ‘Anything that’s reached its zenith will eventually decline’ by vandalising the new house. The wisdom of his words is reinforced by his fellow samurai and friend, Naoe Kanetsugu. The two then begin to reminisce, revealing this to be an elaborate framing device. At ten minutes in, it’s a little long, but setting up the characters as they are now will allow comparisons to be drawn about their growth.

Brothers Conflict - 1

There needs to be some sort of Bishie Limit.  This is just ridiculous.

Brothers Conflict centers around Hinata Ema, an only child whose frequently travelling father left her alone for most of her childhood. After he remarries, she goes to live with her new step-brothers, of which there are thirteen. Yes, thirteen. Everything I know about biology is crying right now. Ema’s talking squirrel (No, seriously...) Juli warns her that living alone in a house with men is dangerous, and constantly compares them to wolves. He turns out not to be too far wrong, since at least one of her new ‘brothers’ starts putting the moves on her on the first day. Subtle this anime is not...

Kamisama no Inai Nichiyoubi - 1

HNNNG!!!

‘A world where nobody dies.’ That sounded like a good premise if ever I heard one. Good, philosophical, existential questions all round. That’s what I expected. What I got instead was somewhat different. At this point, I’m still not sure quite what.

Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou - 1

Every Dog has His Days... (and today just isn't it)

A boy obsessed with books is killed defending a woman during a robbery. He refuses to die before reading a particular book, and so is reincarnated as a dog. He’s found by the woman, who can now hear his thoughts. Obviously, since this annoys her, her solution is to kill him... So, after she learns he saved her life, instead of killing him, she lets him live with her. Oh, and it turns out that the woman is the author of the book he wants to read

Suisei no Gargantia - 13

Legend of the Verdurous Planet

It was a poignant moment when Chamber spoke up against Striker in defense of Ledo’s perspective. By this point, we have learned to accept that Chamber will always favour the Galactic Alliance's brand of logic, and will not deviate from its totalitarian ideal.  For Chamber to actively reject the conclusions of a higher ranking unit and officer demonstrates an ethical awareness previously lacking.  Ledo’s reaction and the dramatic music definitely make this one of the defining moments of the last episode, and the season as a whole, showing that even a mechanical entity, shown as one extreme of humanity’s degeneration, is capable of change.

(I'm guessing they mean "doesn't")
Possibly the only time this line has ever been used correctly in science fiction

Shingeki no Kyojin - 12

The episode starts in despair, where the last one left off, with Eren’s Titan form attacking Mikasa.  It should be clear by now that Murphy’s Law is in full effect, as should be expected.

'Falcon Punch!'

Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt

 FFFFFUUUUUUU-

So, since I’m incredibly weak willed, I spent more of today watching an anime than doing revision for the English exam I have on Thursday.  That I don’t regret.  Watching the post-credit ending to Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt?  Yes.  That, I do.

(Warning: Explicit Content (Both the anime and the review (Are you really surprised?)))

Episodes: 13 (Mostly 2x shorts)

So that was a thing. That I watched in one day.  I’m not entirely sure what to say about it.  It’s certainly something.  I’m going to try to write a review, but I fully recognize I just don’t have the expertise to give it half the critique it deserves, and still emotionally shattered.
 

A New Challenger Appears!

Hi all, I'm Takashoru, and I'll be mostly writing series reviews for older, or at least finished anime.  Mostly.

It'll be pretty sporadic, seeing as it's as I finish the anime, and I'm not putting a schedule on that.  Still, my Naruto days mean I can watch 13 episodes in a day without breaking a sweat, so who knows.

I'm only somewhat into anime, in the sense that I'm watching through classics and other highly recommended anime slowly, but not really paying attention to much coming out currently.  Yet.