nobahn's Anime

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1. "The Red Queen Escapes" (10/11)
2. "Dreams of Alice" (10/11) Ends on a cliffhanger.
3. "Cards" (11/11) An expression of the banality of evil.
4. "Something Not Human" (11/11)
   • Sanae takes Grandpa to task for denying her agency.
   • And so, the battle begins in earnest.

compare/contrast ep.#6 sub/dub
1. "True Colors"|Great music! 10/11
2. "Born to Run"

3. "Fire and Rain"| Rating at 11/11 because of:
   1. The music; and
   2. It's relevance to the #me too movement.
4. "Video Killed the Radio Star"| Their attempt to create a music video ends badly. Woulda' rated it at 10/11 because of the music, but the humor is sick, dude! 11/11
5. "Every Breath You Take"| The atmosphere of the bar/venue is intimate and amazing! 11/11
6. "Live Is a Carnival"| The songs and animation are amazing! 11/11
7. "Show Me the Way"|I was smiling along to the laughter of Tuesday and Carole! 11/11
8. "All the Young Dudes" |Nice music! 11/11

Plot Summary:
Kokonotsu “Coconuts” Shikada dreams of becoming a famous manga artist. The only problem—he’s terrible. His real talent is selling the complex and delicious snacks in his father’s “dagashi” shop. He never thought much about the family business until the trendy, eccentric Hotaru showed up. As a lover of “dagashi,” she can’t let his talent go to waste and decides she won’t stop ‘til she’s sold him on sweets.

1 ep./day
1. Setup; surprisingly humorous.
2. Moderately humorous.
3. 9/11

1. Fan service.
2. "Loser" presents a mystery from the past.

https://fushigiyuugi.fandom.com/wiki/Fushigi_Yuugi_Wiki

1. Obviously, a rather limited animation budget.....
2. The basic setup is set out.
3. So Tamahome seems to be creating the nucleus of a harem.....
4. Love triangles.
5. Taiitsukun tests the two love triangles.
6. "Even if I Die": Taiitsukun creates an evil version of Miaka.
7. • I'm surprised by just how much I'm enjoying the humor in this episode!
   • Miaka and Yui exchange places.
8. "Brief Parting"
   • The animation budget seems to have taken a hit.....
   • So how does Miaka break into the National Library?! (CON)
   • I'm sorry, but I like my plots to maintain an internal logic; how are things "too calm" when military forces are on the border?! (CON)
9. "Enemies Unseen"
   So exactly how do arrows kill an assassin inside a house?! (CON)

https://bleach.fandom.com/wiki/Episodes

Cour Arrancar: Decisive Battle of Karakura arc (episodes 213-229)
215. What was the animation budget? They seem to have taken a number of shortcuts....
216. • There's a lotta talking going on in these "battles"..... (Perhaps an animation budget issue?)
     • Humor in a battle scene? Is this really canon?
     • The humor in the "Shinigami Work Diary" is better than what was in the actual episode itself! Sheesh!
     • I really like the OP & ED, though!
217. • Hard to believe that this is really canon. Has the manga really declined so badly at this point?
     • Right now it's hard for me to care about any of the characters above Karakura Town.
     • It's a sad state of affairs when "The ShinigamI Work Diary" is more entertaining than the episode itself! Right now I'm rating this cour at 6/11 ─ and I think I'm being generous.

Bokurano: Latest Manga Adaptation Train Wreck

• Yeah, it sorta titillates, but the scat is a real turn-off.
• Yeah, there are scenes that are a turn-on for me, but there are also plenty of scenes that are a turn-off for me.....

• As a young child, I saw some episodes as Battle of the Planets.....
  
• I don't care if this is a stroll down memory lane -- at 105 ep.s, I'm not watching it!

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When "Syfy" showed the series again, I tried to watch it, I really did.....but that opener, combined with that first 10 minutes was simply too much..... This dreck is CLEARLY aimed at younger children (tweens, if I'm not mistaken).

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I've seen most of it, so I've changed my rating of it. At least they're willing to kill off a few characters. It does get better after a while, but this is far from a favorite of mine.

2. The expositions wherein the characters explain what's going on (e.g., when Kagome trips over a rock, Shippo will then exclaim, "Kagome tripped over a rock!"

Not just One Piece, but all long shonen series in general.

Shonen series in general tend to be highly expository because

a: they are meant for kids
b: they are meant to be watched casually, while kids are eating a meal or doing something with the TV on. So when something happens onscreen, they overexplain it so that the programs can be followed even if the audience is not always looking at the TV while it is on. And no--I am not making this up, I think one of the producers for the Inu-Yasha anime even said this in an interview.

If these things begin to bother you, chances are you're ready to start looking for anime that are meant for people older than 13 years old.

• 2:45 before title card
• 5:00 | This has the makings of an art-house film.
• 15:00 | This art-house aesthetic does not appeal to me.

1. So apparently Nina is a dragon? Gonna have to watch more.....
2. So the Rag Demon is saved by the Holy Child.....
3. The Rag Demon is lured out!

GR "Anime" Review: RWBY|Tristan "Arkada" Gallant ("Glass Reflection")
Vol.#1
1. ep.#1: graphics/animation are a bit crude; OST is decent, however.
2. ep.#2: Ruby Rose tries to get her bearing without her sister for guidance.
3. ep.#3: pretty snappy dialogue..... Also, mildly amusing.
4. ep.#4: more snappy dialogue..... and more mildly amusing humor.
5. ep.#5: I like Blake Belladona's attitude!
6. ep.#6: Forgot just how f'ugly the graphics/animation are.....
   If I'm not mistaken, then they saved their animation budget for the action scenes.....
7. So the pairs are getting their collective asses kicked on a largely individual basis.....
8. Yeah, they definitely rationed the animation budget to give the action scenes the most oomph.
   Oh, and the OST definitely needs to be checked out!
9. 1st day of class..... (snoozefest)
10. The team adjusts to Ruby as leader.
11. Jacques Schnee & Co. are being bullies.
12. Blackmail.
13. More of the same.....
14. Jaune Arc finally lets go of his pride. (Ironically enough, after he comes into his own.)
15. Blake Belladonna character development. And the OST ain't half bad, either.....
16. This thriller is to be continued.....

17. (1)Food fight?! Maybe the director was trying to impress with the animation?
    At least there was some plot progression.....
18. (2)There seems to be a pattern here: Some plot progression; a lot of filler; and then a little more plot progression.
19. (3)"I'm not a girl."
20. (4)"The girls will be alright, right?"
    "Probably."
21. (5)"Don't worry, Mercury. We have a fun weekend ahead of us."
22. (6)"Wouldn't miss it for the world."
23. (7)"So what now?"
    "Enjoy the rest of the night; it is, after all, a party."
24. (8)"Why, hello girls! Who's ready to fight for their lives?"
25. (9)"Don't worry; things will be better tomorrow."
26. (10)"If Ruby is down there, we must find her."
    The plot actually seems to be moving at a faster pace!
27. (11)panicked screams
28. (12)"Do you think that White Fang will listen to us?"
    "No, but they'll listen to me."

• Graveside conversation -- really emotional for me.
• A lotta action sequences -- not so much in the way of plot.....

• I am so clueless; but it is because of that cluelessness that I will not rate this.....
• Apparently, it was animated in Japan.....
• I've changed my mind; I'll rate this based on my memories.

There doesn't seem to be an English dub.....
1. OST seems decent.....
   Is this a slice-of-life? Can't tell.....
   So it's definitely "Country girl comes to the big city." Out in the sticks, they have rotary telephones.....
   
2. So Special Week wins her debut race.....
   
   I'm still trying to figure out what this series is about.....
3. So far, this appears to be about cute horse-girls running in cute outfits.....
   What's up with this shot?
   
   The more that I think about that image, the more I'm reminded of just how sexist Japanese culture is!
4. 
   Trainer sets up a mock race for Special Week with Taiki Shuttle.....
   
5. First off, before I get into the synopsis (such as it, and what there is of it) I would like to ask this: What's up with the Rubik's Cube?
   
   With that outta the way, let's get on to the race! How does it finish?
   
   That's right; a photo finish!
   Rivals, yet friends as well.....
   
6. First off: If you're gong to offer fanservice, then at least try to offer it in support of the plot.
   
   Second thing: This Rubik's Cube shows up three different times! What's up with that?!
   
   They sure weren't skimping on the animation budget.....
   
   
   • unexpected humor at 15:45
     
   • So this episode was pretty much slice-of-life, except for a race and Silence Suzuka's decision to race abroad.
7. This body shaming is getting real old, real quick!!!
   No way am I rating this any higher than 9/11 ("Very Good").
   
   The ED for ep.#7 is nice, but I'm still pissed off about the body shaming. Normally, my baseline for determining a rating is at 9/11, but with this body-shaming drivel I think that the baseline could well be 6/11 or even 3/11! This shit is outrageous!!!

8. • "Special Week" vs. "Grass Wonder". "Grass Wonder"'s feelings are not reciprocated.

Juxtaposing mecha with the middle ages is just absurd -- it's a mashup of scifi and fantasy.

The only positive thing, aside from its monstrous nostalgia value, that one can say about Voltron is that it periodically achieves a kitsch value akin to that of the Flash Gordon serials of yesteryear; only without the critical temporal distance that would render its chasmic shortcomings as quaint quirks. There is nothing quaint or even remotely appealing about Voltron. Upon completing this set, my one reaction was an overwhelming desire to throttle the show and demand that it return the hours of my life that it had stolen from me.