Since some shows are already into week 3 I better finish up the week 1's ... Ex-arm is being coy about itself in the first scene. We start this installment with Ex-arm, where a guy named Akira, who is afraid of technology, gets hit by a truck while running to rescue a girl. Jump to … Continue reading Winter 2021 3
One of those openings where you fly over and swoop down to the town. Let's start with Ore Dake Haireru Kakushi Dungeon, where Noir Stadia, merely the third son of a Bayonet, the lowest tier of a heavily stratified European fantasy world, gets pushed aside for his job as a librarian. His best friend and … Continue reading Winter 2021 2
My stay-at-home order was lifted this month so it's back to the office for me. I won't have as much time to watch, but I'll at least try to do the first episode posts and maybe follow a few things. As usual for the previews I'll add a screenshot of the first comprehensible moment of … Continue reading Winter 2021 1
Akudama begins with it's own title, very bold with loud sounds. In Akudama Drive we have a futuristic Kansai complete with dirigibles and gaudy lights in the cyberpunk style. A girl named, er, I don't know, sees a guy on a motorbike drop a 500 yen coin who refuses to take it back. Then SHE'S … Continue reading Fall 2020 3
That's a wall. Now we have Iwa Kakeru! Sport Climbing Girls, one of those shows where the hero, Konomi in this case, enters high school and wonders what club to join, until she happens to be instantly enthralled by something and joins immediately (another variation is when a character is forced to join a club … Continue reading Fall 2020 2
Well, I've moved, unpacked, and most importantly, I have internet. And it looks like I'm already late for the new season. Here we go. Assault Lily starts with a fast scan. Higurashi might be well-received, but I don't like horror, so I'm starting with Assault Lily Bouquet, probably a lesser show. We got ditzy Riri … Continue reading Fall 2020 – and I’m already behind
In Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun we first learn that a certain high school has seven mysteries ... well, they all seem to, but anyway, and one is that a girl named Hanako haunts a certain bathroom stall in the old building (all high schools seem to have an old building, too). A girl named Yashiro Nene … Continue reading Winter 2020 3
Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu stars Kaede, a high school girl who is talked about joining an online game called New World Online. Once in she puts her stats into defense because she doesn't want to get hurt, so she moves really slowly. Also some of the entry-level … Continue reading Winter 2020 2
Happy New Year, and welcome to part one of my new season posts. Because I have no imagination, I will do the same thing I do every season, that is, write briefly about each show I decide to watch, and include a screenshot of each show's first comprehensible moment. As usual, I am not going … Continue reading Winter 2020 1
Kabukichou Sherlock brings us a guy named Watson looking for a club where detectives hang out. After watching a song and dance by a cross-dresser who doesn't shave, he meets a few while they're getting briefed on another Jack the Ripper case. Since Watson has a case of his own he wants Sherlock to take, … Continue reading Fall 2019 4
