Binbou Shimai Monogatari ep 01 raw
Story: "A junior high school student Yamada Kyo and an elementary school student Yamada Asu are sisters, and live alone. Their father ran away leaving gambling debt, and the mother has already died. In spite of this unhappiness, they don’t gloom but they are living brightly and happily. Kyo works as a paperboy or tutor to support the family. Asu do housekeeping jobs. There are kind people around them, such as the landlord or a novelist Saegusa, and they watch over the sisters gently. They experience a lot of troubles and hard times, but the happiest thing for them is that they are nearby." [edited from animenfo]
Genre: Heartwarming story.
Review: Ugh, the OP song sucked. ^^; Then, that title page had ugly colors. Low budget anime? The ED music is better but seems copied from the OMG OVA song.
The "we are poor but we are happy" got rubbed in too much for my taste, I started to dislike the characters. Besides, it felt fake.
History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi 01 raw
"Shirahama Kenichi is always being bullied by his classmates. Following the advice of a beautiful and strong girl he just met, Furinji Miu, he goes to her martial arts school. However, it's a tremendously difficult school where only the strongest martial arts masters are teaching."
Fighting anime.
Intended audience seems to be 10-12 years old boys, or younger... I'll pass if the next episode comes out to be as patronizing to the viewer as this one.
Tenpou Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi 01 raw
"Near the end of the Edo period in Japan, Edo is beset by supernatural creatures called “Yoi.”
Ryuudou Yukiatsu, a former samurai, and other fighters band together to fight the threat."
Supersamurai fight the supernatural in old Japan.
Bones new series.
I'm not sure yet if to like (or hate) this series, this episode merely introduced the protagonists. So far, I'm not interested.
Katekyo Hitman REBORN! - 01 raw
"Sawada Tsunayoshi is a Japanese boy who is not good at either study or sports. An Italian hitman named Reborn is sent to remedy the situation, and to make him into the fully-fledged boss of an Italian mafia, the Vongole Family."
Comedy.
Directing is simplistic, but ep01 was entertaining.
Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru 01 raw
"Mizuho is a guy who was born in a classy family. One day, he has to transfer to an all-girl's highschool to fulfill his grandfather's will. Then, he's forced to disguise as a girl."
Yuri anime in disguise.
Things happen slowly like in a shoujo/yuri anime, lots of girly stuff for events. And that "guy" blushes all the time...
DaCapo's chara designs work better in a yuri anime, methinks. Those long bodies with those thin arms and legs have not enough meat to arouse the beast in me. The occasional cleavage shots are too far in between to keep me interested in the blushful "plot".
Death Note, eps 1 and 2
A very faithful adaptation of the manga so far, with super-high production values, and very competent (if sometimes a bit overblown) directing. The incredible tension of the battle of wits from the early parts of the manga is there just as it should be.
Unless they deviate from the manga storyline, though, it won't stay this good forever. The manga kind of lost it after a while. For now, though, I'm watching and enjoying it a lot.
PS: The opening is super cheesy.
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge ep 1
A wacky wacky reverse harem show. Sadly, it's no Ouran, and overall it's pretty cheap and uneven. You could argue that this is a faithfula adaption of the cheap and uneven manga, I guess.
At least the fish-cutting scene is still funny.
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Yamato_Nadeshiko_Shichi_Henge_-_01 sub
"4 pretty boys are going to rent a house for free on the condition that they make the girl of the house a lady. However, the girl is gloomy and a horror movie maniac. She was rejected as ugly by the boy she confessed to when in junior high."
Shoujo gag anime.
Repetitive and cheap. May appeal to girls who like male harems.
D.Gray-man_-_02 sub
Spunky girl from ep1 preview isn't spunky at all, merely mundane.
Wimpy guy repeats everything that is said to him = lazy writing + damn annoying.
Anime still insipid after 2 eps, I'm dropping out.
Negima!? 2006 ep02 raw
Multiple moving frames + shaking handheld camera effects + bright flashing effects + high contrast effects + "I'm going mad" ambient music + disconnected dialogs = making me sick.
Artwork with its thick lines doesn't appeal to me. Dropping this.
Ghost Hunt 02 RAW
More of the same like in ep01, dark most of the time, overexaggerated acting. Plus I'm not into ghost stories. Dropping this.
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CODE GEASS 02 raw: Awesome++. And I love the USB keys.
La Corda D'Oro 02 raw: continuing to look good. And she makes amusing face faults now and then.
Tokimeki Memorial 02 raw: well, it's entertaining enough so far. Watchable.
jigoku shoujo ni kago 01 raw: Eeek, they really upped the horror factor compared to the first season's ep01, not my thing. I passed season 1, I'll pass this one too. :/
Hataraki Man 01 raw
"Matsukata Hiroko is a 28 year old editor. Everyone refers to Hiroko as a masculine woman for how seriously she takes her work. She smokes too much, works too much, and never has sex. However, when it's time to get a story done, she switches into "Working Man" mode where her testosterone in her blood increases, she works three times her normal speed, and all thoughts of life's necessities disappear."
Slice of single female life, shoujo.
Plusses: Nice chara designs, good animation, non-stop action.
Minuses: Girl is tsun-tsun (angry all the time), never -dere (showing a sweet side); boys are all bishounen softies with no real personality; sidekick girls are nobodies. In other words, this is a glorified story for workaholic "Christmas cakes"(women older than 24 who failed to nail a husband).
Bartender, Glass 01 raw
In the bar Edenhall is Ryou Sasakura, the "Glass of God". Some guy who hates bars is interviewing some bartenders for his hotel; they're only average bartenders, though.
He wanders into Edenhall and is overpowered by
OP is ragtime. ED is good but slightly generic, but has a pretty cool, if cheap, live-action video.
Animation budget is about the level of Genshiken maybe.
Anyway, this is clearly the best TV show ever.
Bartender ep 01 raw
"The story follows a genius bartender who won a championship in a worldwide contest in the past and decides to work for a hotel bar. In addition, the patrons who frequent the bar tell the Bartender various stories about their life."
Drinking anime.
Uh, using real pictures as background in an anime? Ultra low budget, or what? Let's see... Minimal animation? Check. Using pans instead of animating? Check. Talking about things instead of showing things? Check.
Okay, this is a cheap version of Cooking Master Boy, but using drinks instead of food. I don't like alcohol (makes me go to sleep) so I'm not the intended audience here. There is a girl but she's nothing special, and her raving ramblings about champagne don't help to make me take her seriously. As for action scenes, the only actions are drink-related. Zzzzzz...
>>111
Sounds like a nice anime.
Yeah, I'm joking.
You'll all be proved wrong when I finish subbing it tomorrow.
Galaxy Angel Ru~ne ep 1
I didn't get past the opening, it was just that disappointing. They managed to cram an hour worth of sucking just into the minute or so of animation before the opening.
Broccoli finally forgot why people like Galaxy Angel, it seems. Just like they did with DiGi Charat. What kind of idiots do they have running their company, anyway?
PS: "Galaxy Angel Ruined", haw haw haw.
>Animation quality is superior even to Eureka Seven and FMA.
I'd like some of the weed you were smoking.
PS: Thread needs more Irohanihoheto. Come on, surely one of you NEETs out there likes samurai stories with supernatural stuff thrown in!
Soukou no Strain 01-02 raw
In the distant future, Mankind is divided into two factions. They have waged a war against each other for so long that no one remembers when it first began.
Sara Viereck is a 16-year-old girl who is currently attending a space soldier academy. Her brother Ralph had been sent to the frontline to accomplish a special mission when she was 11 years old, and it's Sara’s dearest wish to be reunited with her brother. But one day, Sara’s academy is suddenly assaulted by enemy forces...
Sci-fi, army training.
The girl reminds me of Milfeulle, also the combat units are reminiscent of Galaxy Angels' units. The beginning was syrupy soapy stuff, then things turn deadly serious (and interesting!).
Kekkaishi 01 02 03 04 raw
Sumikawa Yoshimori, a 14-year-old junior high school boy, is a descendant of Kekkaishi, or exterminator of monsters. He is vying to be the heir to the family, in competition with Yumikura Tokine. Tokine is older than him, and she's his childhood friend as well as his rival Kekkaishi. To save people, and to make himself stronger, Yoshimori fights against monsters tonight, too.
Fighting ancient monsters in modern Japan anime.
Solid animation. Solid script, maybe a bit too solid, the story is quite straightforward, borderline simplistic, and surprises are few and far in between. So far, it has been a monster-of-the-week anime after the initial characters' introduction, hopefully a larger plot will develop as well.
In short: enjoyable but no masterpiece.