[Full Reviews] Season 2008 (135)

1 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2007-12-26 02:28 ID:lajOWRWu

Macross Frontier 01 subbed
Story : Mankind after the war against the Zentradi have spread across the universe. Macross Frontier is a direct sequel to Macross 7 and follows the lives of Saotome Alto, Ranka Lee and a pop idol named Sheryl Nome.

Genre : Scifi.

Comments : The space battles looked awesome, but I don't have a clue what was happening, info overload... The story on the ground with the idol and the ace was on the other hand a bit too cliche-ed, why did the ace felt like he had to blame the idol for running away during the attack? Obviously because the writers wanted to put the two protagonists in contact(!) Hopefully the rest of the script for the next episodes is less childish.

101 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-08-10 23:21 ID:JRNNMUwH

Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel - 01 raw OVA
"Haruka Minnazuki and Aoi Kannazuki, also known as, Red Angel and Blue Angel respectively, are Magical Girls that fight bad guys in the name of justice."

Magical girls.

Incredible corny cliches, with the young blond guy with black glasses smiling evilly like in a real crappy hentai video. I'm guessing this is intended for people with low IQs or very young girls? On one hand I'm interested: at the end when they are crying when they lose their powerups, where is the traditional teddy bear who gave them the magical items? Or did they get it from a vending machine? On the other hand I'm not sure I want to see more of this syrupy schmaltz.

102 Name: Random Anime Otaku : 2008-08-11 18:44 ID:Heaven

>>101

"Very young girls" don't pay 6000 yen for a single episode of an anime.

103 Name: Random Anime Otaku : 2008-08-14 13:17 ID:Heaven

>>102 Depends how much they get from their night job I guess.

104 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-09-30 20:34 ID:JRNNMUwH

Hakushaku to Yousei - 01 RAW
"The story is set in Victorian England. It follows the adventures of 17-year old Lydia Carlton, who is nicknamed "the Fairy Doctor" due to her interest in fairies. She meets Edgar J. C. Ashenbert, the "Earl of Blue Knights," on a sea voyage to London and joins him in his quest for a legendary ancestral sword."

Shojo (a story for girls.)

Those pauses annoyed me (every time something happened, the camera froze on her.) Also, the injured pretty boy didn't look like he was in a critical situation, having the time to sparkle his teeth at her and sending flirting signs now and then. 'Looks like this was written by someone with no experience of men or even life.

105 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-01 22:31 ID:JRNNMUwH

Toradora 01 raw
"Due to his rough appearance, Takasu Ryuji, a second grader, is thought of being a juvenile delinquent by others. One day, he encounters a new classmate, Aisaka Taiga also known as "Tenori Tiger" (small tiger in a palm) because she's very short, selfish, quick-tempered, and unstoppable."

School life.

Not bad. They changed a few minor points from the manga, but the general plot is the same. I would have liked more screen time for Minori (Takasu's secret love crush) tho, because honestly I don't care very much about Taiga's crazy antics. But it seems that the anime will be all about Takasu+Taiga, and that the others will only appear as cameos, almost cardboard figurants.

106 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-02 17:04 ID:JRNNMUwH

Hyakko 01 raw
"Hyakko is a slapstick comedy which follows the lives of four high school girls as they get into various high jinx."

Slice of life.

Animated, this episode felt very looooooong. Lots of talking, not much happening compared to the manga. The part with the classical music was nice, but the whole thing dragged on. I had even the time to notice all the lighting errors (the shadows didn't seem to remain in the same place from scene to scene.) The funny bits from the manga felt flat. Bad delivery?

107 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-02 17:26 ID:JRNNMUwH

Casshern Sins - 01 RAW
"Cassern is about a cyborg who rises against the robotic armies that have subjugated all of humanity."

Masked-superhero genre.

For kids? Good guy works for good, evil guy works for evil. And I bet good guy always wins at the end. Whee...
For the fans.

108 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-02 21:25 ID:JRNNMUwH

Shikabane Hime: Aka 01 raw
"Shikabane are the living dead who still work even after they die because of strong attachment or obsession. They attack people and kill them. Shikabane Hime is the girl created to hunt Shikabane.
A boy, Kagami Ohri, was adopted by Tagami Keisei, a Buddhist priest of Kongon Clan, when he was a child and was raised in an asylum. One night at the temple, he finds a girl, and who seems to be dead..."

Zombie Tomb Raider.

I like! But I don't like the voices of some of the protagonists, they sound like wimps. Lots of bad VOs recently in anime. Cheap castings? Or is the old guard retiring?
Anyway, in the action scenes they don't talk much so it's fine.

109 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-03 00:59 ID:JRNNMUwH

Yozakura Quartet - 01 raw
"This city may look like a typical suburban town, but among its residents are a group of teenage kids who keep things in order with their secret abilities. Psychopathic shooters and demonically possessed dogs are all in a day's work for the Yozakura Quartet, but sometimes it's the day-to-day challenges that can really take it out of them."

Super-detectives battling youkais. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai)

I like the chara designs, it's pretty and smoothly animated. Good soundtrack too. But the enemies so far were very lame. Is it going to get better?

110 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-03 02:24 ID:JRNNMUwH

Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka - 01 RAW
Junichi Nagase kisses Yuuhi Katagiri, a new transfer student. Not understanding why he did that, she kicks him.

Love-romance.

Character designs by the Da_Capo team, so we get the usual sister-clone. Likely to be based on a h-game, and to be used as promo for it. No sex scenes in the anime, only talking parts and a few rare action scenes, like this one where the guy gets kicked in the balls. Ouch. And even that part isn't animated. Re-Ouch.

111 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-03 02:49 ID:JRNNMUwH

Kuroshitsuji 01 raw
"Near the end of the 19th century in England, during the Victorian Age, there is a butler named Sebastian, who works for a famous lord, Phantomhive. Sebastian is a man of perfection, and his knowledge, education, cooking, and martial arts abilities are excellent.
Today, as usual, wearing a black dress suit, he works elegantly for his 12-year-old pampered master."

Alucard as a butler.

I dunno, the story didn't grab me. I'm not even sure there's a story besides pampering the young master.

112 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-03 21:14 ID:JRNNMUwH

Tales of the Abyss 01 raw
"Kidnapped seven years ago, Luke returns to his family with no memories of his life before. In order to protect him, Luke's father keeps him confined to the tame lifestyle of the palace. Suddenly, due to circumstances beyond his control Luke is thrust into the outside world..."

Sassy swashbuckling saga spiced with spells.

This first episode was pretty lively. Hopefully it'll keep like that in future episodes.

113 Name: Random Anime Otaku : 2008-10-04 06:31 ID:iOB6u7DY

Casshern Sins:
Casshern destroyed the world along with a bunch of robots, now he regrets it and destroys the robots instead. Inventive animation, though most of the invention is devoted to not having to animate the fighting. Like half the episode is taken up with Casshern flirting with an ugly 4 year old girl robot, which was really weird and I wish it wasn't in there. Art style is like a manic Kaiba/60s crossover and is really nice. Kicking robots in the face is also really nice. Dialogue is 100% emo.

Hokuto no Ken - Raoh Gaiden:
Since Sling isn't even manly enough for Casshern I bet he won't like this one. Raoh is the master of punching people, to the point where there was no tension in the Raoh vs 30 people with mohawk fights occuring regularly in this episode. Animation is awful but dedicated to the right things. Raoh's voice actor projects like a motherfucker.

114 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-04 15:22 ID:JRNNMUwH

Tentai Senshi Sunred 01 raw
"A collection of short stories about the daily loves of Sunred and a plethora of random villains. Sunred is a "typical" sentai [*] superhero and he has plenty of villains living in dark lairs (or small apartments) chasing after him to do dastardly things. The story's mostly about his daily life, buying food, arguing with his wife, etc."
[*]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentai

Sentai jokes.

Crappy art, crappy jokes, crappy animation, crappy colors. For the fan.

115 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-04 22:54 ID:JRNNMUwH

Kannagi 01 raw
"An art student named Jin Mikuriya carves a statue from the wood of the Kannagi tree only to have the statue come to life in the form of a goddess, who has now taken over the statue. He and "Nagi" work together to destroy the impurities that are gathering in the town."

Loli goddesses of the land loiter with the living.

I don't recall the guy being so obsessed with sex, nudity and underwear in the manga. Nor do I recall her being so violent. Did they change it for the anime? I liked the manga, but I don't feel to watch a lolifest-modded story.

116 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-04 23:43 ID:JRNNMUwH

Kurogane no Linebarrels 01 raw
"Fourteen-year-old Kouichi Hayase’s life has always been a mediocre one, if not dismal. One day a meteor falls and crashes to Earth, right where he is. But he awakens unarmed, and even near a naked girl."

Big robots destroy all but save the day in the end.

D'oh, his friend is under a stone wall, but the guy decides instead to make a long speech about Justice? That's the hero?
I'd like to see more of the naked girl, but the "hero" is a creep. OTOH, the bad guys as well as the good guys in the giant robots don't sound very sane either. I dunno...

117 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-05 00:41 ID:JRNNMUwH

To Aru Majutsu no Index 01 raw
"Set in a city of scientifically advanced superhuman students, but in a world where magic is also real. Toma Kamijo’s right hand, the Imagine Breaker, will negate all magic, psychic, or divine powers, but not his own bad luck. One day he finds a young girl hanging on his balcony..."

Forbidden magic in a scientific world.

Several things didn't seem to make sense, I need to see this subbed to make sure I didn't misheard things. But I liked the overall lively exposition of this first episode, so I'm sold anyway. Good stuff.

118 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-05 19:38 ID:JRNNMUwH

Kemeko Deluxe! - 01 raw
"Kobayashi Sampeita is a high school boy. He cannot forget his first love who transferred schools, leaving a message that she'd marry him when they met again 10 years later. One day, Kemeko, a weird girl in a wedding dress, arrives, and announces that she's his bride."

FLCL-style comedy.

Sci-fi and pretty girls hijinks, my kind of anime! But the manga is not finished... How's the anime gonna fare?

119 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-06 01:07 ID:JRNNMUwH

Ga-Rei Zero 01 raw
"A special forces unit is fighting supernatural spirits for a secret government agency."

Zombies don't die.

Cool music, cool teamwork, cool sexy babes, cool poses, cool guns, cool bikes. Everything is going dandy, but it's boring as it's so perfect... Except, everything goes wrong in the last minute! Haha. I have -no- idea where this anime is going now. 'Need another episode.

120 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-06 19:57 ID:JRNNMUwH

Quick reviews:

Macademi Wasshoi! - 01 raw: for kids. No interest.

Skip Beat! - 01 raw: for girls. No interest.

Vampire_Knight_Guilty_-_01 raw: for girls. No interest.

121 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-07 21:24 ID:JRNNMUwH

Mouryou_no_Hako 01 raw
"The story follows a series of bizarre murders of schoolgirls who have been dismembered and stuffed into boxes. The private investigator hired by a missing daughter's mother joins forces with an antique book seller and others to unravel the murder spree."

Mystery-thriller.

Creepy. Not my cup of tea.

122 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-07 21:37 ID:JRNNMUwH

Quick reviews:

To Aru Majutsu no Index 01 subbed: okay, I didn't find anything wrong with the story itself. So far so good.

ef - a tale of melodies - 01 raw: as weird camera positions as in the first season. Again, a storytelling I can't immerse in. I liked the naked tits scene, but I didn't like its blurriness.

123 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-09 00:34 ID:JRNNMUwH

Kurozuka - 01 raw
"Kuro, a 12th-century man, while fleeing in the mountains with his brother, meets a strange, beautiful woman named Kuromitsu. Kuro falls in love with Kuromitsu but later realizes she conceals a dark secret.."

Slashing humans and monsters for love.

I'm not a big fan of old Japan horror stories. Or even contemporary horror stories. I'll pass.

124 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-09 00:46 ID:JRNNMUwH

Bihada Ichizoku - 01 raw
"There is a World Beautiful-Skin Competition (WBC) to which the 3 billion woman of the world aspire to win. Carrying on the 300-year legacy of the competition are twin Bihada sisters, Sara ans Saki."

Skincare anime.

'Didn't grab me...

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126 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-10 00:59 ID:JRNNMUwH

Chaos;HEAd 01 raw
"Takumi is a high school student. He is withdrawn and not interested in 3D things. One day, when he chats on the internet, someone contacts him and gives him an URL. He ends up going to the site but finds an image that suggests a murder..."

Mystery.

Haha. The guy is a delusional otaku and the anime is trying to scare the viewer, but it made me laugh instead. It's too unreal. The animation is awesome tho, so I ended watching all of it. To be seen for the visuals, not for the story.

127 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-10 02:04 ID:JRNNMUwH

TYTANIA 01 raw
"After venturing into outerspace, humanity have built many planetary cities. Most of these cities were affiliated to the Interstellar Federation, and it became the biggest force in the galaxy. Therefore, people believed that the Age of the Federation would last long. However, the situation changes when a tribe called Tytania secedes from the Federation..."

Space wars.

Cheap, I saw a bunch of recycled animations and various shortcuts. Even the intro is recycled from the episode's animations. I suppose the interest is in the battle strategies and discussions? Then I'd need to see this subbed. I read the novel is incomplete and has not been worked on since 1991, tho...

128 Name: Random Anime Otaku : 2008-10-12 16:35 ID:oKv1WATn

>>126

Oh god I wonder how are they going to condense the adaption from the vn into 12 episodes.Also, the pace is too fast lol

129 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-12 20:33 ID:JRNNMUwH

>>128
Adaptation? From what I gathered from glancing at jp sites, the anime is an original story. I saw a few posts complaining that the anime should have adapted the first game.

130 Name: Random Anime Otaku : 2008-10-13 02:42 ID:eFw28wra

>>121
Oh man I totally forgot about this. I haven't watched any anime for ages, I only clicked the board because I was really bored, but I love Kyougoku Natsuhiko. I'm downloading it now, I hope it's a good adaptation.

131 Name: Random Anime Otaku : 2008-10-13 04:46 ID:yDN+mNSQ

>Adaptation? From what I

That game from Nitro+ that was released 2008.4. In some Animedia (or Megami, forgot now) Issue they said that the story should be "based" on the Game.

132 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-13 15:44 ID:JRNNMUwH

>>131 Ah, ok. Maybe they were complaining the anime didn't follow -their- favorite route, then. We'll see.

133 Name: Random Anime Otaku : 2008-10-13 20:52 ID:oKv1WATn

 ( <◎> 皿<◎>)Whose~Eyes~

  (<◎>皿 <◎> )Are~Those~

m9 ( <◎> 皿 <◎> ) Eyes!?

134 Name: Sling!XD/uSlingU : 2008-10-14 20:08 ID:JRNNMUwH

TYTANIA 01 subbed

Okay, now that it's translated the show is much more interesting, I liked it. But those battleship scenes still look so cheaply animated... And the human scenes were very static...
I dunno. I maybe want to see more of that babe with the exposed midriff from the outro. I'm not so hot to see more of those arrogant old dudes.

135 Name: Random Anime Otaku : 2008-10-16 17:08 ID:zsRJ+lmG

>>133 reminds me of Muhyo and Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation...

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