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Otomo
Thousand Master
RoboDoc The Story of RoboCop
Episodes 1+2.
This is a fun watch and very interesting.
Helps that the effects are not made by computer. They have got interviews with just about everybody and they seem very happy to be talking about the film years later.
Always enjoyable when dozens of folk are telling you that you're correct to love a film.
I'd buy that for a Dollar.
The Inspector Wears Skirts
Edit Now that's the proper way to start a movie.
Liked the fights. I do spend too much time trying to work out where I've seen the actors before.
She was Kit's pregnant wife in A Better Tomorrow 2, he was the bad guy in The Killer.
Episodes 1+2.
This is a fun watch and very interesting.
Helps that the effects are not made by computer. They have got interviews with just about everybody and they seem very happy to be talking about the film years later.
Always enjoyable when dozens of folk are telling you that you're correct to love a film.
I'd buy that for a Dollar.
The Inspector Wears Skirts
Edit Now that's the proper way to start a movie.
Liked the fights. I do spend too much time trying to work out where I've seen the actors before.
She was Kit's pregnant wife in A Better Tomorrow 2, he was the bad guy in The Killer.
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A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School! episode 1 This looks like good fun and it’s a two-cour run as well so am hoping they make the most of it.
Love Live! Superstar!! 3rd Season episode 1 A new approach.
31 Days of Halloween 2024! Day VIII: Scream and Scream Again, The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (Films)
Urusei Yatsura episodes 55-58
Love Live! Superstar!! 3rd Season episode 1 A new approach.
31 Days of Halloween 2024! Day VIII: Scream and Scream Again, The Horrible Dr. Hichcock (Films)
Urusei Yatsura episodes 55-58
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Blue Exorcist -Beyond the Snow Saga- ep1: I'm nowhere near as excited about Blue Exorcist as I was back when the anime first came out but I've watched enough that I feel invested, so here we are again! There's not much to say about this episode; the first half is mostly setup and then the rest focuses on Bon, who has had so much to deal with lately that he latches on to an annoying new mentor figure. There's a lot of groundwork going on for what I'm expecting will be the main plot of the season, given its subtitle, so I'll keep watching to find out how the story unfolds.
Puniru is a Kawaii Slime ep1: An energetic comedy about a boy and the friendly slime that he somehow created as a child. He's now a little older and the slime has grown up into a cutesy, human-looking girl with a gooey body and the ability to shapeshift through the lengthiest transformation sequence in the universe. It's all very brightly coloured and cute, with a lot of energy, but I'm still confused about a lot of the rules of the world since the first episode was mostly (ludicrous) boob jokes and schoolboy awkwardness. None of Kotarou's friends initially seem to know about Puniru; do his parents know? Are slimes a thing in their world? Is the plot going to remain stuck on 'Puniru wants people to tell her she's cute' forever? I have no idea what's actually going on. It probably doesn't matter; if you like adorable things then this is probably worth watching for the cheerful designs alone, and if not then this will be utterly unwatchable.
A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School! ep1: The main character of this show is probably the wimpiest that I've seen in a while: a young teacher who ran away from his previous school because he was too frightened of the kids, only to accidentally find himself working in a faraway school for youkai. He cowers, grovels and shrieks his way through a parade of introductions to his new class with his only real character trait being his denial that his passion for school uniforms is rooted in anything horny. Fortunately, the kids he's teaching are a lot more interesting, setting things up for a fairly typical experience of exploring Japanese legends through the lens of helping teens through comical everyday problems. It's too silly to approach any of the top tier youkai-centric shows that we've had in recent years while the comedy is only middling, but there's enough creativity in the modern day references to traditional culture that it might scratch an itch for genre fans. Unfortunately, airing in the same season as more Natsume Yuujinchou is probably not going to do this many favours.
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth ep1: I quite liked this semi-historical (it references a lot of actual culture and history, yet avoids explicitly naming names) take on the early days of heliocentrism in Europe. It's not the most beautiful show of the season, with its rugged designs and grey/brown palette, but it makes up for that with an excellent voice cast, detailed depictions of stars and equipment and a genuinely interesting story. The hero loves the stars but since he lives in a time where a certain church has a stranglehold on what people are allowed to know and teach, he's learned to suppress every aspect of himself in order to appear to be a model citizen who says exactly what people want to hear. That all changes when he meets a scholar who was tortured for his (more correct) views of astronomy than the prevailing story taught by the church, and of course the hero soon ends up gaining a new understanding.
I like that the church's relentless dogma is treated empathetically; we know that it's wrong, both factually and morally, but it's presented as plausible within the setting of the show, which makes the world feel more lived-in and the characters on both sides of the debate more worthy of respect, even if one side is literally rounding the other up and executing them. It's the opposite of all of those tedious 'revenge' shows where everyone is just cartoonishly evil for no rational reason, and this bleak tale of oppressed thinkers sharing knowledge as though it's contraband is thus a much more compelling watch. It's a shame that the English title is a bit weak without context and that it's on Netflix, where a lot of people might overlook it.
The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor ep1: A 'second chance' reincarnation story, featuring a feisty heroine betrayed by her freaky incestuous fiancé who suddenly finds herself back in the past with the opportunity to avert her former fate. She impulsively latches onto an enemy emperor as an ally and finds herself betrothed to someone her old fiancé despises, which kind of works for the heroine even if her new partner turns out to be nothing like she'd expected. The 'dragon emperor' is quite sweet and innocent, in spite of his questionable murmured preference for even younger girls (when the lead is already a kid after her trip backwards through time). He also has a dragon companion which automatically makes him cooler than everyone else. I didn't especially love this show but at least the lead has a vaguely rational internal monologue, and it's one of the more watchable examples of its genre so far.
R
Puniru is a Kawaii Slime ep1: An energetic comedy about a boy and the friendly slime that he somehow created as a child. He's now a little older and the slime has grown up into a cutesy, human-looking girl with a gooey body and the ability to shapeshift through the lengthiest transformation sequence in the universe. It's all very brightly coloured and cute, with a lot of energy, but I'm still confused about a lot of the rules of the world since the first episode was mostly (ludicrous) boob jokes and schoolboy awkwardness. None of Kotarou's friends initially seem to know about Puniru; do his parents know? Are slimes a thing in their world? Is the plot going to remain stuck on 'Puniru wants people to tell her she's cute' forever? I have no idea what's actually going on. It probably doesn't matter; if you like adorable things then this is probably worth watching for the cheerful designs alone, and if not then this will be utterly unwatchable.
A Terrified Teacher at Ghoul School! ep1: The main character of this show is probably the wimpiest that I've seen in a while: a young teacher who ran away from his previous school because he was too frightened of the kids, only to accidentally find himself working in a faraway school for youkai. He cowers, grovels and shrieks his way through a parade of introductions to his new class with his only real character trait being his denial that his passion for school uniforms is rooted in anything horny. Fortunately, the kids he's teaching are a lot more interesting, setting things up for a fairly typical experience of exploring Japanese legends through the lens of helping teens through comical everyday problems. It's too silly to approach any of the top tier youkai-centric shows that we've had in recent years while the comedy is only middling, but there's enough creativity in the modern day references to traditional culture that it might scratch an itch for genre fans. Unfortunately, airing in the same season as more Natsume Yuujinchou is probably not going to do this many favours.
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth ep1: I quite liked this semi-historical (it references a lot of actual culture and history, yet avoids explicitly naming names) take on the early days of heliocentrism in Europe. It's not the most beautiful show of the season, with its rugged designs and grey/brown palette, but it makes up for that with an excellent voice cast, detailed depictions of stars and equipment and a genuinely interesting story. The hero loves the stars but since he lives in a time where a certain church has a stranglehold on what people are allowed to know and teach, he's learned to suppress every aspect of himself in order to appear to be a model citizen who says exactly what people want to hear. That all changes when he meets a scholar who was tortured for his (more correct) views of astronomy than the prevailing story taught by the church, and of course the hero soon ends up gaining a new understanding.
I like that the church's relentless dogma is treated empathetically; we know that it's wrong, both factually and morally, but it's presented as plausible within the setting of the show, which makes the world feel more lived-in and the characters on both sides of the debate more worthy of respect, even if one side is literally rounding the other up and executing them. It's the opposite of all of those tedious 'revenge' shows where everyone is just cartoonishly evil for no rational reason, and this bleak tale of oppressed thinkers sharing knowledge as though it's contraband is thus a much more compelling watch. It's a shame that the English title is a bit weak without context and that it's on Netflix, where a lot of people might overlook it.
The Do-Over Damsel Conquers the Dragon Emperor ep1: A 'second chance' reincarnation story, featuring a feisty heroine betrayed by her freaky incestuous fiancé who suddenly finds herself back in the past with the opportunity to avert her former fate. She impulsively latches onto an enemy emperor as an ally and finds herself betrothed to someone her old fiancé despises, which kind of works for the heroine even if her new partner turns out to be nothing like she'd expected. The 'dragon emperor' is quite sweet and innocent, in spite of his questionable murmured preference for even younger girls (when the lead is already a kid after her trip backwards through time). He also has a dragon companion which automatically makes him cooler than everyone else. I didn't especially love this show but at least the lead has a vaguely rational internal monologue, and it's one of the more watchable examples of its genre so far.
R
Dragon Slayer
The Wildcard
Love Live! Superstar!! 3rd Season Episode 25
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles Season 2 Episode 13
Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister Episode 2
Seirei Gensouki: Spirit Chronicles Season 2 Episode 13
Tying the Knot with an Amagami Sister Episode 2
CommanderZx2
Magical Girl
Decided to check out Acro Trip, so far the highlight of the season for me. It's just so much fun and found myself actually laughing out loud, which I rarely do. Unfortunately it appears to be really flying under the radar so far, I definitely recommend checking it out.
Girls with Guns
Chuunibyou
Heck, I've barely started watching any of the Summer season yet, I've only seen 1 or 2 episodes of a few of the series, and have only liked 3 of those enough to complete:
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army Was a Human
Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells
I hope I don't fall too far behind with Fall. I was somewhat disappointed with many of the anime offerings in the Summer season. I didn't even bother with selecting a Waifu of the Summer Season at all.
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian
The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army Was a Human
Failure Frame: I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything with Low-Level Spells
I hope I don't fall too far behind with Fall. I was somewhat disappointed with many of the anime offerings in the Summer season. I didn't even bother with selecting a Waifu of the Summer Season at all.
Re:ZERO - Starting Life in Another World - Season 3 episode 52 Home-wrecker.
Sengoku Youko 2nd Season episode 24 Compatible.
The Prince of Tennis: U-17 World Cup Semifinal episode 2 Getting exciting.
31 Days of Halloween 2024! Day IX: Visible Secret (Film)
Urusei Yatsura Movie 1: Only You (Film) This was solid fun, and felt like a natural extension of the TV series up to this point. 3.5/5
Urusei Yatsura episodes 59-62
Sengoku Youko 2nd Season episode 24 Compatible.
The Prince of Tennis: U-17 World Cup Semifinal episode 2 Getting exciting.
31 Days of Halloween 2024! Day IX: Visible Secret (Film)
Urusei Yatsura Movie 1: Only You (Film) This was solid fun, and felt like a natural extension of the TV series up to this point. 3.5/5
Urusei Yatsura episodes 59-62
Uzumaki (English dub) ep1-2
Well, that was a journey. Not having read the manga, my suspicion is that they’re rattling through the material at a much faster pace than they should be, to the point where it feels a little unintentionally (?) camp, but the first episode is really quite an achievement; it’s wonderfully weird to look at and, even in the slightly questionable dub, still conveys a great sense of the uncanny.
The second episode though, oh boy. It’s not as unwatchable as I’d feared from all the attention it’s been attracting online, but it really is a huge step down. Only a couple of cuts struck me as distractingly bad (the walking didn’t bother me as much as the punch with no weight behind it), but all nice little incidental details like moving crosshatching in the backgrounds and rotoscoped movement are gone and it’s just mediocre at best.
At just four episodes, I’ll see it through, but despite some vague speculation that the last episode may be an improvement, I’m not holding out a lot of hope.
Ninja Kamui ep1
I’d actually forgotten this existed until it came up in conversation about the other things Uzumaki’s producer had worked on. On the strength of one episode, it seems like an impressively slick throwback to the kind of gory action films Yoshiaki Kawajiri was making back in the day (even the character designs resemble his as we get towards the end) but as I think Otomo commented, it does feel a bit soulless. Thus far it’s less Ninja Scroll, more Highlander: Search for Vengeance. I’ll give it a few episodes at least.
Well, that was a journey. Not having read the manga, my suspicion is that they’re rattling through the material at a much faster pace than they should be, to the point where it feels a little unintentionally (?) camp, but the first episode is really quite an achievement; it’s wonderfully weird to look at and, even in the slightly questionable dub, still conveys a great sense of the uncanny.
The second episode though, oh boy. It’s not as unwatchable as I’d feared from all the attention it’s been attracting online, but it really is a huge step down. Only a couple of cuts struck me as distractingly bad (the walking didn’t bother me as much as the punch with no weight behind it), but all nice little incidental details like moving crosshatching in the backgrounds and rotoscoped movement are gone and it’s just mediocre at best.
At just four episodes, I’ll see it through, but despite some vague speculation that the last episode may be an improvement, I’m not holding out a lot of hope.
Ninja Kamui ep1
I’d actually forgotten this existed until it came up in conversation about the other things Uzumaki’s producer had worked on. On the strength of one episode, it seems like an impressively slick throwback to the kind of gory action films Yoshiaki Kawajiri was making back in the day (even the character designs resemble his as we get towards the end) but as I think Otomo commented, it does feel a bit soulless. Thus far it’s less Ninja Scroll, more Highlander: Search for Vengeance. I’ll give it a few episodes at least.
adamclark83
Student Council President
Last night on Blu-ray:
- Sailor Moon R Episodes 1-3.
- Sailor Moon R Episodes 1-3.
Orgun
Dragon Knight
Lightspeed Electroid Albegas - Episodes 17 - 21
Genocyber - Episodes 1 - 5 [Final]
While I had the 'Mecha Masters' boxset out I thought I'd give this another watch as it's been a decade at least since I last watched it. I've always quite liked Genocyber (having first seen it in the 90's on VHS, but I wouldn't see episodes 4 & 5 until I bought this boxset in the mid 00's), yes it's a bit of a mess plot wise in a number of places throughout but it's entertaining with some fantastic action scenes and I still think the first episode is actually pretty good after all these years and a reminder that they certainly don't make OVA's like this anymore !
Ranma 1/2 (2024) - Episode 1
After seeing how Urusei Yatsura was remade a lot of the trepidation I would have had for the Ranma 1/2 remake was tempered and I enjoyed this first episode, it seemed to capture a lot of the feel of the original so I'm keen to see how the show progresses.
Thunderbolt Fantasy: Sword Seekers 4 - Episode 1
I am so happy to see the return of Thunderbolt Fantasy and also sad that this is going to the last TV series before a final film. This episode puts a lot of pieces into place and I think I can see where the story is going and can't wait to see it unfold.
And my wish has been granted with the announcement of an L-Gaim blu-ray box set the other week.
I nearly dropped it as well after a few episodes but I like to give shows a chance and saw it through, although that's a few hours of my life I'm never going to get back!
I think you'll like it, it was a really good show.
Is Lawnmower Man 2 still a terrible film
Genocyber - Episodes 1 - 5 [Final]
While I had the 'Mecha Masters' boxset out I thought I'd give this another watch as it's been a decade at least since I last watched it. I've always quite liked Genocyber (having first seen it in the 90's on VHS, but I wouldn't see episodes 4 & 5 until I bought this boxset in the mid 00's), yes it's a bit of a mess plot wise in a number of places throughout but it's entertaining with some fantastic action scenes and I still think the first episode is actually pretty good after all these years and a reminder that they certainly don't make OVA's like this anymore !
Ranma 1/2 (2024) - Episode 1
After seeing how Urusei Yatsura was remade a lot of the trepidation I would have had for the Ranma 1/2 remake was tempered and I enjoyed this first episode, it seemed to capture a lot of the feel of the original so I'm keen to see how the show progresses.
Thunderbolt Fantasy: Sword Seekers 4 - Episode 1
I am so happy to see the return of Thunderbolt Fantasy and also sad that this is going to the last TV series before a final film. This episode puts a lot of pieces into place and I think I can see where the story is going and can't wait to see it unfold.
And my wish has been granted with the announcement of an L-Gaim blu-ray box set the other week.
I nearly dropped it as well after a few episodes but I like to give shows a chance and saw it through, although that's a few hours of my life I'm never going to get back!
Now watching Mobile Suit Gundam: The Witch From Mercury
I think you'll like it, it was a really good show.
Is Lawnmower Man 2 still a terrible film
Otomo
Thousand Master
Villainess Level 99
I'm rather sad I'm finished this.
Yumiella is a hoot.
Her expressions and inner voice made me laugh so much.
There's a nice simple plot and each episode rattled along quickly.
The monster-calling flute.
I can see a rewatch in the future.
I also decided to watch the last couple of episodes of The Eminence in Shadow S2 partly to check it plays okay. As I'm reading volume 4 of the light novel, I thought it might be interesting to see what differences there might be.
I visited my Mum and Dad and watched the first 3 episodes of Tulsa King S2. As good as the first.
Netflix has a show called The Brothers Sun. It's a Triad action show. The always lovely Michelle Yeoh plays the Mother.
I wish my Mum would cut up a body for me.
I'm rather sad I'm finished this.
Yumiella is a hoot.
Her expressions and inner voice made me laugh so much.
There's a nice simple plot and each episode rattled along quickly.
The monster-calling flute.
I can see a rewatch in the future.
I also decided to watch the last couple of episodes of The Eminence in Shadow S2 partly to check it plays okay. As I'm reading volume 4 of the light novel, I thought it might be interesting to see what differences there might be.
I visited my Mum and Dad and watched the first 3 episodes of Tulsa King S2. As good as the first.
Netflix has a show called The Brothers Sun. It's a Triad action show. The always lovely Michelle Yeoh plays the Mother.
I wish my Mum would cut up a body for me.
DAN DA DAN episode 2 Losing the plot.
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episode 2 Date preparation.
Negative Postive Angler episode 2 Beginner’s luck.
Rurouni Kenshin -Kyoto Disturbance- episode 26 Theft of a thief.
Trillion Game episode 3 Hacking it.
31 Days of Halloween 2024! Day X: Messiah of Evil (Film)
Urusei Yatsura episodes 63-67
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? V episode 2 Date preparation.
Negative Postive Angler episode 2 Beginner’s luck.
Rurouni Kenshin -Kyoto Disturbance- episode 26 Theft of a thief.
Trillion Game episode 3 Hacking it.
31 Days of Halloween 2024! Day X: Messiah of Evil (Film)
Urusei Yatsura episodes 63-67
adamclark83
Student Council President
Last night's viewing:
Blu-ray
- Sailor Moon R Episodes 4-9.
DVD
- Sailor Moon: Raye's Day In The Spotlight (original dub).
Blu-ray
- Sailor Moon R Episodes 4-9.
DVD
- Sailor Moon: Raye's Day In The Spotlight (original dub).