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009 Re:Cyborg

This film is utterly bonkers, it seems to want to throw so much at the wall that I wonder if the script was originally much longer and denser, and has been pared back.
It feels slightly like a three-hour film crammed into 105 minutes.

This whole 'too much going on' vibe is not helped by the film over-explaining complicated bits and simply not explaining easier bits. (For example, Samuel Capital is a hedge fund, how and why does it benefit from starting a war? We're told it does, but details on how are vague.)

It feels like it has a lot to say, but seems to veer between being too muddled for the audience to work out what it's trying to say and making it far too obvious. I wonder if it would play better knowing what the writer-director's vision actually was, because, assuming I'm reading it correctly, it's attempting to address several different completely unrelated philosophical and political ideologies, some for only single conversations.

The action sequences are all a bit weak, and the muddled narrative means I'd probably describe the film as 'interesting' rather than 'entertaining' and I'd only recommend it to people interested in philosophy and religion.
 
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My Love Story/Ore Monogatari Episode 24.

I found this episode kind of amazing and it was really nice that the show got to go out on a high. It's been a great show throughout and I'd recommend it to almost anyone.

This particular episode felt very fast paced, I suspect they could easily have made this into at least two episodes (making the story at least three parts) but despite that everything worked surprisingly well. I was quite impressed that they managed to squeeze so much into the episode while still maintaining the quality.

The way the story went was quite interesting, it seemed very true to the characters and made a lot of sense. It was basically doing what the show does best, it doesn't rely on elaborate dramatic tension and instead it just likes to get to the heart of the matter and let the characters shine. It ended in a very satisfying way that manages to deal with the current storyline and works well in the bigger picture too. Absolutely a great way to end a great show.

I hope there can be more seasons of this at some point in the future but at least what we got was brilliant and satisfying.

Himouto! Umaru-chan Episode 12.

Quite a strong end to the series, I'd say. I'm going to miss this show, it's generally been very enjoyable and with plenty of nice emotional moments as well as some pretty good comedy.

It probably helped that both Kirie-chan and Bomber appeared quite a lot and I'm very fond of both. I liked the way they handled the interaction between Kirie-chan and Umaru, as well as Kirie-chan's development in general. It's impressive how stupid Bomber can be, at the same time though he's at least as loveable.

I quite liked the bit with Onii-chan taking a test drive, it was kind of a simple segment but for some reason it worked quite well for me.

Re-watched Is The Order A Rabbit?/Gochumon Wa Usagi Desu Ka? Episodes 1-12.

It's a decent "Cute Girls Doing Cute Things" show, not one of the best but I found it pretty consistently entertaining. It also has a bit of fanservice, which could be a plus or minus, though there's not so much that it's likely to be a main reason to watch or not watch the show for most people.

I'm looking forward to the next season, I hope it spends a bit more time with Syaro and Rize.
 
Durarara!!x2 Ten (Japanese audio) - Episode 12 (x2 Episode 24) (Completed)
Charlotte (Japanese audio) - Episode 13 (Completed)

Charlotte Spoilers:
I somewhat liked the idea of Yu going around the world and taking everyone's powers. It's a shame that it was paced really fast since they only had 1 episode.

EDIT:

I just realised Charlotte's basically a Jun Maeda version of Darker Than Black.

Durarara!!x2 Ten Spoilers:
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Found out what volumes Durarara!!'s anime has adapted (they're going through the entirety of Durarara!!'s Part 1 storyline):
Season 1: LN Vol. 01-03
x2 Shou: LN Vol. 04-06
x2 Ten: LN Vol. 07-10
x2 Ketsu: LN Vol. 11-13

LN Vol. 14+ is Part 2 of the Durarara!! storyline.
 
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Eps 16-26 of Persona 4 not played the game but as soon as Adachi appeared on screen i just new that he was the killer
Ep 12 of Durarara!!x2 Ten...damn got to wait until january for Ketsu
Ep 24 of Shokugeki no Soma
Ep 47 of World Trigger
Ep 77 of Fairy Tail (2014)
 
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Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin I - Blue-Eyed Casval
Gundam Build Fighters - Episodes 01-04

I really enjoyed both of these, and it's nice to see what could easily be a cynical soulless 20 minute toy commercial transcend expectations and become something really enjoyable.
 
Well, I done went and got suckered by Madoka Magica.

I'm 7 episodes in. I knew there was a twist to this show, so when it happened, I was all, like 'yeah, come on, impress me, Madoka, you can do better than that' - and then the NEXT twist happened and everything became 100% more interesting.
 
GOD EATER (Japanese audio) - Episode 09 (Completed for now)

This episode was interesting but now we'll have to wait until Winter for the 4 remaining episodes.
 
Food Wars: Episode 24 (Completed) - Lets add this to my "Season 2 please" list.
Prison School: Episode 12 (Complete) - That was such a tease of an ending. The Underground Student Council getting their comeuppance would be a fitting end but the introduction of new characters could hint towards a second season. I love & hate it when those type of endings occur.
 
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Giant Gorg - Episodes 16 - 22

Giant Gorg is turning out to be a very good series, well paced, great action and a fantastic sense of mystery, episode 17 got a bit weird but is in keeping with the anime that was being made at the time.
 
Actually, I Am ep12. Aizawa is best girl (even if she is occasionally a bit yandere), so of course she loses out romantically.

The Heroic Legend of Arslan ep25 (complete). The story has been left hanging, as expected considering the source material is ongoing. It does seem to be popular in Japan, so there maybe reason to be hopeful for a second season.
 
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