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Nov 17, 2022
Komi-san wa, Comyushou desu.
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Lots of hype for this title led me to it, and enjoying Kimi Ni Todoke & WataMote's exploration of female protagonists with social anxiety issues, I had fairly high hopes going into this. After seeing the first few episodes, I found the intial premise massively bogged down with lots of obnoxious supporting characters. The main protagonists, Komi & Tadano have a nice dynamic and are interesting characters, but I found the story was polluted with several irritating supporting players that quickly derailed my interest in the story going forward. I mentioned Kimi Ni Todoke & Watamote above and would strongly suggest either for a more
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Sep 10, 2022
3D Kanojo: Real Girl
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On paper the series sounds rather generic, but the execution was immensely satisfying to me. The synthesis of an interesting plot catalyst, atypical characters, and an original art/character style, made this a satisfying series run with a wonderful sense of resolution. The leads and their friends were all fairly compelling characters with some interesting development, even tertiary characters like parents & siblings get some worthwhile development. The story always felt rich and moving with relatable emotions and was conveyed with good dramatic flourish, and offers happy endings for the main cast that feel tangible & satisfying. The art and colour palette suited the dramatic tone
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Sep 9, 2022
Choujikuu Seiki Orguss
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Being a young fan of Robotech and later discovering SDF Macross, SDC Southern Cross, and Genesis Climber Mospeda were separate animations led to info about Super Dimensional Century Orguss and how it wasn't used as part of Robotech by Carl Macek. I remember owning a few of the Animeigo dubbed tapes of Orguss later on in the days of VHS, but never saw the series proper until recently thanks to the efforts of fan-subbers. Suffice to say after seeing the whole narrative beginning to end, it had some potential and a few interesting characters, but feels like it largely spins it's wheels in regards to
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Jan 11, 2022
Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
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This series starts off with an interesting premise & potential in Episodes 1-4, but after that, largely diverges into pointless filler moments. It doesn't get back to more interesting plot elements until the followup special aka episode 13 and by that time the series has ended. The questions you really want answered like 'What did Erio forget?' or 'Who/What is Elliot?' are never addressed and the light novels are pretty bad at answering this as well. Beautifully designed and interesting enough characters in the series, but sadly their potential is wasted in go nowhere activities like Baseball and Basketball games that feel like pointless filler.
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Jun 27, 2020
Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon
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I started the series after watching a YouTube Review which mentioned the series. I started the series expecting that it was going to be a 7 or maybe an 8 with some clean & colourful designs & animation from Kyoto Animation meriting a fairly good score just from the look of the trailers. However seeing the zany title animations and catchy OP I was immediately reminded of the venerable Magical Girlfriend Anime classic 'Urusei Yatsura' which I have also been watching recently and getting into this series couldn't help but see parallels between Lum and Tooru and their respective sets of friends. But parallels
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Oct 25, 2019
While well animated with good music & sound, I found the extra emphasis on the slapstick elements of AMG and the focus on Gan-chan rather jarring. Basically a series of AMG Chibi short skits played for laughs with no involvement with the actual AMG main narrative when you boil it down. I do give it credit for keeping interest in the AMG brand alive after the short 5 episode OVA from the early 1990s as Mini Goddess did help to maintain a presence in the anime market for the AMG brand, which later received a feature length adaptation and was then commissioned for two television
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Oct 24, 2019
Aria the Animation
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As far as slice of life anime goes this one is firing on all cylinders, ARIA is truly a SoL masterpiece. The characters are immediately likeable, with the leads Akari & Alicia sympathetic and interesting from the start, with an amazing supporting cast behind them. The story of Lady Gondoliers (aka Undines) on Aqua (aka New Mars) makes for an interesting setting and the likeable cast of characters develop in a slow, but steady pace throughout the series, and the story leaves off ready to carry on into the followup series 'The Natural' with a very natural progression. The action is rather subdued and people
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Oct 24, 2019
Grancrest Senki
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A satisfying Fantasy Anime with a cohesive and solid plot arc that really delivers. Not since Record of Lodoss War have I been so engrossed in a fantasy genre anime. With compelling characters, an interesting plotline, and believable lore/worldbuilding, this series delivered a satisfying and surprisingly complete story arc that lacks any real fan-service or lame filler episodes. And it was refreshingly compact without a lot of loose threads at the end of it. Nice to see a very straightforward arc which still had some interesting story turns along the way which kept it interesting with some surprises you don't expect.
Oct 24, 2019
Net-juu no Susume
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While it is well produced, this anime felt pretty mediocre in terms of the cast/characters. I understand that they are people with a bit of social dysfunctional in their lives, but both main characters seem rather flat and uninspired. I found myself more interested in the male lead's matchmaking buddy or the in-game cast/characters, who seemed to have more personality than both the leads outside the game, who felt like mere ciphers in the plot. I think they should've developed more of the story in regards to other game team members, who were hinted at a bit in a few episodes, but much like the
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Nov 22, 2018
CLAMP in Wonderland 2
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Nice followup to the original CLAMP in Wonderland mashup AMV. With my favourite CLAMP series Kobato, Angelic Layer and Chobits all making appearances in this AMV, I definitely prefer it to the first one a lot. It was neat the way it gave a sneak peak at Kobato before her series proper started too, the Chobits sequence was great too. It was nice to see Chi/Elda and Freya back together, and Chi and Hideki were just too cute dancing alone at that one part. Great stuff, if a bit thin on a plot, it looks and sounds great though, a great CLAMP showcase.
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