An “Anime’s” Review: Catching Up Part 4/4

And finally we’re left with the last… eleven reviews. Wait, eleven? Anyway, let’s begin~~

Tamako Market: 7.4/10

This series is a pretty good watch, albeit surreal with the talking bird. However, it was a fun series about a girl who has a family that runs a mochi shop in a shopping district. It’s nice.

Tantei Opera Milky Holmes II: 7.1/10

It is essentially the same as the first season, but I think this one was a little better, for some reason.

Tari Tari: 6.6/10

Tari Tari is one of those series that had a very great potential and was completely ruined by not taking advantage of it at all. It is a series about a group who of outcasts who become friends and form a choir with each other. Despite the fact that this is a music-centric anime series, there is a distinct and utter lack of different music. They sing essentially three different songs and that’s if you include the ending theme. That’s just terrible. Normally, I would not give a scathing review for something like that, but if you do not deliver on the purpose of the show, what good is it?

Teekyu: 6.9/10

This is a weird series about a tennis club. It is strange, so I’d just say watch the first episode. It’s only like 5 minutes long.

The World God Only Knows~Goddess Arc~: 7.8/10

The World God Only Knows is a great series, in my opinion. The anime has fallen short on multiple level because it just cannot put everything that manga has in animated format. With that said, the Goddess Arc is the third season of said series and while there are the normal problems of cutting things out, they still do a reasonable job at maintaining the main plot and the characters’ personalities for season three. The manga is better. However, if you have only watched the anime until now, then this is the season when the plot really picks up, so it is well worth your watch. As a side note, it is recommended you watch the other two season of TWGOK and the Tenri-hen OVA.

Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun: 8.7/10

Sometimes, an anime series delivers everything you want to see out of it. Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun is that series for me in recent years. It is a shoujo romance series with a ton of its own quirks and humor. However, what stood out to me was how human many of the characters felt. A lot of the characters are the emotional high school wrecks that they are and slowly develop into friends with their interactions. A seemingly diverse group forms into close buddies, which is basically what high school is. It is a transitioning point for all involved. And my crack pairing, or what I thought was it, starts coming into fruition towards the middle and end of the series. Gotta love it~

XXXholic Season 1: 7.9/10

Initially, I wrote off the XXXholic anime series as iffy when I first watched the first few episodes years ago. I felt that the manga was not going to be done justice, especially after the monkey’s paw episode. However, I decided to give it another go again… mainly because I had bought the first season for $15. In any case, I was pleasantly surprised. Despite what I viewed as a shaky start, the story moves in a good way and I couldn’t help but enjoy myself as it did so. My initial worries were put to rest and seeing XXXholic animated was actually a treat.

Yuru Yuri S2: 7.4/10

It is a fun splice of life series. And it’s really light.

Yurumate3dei: 7.0/10

It was all right, over all. This is another one of those “five-minute episodes” series, so I’d just watch the first episode to see if it is worth the watch.

Yuyushiki: 7.5/10

I liked this series. It’s really cute and the friends are pretty random compared to the main character. And I find this humorous. Plus, the teacher they call “Mom” is voiced by Yui Horie.

Zettai Karen Children the Unlimited: 7.4/10

This is a somewhat liberal take on the life of Zettai Karen Children’s Kyousuke Hyoubu, who is one of the antagonists of the series. Or he is an antihero in this case. Either way, the series decided it was going to do its anime-only thing, introducing new characters never before seen in the manga and the like. Overall, I both liked it and didn’t like it. Firstly, the fact that Hyoubu needs a limiter just rubbed me the wrong way. Second, Andy felt like Chris from Sonic X. He was suddenly there and everyone was friends with him, for the most part. At least, Andy is pretty badass compared to anything from Sonic X. Overall, it was all right, but I’d rather see a true continuation of Zettai Karen Children.

And with that, I’ve caught up to quite a few of my reviews. What’s next? Well, I am in the midst of watching quite a few different anime series and there are still over 100 more series I have watched and not reviewed, including those that I’ve mentioned here and not done a full review on. But that is all for the future. Until next time, see ya!

Hiatus: Ongoing or Ended?

It’s been almost two years since I’ve posted here without writing anything, even though I’ve watched and finished my fair share of anime, manga, video games, online games, etc, etc. Recently, I decided I’d quit playing Magic the Gathering in favor of playing Cardfight!! Vanguard, which I watched the first season of the anime of. I also finished a ton of anime series, including some on my old backlog, so for old time’s sake, here is a list of newly completed anime series that I recently finished:

A Certain Scientific Railgun S, Binbougami ga!, Cardfight!! Vanguard, Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai, Comic Party, Da Capo III, Excel Saga, Fantasista Doll, Fate Kaleid Liner Prisma Illya, Fate Zero, Gen’ei wo Kakeru Taiyou, Girls und Panzer, Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko, Hyouka, Hyperdimension Neptunia the Animation, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Joshiraku, K, Kamisama Kiss, Kimi to Boku, Little Busters, Magi, Minami-ke Todaima, Ore no Imouto ga Konna ni Kawaii Wake ga Nai Season 2, Persona 4 the Animation, Saki Achiga-hen episode of side-A, Sasami-san@Ganbaranai, Sengoku Collection, Soul Eater, Sword Art Online, Tamako Market, Tante Opera Milky Holmes II, Tari Tari, Teekyu, The World God Only Knows~Goddess Arc~, Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun, XXXholic Season 1, Yuru Yuri S2, Yurumate3dei, Yuyushiki, Zettai Karen Children the Unlimited

40 completed series from the ones I can remember, since I last posted. Not bad~

I will probably do a massive update right after this one going through each one with a brief score review and what I thought of the series too. So for now, matta ne~~