Yume Oukoku to Nemureru Hyaku-nin no Ouji-sama (Yume100) Ep. 3 Review

Aaaaand the pancakes arc is done.

I’m glad they pulled Gilbert out from being your standard mean guy into a… a… pancake fanatic. Nice move.

Yume Oukoku to Nemureru Hyaku-nin no Ouji-sama (Yume100) Ep. 2 Review

And so our princess continues her journey traveling around with no particular goal but to destroy Dream Eaters along the way. Is she going to save her lost kingdom or something? What happened after she was sent to the outside world? Will she find her long lost family, if they’re still alive? Will we ever know?

Island Ep. 1-3 Review: oh look, another island of weirdos

Fiction set in islands often fall under the category of being about weird shit happening all over the island or about survival. Island falls under the former.

2018 Anime Watchlist

Yes, people, it’s July and I’ve only started this, but here goes.

Children of the Whales Ep. 4-6 Review – Organic Whale

Another day in the Mud Whale.

The story is going in a good direction. I’m liking this a lot.

Hello, somebody of the mysterious little girl trope. How are you today?

Yume Oukoku to Nemureru Hyaku-nin no Ouji-sama (Yume100) Ep. 1 Review – Watch out for that ax

Hi guys, I’m alive again. I’m going to try reviewing episode by episode rather than by threes or fours like I usually do for this series.

Yume100 is an anime adapted from a puzzle game of the same name. The princess of Troymare is an ordinary salary girl transported to the Kingdom of Dreams, where she found out she has the power to buff princes to fight against Yumekui (dream eaters) and thus begin her journey to collect husbando—–I mean, save the world.

Houseki no Kuni Ep 1-3 Review: their hair shines brighter than my future

Weeeellllpppp I’m pretty late in watching this but if I might say, Land of the Lustrous is easily the best anime I’ve seen in a while.

literal break face

In the distant future, Gems inhabit the earth.  Looming over them are the Lunarians, creepy skinny Asian angels that fly in on a UFO, whose goal seem to be turning the Gems into trinkets. Phosphophyllite, the youngest gem, struggles to find a place where they belongs in the community of immortals.

Official site: http://land-of-the-lustrous.com/

Rokka no Yuusha Review – wut

Today’s review features 2015 flub Rokka no Yuusha. You either love it or hate it. It is an anime that wants to be action-fantasy and mystery but fails to do so. However, it does bring to the table a refreshing new take of the genre.

Spoiler is marked. Feel free to read through.

Juuni Taisen Ep. 10-12 Review: Wish Dilemma

It’s the end of the Zodiac War. The winner is revealed, but I guess if anyone sees the pattern of how the episodes go they would’ve guessed it long ago.

My Anime/Manga of 2017

100th post!

This year has been eventful and a major turning point in my life. It has also been a year of finishing anime I keep putting off since 2013. Rules are the same: no one title gets more than one award, spoilers are marked, recipient can be released any year but I have to start/finish it in 2017, and every award is based solely on my preference.

 

 

 

Unlike last year, there are many good titles I’ve watched/read this year, so strap on and let’s go!

First, Best Action (anime) goes to: Youjo Senki (2017)

 

 

 

Tanya the child soldier is actually a Japanese salary man reincarnated. Will she survive Being X’s trials or will she fall to the madness of war?

Youjo Senki is something that I didn’t even think was going to be good, but it was a love at first sight and I still like it a lot. My reviews on Youjo Senki are here.

Honorable Mention: Juuni Taisen (2017)

It was really hard deciding which one I liked better. I love Juuni Taisen’s characters better than Youjo Senki’s, but action-wise Juuni Taisen is more of a realistic one-slash-death and Youjo Senki has more exciting battles, so too bad. Reviews here.

Best Action (manga) goes to: Gunka no Baltzar (2011)

Baltzar is sent to be an instructor at a crumbling military academy in a neighboring nation. Faced with strained alliances, riots, and enemy attacks, will Baltzar be able to lead his students through perils?

Blend of politics and military, each chapter filled with tension, Gunka no Baltzar is a very enjoyable (and educational) read.

Honorable Mention: Killing Bites (2013)

Giving literal meaning to the phrase, “The honey badger doesn’t give a shit.” Killing Bites is a guilty pleasure that I find more entertaining than Terra Formars.

Best Sci-fi goes to: Paprika (2006)

Things go wrong when you poke around in people’s minds.

Paprika is very imaginative and vibrant. I saw it twice this year, one time alone and one time with my friends at college and I still did not understand the ending. But it was really well-told, much characterization is subtle, and it takes more than one time to kind of understand it.

Honorable Mention: Blame! (2017)

In an endless city, Killy, a man in black, searches for human with the Net Terminal Gene.

Badass action and amazing theme song, though the movie only touches the tip of the iceberg of the manga. Still, Blame was an enjoyable watch. I did one post on it.