Tuesday, June 4, 2013

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Ginyoku no Fam suffered from putting its main character too much in the center of the story. Fam had to do everything and she was the key to bringing peace. Thankfully it made up for it with its gorgeous 3D graphics and its world building: the world it created was full of life and had many interesting locations and cultures, and I really liked black butler hand painted shoes how this show fleshed them out. The plot also wasn't an entire disaster. It just lacked creativity. It definitely does not live up to the original Last Exile, but it could have been much worse.
Moyashimon: after the juggernauts of Nodame Cantabile and Honey and Clover it was the first Noitamina series to get a sequel. Was it really necessary? Nope. The second season is not as good as the first and lacks the charms it has, and most importantly the germs don't really feel like the main character anymore: they're custom low top sneakers sometimes there to give a bit of explanation. Beyond that though, the sequel still had plenty of reasons to make it enjoyable. The chemistry between the characters still is great, it's still chockful of creativity about the germs and it still was a very enjoyable ride with talking germs.
Shirokuma Cafe is a show that took the amazing spider man custom design shoes concept of a panda and a penguin that walk into a bar, and turned that into an entire series. It's a deadpan comedy at heart, with lots and lots of dry humour and animals trolling each other. There were plenty of times through the series at which I just cracked up and laughed hysterically. The big problem with this series however is that it's too long: it's slated for 50 episodes, and it has nowhere near enough material to fill everything with fresh jokes. The result? Padding.

Sunday, June 2, 2013

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Aquarion Evol. The product of the collective deranged minds of Shoji Kawamori and Mari Okada, some of the biggest trolls active in the business. This show was glorious in its symbolism and how ridiculously cheesy it hand painted canvas shoes could get at times, not to mention its godly soundtrack. It had its annoying moments, but this show is so dedicated to teenaged hormones, orgasms and its themes of males versus females that it was just amazing to watch. Even for someone like me who did not watch the first series.
The prime example of a show that takes its time to get going. This series caught my attention with its excellent first episode, but hen it dulled in a bit. It's not like K where it wasted too much time on uninteresting stuff, it was just regular slice of life that was.. enjoyable I guess, but never really hit any highs. And then it just completely canvas shoes anime blew me away with its final two episodes, which were brilliant. Did it waste time? Most definitely. Does it have flaws? Hell yeah, some side characters in particular are too one-sided. But the two final episodes were so good that they made up for everything, especially since throughout the show, you could see this series carefully setting up the minor details required to make it work.
Another was THE horror series of the year. Sure there were other series with horror elements, but none went as far as this series. I loved the mystery it had and how it slowly unraveled its storyline, not to mention how intenseAnime Canvas  it could get when it really hit its heights. It also got really brutal at times, so this series really is not meant for those with a weak constitution.

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2012 had a lot of very good romances, actually. Sukitte Ii na Yo was the same as Nazo no Kanojo: before the start hand painted canvas shoes of the series I had seen it described as smut, but it is not smut at all. In fact, it's a genuine look at a shy teenaged girl's first romance as she learns to accept herself more for who she is. This is what Kimi ni Todoke should have been: it just cuts right through the crap by having its characters actually talk about their feelings, rather than padding out incredibly long. It's a great example of angst done right, and I love how it takes care to develop all of its characters in its short airtime of 13 episodes.
More really good romance with canvas shoes anime Kokoro Connect that I initially wrote off. In this series we have this alien thing that toys with the main cast by forcing all sorts of powers on them and observing how they react. Unlike the above Sukitte Ii na Yo it did not have full control of its angst, which sometimes got a bit out of control (especially in its second half), but it definitely made up for this with its really sharp dialogue that really delved deep into their minds. It's a bit of a shame that the best arc was the first one so the rest of the arcs did leave a few things to be desired here and there, but still it was a very interesting watch.
Robotics;Notes will probably end up a lot higher on the list next year, but so far I really like what it's doing so far. It has believable character and a ton of subplots running right through each other that all try to Anime Canvas do… something. It's spending a lot of time on building up and it's still unclear what it really wants to do, but that's what makes it compelling. The pacing is a tad too slow for my liking, but even then this series has already delivered a lot of interesting climaxes.