Cure Up! Rapapa! This is my review of Maho Tsukai Precure Episode 17 Review and today the two girls tried to find out who is Kanoko's crush when she was a teen.
After Kanoko show a picture of herself as a teen to the girls, she claimed she saw an amazing man who stole her heart when the picture was taken. So the girls decided to find Kanoko's crush with the help of Cathy the Crystal Ball.
So the girls went around town to find this person but ended up with false hope since Kanoko does not recognize these men. It was after the girls quietly saved a cat from a tree that Kanoko finally recalled how the man looked like and it was a surprise that it was the Headmaster himself who was her crush many years ago.
Although how he maintain his youth all these years is a question and Kanoko gave him a packet of snacks before he left which until the end of the episode, it showed the Headmaster enjoying the same snack during his tea time.
This also kinda of explained why Kanoko believe in magic and always cover the girls when the magic subject is mentioned.
The second half is kinda of mixed bag for me. For starters, Gamets finally got the Linkle Garent stone after Ha-Chan dropped it and he created a Yokubal for the girls to battle. This battle really make me wonder will the writers munching Precure sweets all day to come up with this episode?!
The Yokubal was all right since it was a creepy Rose creature with Senbei snacks as hands and the girls were trapped inside it's body for a moment. But when the girls escape from it's body, they decided to create a Giant Pac-Man like creature with their Topaz form and munch off the Yokubal's hands! I know Topaz form is the Trickster form but this is something out of a Robot Chicken sketch!
People, I don't like to judge one single episode and claimed that the whole season is bad. Usually I tried to keep my opinion to myself till the final episode before I roast the whole season to the ground. But if Toei keep doing such goofy stunts like this episode, I really have doubts for this season. I get it that Precure is catered for young kids but if you want to pull something like this, do it smart and not rely on a gag that I saw in a Looney Toons cartoon.
You can tell that I am not really happy with this episode and yes, I am aware who is the third Precure thanks to magazine scans. The first part was kinda of slow pace with Kanoko thinking of her old crush. (Wait till they finally meet and she will probably felt ashamed that the headmaster is still in his prime) The second half which other that Gamets got the Linkle Garnet stone, the battle was really "Jumping the Shark."
Next week, after Ha-Chan felt sorry for losing the Linkle Garnet, the girls returned to the Magic world and met up with old friends however Gamets has challenged them for the Linkle Smart Book. Until then, see you in the next post!
Sunday, May 29, 2016
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Maho Tsukai Precure Ep 16: Friends of Two Worlds
Cure Up! Rapapa! This is my review of Maho Tsukai Precure Episode 16 Review and today Kei, Emily and Jun come to Earth to see Mirai and Riko!
So today Kei, Emily and Jun went to Mirai's doorstep and surprised the two girls about their arrival. As expected, the three Magic students were fascinated by the modern technology like a helicopter and giant television screen.
But the three Magic students has also shown they have improved a lot in their second year after Mirai and Riko went to Earth. Mayumi and Kana also bumped into the three Magic students and because of them comparing magic to technology, Mirai and Riko had a hard time trying to distract Mayumi and Kana from learning more about Magic.
Francois who act as a guardian for the three Magic students also mentioned that he often come to Earth for materials and furthermore, there are former Magic students that graduated and work on Earth under a different alias which surprised Mirai and Riko.
Of course, the main focus is Spalda trying to snatch the Linkle Smart Book from the girls and to do it, she merged herself with a helicopter to become a Yokubal herself. It sounds interesting on paper but I find this battle doesn't really make any difference.
First, Spalda was trying to please Dokuroxy as such she sacrifice herself to take down Maho Tsukai Precure. That's the problem. Spalda's motivation is too simple. Sure, her losses against the Precures were decent at most but it is not like the girls did something so humiliating that Spalda decided that enough is enough. Last week's battle was kinda of mediocre as I mentioned before so why Spalda decided to go all Kamikaze to defeat the girls this week.
Personally, I was expecting Batty to be the first one to hit the fan since his ego will never allow two girls to humiliate him time and time again but no, it is Spalda who I find her being evil for the sake of evil that went down first and it wasn't some super power up that the girls get at the last minute but it was just them using Sapphire Smartish and a boost from Ha-Chan that turned Spalda into a spider and Batty took her away after the battle. (Although we saw a Magic book that was in Dokuroxy's possession which I am guessing it will be important in future episodes)
Overall, it was all right an episode since the battle took up almost all of the second half. But does that mean Kobayshi Yui is out of the cast now? I hope she might become another heel turn head since we are expecting a new Cure soon. Anyway in the next episode, Mirai and Riko used Cathy the Magic Crystal Ball to find out Mirai's grandmother, Kanako a secret that she hold dear to her heart. Until then, see you next week!
So today Kei, Emily and Jun went to Mirai's doorstep and surprised the two girls about their arrival. As expected, the three Magic students were fascinated by the modern technology like a helicopter and giant television screen.
But the three Magic students has also shown they have improved a lot in their second year after Mirai and Riko went to Earth. Mayumi and Kana also bumped into the three Magic students and because of them comparing magic to technology, Mirai and Riko had a hard time trying to distract Mayumi and Kana from learning more about Magic.
Francois who act as a guardian for the three Magic students also mentioned that he often come to Earth for materials and furthermore, there are former Magic students that graduated and work on Earth under a different alias which surprised Mirai and Riko.
Of course, the main focus is Spalda trying to snatch the Linkle Smart Book from the girls and to do it, she merged herself with a helicopter to become a Yokubal herself. It sounds interesting on paper but I find this battle doesn't really make any difference.
First, Spalda was trying to please Dokuroxy as such she sacrifice herself to take down Maho Tsukai Precure. That's the problem. Spalda's motivation is too simple. Sure, her losses against the Precures were decent at most but it is not like the girls did something so humiliating that Spalda decided that enough is enough. Last week's battle was kinda of mediocre as I mentioned before so why Spalda decided to go all Kamikaze to defeat the girls this week.
Personally, I was expecting Batty to be the first one to hit the fan since his ego will never allow two girls to humiliate him time and time again but no, it is Spalda who I find her being evil for the sake of evil that went down first and it wasn't some super power up that the girls get at the last minute but it was just them using Sapphire Smartish and a boost from Ha-Chan that turned Spalda into a spider and Batty took her away after the battle. (Although we saw a Magic book that was in Dokuroxy's possession which I am guessing it will be important in future episodes)
Overall, it was all right an episode since the battle took up almost all of the second half. But does that mean Kobayshi Yui is out of the cast now? I hope she might become another heel turn head since we are expecting a new Cure soon. Anyway in the next episode, Mirai and Riko used Cathy the Magic Crystal Ball to find out Mirai's grandmother, Kanako a secret that she hold dear to her heart. Until then, see you next week!
Friday, May 20, 2016
Tribute to Mizutani Yuko (水谷 優子)
A Tribute to one of my favourite Female Seiyuu from the 90s and Early 2000s. Mizutani Yuko passed away on 17/05/2016 due to Breast Cancer. She was 51 years old.
Notable roles are Sakiko Sakura from Chibi Maruko Chan, Takenouchi Sora from Digimon Adventures , Pinoko from Black Jack and Excellen Browning of Super Robot Wars Original Generations Series.
She will always be remember like how Black Jack and Nanbu Kyosuke will always be by her side no matter what.
Song used: Saigo no Tabi by Misato Aki (The 2nd Ending Song of Super Robots Wars Original Generation Season 2)
Link to her death: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-19/chibi-maruko-chan-black-jack-voice-actress-yuko-mizutani-passes-away/.102272
Notable roles are Sakiko Sakura from Chibi Maruko Chan, Takenouchi Sora from Digimon Adventures , Pinoko from Black Jack and Excellen Browning of Super Robot Wars Original Generations Series.
She will always be remember like how Black Jack and Nanbu Kyosuke will always be by her side no matter what.
Song used: Saigo no Tabi by Misato Aki (The 2nd Ending Song of Super Robots Wars Original Generation Season 2)
Link to her death: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-05-19/chibi-maruko-chan-black-jack-voice-actress-yuko-mizutani-passes-away/.102272
Sunday, May 15, 2016
Maho Tsukai Precure Ep 15: Cloudy with a Chance of Ha-Chan
Cure Up! Rapapa! This is my review of Maho Tsukai Precure Episode 15 Review and Ha-Chan is the Star of today's episode!
After everyone ignored Ha-Chan in the morning, she accidentally cast a spell on the Linkle Smart Book and all the stones granted her delicious food that she finished everything. What follow was Ha-Chan cosplaying different outfits granting her different abilities and a day of craziness for the girls.
Ha-Chan has the most lines so far in this episode and it is nice to see her being childlike and innocent. Especially with the stunts she pulled like aiding a male student finding his goal as a baseball player, girls were amazed by her flying around and making chickens running wild, trampling poor Mofurun who was looking for her.
The girls and Mofurun were wondering if it was their fault after ignoring her in the morning which make them realise they took her for granted. At the end of the episode, Ha-Chan also realised how much trouble she caused after Spalda caught her and the stunts she pulled and too apologise.
But now after Spalda saw Ha-Chan re-enter the Linkle Smart book, she suspected something is up although I find it a bit inconsistent. Remember in episode 10 when Spalda found the Topaz Stone from a cat and ignore it, claiming it insignificant.
But after sensing a large amount of energy generating from Ha-Chan, she captured her and is about to get away with when the girls arrived to stop her. But then Spalda isn't the smartest person in the villains' corner.
The fight is mediocre at best however after Spalda reported about Ha-Chan to Yamoh and Dokuroxy and they seem very interested with Ha-Chan. (Finally some plot development!) In the next episode, Kei, Emily and Jun came to Earth and visited the two girls. However Spalda and Yamoh plotted to catch Ha-Chan and Dokuroxy also make his move! Until then, see you in the next episode.
P.S: Which is your favourite form of Ha-Chan? My favourite is UFO, Cat and Unicorn Ha-Chan.
After everyone ignored Ha-Chan in the morning, she accidentally cast a spell on the Linkle Smart Book and all the stones granted her delicious food that she finished everything. What follow was Ha-Chan cosplaying different outfits granting her different abilities and a day of craziness for the girls.
Ha-Chan has the most lines so far in this episode and it is nice to see her being childlike and innocent. Especially with the stunts she pulled like aiding a male student finding his goal as a baseball player, girls were amazed by her flying around and making chickens running wild, trampling poor Mofurun who was looking for her.
The girls and Mofurun were wondering if it was their fault after ignoring her in the morning which make them realise they took her for granted. At the end of the episode, Ha-Chan also realised how much trouble she caused after Spalda caught her and the stunts she pulled and too apologise.
But now after Spalda saw Ha-Chan re-enter the Linkle Smart book, she suspected something is up although I find it a bit inconsistent. Remember in episode 10 when Spalda found the Topaz Stone from a cat and ignore it, claiming it insignificant.
But after sensing a large amount of energy generating from Ha-Chan, she captured her and is about to get away with when the girls arrived to stop her. But then Spalda isn't the smartest person in the villains' corner.
The fight is mediocre at best however after Spalda reported about Ha-Chan to Yamoh and Dokuroxy and they seem very interested with Ha-Chan. (Finally some plot development!) In the next episode, Kei, Emily and Jun came to Earth and visited the two girls. However Spalda and Yamoh plotted to catch Ha-Chan and Dokuroxy also make his move! Until then, see you in the next episode.
P.S: Which is your favourite form of Ha-Chan? My favourite is UFO, Cat and Unicorn Ha-Chan.
Monday, May 9, 2016
2016 Spring Anime 1st Half Review-Bakuon Ep 1 to 5, Macross Delta Ep 1 to 6, Sakamoto Desu Ga Ep 1 to 4, Kotetujo no Kabaneri Ep 1 to 4 and some Honorable Mentions
Hi everyone! I know I haven't been doing reviews of other shows due to my personal commitment and the only series you see in my blog currently is Maho Tsukai Precure. I have been actually watching quite a number of shows this season and there are some good or at least decent ones (In my opinion) so without further ado, let's get started! (Spoilers included!)
Bakuon Ep 1 to 5: I used to ride a motorbike when I was younger and for a show that introduce the world of motorcycles, it brought back memories of me having the same experiences as the characters in Bakuon.
Basically, it is K-On with Motorcycles in it. We have Sakura who was impressed by her classmate, Onsa who is riding a Yamaha Scramble bike to school which if there was a school in Japan that actually allowed students to ride motorcycles then sign me up! But anyway, Sakura decided to join the bike club in school and signed up for bike lessons.
The scenes where Sakura is learning her lessons was very nostalgic for me since I too had to learn from scratch on riding a bike except the whole Sakura talking to her training bike "Baita" but I kinda of understand when Baita taught Sakura how to move off from a stationary position because that is actually one of the two most important things in operating a vehicle. (The other is how to stop your vehicle in time)
The rest of the cast were funny like hardcore Suzuki fangirl, Rin who is the group's Tsundere who ride a Suzuki Katana and goes to rage mode whoever anyone talk back about Suzuki bikes in general. Onsa who is a bit of a tomboy and was so embarrassed when Sakura went to her family's bike shop to buy her Honda Super 4 which personally it is one of the best bikes for long distances.
Hijiri who is the only one without a license is accompanied by her Butler, Hayakawa which I felt her character doesn't really contribute much other claiming that riding bikes is a "delinquent" attitude. Finally, the enigma Raimu Senpai who always wear her helmet every where she goes and never said a word. (Although you do find out why Raimu remained in the bike club despite being way over age)
The show also pick up when Sakura got her bike and they went on a road trip to Hokkaido. With the girls being late for the ferry and had to take the long ride to Hokkaido, Rin finding the Katana mini figure in a mini mart, Sakura meeting a biker who looked like Jesus after running out of fuel and meeting their heartbroken class teacher who is half drunk and started sexually teasing them.
Overall, it might not be as intense like most racing shows, this show will bring back some memories and the good old days of riding in the wind with your bike.
Macross Delta Ep 1 to 6: The Macross series has always one thing in common which is continuity and this new literation is no exception however one thing struck out which might alienate hardcore fans and casual fans alike.
The first was unlike the last two series (Macross 7 and Frontier), the two main enemies is a virus known as Var Syndrome which turned anyone (human or aliens) into crazed raging creatures. The other main antagonists are the Aerial Knights of Windermere who declared war against the UN Spacy claiming they invaded their solar system and planned to drive them out.
To counter the Vars Syndrome, Macross most famous plot point come in the form of a Singing Idol group named Walkure and given the Idol craze in Japan and around the world, the Walkure group sing along with the Delta Squad and even provide support in their combat to suppress the Var victims.
To me personally, I have no problem with the singers teaming up with the Valkyrie pilots. I mean, all these while, every Macross Idol singer with the exception of Fire Bomber is just standing at the safe zone to sing but now the singers are doing something too. (Except episode 6 which is understandable since it is a space battle with asteroids and stuffs)
Looking at the title which is called Macross Delta, I am suggesting it could mean our three protagonists-Hayate, a wanderer who has talents in flying, Freyja, a Windermere who aim to be the latest member of Walkure and could be hiding a secret that she might not even be aware of and Mirage who is the grand daughter of Max and Milia from the original series and trying to live up to her family name.
So far, the first four episode was more of introducing Hayate and Freyja as they both work towards their goal to become a pilot and a singer respectively. Hayate was too much of a carefree spirt and was at odds with Mirage as his instructor. But soon, he leaned the hard way after being outclassed by the team's Ace pilot, Messar who is nicknamed "Death Reaper" and Hayate start to begin taking his training seriously.
Freyja on the other hand is full of spunk despite being the weakest is full of positive energy. She never failed to pull a smile even when the odds are against her. Although her race has been suspected of having a short life span (which doesn't make any sense) and I suspecting that it has something to do with the Windermere planet eternal cold weather and a giant crater being blasted opened on the ground as seen in the latest episode.
Hayate also suffered a bit of PTSD as he has to take a life to save Mirage but he picked himself up thanks to Mirage's pep talk which I am guessing that they might be a pairing later since Macross had a tendency to put odd couples together.
Overall, the show is still taking it's own time to establish so let's hope it will get better as it goes on like how I enjoyed Macross Frontier (except the movies) in all.
Sakamoto Desu Ga Ep 1 to 4: If there is one word to describe the main character, Sakamoto is OP. (Over Powered) One moment, he could be creating a cocktail out of vending machine, taking out a bee with a ruler or in the latest episode, doing a parachute dive during a fire drill and winning the hearts of everyone.
But who is Sakamoto? No one really know only that everyone, men and women, old and young were infatuated by his cool demeanour and providing solutions in style. From the first episode where the "delinquents" tried to set him up but instead were outsmarted by Sakamoto and even win the heart of their leader, Acchan. (He is a guy!)
Even Aina who is the hottest girl in class tried to seduce him but instead learn ed a lesson of interacting with her female classmates who originally resent her. A senior student tried to make Sakamoto his personal lap dog but instead got more than he bargained for when Sakamoto acted like a stalker where ever the senior goes which result him in learning to be less dependent on others.
Overall, if last season's Konosuba was taking a stab on the whole fantasy genre then Sakamoto Desu Ga will make you laugh and amazed every moment of the way. I can't tell more of this show as it wlll spoil the jokes so go ahead and laugh yourself out silly.
Kotetsujo no Kabaneri Ep 1 to 4: In 2013, a show called Attack on Titans took the whole world by storm and brought the crazed world of humans verses giants called Titans. For me personally, I didn't went all hardcore since the story still revolve around how the humans are selfish and incompetent to work together and if you replace the Titans with zombies, the story is still the same.
So while hardcore AOT fans are waiting for the next season which I am not, the anime director of the series decided to give a warm up show and that is Kotetsujo no Kabaneri or Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. After watching the first episode, I am pretty pumped up for the next one. One is because it is an original series with no manga adaptation before so we won't know how things will progress unlike AOT that I spolit myself before the series started airing.
The show also begin with a viral outbreak that turned humans into Kabane who are zombies with super strength and it has been going on for ten years already. The surviving humans lived in large stations that acted like a colony and the only way around the country is by heavy armored trains since the Kabane are roaring freely in the open.
Ikoma who worked as a steamsmith was trying to create a better weapon to kill the Kabane since their weakness is either decapitating or destroying their lead protected heart. Soon the station was being attacked by a Kabane infested train and Ikoma managed to kill one of the Kabane with his new weapon but was bitten in the process. To save himself, he attempted a craze experiment and managed to supress the virus from entering his brain and becoming a Kabaneri. (A hybrid of Human and Kabane)
As this was going on, a mysterious young girl named Mumei who is also a Kabaneri led the survivors to the only functioning train with her almost inhuman strength and abilities. Ikoma was left out of the train despite helping the survivors but was reunited again before the train reached certain death. Mumei and Ikoma were isolated in the last carriage as the elders pressured Ayame, the former head's daughter to rid the two Kabaneri.
We do find out that unlike Kabane who feed on flesh, Kabaneri need human blood to maintain their rational or risk becoming a threat to everyone as shown by Ikoma who pound on Ayame to the ground but was saved by Ayame's loyal and slightly overprotective bodyguard, Kusru. Mumei also showed her human side since she liked children but when a pregnant woman became a Kabane on the train, Mumei showed no hesitation to kill her and her unborn child. Basically Mumei is Mikasa without the emotionless trait.
As seen in the latest episode, not all Kabane behave the same as we are introduced a sword welding Kabane called Wazatori which invaded the running train. Ikoma and Mumei rushed to save Ayame and the others but Mumei lacked human blood to feed on and entrusted Ikoma to take down the Wazatori.
Ayame who spent the last three episodes being an indecisive leader finally show off her steam powered bow and arrows and let Ikoma feed on her blood from her hand to save everyone. After that, the survivors agreed to let Ikoma and Mumei to stay on the train with the humans supplying blood for the Kabaneri. With that, the train now move forward to the Kongokaku station which is the stronghold of the Shogun.
Overall, I am intrigued to find out where the Kabane virus come from and how the survivors overcome in their Iron Fortress (Train) and what dangers await them. A definitive contender for best series for the 2016 line up!
Honorable Mentions:
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: I really enjoyed the game series of the same name (Better get started with the fifth sequel on my 3DS soon) so how the show is compared to it's game counterpart? Pros is we do see the various characters movement and personality shine out since there was no voice acting in the early games. Cons is if you played the game, it is an abridged version of it since Phoenix and his sidekick, Maya find clues like finding coins on the ground. Also, there isn't seem to be a version of the "Cornered" theme being played when the game is up for the main culprit. Hopefully we get it somehow or another. I will still follow this series despite knowing the whole plot of the first game.
Kuromuroko: Predicted to be a sleeper hit since it take it's own time to show how Kennosuke, a Samurai from a different time era who is now a fish out of water in Modern times. Other than some funny moments of Kennosuke figuring out modern cultural, there isn't much mecha fights despite being labeled a mecha show. But since it has two cours to show, I am sure it will get better as the story progress.
Kiznaiver: From the people who gave you Kill La Kill two years ago which I really enjoyed it come an interesting concept with a play of the words "Bonds or Kizuna"and Scars or Kizu." Katsuhira is unable to feel pain since young and has been bullied all his life. An encounter with the mysterious Sonozaki and an experiment that involved six of his classmates bind them together and they now shared physical and mental pain whenever one suffered it.
There were some dark moments but yet some wacky stuff happened and the show shifted to dark comedy but still an interesting look on how bonds between people can really affect on a physical and mental level. Good show and hopefully we get to know why such an experiment was created or a major plot twist like Kill La Kill mid season finale.
Well, these are some of the shows that I felt are good in general. I know I left out some titles but if you like these shows, go and watch it. For me, if I have the time, I might do another post again in the future. Until then, See you in the next post!
Bakuon Ep 1 to 5: I used to ride a motorbike when I was younger and for a show that introduce the world of motorcycles, it brought back memories of me having the same experiences as the characters in Bakuon.
Basically, it is K-On with Motorcycles in it. We have Sakura who was impressed by her classmate, Onsa who is riding a Yamaha Scramble bike to school which if there was a school in Japan that actually allowed students to ride motorcycles then sign me up! But anyway, Sakura decided to join the bike club in school and signed up for bike lessons.
The scenes where Sakura is learning her lessons was very nostalgic for me since I too had to learn from scratch on riding a bike except the whole Sakura talking to her training bike "Baita" but I kinda of understand when Baita taught Sakura how to move off from a stationary position because that is actually one of the two most important things in operating a vehicle. (The other is how to stop your vehicle in time)
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So Rin's Stand is the Oni Mask Swordman... |
The rest of the cast were funny like hardcore Suzuki fangirl, Rin who is the group's Tsundere who ride a Suzuki Katana and goes to rage mode whoever anyone talk back about Suzuki bikes in general. Onsa who is a bit of a tomboy and was so embarrassed when Sakura went to her family's bike shop to buy her Honda Super 4 which personally it is one of the best bikes for long distances.
Hijiri who is the only one without a license is accompanied by her Butler, Hayakawa which I felt her character doesn't really contribute much other claiming that riding bikes is a "delinquent" attitude. Finally, the enigma Raimu Senpai who always wear her helmet every where she goes and never said a word. (Although you do find out why Raimu remained in the bike club despite being way over age)
The show also pick up when Sakura got her bike and they went on a road trip to Hokkaido. With the girls being late for the ferry and had to take the long ride to Hokkaido, Rin finding the Katana mini figure in a mini mart, Sakura meeting a biker who looked like Jesus after running out of fuel and meeting their heartbroken class teacher who is half drunk and started sexually teasing them.
Overall, it might not be as intense like most racing shows, this show will bring back some memories and the good old days of riding in the wind with your bike.
Macross Delta Ep 1 to 6: The Macross series has always one thing in common which is continuity and this new literation is no exception however one thing struck out which might alienate hardcore fans and casual fans alike.
The first was unlike the last two series (Macross 7 and Frontier), the two main enemies is a virus known as Var Syndrome which turned anyone (human or aliens) into crazed raging creatures. The other main antagonists are the Aerial Knights of Windermere who declared war against the UN Spacy claiming they invaded their solar system and planned to drive them out.
To counter the Vars Syndrome, Macross most famous plot point come in the form of a Singing Idol group named Walkure and given the Idol craze in Japan and around the world, the Walkure group sing along with the Delta Squad and even provide support in their combat to suppress the Var victims.
To me personally, I have no problem with the singers teaming up with the Valkyrie pilots. I mean, all these while, every Macross Idol singer with the exception of Fire Bomber is just standing at the safe zone to sing but now the singers are doing something too. (Except episode 6 which is understandable since it is a space battle with asteroids and stuffs)
Looking at the title which is called Macross Delta, I am suggesting it could mean our three protagonists-Hayate, a wanderer who has talents in flying, Freyja, a Windermere who aim to be the latest member of Walkure and could be hiding a secret that she might not even be aware of and Mirage who is the grand daughter of Max and Milia from the original series and trying to live up to her family name.
So far, the first four episode was more of introducing Hayate and Freyja as they both work towards their goal to become a pilot and a singer respectively. Hayate was too much of a carefree spirt and was at odds with Mirage as his instructor. But soon, he leaned the hard way after being outclassed by the team's Ace pilot, Messar who is nicknamed "Death Reaper" and Hayate start to begin taking his training seriously.
Freyja on the other hand is full of spunk despite being the weakest is full of positive energy. She never failed to pull a smile even when the odds are against her. Although her race has been suspected of having a short life span (which doesn't make any sense) and I suspecting that it has something to do with the Windermere planet eternal cold weather and a giant crater being blasted opened on the ground as seen in the latest episode.
Hayate also suffered a bit of PTSD as he has to take a life to save Mirage but he picked himself up thanks to Mirage's pep talk which I am guessing that they might be a pairing later since Macross had a tendency to put odd couples together.
Overall, the show is still taking it's own time to establish so let's hope it will get better as it goes on like how I enjoyed Macross Frontier (except the movies) in all.
Sakamoto Desu Ga Ep 1 to 4: If there is one word to describe the main character, Sakamoto is OP. (Over Powered) One moment, he could be creating a cocktail out of vending machine, taking out a bee with a ruler or in the latest episode, doing a parachute dive during a fire drill and winning the hearts of everyone.
But who is Sakamoto? No one really know only that everyone, men and women, old and young were infatuated by his cool demeanour and providing solutions in style. From the first episode where the "delinquents" tried to set him up but instead were outsmarted by Sakamoto and even win the heart of their leader, Acchan. (He is a guy!)
Even Aina who is the hottest girl in class tried to seduce him but instead learn ed a lesson of interacting with her female classmates who originally resent her. A senior student tried to make Sakamoto his personal lap dog but instead got more than he bargained for when Sakamoto acted like a stalker where ever the senior goes which result him in learning to be less dependent on others.
Overall, if last season's Konosuba was taking a stab on the whole fantasy genre then Sakamoto Desu Ga will make you laugh and amazed every moment of the way. I can't tell more of this show as it wlll spoil the jokes so go ahead and laugh yourself out silly.
Kotetsujo no Kabaneri Ep 1 to 4: In 2013, a show called Attack on Titans took the whole world by storm and brought the crazed world of humans verses giants called Titans. For me personally, I didn't went all hardcore since the story still revolve around how the humans are selfish and incompetent to work together and if you replace the Titans with zombies, the story is still the same.
So while hardcore AOT fans are waiting for the next season which I am not, the anime director of the series decided to give a warm up show and that is Kotetsujo no Kabaneri or Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress. After watching the first episode, I am pretty pumped up for the next one. One is because it is an original series with no manga adaptation before so we won't know how things will progress unlike AOT that I spolit myself before the series started airing.
The show also begin with a viral outbreak that turned humans into Kabane who are zombies with super strength and it has been going on for ten years already. The surviving humans lived in large stations that acted like a colony and the only way around the country is by heavy armored trains since the Kabane are roaring freely in the open.
Ikoma who worked as a steamsmith was trying to create a better weapon to kill the Kabane since their weakness is either decapitating or destroying their lead protected heart. Soon the station was being attacked by a Kabane infested train and Ikoma managed to kill one of the Kabane with his new weapon but was bitten in the process. To save himself, he attempted a craze experiment and managed to supress the virus from entering his brain and becoming a Kabaneri. (A hybrid of Human and Kabane)
As this was going on, a mysterious young girl named Mumei who is also a Kabaneri led the survivors to the only functioning train with her almost inhuman strength and abilities. Ikoma was left out of the train despite helping the survivors but was reunited again before the train reached certain death. Mumei and Ikoma were isolated in the last carriage as the elders pressured Ayame, the former head's daughter to rid the two Kabaneri.
We do find out that unlike Kabane who feed on flesh, Kabaneri need human blood to maintain their rational or risk becoming a threat to everyone as shown by Ikoma who pound on Ayame to the ground but was saved by Ayame's loyal and slightly overprotective bodyguard, Kusru. Mumei also showed her human side since she liked children but when a pregnant woman became a Kabane on the train, Mumei showed no hesitation to kill her and her unborn child. Basically Mumei is Mikasa without the emotionless trait.
As seen in the latest episode, not all Kabane behave the same as we are introduced a sword welding Kabane called Wazatori which invaded the running train. Ikoma and Mumei rushed to save Ayame and the others but Mumei lacked human blood to feed on and entrusted Ikoma to take down the Wazatori.
Ayame who spent the last three episodes being an indecisive leader finally show off her steam powered bow and arrows and let Ikoma feed on her blood from her hand to save everyone. After that, the survivors agreed to let Ikoma and Mumei to stay on the train with the humans supplying blood for the Kabaneri. With that, the train now move forward to the Kongokaku station which is the stronghold of the Shogun.
Overall, I am intrigued to find out where the Kabane virus come from and how the survivors overcome in their Iron Fortress (Train) and what dangers await them. A definitive contender for best series for the 2016 line up!
Honorable Mentions:
Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney: I really enjoyed the game series of the same name (Better get started with the fifth sequel on my 3DS soon) so how the show is compared to it's game counterpart? Pros is we do see the various characters movement and personality shine out since there was no voice acting in the early games. Cons is if you played the game, it is an abridged version of it since Phoenix and his sidekick, Maya find clues like finding coins on the ground. Also, there isn't seem to be a version of the "Cornered" theme being played when the game is up for the main culprit. Hopefully we get it somehow or another. I will still follow this series despite knowing the whole plot of the first game.
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This is not how you learn history... |
Kuromuroko: Predicted to be a sleeper hit since it take it's own time to show how Kennosuke, a Samurai from a different time era who is now a fish out of water in Modern times. Other than some funny moments of Kennosuke figuring out modern cultural, there isn't much mecha fights despite being labeled a mecha show. But since it has two cours to show, I am sure it will get better as the story progress.
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Give me back my money or my friends will kill you... |
Kiznaiver: From the people who gave you Kill La Kill two years ago which I really enjoyed it come an interesting concept with a play of the words "Bonds or Kizuna"and Scars or Kizu." Katsuhira is unable to feel pain since young and has been bullied all his life. An encounter with the mysterious Sonozaki and an experiment that involved six of his classmates bind them together and they now shared physical and mental pain whenever one suffered it.
There were some dark moments but yet some wacky stuff happened and the show shifted to dark comedy but still an interesting look on how bonds between people can really affect on a physical and mental level. Good show and hopefully we get to know why such an experiment was created or a major plot twist like Kill La Kill mid season finale.
Well, these are some of the shows that I felt are good in general. I know I left out some titles but if you like these shows, go and watch it. For me, if I have the time, I might do another post again in the future. Until then, See you in the next post!
Sunday, May 8, 2016
Maho Tsukai Precure Ep 14: A Gift from the Moon
Cure Up! Rapapa! This is my review of Maho Tsukai Precure Episode 14 Review and Mirai faced her greatest challenge-A Maths Re-Test!
This episode is all about hard work being rewarded. From Mirai retaking her Maths test to Ha-Chan drawing a perfect Maru Hana (Spiral Flower). Mirai failed her Maths test and she has to take a re-test in three days' time.
Riko decided to aid her in her studies since she got full marks in her papers. Although it kinda of odd as Mirai is not a complete idiot as she is actually good in English, Science and even Physical sports but Maths is her weakest subject. Despite Riko trying to teach Mirai at home, Mirai didn't take things seriously which had Riko making the television set disappeared. (To where? I don't know either)
However Mirai learns something from Mayumi who suggested that Riko is the kind of person who doesn't like to show off despite being an intellect person. Mirai also found out that Riko take her studies seriously with a schedule and even squeeze some time for Mirai's studies which touched Mirai and she became more motivated to work harder.
Later Riko used her broomstick to write words of encouragement in the sky for Mirai before taking her Re-test. (And Making Kana run up to Mirai like a crazed chicken to demand for answers) As expected, Mirai got a passing grade in her test and Ha-Chan who has been trying to draw the perfect Maru Hana was rewarded as the Moon (?) granted the girls the latest Linkle stone-The Moon Stone.
The fight with Gamets and his Yokubal was all right as the girls used the Tanzanite stone to blind the Yokubal. (This week's Dragon Ball Super has a similar moment when Krillin used Taiyo Ken which is basically a flash bomb to create the same effect) Next was with the Peridot stone to immobilize the Yokubal and used the Diamond Big Bang to end it.
There is one weird thing that doesn't make sense as when Gamets smashed the ground in the school field, won't that attract anyone else beside the girls and they are fighting with so much rackle, is the school wall soundproof to begin with?
Overall, it is an okay episode as both Mirai and Riko learns something about each other and how with hard work and determination, Mirai was rewarded with a good grade and the Linkle Moonstone for Ha-Chan.
Next week is a Ha-Chan episode as we finally find out what the various Linkle stones does when she used it. Look like it is going to really chaotic for the girls to catch up with Ha-Chan's new powers! Until then, see you in the next episode!
P.S: It has been a month since the new season of anime shows are on the air and look like there are some pretty good series especially one particular show about Samurais vs Zombies. Do you want me to do a review on this show or any other shows that you are interested? Kindly leave it in the comments section and I will see what can I do.
This episode is all about hard work being rewarded. From Mirai retaking her Maths test to Ha-Chan drawing a perfect Maru Hana (Spiral Flower). Mirai failed her Maths test and she has to take a re-test in three days' time.
Riko decided to aid her in her studies since she got full marks in her papers. Although it kinda of odd as Mirai is not a complete idiot as she is actually good in English, Science and even Physical sports but Maths is her weakest subject. Despite Riko trying to teach Mirai at home, Mirai didn't take things seriously which had Riko making the television set disappeared. (To where? I don't know either)
However Mirai learns something from Mayumi who suggested that Riko is the kind of person who doesn't like to show off despite being an intellect person. Mirai also found out that Riko take her studies seriously with a schedule and even squeeze some time for Mirai's studies which touched Mirai and she became more motivated to work harder.
Later Riko used her broomstick to write words of encouragement in the sky for Mirai before taking her Re-test. (And Making Kana run up to Mirai like a crazed chicken to demand for answers) As expected, Mirai got a passing grade in her test and Ha-Chan who has been trying to draw the perfect Maru Hana was rewarded as the Moon (?) granted the girls the latest Linkle stone-The Moon Stone.
The fight with Gamets and his Yokubal was all right as the girls used the Tanzanite stone to blind the Yokubal. (This week's Dragon Ball Super has a similar moment when Krillin used Taiyo Ken which is basically a flash bomb to create the same effect) Next was with the Peridot stone to immobilize the Yokubal and used the Diamond Big Bang to end it.
There is one weird thing that doesn't make sense as when Gamets smashed the ground in the school field, won't that attract anyone else beside the girls and they are fighting with so much rackle, is the school wall soundproof to begin with?
Overall, it is an okay episode as both Mirai and Riko learns something about each other and how with hard work and determination, Mirai was rewarded with a good grade and the Linkle Moonstone for Ha-Chan.
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Isn't she the cutest thing?! |
Next week is a Ha-Chan episode as we finally find out what the various Linkle stones does when she used it. Look like it is going to really chaotic for the girls to catch up with Ha-Chan's new powers! Until then, see you in the next episode!
P.S: It has been a month since the new season of anime shows are on the air and look like there are some pretty good series especially one particular show about Samurais vs Zombies. Do you want me to do a review on this show or any other shows that you are interested? Kindly leave it in the comments section and I will see what can I do.
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