Here's what I'm watching and what I think of it. I'll try and go easy on the poor thalidomide babies I have to work with.
Gonna need a cold shower when this is over
I honestly thought KyoAni was pulling everyone's leg with the trailer they released some time ago, but I suppose the joke is on us. They released the moé-blob anime with an all male cast. For better or worse, they went ahead and carried over the traditional ditzy character archetypes over to the male cast. Perhaps more surprising is that it's actually really good. Every episode removes more layers [of the plot] and I just want to tear through [the season] to see what matters with all these cutie pies. No homo.
Rozen Maiden [Season III: Rozen of the Sith]
Desu
After the whirlwind first episode, I was worried that this series would be a hurried remake. Fortunately, the second episode cleared things up and proved that it will travel its own path. And that path is apparently two paths: a split timeline plot. All it needs now is a bearded, over-zealous prophet and a floating city in the clouds. But, lets be honest here, every single person watching just wants to see more Suiseiseki, desu.
Still a better vampire love story than Twilight
Let me say right from the start that this is a very dumb anime. However, it balances it out by not being something it's not. It's dumb, through and through. At least, for now. I have seen plenty of dumb anime screw things up by getting serious for the finale, and consistently failing miserably. This series is funny and doesn't require any brain power whatsoever, and I wouldn't have it any other way.
Watashi ga Motenai no wa Dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!
This theme song is awesome
Okay, seriously, what right does this anime have to get a theme song this bad ass. I don't understand a word of Japanese, so I usually skip over opening videos. Considering how they're usually goofy pop music, I still wouldn't watch them if I did. This song makes up for the language gap by being a guttural rock song. Who cares what the vocalist is trying to say? The sound is coming from so deep in the throat that it hardly matters. The loud guitar riffs, the frantic pace, the dark accompanying video. It all adds up to something amazing.
What? What about the anime? Its title is three miles long, so obviously it's going to be rubbish.
Didn't feel like watching the episode again to get a screencap, so have a picture of Mio being adorable.
I have to admit that I'm not big on this series. I don't know why. I mean, it has all the trappings of a series I would like: lots of women. This anime, however, just never did it for me. I blame the hook. It's about a geeky guy who plays dating sims. That, by itself, deducts so many points that it may as well not even try. Really now, this is something so over used that it needs to stop. There's appealing to the fans, and then there's just trying too hard. The industry has reached a saturation point with this type of character and the idea just needs to be put to rest.
Sorry, got off track there. I'm watching this series because I watched the previous two for unknown reasons and figured I'd stick it through for another round of tedium.
