When I first heard about the show it was just blurbs and loglines and whoever did that marketing did a good job. They had me wanting to watch. After watching it…well read the rest of this post. The premise of the story is that there was a “Great Tokyo War” which rocked Japan 10 years… Continue reading The Rolling Girls (Rōringu Gāruzu)
Seraph of the End (Owari no Serafu)
Seraph of the End is a show from the past spring season which actually brought us some very good shows. This was indeed one of them even though it took a while to build up to the action. Seraph really does start off slow. At first it looked like it was going to be sparkling… Continue reading Seraph of the End (Owari no Serafu)
Yuru Yuri
What can I say to describe Yuru Yuri. Cute girls doing cute things with lots of yuri undertones? Sounds about right. It’s probably a little Lucky Star mixed with Sakura Trick. Yuru Yuri is about a group of middle school girls who have deep childhood bonds and they form an after school club. The club… Continue reading Yuru Yuri
Labyrinth of Flames (Honoo no Labyrinth)
When I saw this the first time, I thought it was the worst show ever. I watched it again more recently and… well… at least it’s not Kite but it’s still not very good. The story is centered on a geeky Russian kid who wants to be a real samurai. By watching his actions you… Continue reading Labyrinth of Flames (Honoo no Labyrinth)
Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (Tenchi Muyō! Ryōōki)
This is where it all started for the Tenchi series. Ryo-Ohki gives you the background for a lot of the future Tenchi series references. There are even other shows that take cues from Tenchi and vice versa. When it comes to harem shows in space, the Tenchi series is near the top. Ryo-Ohki starts with… Continue reading Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki (Tenchi Muyō! Ryōōki)
Photon: The Idiot Adventures
Photon is kind of like an off shoot of the Tenchi series. If you read up on Tenchi, you will find links to Photon on almost every page, as a show that’s similar. It has the same creator and also a lot of the terms and/or names are used some way in the Tenchi series.… Continue reading Photon: The Idiot Adventures
Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari)
As I continue my journey through the Tenchi Universe, we have War on Geminar. I actually watched this one first by mistake because the site I use had them out of order but this story takes place 15 years after the events in Tenchi Muyo! GXP. If you’ve seen Photon then you’ll notice some similarities… Continue reading Tenchi Muyo! War on Geminar (Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari)
Tenchi Muyo! GXP
Tenchi Muyo! GXP is a different direction from the earlier Tenchi series Ryo-Ohki, Universe and Tokyo, while the others are based on the continuity of Ryo-Ohki, GXP is a parallel series. Tenchi is not your main character but he does make an appearance, along with some of the others. Now it’s not so different that… Continue reading Tenchi Muyo! GXP
Dragon Half (Doragon Hāfu)
Here’s one for the waybackmachine. I don’t know if any of you recall a decade called the 90s. It was a cool decade where things moved at lightning speed, technology jumped so far forward that people forgot there were things like Beta and 8 track tape. Well in 1993 there was this little show called… Continue reading Dragon Half (Doragon Hāfu)
Cat Planet Cuties (Asobi ni Iku yo!)
Humans have always had the belief that there are aliens out there but they probably didn’t look like these aliens. These aliens are right out of someone’s fantasy. Cat Planet Cuties starts just like it’s an ordinary day at a BBQ. A teenage boy, eating food with his family, talking to his uncle and all… Continue reading Cat Planet Cuties (Asobi ni Iku yo!)