If life gives you anime, make animade.
So I haven’t been watching much anime lately because I forgot to take off my 3D glasses after seeing Avatar last week, and they’ve been on my head ever since, until last night when someone pointed it out to me. I’ve since caught up with most what I’ve missed, so I’m ready to rock out this batch of episode reviews.
To Aru Kagaku no Railgun – 16
Somehow, J.C. Staff really dropped the ball on this arc. Throughout the episode, I found myself listing off all the things I would rather be doing; marrying the girl of my dreams, jumping up and down on my bed, or even crashing into Dave Matthews of The Dave Matthews Band. Was the production bad? No, I just didn’t give a shit. Konori wasn’t a particularly a well-developed character, even with the focus on her these past two weeks, and I’m just glad they wrapped up her mediocre and predictable story.
I was actually more interested in this scene from the ending sequence. Who the fuck on the animation staff thought, “Hey, why don’t we outline everyone in green because everyone hated me as a child?” Whoever the fuck it was must have shot everyone else on the ending sequence team because there is no other way this migraine-inducing music video from hell could have made it to the final cut.
57/100
Durarara!! - 02
Easily the best show of the season, Durarara!! continues to delight in the second episode with unexpected twists and breathtaking cinematography. Just look at that fucking screencap.
And let’s not forget about this guy. I mean even a headless legend has to goto the dentist sometime, right? Wrong. That isn’t a fucking dentist lol. What kind of show do you think this is? Anyway, there’s really not much else for me to say about this show besides more redundant praise.
92/100
Dance in the Vampire Bund – 03
Someone who knows fish, please tell me what kind of fish these are and where I can catch them.
As expected, Dance in the Vampire Bund really bares its fangs in this third episode. Despite the lameness of the idiom I just used, the point still stands: this show is going to be epic as fuck. We’re starting to see conflicts arise within the classroom, within the school, and within the entire city. Mina is a simply a joy to watch as she dominates the opposition in each scenario.
As for Shaft’s trademark presentation style, which is known to be stubbornly unorthodox, I personally love it. Why do I enjoy watching scenes through fishtanks? Because it’s different; because looking at the world through a traditional lens can be painfully boring.
Also, this face.
This is the face that launched a thousand ships. Look at the size of that tongue, dear.
86/100
I’m going to be reviewing episodes in batches from this post onward. This way just makes more sense to me.
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