Happy New Year, Happy Same Old Anime! Well maybe – Koizumi was new and amusing.
- Usaru-san 2
- Astro Fighter Sunred 35
Now an over the hill fat salaryman, the third member of Sunred’s team, Weather Yellow… hashin! - Reform Without Wasted Draws – The Legend of Koizumi 1
Best thing all night. Mix up Kaiji, Saki, and Hetalia and you get Ex-Prime Ministers Junichro Kozumi and Tarou Aso (think Bill Clinton and Bush 41) are hard-bitten Mahjong players fighting a desperate game vs Kim Jong-Il and Kim Il-Sung of North Korea. Dubya also makes an appearance. Japan gets nuked. Well maybe. Given how spineless the Japanese are – Hetalia got pulled off the air for very low-key references to Korea (especially compared to how it treated Italy) – there’s no chance in hell of this ever airing in Japan. It’s direct to DVD with two webcast previews. - Nyan Koi 12
A happily meaningless final episode. It’s sad, but I now prefer empty fluff compared to fluff that tries to introduce inappropriate angst and fails horribly. - Cheburashka Arere 9
- Trapeze 2
This was also a high point. I was expecting the trapeze artist from Ep 1 to reappear (given the name of the show), but the recurring character is actually the psychologist. So it’s a mental trapeze. The theme appears to be psychological disorder of the week, and this time it’s psychological priapism. - Ladies versus Butlers! 1
Wowwwww, this is horrible. You can tell it’s by the Kanokon people – the occasional bit of humor but mostly just fanservice and molestation. - Getter Robo 1
Another classic old show. If you’ve ever wondered where all those hoary old cliches they make fun of in shows like Gekkiganger Three and Godannar come from, this is it. It utilizes almost every single one without irony. This is too painful to watch now except as a curiousity – think He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. - Higepiyo 29
- Zenryoku Usagi 27
- Kinnikuman 5
So the takeaway: Watch The Legend of Koizumi and Trapeze – don’t watch Ladies and Butlers.
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