Wednesday 2 March 2011

January & February: In retrospective

Top Ten Animes:

10. Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka? Ep1-6

I’ve fallen behind and it’s increasingly difficult to be motivated to want to continue. The problem with this show is the unnecessary horde of female characters, the relationship between Ayumu Aikawa and Eucliwood Hellscythe is more than enough to intrigue the viewer. Probably won’t feature next month.

9. Dragon Crisis! Ep1-8

It had me and than it lost me with the beach episode. Aside from being visually pretty, Dragon Crisis seems incapable of delivering anything else worthwhile. The characters are clichéd, the plot is cluttered and the outcome is starting to feel very predictable. In short: my attention is starting to dwindle. Fast.

8. Mitsudomoe 2 Ep1-8 [Complete]

Shorter, more compact and overall much better, Mitsudomoe 2 continues the antics of Mitsuba, Futaba and Hitoha. There is one downside, the series doesn’t really go anywhere we haven’t been before and I mean how many Christmas sketches is this show going to have?

7. Kimi Ni Todoke 2 Ep1-7

Kimi Ni Todoke ranks highly because there has been some romantic development (at last) between the two main characters. It may have brought about a new barrier, but it’ll be interesting to see how this plays out or rather how long the show can drag the misunderstanding along.

6. Yumekui Merry Ep1-8

Pretty cool, pretty funky and still pretty impressive. No complains here.

5. Gosick Ep1-8

If I’m honest Gosick continues to under whelm me. The premise is still pretty interesting; it just has some serious kinks that need to be smooth over. That being said, I like this show.

4. Supernatural Ep1-6


Once the anime stopped reanimating TV episodes and turned to more original routes, the show did a 180 for me. The acting is still a little starchy and the script needs a bit more work, the Winchester brothers in particular are lacking as a pair. Hopefully this will pick up when Jensen Ackles is brought to the table, despite the fact that the actor dubbing Dean is doing a top notch impersonation.

3. Hourou Musuko Ep1-6

Wandering Son was pretty much set up to be an instant classic. The sensitivity and maturity towards this topic has been handled very touchingly. Primarily through the progressive, multilayered characters who easily engage with the audience through their own individual struggles.

2. Level E Ep1-8

The first arc was the best, unfortunately the following episodes haven’t been quite on par, still extremely good nevertheless. Which is surprising considering the original manga was published over ten years ago. True comedy is timeless.

1. Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Ep1-8

It was a tough call but Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica narrowly scrapped ahead after dropping one sinister bombshell last week. Each episode continuously goes from strength to strength, all it needs is to deliver a knockout ending and Madoka Magica will be my highlight this season. Delightful twisted would be the icing on the cake.

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