Kill la Kill panders equally to everyone this week. If you like cartoon sexiness – male or female – you’re gonna’ be pleased. Truly, Trigger is saving anime. Never let it be said that Uzu Sanageyama is a man without resolve. It takes a special kind of dedication to willfully sew your fuckin’ eyes shut, after all. This time, Ryuuko faces her toughest opponent yet (unless, of course, you count Satsuki), and while it pains me to see her get…
I’m pretty sure somebody at Nickelodeon took a peek at my mind to see what I would want in an episode. This week’s was packed with non-sexual fanservice splattered all over. I knew Wan Shi Tong would appear somewhere in the season, but Iroh’s return instantly brings this episode several levels higher than the rest of this season. It even surpasses the Wan two-parter. Yeah, Iroh’s my favorite character, so this is too heavily biased. For people who couldn’t care…
Last time on Valvrave: Marie died’ya know! …yup I’m not coddling you, she’s dead. Bye bye. This week’s episode begins with the grieving of the high schoolers over Marie’s lifeless husk of a body. Meanwhile Haruto and L-Elf try to get answers from the now very chatty Pino. We learn that once the Valvrave completely sucks up the pilot’s blood and ragging libido, the brain will go next. And shocker of shocks, Haruto is dead man walking! Yay for that….
The first season of Valvrave was one of the bombastic, reprehensible, and bizarre shows to air this year. Despite the story having more holes than a spider’s nest, the show’s drive to be serious in light of rampant fanservice and bizarre character interactions made it quite memorable. As if someone looked G Gundam and believed that was too subtle, we were given a hodgepodge of anime tropes molded into something claiming to be a show. But that’s not to say…
Sorry this one is so late. I’ve had a very interesting week, and personal issues prevented me from working on it much until today. Part 6 should still be posted today or tomorrow, on schedule. Also, I no longer think mini-recaps of the episodes are necessary, so I’ll try to avoid them from now on. You should be watching them before reading my ramblings anyway! Let me tell you two useful pieces of information. One: This episode is goddamn amazing….
Issue #5 or “The Owl Laughs At Midnight!” When we last left our cornered caped crusader he was surrounded by the police after returning from his doppelganger’s devious dimension filled with villainous villains. Though we spent the previous episode with Batman in Owlman’s twisted world where the villains had beaten the heroes, the biggest issue to deal with is that the world’s worst villain from there is now running free in Batman’s world. Not only that, but he’s turned…
After a week delay, blogging on an episode feels kind of rusty. So to get back to speed, Korra almost died, Varrick lied, Unalaq’s plotting on dry ice, and Tenzin sighed. That Wan episode really raised my expectations for Korra, so getting back to the main plot now feels like seeing them erode back to before. Sure, Korra’s kept her cool and Varrick’s still a character, but it still feels like we’re back to square one now that Korra finally…
So last week Valvrave suddenly and rather abruptly stopped being utter shit. Naturally of course it should turn back into shi-SURPRISE! It doesn’t. So yeah remember Marie Iobi? She was that annoying character that hung around background just to deliver punchlines to stupid jokes. Well it turns out SHE’S THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTER ON THE SHOW ™. She was apparently the test case for VVVI, however instead of needing a constant supply of blood and sex, she just loses her…
Issue #4 or “The Red Hot Revenge of the Red Hood!” Welcome to another week of our Batman bonanza! In this special issue we will see a truly momentous moment when our hero Batman travels to a whole new world that is very similar to what he knows but is still different in a few crucial ways. This is also an important episode because it is the show’s first two-part episode and that it introduces a very important character…
All that awesome fighting and hot-blooded shounenjo rage is great, but the fourth outing takes Kill la Kill in a different direction, and it’s wonderful. In my eyes, this episode embodies everything cartoons should be. The budget really shows. Trigger has no money. But what they do with that lack of money is glorious. This isn’t some halfhearted Studio Deen production. Despite all the stills, the motion tweens, the background-less moments, and some Inferno Cop-style picture sliding at one point,…