Episode 1 – All my Classmates are Female Believe it or not, we actually kick things off on a bit of a flying start. Literally. Cut to scenic, sunset-splashed ocean setting, where several peeps in airborne robot suits (a guy, buncha girls, and some unidentifiable person hiding behind a tinted visor) are duking it out in what appears to be the BATTLE OF THE CENTURY. Or something. I’m given the vibe that visor-guy appears to be the antagonist, while the…

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Again, sorry for the delay, and this time, I only have two entries to share. But first, go read. Mickey’s Amateurs (1937) Eh, more or less a colorized remake of “Orphan’s Benefit”. Not much to say here. Some different events, same scenario. Mickey Plays Papa (1934) Now this one is a little more fun. It stars off with Mickey reading Pluto a spooky bedtime story (because who doesn’t do that with their dogs, right?), when a curious stranger comes to…

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Yeah… it’s one of those episodes. Episode 7: Star-Shaped Plot Tumors Previously on Clannad, Tomoya and Nagisa find out that Ms. Ibuki can neither see nor hear Fuko. The show doesn’t really explain why, so it just expects us to roll with it and bawl at how they can’t share their true feelings with each other now. Yeah, call me a soulless monster for not feeling it, but I need logic before I can get the slightest bit involved in…

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Episode 6 – The Older and Younger Sister’s Plot Contrivance It’s morning, and Tomoya has been introduced to the sight of Mrs. Furukawa’s star bread. Lined up on all the rows of the bakery, Nagisa’s mom takes an abnormal pride in how she “designed every single one of them, from cream-filled to jam-filled.” After Tomoya bemoans her for concocting such a horrid idea, she falls into a Degrassi moment and complains that her husband said the same thing. Unlike the…

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Episode 5: The Scenery With No One to Care About Last time on Clannad, it was revealed that Fuko’s the centerpiece for the show’s first arc. More specifically, she’s the comatose little sister to a character we only saw once so far. Now put that fistful of sleeping pills away, for the worst has yet to some. After putting two and two together, Tomoya starts playing Scully and remarks on how mental it is for a ghost to be living…

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Hokay, episode two… you can do this. So the episode starts with the baddies’ lair—one with some kind of mechanical implants, while the other slightly more human (though still rather Afro Samurai-esque in design). Back with the X-Men, the gang is riding in the blackbird, while Beast explains to the rest his concept of having created a portable Cerebro. Wait… portable… cerebro. Alright, so you’re telling me that the mutant-locating device that requires not just a capable psychic but also…

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When it was announced that Madhouse and Marvel were buddying up to make a line of Marvel anime, I’m sure I wasn’t the only one filled with fanboy glee. In particular, I was pumped about the Iron Man and X-Men anime. One episode into the series, however, and I was automatically turned off by Iron Man. Though I guess considering the other possibility of a show showing promise only to fail later in the game, Iron Man came out on…

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Episode 4: Let’s Find a Better Show. After getting called in by the announcer, Nagisa is told that since drama club is on hiatus, all activities involving it are forbidden, and that includes the simple act of putting up posters. Tomoya attacks an inanimate object with his fist again and asks her why she was such a doormat, with which she says, “Rules are rules, and they can’t be bent.” After a few seconds of angst, the two decide to…

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Sorry this is so late, but between the list and things going on in my life, I haven’t had the time to update this series. Here’s my monthly set.   Hawaiian Holiday (1937) This actually showed up twice in my calendar this month, and it’s one of the few cartoons so far that I have a clear memory of watching as a child. Numerous times, in fact. I distinctly remember going to one of the hotels at the Walt Disney…

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*General* There is a wide scope of shows that did not make the list for very specific reasons, be they because they all follow the same formula, or because of the time period this list was made in. A few of these were considered for inclusion on the list but for one reason or another, simply didn’t make it in. Keep in mind that just because they didn’t make the final list and are instead here is not because they…

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