Ahoy, everybody! I know it may be a little late in the season to be starting things off, but Initial Impressions is back in action once again, with a gigantic compendium of a good portion of shows that are airing right now! Please note that I am merely judging the first three episodes of each [...]
The fall season is finally over, just as the year is almost through. It’s certainly been an interesting season, filled with ups and downs. I thought that I might as well end the season right through tiny reviews of what I’ve been watching, along with reasons why I may have not finished up something. Please [...]
Guilty Crown Episodes aired as of writing: 5/22 Production: Production I.G. Director: Araki Tetsurou Genres: Action, Sci-Fi, Super Power Legal streaming available from FUNimation In 2029, a meteorite crashes down in Japan, carrying with it what will soon be dubbed the Apocalypse Virus. The virus becomes a nationwide pandemic, and leaves behind total anarchy [...]
Kimi to Boku. (You and Me.) Episodes aired as of writing: 5/13 Production: J.C. Staff Director: Mamoru Kanbe Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance, School, Shounen, Slice of Life Legal streaming available from Crunchyroll Twins Yuuta and Yuuki Asaba, effeminate Shun Matsuoka, and no-nonsense intellectual Kaname Tsukahara have been friends since they were children. They are all [...]
Mirai Nikki (The Future Diary) Episodes aired as of writing: 3/26 Production: Asread Director: Naoto Hosoda Genres: Action, Mystery, Shounen, Supernatural, Psychological, Thriller Legal streaming available from FUNimation Yukiteru Amano has always been nothing but a bystander. His parents are never around and he purposefully distances himself from people, only to record every [...]
C³ – CubexCursedxCurious Episodes aired as of writing: 3/unknown Production: Silver Link Director: Shin Oonuma Genres: Action, comedy, ecchi, school, shounen Legally streaming on FUNimation Yachi Haruaki is your average high school boy sans the fact that he is naturally resistant to curses. His father, Honatsu, tries to break this by sending him [...]
“He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. Is not life a hundred times too short for us to bore ourselves?”-Frederich Nietzsche Monsters come in a vast multitude of forms and varieties. From the serpent-haired Gorgon Medusa to the reanimated monstrosity known as Frankenstein’s Monster; monsters are a staple [...]
I apologize for the lateness of the review (a seemingly more common thing nowadays, huh? Oh well), for I have been wrapped up in my studies. I wish they were studies on the occult, however. That would be much more fascinating than boring ol’ regular school. It’s possibly more life-threatening, assuming this stuff was real, [...]
“A man reserves his true and deepest love not for the species of woman in whose company he finds himself electrified and en-kindled, but for that one in whose company he may feel tenderly drowsy.” -George Jean Nathan Love is a truly unique and fascinating emotion. Authors have written about its power, singers have written [...]
“Reality leaves a lot to the imagination.” –John Lennon “Growing up” is an essential and unavoidable aspect of every human being’s life. We often think maturity is measured in the same way age is measured; a numerical set of years. However, children can grow up surprisingly fast even at a young age when they are [...]
Hmph. This mystery is starting to bore me. Whether or not this show is any good at all is of no concern to me. Accessing my wellspring of knowledge, the fragments of Chaos all come together to form…an opinion on an anime series. That’s pretty anticlimactic. Gosick Episodes: 24 Originally aired: 27 December 2010 – [...]
