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Sunday, January 22
Genki girl meets super-science flying battle robot.
Thoughts:
- Which one, though? One of the stable ones or one of the metastable ones?
- Wan.
- Where did those come from? I'm sure they weren't there before.
- Aww, now they're gone again.
- Guess it's one of the metastable ones then.
- Wan.
The robot fights are formulaic, but the characters and the character designs work for me, as does the art style generally and the music, both op/ed and incidental.
It's nothing groundbreaking, but it has a beat and you can dance... I mean, it's enjoyable enough so far.
Two and one half little fishies out of four. Wan.
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Wednesday, January 18
Also known as spoiler.
This one is actually good - funny, well-written, well-acted, beautifully drawn, and willing to hit the tropes head-on or dodge them balletically as its whim takes it.
One thing that intrigued me while watching the show was when it was set. One, no cell-phones or computers anywhere; can't be twenty-first century. Two, skirt length, can't pre-date the mid-60's. Architecture (the school has a large, curving glass wall, for example) and transport (the very few cars we see are neither boxy nor sleekly curved) both suggest the 80's or 90's. The male lead has a Super-8 film camera, and it's not highlighted as an anachronism, which points to the early 80's. But there are shelf stereos - CD only - and the cordless phones are bulky but not that bulky, which suggests at least the late 80's, probably the 90's.
That aside, it has a busty redhead, a tomboyish girl who goes hmph, and a twintailed girl who goes ufufufu.
Oh, and railcars. All in all, it's a real throwback, a 90's style comedy with 2012 production values, and definitely one I'll be watching.
A solid three little fishies out of four.
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Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! Also known as Oh, right, the whole of Wikipedia is blacked out.
A college-aged boy ends up looking after his niece and step-nieces after their parents are lost in a plane crash. Some genuine moments of comedy and tragedy, but the storytelling is heavy-handed and it strays too close to ick territory for my liking.
Could be worse. Knowing the Japanese, could be a lot worse.
Two little fishies out of four. Maybe half a point more if we get to see more of the monorail. Monorails are good.
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