Moonrise Short Synopsis: The wealthy heir to a global tech company travels to the moon to avenge his parents’ deaths. Wooper: Ever heard the phrase “too many cooks spoil the broth?” I’m thinking that’s probably what happened with Moonrise, whose nearly 30 minute premiere was so packed with familiar ideas that it feels like the …
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX Short Synopsis: A red-haired girl throws herself headlong into the cockpit of a mobile suit to fight against her space colony’s military police force. Wooper: There are two major categories of Gundam series: Universal Century (the long-running timeline established by the original anime) and everything else. GQuacks is neither; it’s set …
Shoushimin Series S2 Short Synopsis: Season 2 of Shoushimin, where a bunch of kids solve mundane day to day mysteries around town. Mario: After the bitter end of the last season, which I feel more like a midpoint anyway, we are back with more mundane mysteries to solve. I really enjoy how this second season …
My Hero Academia: Vigilantes Short Synopsis: A college student and konbini employee with a subpar superpower finds himself wrangling a much more powerful vigilante. Lenlo: I’m going to be real with you, if you don’t already enjoy My Hero Academia on some level, then you won’t enjoy Vigilantes either. While the focus has changed from …
Lazarus Short Synopsis: A criminal parkourist is recruited by an elite task force in search of a doctor who’s unleashed a deadly drug upon the world. Lenlo: So I watched the English Dub for this, just to try it out and see how it was knowing Wooper would be watching the Japanese, and it was… …
Shin Samurai-den Yaiba Short Synopsis: A young swordsman raised in the jungle is shipped off to live at the dojo of his father’s rival. Lenlo: You know, there’s something almost nostalgic about an almost 40 year old Shounen. It just feels… fun, like it lacks a lot of the self-serious trappings so many modern series …
