The previews are coming fast and furious now – it’s a big season, if nothing else. Jiisan Baasan Wakagaeru is a series I had decent expectations for, albeit with some caveats. Gekkou is yet another studio with almost no track record – this schedule is absolutely littered with them – and what they’ve done is …
The Crow Doesn’t Choose Its Master #01 — Courtly Disintrigue
If I wasn’t sick of imperial courts before, I definitely am now. This is actually a Saturday show, but it’s NHK only with no streaming at the moment that I’m aware of, and all the actual broadcast rippers have gone the way of the dodo, so it took a bit. Impressions: What an incredibly …
Spring 2024 Impressions: Sentai Daishikkaku, A Story About a Grandpa and Grandma Who Returned Back to Their Youth, Vampire Dormitory
Sentai Daishikkaku Short Synopsis: Super Sentai rangers defeat the big bad only to enslave the remaining minions, forcing them to launch attacks every Sunday to forever propagate their franchise, allowing them to make money forever. That is until one lone grunt gets fed up and decides to try and destroy the rangers from the inside! …
Blue Archive #01 — Lack of Military Intelligence
That’s far too much bad anime for one day. I’ve had past enough for now. I’ll deal with the crow show from yesterday later. I need to… not watch bad anime for at least a few hours and get some sun or something. Impressions: The bloody, dramatic opening gave me a little bit of …
Noble With Appraisal Skill #01 — Screening by Status
Oh yeah, baby. Look at those stats. Impressions: Unless I’m forgetting something, this is the final new tiresome cheat power nonsense of the season. This time it’s the nation building variety, but the kid can see all power levels. Not just that, but everybody’s power level is absolute. Daddy has the highest sword power …
Grandpa and Grandma are Young Again #01 — They Are Young Again
Yeah, I get it. I get the joke. The joke is understood. I hear what you’re saying. Impressions: This episode was weird, but not in a funny way, which is sad because it’s definitely trying to be a comedy. But that’s what happens when you have only one joke and keep trying to make it …