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Reviews: Mesu Saga Persona
To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S
Alternate Titles: A Certain Scientific Railgun S
By Mitsugi:
The first season of Railgun was largely a disappointment. The anime really underachieved in what could have ended up being a great science fiction, action anime. However, the show just couldn’t break away from the moe, fluff and inevitably, the show threw away episode after episode, spending their entire run times on moe and filler.
When I started Railgun season 2, I was very tentative that it would be more of the same of the first season of Railgun. This was a fear that I think a lot of people shared and as a result, many people didn’t make the plunge into Railgun S.
Railgun S is broken down into two stories. The first arc, the Sister’s Arc, is a story about Accelerator, Misaka, and her sister’s. This arc makes up about 16 of the 24 episode run time, with the final fist full of episodes being devoted to an entirely different, but not necessarily lesser story.
This review will mostly cover the first, and primary arc of the Railgun S story. Long ago, Misaka agreed to have her genetic code copied for use in disease curing experiments. The real intent behind this borrowing was the advancement of Accelerator, a level 5 esper, and currently the most powerful in academy city. To this end, Misaka’s genetic code is cloned many times to create, “training dummies” for use in combat practice. This of course, doesn’t sit well with Misaka and driven by guilt, she sets out on a personal mission to destroy the experiments.
This was a really great story arc. In addition to having a huge amount of action, and very little moe filler, the antithesis of the prior season, it also touched upon ethical and moral issues such as the value of human life. The stunning action was on par with other fantastic action based shows from the Spring/Summer 2013 seasons such as Attack on Titan and Majestic Prince. The animation also received quite a substantial boost from the prior season of railgun. Railgun was a hugely popular series in Japan, so the budget boost for its sequel wasn’t too surprising.
The morale issues are something that torment Misaka throughout the first arc. She understands that life is valuable no matter what and rejects the experiments that clearly have no respect for this viewpoint. The story also touches upon “what it means to be human”, as the Sister’s are born into the world through science and not through normal biological means.
The only thing I really didn’t care for from the first story was the conclusion. It really ended quite anticlimactically with the final fight with Accelerator. It lacked the length and intensity of prior fights we had in the season despite the build up that the Accelerator fight carried.
All in all, this first arc was excellent and a huge improvement over the first season of Railgun. I thought it was action packed, incredibly well paced, well animated and fun. It lacked a large amount of the moe fluff filler that plagued the first season. All in all, I enjoyed it more than some other anime, including Attack on Titan, which were touted as the best of the season. I thought it had better action, was just as engaging and certainly had a much higher budget. I recommend this show to anybody who likes action, science fiction and generally a lot of fun.
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Episode 201 – Pitch Me Anime
Do you have a really good idea for an anime? Do you not get how the studios in Japan seem to come up with the same old thing year after year? Us too! We take a page out of reality TV from the show Shark Tank as the Addicts pitch anime to each other and pass or fail.
Mitsugi –
1) Title: Dainihon no tami ni wareware yarou! (For the sake of the Great Japan, let’s DO IT!)
Genre: Comedy
Episode Number: 12
Description: A person who tries to raise Japan’s birthrate by getting people to ****. Or explore why the problem exists in the first place. Where does the cold japanese attitude that relationships and sex are just “troublesome” stem from?
2) Title: NAN DE?! okachan-san sugu Umarenaide kure! (Oka-uma) (WHY?! Little Baby please don’t be born so soon!)
Genre: Comedy
Episode number: 12
Description: An anime about a man with a pregnant wife. Shows the process of child raising and getting ready for a kid. Also, doting on the wife (eg get her strange foods at 3am, etc…)
3) Title: Moe-chan mou ninki janai! Kutabare! (Moe is no longer popular, so DIE!)
Genre: Action
Episode Number: 12
Description: Anime that is about moe no longer being popular and the tv station makes moe girls brutally kill each other to fight over the last time slot devoted to moe shows.
Kimiko –
1) Title: A Bottle of Wine for Your Trouble
Genre: Slice of Life/Drama
Episode Number: 12
Description: About a girl who gets sent to live with her distant aunt in Italy after her parents die in a car crash. The aunt lives and works on a vineyard. Main themes: Life in Italy, the inner workings of a vineyard/making wine, struggling with the death of a loved one.
2)Title: If You Could Go Back
Genre: Fantasy/Comedy/Action
Episode Number: 26
Description: Time travel anime! Two groups of time travelers: The Winders (who are born with the ability and use it to alter events in the past) and The Agents (who have devices to help them travel and whose job it is to stop the Winders by any means necessary). The main theme: Agents are trying to prevent major events from being changed to keep the betterment of mankind intact. Winders are trying to change it for the same reason. A perfect opportunity to look at the concept of antagonists based on perspective and opinion.
3)Title: Shooting With Your Eyes Closed
Genre: Drama/Romance/Sci-Fi
Episode Number: 12
Description: An anime that focuses on two major themes not often hit on well or at all: gay romance (as exactly that, just romance and realism, not yaoi or shonanai), and a realistic interpretation of the emotional and physical aspects of war despite the science fiction concept.
Kram –
1)Title: Kaze no Uta wo Kike (Hear the Wind Sing)
Genre: Drama
Episode Number: 3
Description: An OVA based on Haruki Murakami’s first novel about an unnamed protagonist in a post-collegiate slump. Examines the contrast between transient relationships and real friendship through a series of loosely-related vignettes.
2) Title: Ore wa Sonna ni Kowai Gaijin ja Nai (I am not that scary of a foreigner…)
Genre: Comedy/Slice-of-life
Episode Number: 12
Description: The life and times of an English-speaking foreigner trying to make his way through daily life in the Land of the Rising Sun. Trouble is, he’s kind of big and scary (but not really)!
3) Title: Chi to Hagane (Blood and Steel)
Genre: Science Fiction/Drama
Episode Number: 12
Description: The story of a group of four childhood friends who spent their formative years watching mecha shows and building plastic models. They have now graduated from the four top universities for robotics and engineering in the world, and are reuniting in Japan to fulfill a lifelong dream and a promise to each other: to build Japan’s first fully-operational mecha for its self-defense force.
Chiaki –
1) Title: Ouza no Geemu
Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Romance
Episode Number: 12 (with potential extension)
Description: Riding on the popularity of the Game of Throne’s franchise this anime adaptation would bring the western fantasy novels to Japan in a way that can resonate with the market and successfully tell the story without the need of a high live-action budget. The anime would focus on the perspective of just one character for the first twelve episodes, namely Ned Stark, and follow up until (spoiler alert) death. Following seasons could follow other characters, or split half and half, such as Danerys or Rob Stark and his campaign.
2) Title: Kekkon ni Nayami ga Aru (The problem with marriage is…)
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Slice of Life
Episode Number: 12
Description: Mikoto is a successful business woman with everything put together. She lives the perfect model life of a Japanese woman. She can cook, she cleans, she works full time and still has the opportunity to volunteer at all community events. Her only problem is: she has yet to find a husband. It isn’t that she isn’t willing to look, and she’s tried. But marriage comes with its own expectations and Mikoto isn’t sure if she wants to meet them.
3) Title: Meiji
Title: Meiji
Genre: Historical, Drama
Episode Number: 12
Description: Follow the young Emperor Meiji, Mutsuhito, as he rises to power at the end of the Tokugawa shogunate. It is a time of change and industrialization in Japan, people are forced to adapt but change is scary and not all are pleased. See it through a lens of his personal life as he navigates through becoming emperor, his classes and education, mistakes, and management of business and pleasure.
Impressions: Infinite Stratos, Valverave 2, Magi 2, Ace of Diamond, Kyousougiga
Episode 200 – The Big 2-0-0
The Anime Addicts Anonymous celebrate their 200th episode with you! We take callers and chat about our favorite moments in doing the show. It’s been a crazy four years but it’s been well worth it to make the show for all the addicts out there!
Favorite Podcast Moments:
Favorite Convention:
Florida Anime Experience – Mitsugi
Otakon – Chiaki
Favorite Guest:
Melissa Fahn – Mitsugi
Steve Blum – Chiaki
Favorite Forum Thread:
Pitch me an Anime – Mitsugi
Ask me Anything – Chiaki
Favorite Anime of the last 12 months:
Space Brothers – Mitsugi
Chihayafuru – Chiaki
Most important thing we’ve learned or Area of personal growth:
Learned how to more effectively manage time and how to milk every minute – Mitsugi
Website management and design – Chiaki
Least Favorite Thing About Podcasting:
Editing – Mitsugi
Haters – Chiaki
In a Perfect World Dream Wish:
Addict Con – Chiaki
Just a thank you to everyone who has been a part of the show, donated, participated on the forums and live episodes etc…
Impressions: Gundam Build Fighters, Gingitsune, Hajime no Ippo: Rising, and Arpeggio of Blue Steel
Episode 199 – A Hauntingly Good Episode
The Anime Addicts Anonymous Podcast does their annual Halloween Episode! We talk about what Japanese people find scary and how that plays into anime, along with some of our favorite anime in the horror genre! Also, impressions on the new season, what passed, what failed?
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni – Especially every 4th episode for some reason
Hell Girl – I haven’t seen this anime but the premise is interesting and I’d like to see it. Somewhere in the vast sea of the Internet, there’s a website that can only be accessed at the stroke of midnight. Known as the Jigoku Tsushin, rumor has it that if you post a grudge there, the Jigoku Shoujo will appear and drag whoever torments you into the inferno. Very little is known about the girl—all we know for sure is that she lives with her equally enigmatic grandmother, that three magical straw dolls accompany and serve her, and that whenever a posting on the Jigoku Tsushin moves her, she becomes the Jigoku Shoujo.
Attack on Titan – Recent, fun watch for those that haven’t seen it.
Elfen Lied – This is obviously a classic that most people have seen.
Mononoke – A story of a medicine seller who expels evil spirits. Based off of the “Mononoke”
arc in Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales.
Denpa Teki na Kanojo – A really nice 90 minute ova. Easy to watch with well constructed, well paced stories that make for a fun, and aggressive watch. Very strong stuff.
High School of the Dead – This anime is fun fun fun. Starts off with the action immediately and doesn’t let up on the zombie action!
Devilman – Classic from the 70s
Aoi Bungaku – Some are more “horror” than others in this anime but it ranges from gory, to disturbing, to both. My favorite is the story arc of the bandit in the woods who kidnaps women and his most recent acquisition has him cutting off heads and her keeping them as prizes.
GeGeGe No Kitaro – You gotta mention a classic right? Not traditionally “scary” but the depictions of Yokai are fantastic and it is by the “god” of the Horror Anime Genre – Mizuki Shigeru.
Abandon the Old in Tokyo (manga) – This one is also not “traditional” horror by western standards but makes the list for me based on how psychologically disturbing it is. Originally 8 stories published by Gekiga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi, Abandon the Old in Tokyo follows and “average” man as his stories exposes the dark and gritty underbelly of tokyo.
Perfect Blue – While arguably more in the psychological thriller genre space Satoshi Kon’s Perfect Blue perfectly sells the dark foreshadowing and impending sense of dread found in the horror genre.
Vampire Hunter D movies – Although they frequently feel more like action movies with a horror motif, these movies belong in any list of best “horror” anime.
Blood: The Last Vampire – A fun little experimental movie from Production I.G. The first anime film to be completely animated with computers. At 45 minutes, it’s short and sweet and gory as hell.
Magnetic Rose – Probably the best installment in Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1995 anthology film “Memories,” and one of the scarier anime I’ve ever seen.
Impressions: Yowamushi Pedal, Yuusha ni Naernakatta, Kuroko no Basuke, Samurai Flamenco
Episode 198 – The 4th A.A.A. Character Battle
The Anime Addicts Anonymous Podcast discusses the match-ups for the 4th ever character battle. We talk about who we think will win, literally and for the contest, to give you the best chances for success. What matches do we find interesting? Also impressions on new shows, what will pass and fail?
Round 1:
(5) Spike Spiegel vs (12) Joseph Joestar
(4) Light Yagami vs (13) Alucard
(1) M.D. Geist vs (16) Goro Shigeno
(8) Saber vs (9) Rei Ayanami
(6) Saeko Busujima vs (11) Fujiko Mine
(5) Haruhi Suzumiya vs (12) Madoka Kaname
(6) Roy Mustang vs (11) Totoro
Round 3:
(4) Guts vs (16) Goemon
(3) Faye Valentine vs (2) Revi
(1) Mikasa Ackerman vs (13) Kagero (Ninja Scroll)
Round 5:
(10) D vs (13) Alucard
(9) Asuka Langley vs (9) Rei Ayanam
Impressions: Kyoukai no Kanata, Kill La Kill, Diabolik Lovers, Yozakura Quartet, Coppelion
Episode 197 – The State of the American Anime Industry
The AAAPodcast has a discussion on the American Anime Industry. We pull up numbers, market data and trends to discuss where the industry is at and where it is headed in the future. Is it a happy future? Or do we see grim things on the horizon?
Reported by the Market Research Firm Oricon on Japanese Book Sales –
Sales of Compiled book volumes (Tankobon) of manga has dipped 1.5% to 267.5 billion yen in 2012 compared to 2011
This is the first recorded sales drop since Oricon began taking annual statistics on book sales in 2009
Shueisha was the publisher with the highest market share with 14.5% of overall books sold
Market share dipped by 0.2 points compared to 2011
Kodansha increased its market share by 0.1 points to 10.8%
Shogakukan also increased 0.5 points with 7.9%
SOURCE:
Final 2012 TV Anime Top Sellers Rankings, Reported by Oricon –
60,580 – Nisemonogatari
45,804 – Fate/Zero 2
35,729 – SwordArtOnline
35056 – Girls Und Panzer
24433 – Kuroko no Basuke
SOURCE: http://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/1ni07n/2012_tv_anime_sales_rankings_update_jojo_18k/
Jetro’s Report on the North American Anime Market –
US Dollars Sold according to Nielen Videoscan, Box Office Mojo, and Wowmax Media’s estimates: DVD SALES, VHS SALES, MOVIE RECEIPTS AND OTHER MEDIA
2002: 428 million USD
2003: 390 million USD
2004: 367 million USD
2005: 376 million USD
2006: 375 million USD
2007: 325 million USD
2008: 312 million USD
2009: 321 million USD RECESSION (US household income at 67,976)
2010: 200 million USD (decline of 34.6%) (USHI at 67,392 decline of .86%)
2011: 196 million USD (decline of 2%) (USHI at 67,677 growth of .42%)
2012: 217 million USD (growth of .5%)
NOTE: These numbers do not include merchandise
Leading the box office receipts was Arrietty (distributed by Disney) with 19.29 million USD.
However, removing the Ghibli film box office receipts does not affect the 2012 numbers in a large way.
Market Breakdown by organization:
43.8%: Funimation
22.5%: Disney
12.6%: VIZ Media
06.3%: Section 23
04.6%: Bandai Entertainment (stopped producing videos in 2012)
02.5%: Sony
01.5%: Media Blasters
00.9%: Manga Entertainment
05.4%: Other companies
Home Video Market: Market for DVD AND VHS VIDEOS
2009: 306 million USD (US household income at 67,976)
2010: 200 million USD (decline of 34.6%) (USHI at 67,392 decline of .86%)
2011: 196 million USD (decline of 2%) (USHI at 67,677 growth of .42%)
2012: 197 million USD (growth of .5%
The top 20 anime titles in North America for 2012 were mostly Ghibli, Pokemon, and Dragon Ball Z
Consumption Methods
Amazon is the highest for both American and Japanese produced Animation
The next three for Japanese Animation are:
Netflix
Hulu
Crunchyroll
Manga Sales (In Millions of US Dollars)
2008: 1.75 (American Comics: 4.37)
2009: 1.40 – 20% Decrease (American Comics: 4.28 – 2% Decrease)
2010: 1.20 – 15% Decrease (American Comics: 4.19 – 2.2% Decrease)
2011: 1.13 – 6% Decrease (American Comics: 4.14 – 2% Decrease)
Market Share:
Viz Media: 30.7%
Yen Press: 8.5%
DC Comics: 8.2%
Top Selling Manga:
Naruto
Black Butler
Vampire Knight
Pokemon
All of these are published through VIZ
Original Source:http://www.jetro.go.jp/jfile/report/07001194/us_animation_comic.pdf
English Summary: http://www.twitlonger.com/show/n_1rlg8e3
US Market total Merchandise Sales, Reported by JETRO –
Total US Market GDP of Anime Goods (Figures in Billions USD)
2001 – 4.46
2002 – 4.36
2003 – 4.84
2004 – 3.3
2005 – 3.0
2006 – 2.78
2007 – 2.83
2008 – 2.66
2009 – 2.74
2010 – 2.58
2011 – 2.53
2012 – 2.51
CAGR 2001-2012 of -5.1%
According to NPD’s retail tracking data, about 60% of the anime characters goods market in the United States belongs to Pokémon-related items.
Of that US$2.741 billion in 2009, character goods made up US$2.420 billion, while DVDs accounted for US$306 million.
SOURCE: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-15/america-2009-anime-market-pegged-at-us$2.741-billion
North America & other regions
AnimEigo (U.S.)
Anime Midstream (U.S.)
Aniplex Of America (U.S., American subsidiary of Aniplex owned by Sony Music Entertainment Japan)
Crunchyroll (U.S.) (distributor)
Discotek Media (U.S.)[1]
Disney (U.S.)
Miramax Films (U.S., previously owned by Disney until 2010 when it was acquired by Filmyard Holdings[2])
Funimation Entertainment (U.S.)
Kadokawa Pictures USA (U.S., American subsidiary of Kadokawa Pictures)
Manga Entertainment (UK, U.S.: bought by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 2005)
Media Blasters (U.S.)
NIS America (U.S., American subsidiary of Nippon Ichi Software software company)
Section 23 (U.S.) (the successor company to ADV films, which split into several companies in 2009. “Section 23” handles distribution, “Sentai Filmworks” handles license acquisition, “Aesir Holdings” inherited ADV’s old library of titles, “Seraphim Studios” handles new English dubs, and “Valkyrie Media Productions” handles The Anime Network).
The Right Stuf International (U.S., main distribution subdivision rebranded “Nozomi Entertainment” in 2007)
Saban Brands (U.S.)
Sony Pictures Television International/Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (U.S., American subsidiary of Sony)
Viz Media (U.S., owned jointly by Shogakukan and Shueisha, of Japan, but it is run independently)
Europe exclusive
Kazé (France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, United Kingdom)
Dybex (France, Belgium, Holland, Switzerland)
101 Films (United Kingdom)
Anime Limited (United Kingdom)
Manga Entertainment UK (the main branch of “Manga Entertainment”)
MVM Films (UK)
StudioCanal UK (UK)
Universum Film GmbH (Germany)
Australia
Hanabee (Australia)
Madman Entertainment (Australia: Madman overwhelmingly dominates the Australian anime market, for many years through the 2000s controlling approximately 90% of all sales)
Siren Visual (Australia)
Defunct
4Kids Productions (US) (subsidiary of 4Kids Entertainment Specializing in dubbing anime,shut down in 2012 due to continued lack of profitability).
ADV Films (U.S., U.K.) (shut down in 2009, selling off its assets and intellectual properties to four other Houston-based companies, such as Section 23 (see above)).
Bandai Entertainment (U.S., owned by Namco Bandai[3])
Bandai Visual USA (U.S., previously a subsidiary of Bandai Visual Japan and not affiliated with Bandai Entertainment, now folded into Bandai Entertainment[4])
Beez Entertainment (EU, owned by Bandai)
Central Park Media (de facto defunct since mid-2007 when new DVD releases ceased, even though they continued to license their titles for TV and VOD, they entered a state of limbo.[5] Officially declared bankruptcy and assets liquidated in mid-2009.[6] Several of their titles have been acquired by other anime distributing companies prior to and following Central Park Media’s bankruptcy and liquidation, such as ADV Films, Bandai Entertainment, Funimation Entertainment, Media Blasters, Nozomi Entertainment, etc.)
US Manga Corps (U.S., part of Central Park Media)
Family Home Entertainment (U.S., renamed Artisan Entertainment) in the 1990s, then acquired by Lions Gate Entertainment in 2003).
Geneon Entertainment (U.S. branch “Geneon USA” (formerly “Pioneer Entertainment”) defunct September 2007. Parent Japanese company ceased in-house distribution of its own titles, many of which have been re-licensed by Funimation[7][8] and Sentai Filmworks. Parent company “Geneon Entertainment” then sold off its own ownership to NBC Universal subsidiary UPI, which then merged Geneon with its own “Universal Pictures Japan” division on February 1, 2009, renaming the new company “Geneon Universal Entertainment Japan”).[9][10]
Saban Entertainment (U.S., acquisitions either went to The Walt Disney Company or just expired, succeeded by Saban Brands)
Streamline Pictures (U.S., Canada: stopped producing new anime releases in 1996, folding into Orion Pictures, which in turn folded into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayerone year later, in 1997. The Streamline brand name officially went defunct in 2002).
Synch-Point (U.S., A subsidiary of Broccoli (company), defunct when parent company Broccoli International USA shut down their operations in 2007)
Urban Vision (U.S.)
U.S. Renditions (U.S., A subsidiary of Books Nippan, defunct mid-1990s)
Tokyopop (U.S.)
Reviews: Senki Zesshou Symphogear G and Servant x Service
Senki Zesshou Symphogear G
Senki Zesshou Symphogear G
13 episodes ; started in the Summer 2013 season
· Staff
o Original creator – Akifumi Kaneko and Senki Zesshou Symphogear G
o Director – Katsumi Ono – Hataraki Man
o Production studio – Satelight
o Music – Elements garden – Boburetsu Pirates, Love, Election and Chocolate, Senki Zesshou Symphogear, Uta no Prince Sama, Kimi to Boku
· Plot Summary
o As was the case with the first Symphogear anime, this one is fueled by the pop idol power of Nana Mizuki, who as of a couple years ago was the top anime related idol in Japan. She does the voice for one of the main characters Tsubasa and contributed 5 of her pop songs to this anime including the main theme, Vitalization. My belief is that Mizuki Nana’s popularity is the fuel behind this anime and it is probably what allowed it to have a second season in addition to increased production values.
o This anime continues the story of Hibiki, Tsubasa and Kurisu. In this anime the world is in peril as one of the planets moons are being pulled down to the Earth on an imminent crash course. The world is predicted to be destroyed in the future and rival groups are each trying to save the world in their own way. To this end, an organization of American origin emerges with its own trio of Symphogear users to help remove the seal on mankind’s sanctuary from the impending destruction, “the Frontier”.
o The anime goes through an array of battles with the Symphogear users, which allows the series to show off its new character’s designs, the improved budget, and show new viewers what Symphogear is all about, music themed battles. We have battles at concerts, on top of air craft carriers, battles on top of Sky Tree (It gets destroyed a little), and everywhere in between. The flash and style of the action scenes will win over a lot of users and it’s what this show does best. One of the most fun aspects of the action is how Symphogear users will often call out the name of an attack, which is displayed on screen, before the move is done. It’s quite fun.
o The biggest problem with this anime is how blatantly it rips off the storytelling efforts of prior magical girl anime and it contributes virtually nothing new in the genre. I feel that Symphogear tries its hardest to be Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha and sadly, the truth is that it just isn’t that good. The mechanized weapons, the Nana Mizuki flare, and the way that villains are treated in the anime all feel like they were pulled straight from Lyrical Nanoha and in addition, the ending of the anime felt like it an attempted duplication of the end of Lyrical Nanoha A’s.
o I found the ending of the anime grew more and more convoluted and less and less believable. I also didn’t enjoy how the show subjected itself to the genre’s clichés and ultimately left me wanting a lot more. Also, the anime seems to treat the viewer with kid gloves by failing to deliver on its promise to kill off certain characters, magically saving them via some of the most obvious Deus ex Machina.
· Hanging its hat
o The anime’s designs are interesting and ton notch. Magical girl anime such as Symphogear G have led me to prefer the mechanized magical girl suits to the lace and frills of Sailor Moon.
o The music in this anime is what makes it special to watch. The openings and closing songs are magnificent and it’s always a treat to hear Mizuki Nana sing as she is definitely a great singer. I didn’t enjoy the battle songs quite as much as in the first series.
· Aesthetic
o The visuals of the anime appear to have been giving a production budget boost. `The visuals look more crisp than previously and the action scenes are longer and more frequent which makes the show generally look more impressive.
· Summary
o Pros
§ Action scenes are great. Much improved from the first season.
§ Music is great
§ Character designs are interesting and preferred to the lacy style of magical girl
§ Hibiki is a badass
o Cons
§ Story riddled with clichés and borrows too much from concepts used in other anime
§ Poorly delivered storyline
§ Uninteresting villain
§ Ending is just “WHAT?!”
Episode 196 – Mitsugi’s Gender Theory
Mitsugi’s theory on how gender affects the quality of an anime has been brought up a number of times on the show. The addicts decide to finally take it on and discuss if the number of women in an anime has any direct correlation to the quality of the show.
Theory: Anime that have a character gender ratio of 3:1 in favor of female characters have a lower content quality than more balanced anime. I would like to point out that this is not my opinion in life. This view only applies to anime.
– Mitsugi
Reviews: Ryo-Kyu-Bu and Eternal Family