What happens when you have a cool, head-trippy idea, but haven’t worked out the plot past the first two episodes? If you’re the people behind Stein’s Gate (or should I say “Stein’s; Gate” — what is up with that mangled punctuation?) you just go for it anyways. Most people watching won’t even notice that the [...]
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Stein’s Gate Bored Me to Death
Posted in graveyard, tagged harem, SF, stein's gate, time, time travel on May 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Kurenai (2008) Guide
Posted in guide, tagged court intrigue, harem, kurenai, mediation, romance, school on October 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Kurenai is a plodding, leaden, mostly unemotional 12-episode anime` that debuted in 2008. It’s mostly plot-based, although there are occasional interesting flashes of characterization and humor, on the order of a handful every two episodes or so. The music is wholly uninvolving, neither adding to the emotion, nor detracting from it, but rather it just [...]
Ookamikakushi: Case Study in Anime` Fail
Posted in graveyard, tagged gothic, harem, horror, ookamikakushi, romance, school on March 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Anime` fail is a syndrome common to most anime`s — they start out with a bang and then quickly devolve into stupidity, perviness, lameness, or all three. Somewhere along the way (usually episode 6 or 7) the writers will come back from their sake-inspired hiatus and create another good episode, and then leave the rest [...]
Kanon (2002): Not Bad, Not Great
Posted in guide, tagged harem, kanon, memories, romance, school on July 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Kanon is one of those rare anime`s that’s consistently just ok. It misses opportunities to reach for grandeur, and it usually avoids opportunities to fall into the gutter. In short, it’s not bad, and it’s not great. The story itself is rather familiar, involving lost memories, a guy meeting several girls, and a crazy twist [...]
Air (Was In the Heads of the Writers of This Series)
Posted in graveyard, tagged air, harem, magic, romance, time travel on July 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I won’t break down Air on an episode by episode basis, because that means I’d have to go back and watch each episode again, and this series is just so L O N G and so S L O W that it’d be like having a root canal on the installment plan. It starts off [...]
Closing the White Album
Posted in graveyard, tagged harem, idol, romance, school, white album on March 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Hope springs eternal, as does futility. Ever since To Heart and To Heart: Remember My Memories, I’ve held out hope for Aquaplus. Those series were landmarks in the history of anime`. Since then I’ve viewed with a skeptical eye anything that they’ve done, because of such sucky series as ef. Anyhow, White Album is another [...]
Saiunkoku Monogatari (Season 2) Episode Guide
Posted in guide, tagged court intrigue, drama, harem, romance, saiunkoku monogatari, shoujo on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Saiunkoku Monogatari (Season II) (official site) is the story of Shurrei, adolescent head of one the land’s powerful ruling families. She is the governor of one particular section of the country. The series revolves around feudal Japanese-esque court intrigue, Shurrei’s life goals, and whether she loves Ryuuki or not. She is a workaholic and oblivious [...]
Chaos Head: Otaku Harem Minus
Posted in graveyard, tagged chaos head, gothic, harem, horror, SF on November 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I never thought I’d see a series like this one, and I hope I never see one again. Chaos Head is a bait-and-switch campaign of the highest order. You think you’re getting some spooky, cutting edge, memory/coverup kind of thing, but all you really get is a harem anime` with blood. Oh, and the main [...]
