Shinryku Ika Musume (Conquer, Squid Girl!) is a humorous, kawaii anime that focuses on the plans of Ika Musume (Squid Girl) to take over the world, starting at an oceanfront cafe, the Lemon. Each episode has three vignettes that feature some degree of character development and plot (in other words, Lucky Star, this is not). [...]
Posts Tagged ‘slice of life’
Shinryku Ika Musume: Decent Squidliness
Posted in guide, tagged comedy, ika museme, kawaii, slice of life, squid, squid girl on December 28, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Sora No Woto: From Excellent to Pretentious in Six Episodes
Posted in graveyard, guide, tagged comedy, post-apocalyptic, romance, slice of life, sora no woto, war on April 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve held off on posting because I hate to see a series crash and burn. Even more, I hate being taken for a ride (or admitting that I don’t know how to pick good series, whichever works). I think I’ll keep around the early episodes, though, because they were that good. In the end, the [...]
Yokohama Kaidashi Kokou (Quiet Country Cafe`) Guide
Posted in guide, tagged quiet country cafe, robot, slice of life, yokohama kaidashi kokou on September 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is a series (the “new” OVAs released in 2002) that would be simply, impossible to make in America, unless you had a guy who was financially well off as a labor of love. Yes, I know a lot of anime` falls into that category, but this one exceptionally and especially so. Why? The series [...]
Gunparade Orchestra Guide
Posted in guide, tagged comedy, drama, gunparade orchestra, mech, mecha, romance, school, SF, slice of life, war on December 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One thing I’ve discovered is generally anime` based on games are nothing but disappointment squared. Sure, there are exceptions, but Gunparade Orchestra, sadly, is not one of them. The structure of the series is to blame, because it starts over with a new set of characters every nine episodes, so by the time you’ve gotten [...]
Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto Natsu no Sora Guide
Posted in guide, tagged magic, Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto Natsu no Sora, school, shoujo, slice of life on October 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Spoiler Warning…Here there be spoilers….Spoiler Warning You may not want to watch this series at all, because the way it ends makes the whole thing pointless. I have nothing against dealing with death or even having a story end when the main character dies. I even have some marginal sympathy for the theme of adulthood [...]
