#anime Review

[ecargmura]

Dandadan Episode 8 Review - One Ball Down, One More To Go

There is something I would like to talk about now that I watched this episode. I think an interesting thing about Dandadan is the fact that the girls feel more like male shounen characters, but in a good way? Like, Momo feels like one of those rude shounen MCs and Aira is her rival, but they still feel like girls, but with male shounen character tropes. Okarun, on the other hand, feels like if Momo is a male shounen MC, he’d be the female love interest who’s shy but wants to get stronger so that she can be of use to her crush. Aira would be the rival character who is both similar but also different from the MC but is also involved with the female love interest whether it be romantically or not—in her case, she has a crush on Okarun. Seiko would be the MC’s mentor and Turbo Granny is the mascot character. Maybe it’s just me who thinks this way?

Why I say this is because the story really likes to make Okarun’s nutsacks be a part of a fanservice jokes like how people would always talk about a female character’s boobs. In fact, no one ever mentions boobs in this story—well, the only time they were mentioned was back in Episode 1 where Turbo Granny was asking if Okarun wanted to suckle hers. Other than that it has always been balls, whether they be golden or baseballs. The whole plot is about finding Okarun’s balls and even in this episode, the creepy aliens are after them. Like what Okarun said, WHY IS EVERYTHING AFTER HIS JUNK?

To be honest, even though Aira is revealed to be a kind person underneath her narcissism, delusion cannot be doused with character development. Even after everything that transpired in the previous episode, Aira still thinks Momo is a demon and that Okarun and Seiko are her cronies. Despite that, she develops a crush on Okarun and promises to save him from Momo’s spell. I honestly think she’s one of the funniest characters in this story because of how deluded she is. It’s so hilarious because the story really knows how to make her so funny. The way she was arguing with Momo with her mouth stuffed with noodles got me cackling. 

I also liked the part where Aira confesses to Okarun and tells him that it’s a man’s responsibility to accept the confession. Okarun is confused as heck and asked where she learned all that. It turns out that Aira learned about romance through her father’s porn stash. That got me cackling because I’m sure there are instances where girls learn about adult stuff. Heck, even I was reading very raunchy stories and looking at obscene pictures when I was a teenager, so I get her curiosity for the adult world. Though, I didn’t become deluded like Aira… The misunderstanding with Momo that occurred afterwards did hurt to watch, but I know it’ll get resolved later on because Momo does jump into conclusions first before thinking things through.

Another part of the comedy that I like was the sudden transition to baseball as Turbo Granny throws the golden ball back into Okarun. The best part about this sequence is Seiko swinging her bat as if she was the batter. I got a good laugh out of that sequence. I know Japan loves baseball, but I did NOT expect that it would be a way for him to get his ballsack back into his body.

While the episode was mainly comedy, I did like how it instantly transitioned into the serious, paranormal stuff instantaneously. Like, the kids are still in school and suddenly, an alien trapped them in their domain. They’re separated too. Momo is by herself in a place filled with water as some sort of dinosaur-like creature appears to shoot laser beams. Given that Flatwoods Monster was shown in episode 2 and that urban legends do exist in this story, does that mean this aquatic plesiosaur creature is the Loch Ness Monster?

With Okarun and Aira, they encounter the Serpoians. I was worried that they might go after Aira, but their target is actually Okarun as they want his junk because they believe it’s magical. I’m actually surprised that alien harassment goes for both genders in this story because usually, the author would make it so they attack only females. That’s pretty rare. Also, what’s with the crab alien with the boxing gloves? What sort of song is it singing?

The anime continues with high quality casting as Tomokazu Seki joins the cast as the crab alien with the boxing gloves. If you’re not familiar with him, Seki voices Kougami from Psycho-pass and Sanemi Shinazugawa from Demon Slayer. Kazuya Nakai returns as all three Serpoians. Though, Seki’s character has little screen-time other than him singing. I do hope it gets more screen time in the next episode. Also, Ayane Sakura’s deep voice in her youkai form was excellent. Wow.

Oh, and I’ve watched this episode in both Japanese and English dub and both versions are really great. I have to make a shout out to AJ Beckles who voices Okarun. I really liked the exasperation his voice had when he learned about Aira studying about romance through magazines and other stuff in her father’s study. I know that there’s a sub vs dub debate in the western anime community, but I think it’s all stupid. I think dubbed anime is getting better in recent years when there’s good direction and voice actors. Dandadan is filled with both.

I honestly can’t wait to see what the next episode has to offer as it seems that the group is dealing with the supposed Loch Ness Monster, the crab alien and the Serpoians all at once. I can’t wait to see how it all plays out and if it’ll be paced well. What are your thoughts on this episode?

[animereviewsxx]

No it should be illegal to have an episode be as sad and hilarious as this.

Bro the delusion

This whole episode caught me off guard. I'm so excited to learn more about the hashiras.

Tanjiro honey this is a crime. Lol.

Poor giyu he can't sleep.

[animehouse-moe]

Delicious In Dungeon Episode 6: Court Cuisine/Boiled In Saltwater

Being a manga reader, I really don't have much to say in the world of story for Delicious In Dungeon. Conversely, I have a world of stuff to say about the adaptation end of things, but I'll keep it short.

Keita Nagahara, the storyboarder for this episode, perfectly understood the assignment. They know what Trigger does best, and they know how to make the most of the source material.

Comedy, action, excessive character animation, Nagahara's episode has it all in spades, wrapped up under very solid awareness of dimensionality and space.

Their use of foreground obstruction to force depth and awareness of space is incredible, and insanely novel. Using party members as those obstructions is impeccable, and I love how they further subvert expectations by using party members for first person perspectives as well.

It's certainly recency bias telling me that this episode is the best of the season, but at the very minimum it is 100% on par with episode 3. Makes me wonder if every episode that's a multiple of 3 will be this good.

[everlastingleuthymia]

I dont know what Gyomei has been feeding Genya but look at him , so tall and even sits more properly than Sanemi

[v-67]

Muichiro Tokito💙 and this particular part hehe, LOOK at those expressions

[iggyalfi2319]

First episode of YoHaji finally came out!

And boy I'm pretty upset because they skipped so many details 😭

The very first incident with his power, the tanuki chase across the school, meeting the other teachers, visiting the dorms, Hijita explaining beforehand why it's his fault that Zashiki isn't there, etc...

Like, they literally melted together 3 chapters in one single day! While each chapter is actually a day or so!

I don't know if should be so looking forward the next episodes if they keep cutting off so many details....

At least the graphisme isn't too bad

[gnyl]

Okay, I watched the original Hellsing tv series and, I'm sorry, Hellsing Ultimate, I'm sorry I was blaming you for bad plot and even worse finale, we both stand against the greater evil.

Like seriously, what the fuck is original Hellsing series after episode 4? It was so good, and then they tried to make their own plot and characters and what they came up with was this ugly mf? Seriously? Who are you, ugly

I was SO hyped when I saw first few episodes because they had more interactions between characters, humans weren't useless in fight, everything seemed more like it was supposed to be and the plot was understandable but still had the edgy from the manga, and, yes, Alucard was incredibly sexy and I loved how his interactions with Victoria shifted to softer side with him being more conciderate (also no sexualization jokes! (or they were very light at least)

If anyone hasn't watched original tv series yet and is thinking about watching them, please, I beg of you, just watch first 4 episodes and consider this anime was abruptly finished due to the lack of funding and other episodes do not exist. You will thank me later.

[lacerta123]

So I was thinking about Gintama and this one episode where Gintoki and Hasegawa decide to go out and gamble all their money on horse races. Hawegawa’s doing all the horse math and Gintoki’s just guessing since he’s never done this before. And on his last chance to gamble Gintoki bets all his money on the first horse Hasegawa rules out. I love the idea that Gintoki sees Hasegawa as some kind of anti luck monster, that not only will Hasegawa bet wrong, he will bet as wrong as humanly possible. Luck hates Hasegawa so much that Gintoki thinks he can monetize it. (And he’s right, but he still manages to lose anyways.)

Gintoki’s life hasn’t been easy, but he’s never met someone as unlucky as Hasegawa, who started off as an upper crust-ish bureaucrat and now can’t even keep a job or house. But then I thought, Gintoki also doesn’t really have a real job, the Yorozuya barely gets any work, and the only reason Gintoki isn’t homeless is because of Otose.

Otose.

And then I started thinking about Otose. And this is how Gintama gets me. The average episode is high octane comedy, all the goofy hijinks the Yorozuya gets up to on the day to day, and it draws no attention to the fact that Gintoki would be dead without Otose. That this story began when she found him freezing to death on her husband’s gravestone. The comedy is like jangling keys, like haha, Gintoki didn’t pay his rent and Otose’s coming after him again! But it’s only funny because she will never kick him out. Never. Otose being a grumpy old woman is only funny because it’s not true, because we know that her kindness is what saved Gintoki’s life. And what does Gintoki do with that kindness? He gets into ridiculous situations because he will never turn his back on someone in need. The Yorozuya is just a business to justify what Gintoki would be doing anyways: what little he can to help the people right in front of him. Because Gintoki is only alive because of that kind of kindness. Even in the episode that started this thought train; Hasegawa has lost everything, just like Gintoki (and partly because of Gintoki) so Gintoki shows up to at least be his gambling buddy. And when push comes to shove Gintoki will fight to the death for a stranger on the street.

Has anyone noticed that Gintoki never asked Shinpachi or Kagura to join the Yorozuya? That ten years passed after the Joi war before he met them? That after Otose saved him, he ran the Yorozuya alone, wielding his kindness like penance for the longest time? Like kindness was the wage he needed to pay to keep living. His kindness was like suicide, his self-sacrifice so rooted in him Shinpachi needed to beat it out of him.

Gintoki didn’t ask Shinpachi and Kagura to join him. They hamfistedly forced their way into his life. They saw his kindness, the principle he lives by, and wanted to follow him. And they made the Yorozuya. And Gintoki kept caring about every person who passed through the Yorozuya’s doors. Every person he met in the street. And his connections grew.

Now he goes out to gamble with Hasegawa, and knows to bet on the first horse Hasegawa rules out. Because to Gintoki Hasegawa is a guy who drives away luck. And to Hasegawa, Gintoki is the weird guy who keeps showing up, no matter what. And I think that’s beautiful.

[pandorahrts]

attention!!!!

anime / manga / animanga fans who have not yet seen or read World Trigger. WATCH IT. READ IT. IT IS GOOD AND FUN.

Some highlights:

THE KIDS MAY BE SOLDIERS BUT THEY ARE SAFE. How??? You might ask. Go on and watch it to find out ;)

Wholesome x shonen x found family

MC is not overpowered and have humble beginnings, knows that, and finds a way to work with what he has.

NO BULLIES. The kids/agents here are nice & give constructive criticism rather than be rude to our not-so-physically-powerful MC.

As a seiyuu fan, the abundance of characters = more seiyuu appearances! Guess-the-seiyuu is fun to play!

First bullet point because after watching a ton of shonen with kids in the frontlines, it is refreshing and so so nice to see a story where they can fight AND BE SAFE during battle.

WE NEED THE NEXT ARCS TO BE ANIMATED T^T

[sameatzz]

[ ᴀɴɪᴍᴇ ɪᴄᴏɴs ]

⎯ 𝑶𝒉𝒎𝒂 𝑻𝒐𝒌𝒊𝒕𝒂 | 𝑩𝒂𝒌𝒊 𝑽𝒔 𝑲𝒆𝒏𝒈𝒂𝒏. 𔘓

[gojowifie]

SPOILERS: Bruh the latest chapter of jjk really sent me the moon, Yuji really took unc for a walk, like Sukuna was mad asf just look at his face LMAOOOOOO

[ecargmura]

Dandadan Episode 7 Review - A Mother's Love

If Episode 4 hasn’t put Science Saru on the map for high quality animation, then this episode surely did. I haven’t read the source material, but even as an anime-only watcher, I can definitely see the love and passion the studio puts into this. It’s crazy how a Japanese anime studio owned by a Korean person can make such invigorating quality.

The rest of the fight with Acrobatic Silky was animated well. I love how the kids outwitted her by running away just so her hair gets caught in the nook and cranny of the warehouse. Okarun manages to defeat her by going full throttle. However, their victory isn’t a happy one as devouring Aira caused her to die. Turbo Granny explained that since she’s an ordinary person, being devoured by a spirit would easily kill someone. I sort of like that detail, honestly. There’s no anime logic about how she could survive this. She’s dead and that is what the rest of the episode is about. 

What I also like is that seeing her dead easily causes Momo and Okarun to start doing what they can like telling Turbo Granny to call the ambulance and for Momo to resuscitate her using her psychic hands. Though, it does feel odd that a group of teenagers know how to resuscitate someone so skillfully, even if it’s an attempt. They’re both not doctors and are on the opposite spectrum of them. The only way she can be saved is having Acrobatic Silky connect her aura to Aira’s like connecting two cords together.

That’s where the highlight of the episode comes in the form of Silky’s tragic backstory. Man, it broke my heart seeing Silky’s life before her unfortunate end. She was a single mother working as a prostitute alongside several jobs in order to provide for her and her beloved daughter who was her entire world and her purpose for living. Her daughter was sweet in that she was essentially her light in her life. She worked hard in order to buy the red dress that eventually becomes what she wears as a ghost and she was also teaching her daughter ballet. The tragedy comes from debt collectors or mobsters coming in to assault her and then they later took her daughter away, which is severely tragic because the sequences of her life before the tragedy shows that her daughter just celebrated her fifth birthday. If the mobsters are related to trafficking, this means that her daughter’s fate became that of a trafficked child and that’s horrendous in itself. Also, props to Hina Kino for voicing the daughter. She's excellent at creating a child-like voice, especially with how she wailed.

Silky’s dance sequence before meeting her end was seriously beautiful, yet so tragic. The scenery with the starry night was gorgeous but Silky starts dancing. Ballet is an elegant, graceful and poised style of dancing and that’s how she decided to meet her end. The way it was animated was so gorgeous. Also, if you noticed, Silky’s dancing was used in the full music video of Dandadan’s opening song.

There are some people out there wondering if Silky’s daughter is Aira. She’s not. When Silky became a ghost, she could only stand listlessly until little Aira came and mistook her for her recently deceased mother. Realizing that she had a daughter, Silky latched onto Aira and decided to protect her until it became obsessive and psychotic. 

This sequence also showcases why Aira behaved the way she did earlier. She’s a narcissist primarily because of what her father had said about her needing to become stronger in order to let her mother be proud of her once she sees her again. That was why she developed a high self-confidence in order to one day show her late mother. She may have been insufferable before but the memories have completely humbled her. The way she hugged Silky just so she could have solace and not be forgotten in death was such a powerful scene. This shows that underneath her pompous attitude, Aira had a kind heart. My opinion of her instantly changed after this. Wow. I legit shed some tears.

I wonder if Dandadan’s story is just encountering a ghost or an alien and learning of their stories or what not. There doesn’t seem to be an overall grand scheme of things. I like that honestly. It’s just a story about kids encountering the supernatural and learning a lot of life lessons amidst the craziness. Please correct me if I’m wrong. Anyways, what are your thoughts about this episode?

[animereviewsxx]

This episode of spyxfamily literally almost killed me. 😂

I was eating during this scene---

Becky said that and I choked!

This episode was hilarious.

Yor got isekai'd

Yor and Anya are too funny, i never know what to expect with them.

Her face this whole episode. If it wasn't for the promise of a personal chef I think Anya would have just stayed in her room the entire episode.

Then there's poor Loid.

He can't catch a break.

I want him drawn like this for the rest of the show.

Despite his distress at everything Yor does he still never questions her. Gotta love him for that.

[animehouse-moe]

Delicious In Dungeon Marcille Faces: Episode 2

I couldn't help it. Our little adorable girlfailure is just too goofy and silly to not want to share the dozens of different faces she dons in just a single episode. Endlessly grateful to Trigger for all the expressiveness, and to Marcille's VA (Hayaka Senbongi) for delivering a near perfect performance.

[animechick2015]

The hype that comes from this one screenshot is unworldly

[v-67]

Watched Kaiju no. 8 today.

And man, this made me realise how much I love action and comedy as a genre.

And how action and beautifully animated fights make me feel.

Also, he pees from his nipples😂😂😂😂

The number of times i laughed through the 12 episodes, and the way I gasped, and was in awe.

Loved the show. Loved it wayyyy too much.

And the bond that these guys share, Kafka and Reno, it's just, it makes me so happy. When Kafka became a member of the squad, a proper officer, they first look at each other, and it melts me because it's just so fricking sweet.

I can't wait for Season 2.

Also, Mina is so cute, the black dots next to her eyes are just so beautiful.

Also also also, fuck. Hoshina. My god. The way his skills are portrayed, the swordsmanship, wow. The look. The different dialect. The way he is. Wow. The stances. Just wow. Just, really...wow.

Also Kikoru and how she feels acknowledged when Kafka just suddenly says the very kind of thing she's yearned for. I feel a little good when she receives that warmth. The problems portrayed of having to be perfect for the world, to not have to depend on someone, and how it can push you into a corner to not even seek out help when you most need it, it's powerful, that scene. And when Kafka stepped in, and said those words to Kikoru. Just brilliant.

....

Loved it. Kaiju no. 8. Just loved it. So much.

Can't wait for S2 to be released so that I can watch S1 all over again and binge S2 w it hehe.