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Anime that I have to watch. - now my anime review thread!
Kyrdua:
Hmm, seems you got their batch, which in that case they probably didn't include it.they're labeled as special and are
all in nyaa.
as for the long-sleeves. I doubt that's a lucky star reference. they show up a lot elsewhere. probably just to show
that a character is cutesy or undeveloped.
ika musume reference? my memory on this anime is already foggy. what do you mean?
on the review. LOL @ Nagato! I also thought it was her the first time. add that their hairstyle is nearly the same.
also, your mom could relate to it? o_o. you got an awesome mom man. how old is she?
Micharus:
So.
I decided to watch 'Cromartie High School'.
I watched the first 4 episodes and discovered that much less than an hour had gone by.
It turns out the each episode is about 10 minutes long if you skip the OP/ED.
Thank goodness for small miracles.
Cromartie High is looking a lot like it's an acquired taste.
Having realized this, I started to watch 'Alien 9' as well.
It's only 4 episodes in all, but after watching Cromartie High, it brought me back on even keel again.
Anyway, it looks like I'll be watching some episodes of Cromarti High, then watching an episode of Alien 9.
Hopefully it will keep me sane.
Micharus:
--- Quote from: Kyrdua on August 30, 2011, 11:59:09 AM ---Hmm, seems you got their batch, which in that case they probably didn't include it.they're labeled as special and are
all in nyaa.
as for the long-sleeves. I doubt that's a lucky star reference. they show up a lot elsewhere. probably just to show
that a character is cutesy or undeveloped.
ika musume reference? my memory on this anime is already foggy. what do you mean?
on the review. LOL @ Nagato! I also thought it was her the first time. add that their hairstyle is nearly the same.
also, your mom could relate to it? o_o. you got an awesome mom man. how old is she?
--- End quote ---
Mum turned 71 this year, so not only is she a Mother, she's also a Grandmother 5 times over. This also makes me a little older than most people think. heh.
Mum and I share a very similar sense of humor.... and our noses. :p
The 'possible' Ika reference is in episode 3 around the middle, where Run gets Tooru to untuck her shirt from her bloomers. The result is a dress, that at first looks a bit like Ika's skirt, but after seeing it again while checking to see what episode it was, it doesn't really look so much like it. lol
As for it being a batch, not quite. I actually had to get it in 2 parts, one 'batch' had the first six eps, while the second 'batch' had the eps 7 -> 12.
Al_Sleeper:
--- Quote from: Micharus on August 30, 2011, 12:04:05 PM ---Anyway, it looks like I'll be watching some episodes of Cromarti High, then watching an episode of Alien 9.
Hopefully it will keep me sane.
--- End quote ---
I guess, the result will be quite the opposite ;D.
Micharus:
Well, I just finished watching the last episode of Alien 9, so here is the review.
I wasn't very impressed with Alien 9 when it comes right down to the nitty gritty.
Four measly episodes. I mean seriously, there could have been a full season if they had gotten serious about it.
The basic story line is that the Elementary Schools are required to have 'Alien Control' Officers and three girls, Yuri, Kumi and Kasumi are the 'chosen ones', under the supervision of Mugemi, their overseer.
In order to do their jobs they are issued with a 'Bougu' each. A 'Bougu' is an alien, in fact a 'symbiotic' parasite, that they wear like a hat.
Each of the girls has a reason, well almost.
Kasumi has been allowed to do anything she wants by her father, under one condition, the condition being that she doesn't stop halfway through. Aside from that, she likes the job.
Kumi is doing the job so that she doesn't have to do another job that she hates because of the pressure it puts on her.
Yuri does NOT want to the job, but she isn't allowed to quit.
There is another story going on in the background also and it appears that their overseer is not exactly who she appears and that the aliens aren't exactly appearing of their own accord.
Yuri seems to be permanently scared or crying for some reason in this anime.
She just wants to be a 'normal' girl. Her alien reacts badly to her being scared all of the time and once she becomes SO scared that her fear is transmitted to Kumi and Kasumi and leads to her Bougu going 'critical'.
Yuri has a friend, Miyu, who is a great support to her.
It's not a bad anime, but it's not a great one either. A lot more could have been done with this story. The first episode is the best of the four, but it rapidly goes downhill from there, with the last episode leaving a VAST hole for more episodes to come along....but they don't and I can't see them happening.
I hear there is a Manga of Alien 9 out there and I plan on finding it if I can, just to see if it is any better than the anime.
Edit: Additional stuff.
Found and read the Manga. It's a little easier to follow than the anime and in my opinion they could have easily made another 4 episodes.
Speaking of which, the characters in the anime look like they have been lifted directly from the manga.
It's a good read and definitely worth your time to find if you can.
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