Dawnleaf Watches Le Fruit de la Grisaia: Episode 1 – OF COURSE

Dawnleaf Watches Karen Senki: Episode 1 – Cue Slow Motion

AAAAAH GET IT AWAY FROM ME

Dawnleaf Watches DENKI-GAI: Episode 1 – We all live in a doujin world

Dawnleaf Watches Locodol: Episode 1 – I tried watching it

Ah, Studio Feel.  I can see that you’re mediocre, as usual.  Now, I have a few questions for you, because I’m a bit confused about this show’s use of logic.  Feel free to answer them if you’d like…

Dawnleaf Watches GLASSLIP: Episode 1 - GLASSBORED

“…check out my cock.”

Dawnleaf Watches Samurai Jam-Bakumatsu Rock: Episode 1 – Needs More Guitar-Wank

Man, the guys in the intro are shitty at lip-syncing.  They just stand motionless with their mouths open.  I assume that they’re really going “AAAAARGH” and we just can’t hear it.

Dawnleaf Watches Mahou Shoujo Taisen (Magica Wars): Episode 1 – Gainax, This Was Your Last Chance

…And you screwed it up.  I highly doubt that that five-girls-in-a-tea-club-SOL-comedy will end up being good (and I know that nobody else has any expectations for it), so this really was Gainax’s last chance.  Think about it.  When did they last make anything good?  Panty & Stocking was fairly well-received, but it was an extremely love-it-or-hate-it affair.  That was three and a half years ago.   What have they done since then, in terms of TV series?  Nothing.  Three and a half years is a long time to not make anything notable. 

Dawnleaf Watches selector infected WIXOSS: Episode 1 – Pronounced “WicRoss”

It was either this or Blade and Soul, and I decided to go for the one where the characters are actually wearing clothes, even if they are a bunch of moe schoolgirls.  And Blade and Soul’s PV makes me think of Ikki Tousen just a little, and thinking of Ikki Tousen gives me an irresistible compulsion to close out of whatever browser window I’m on and cry.

Dawnleaf Watches The World Is Still Beautiful: Episode 1 – Breaking Hiatus Just In Time for SPRING BREAK

You see, the promo art is desperately trying to get guys to watch this, because it’s almost an upskirt shot.

Dawnleaf Watches Unbreakable Machine Doll: Episode 1 – Close Call

Hey, y’all?  Remember Pokémon?  Of course you do, you’re lying if you say that you don’t remember that anime, because you have all seen at least snippets of it.  Well, my best snappy one-sentence summary of Unbreakable Machine Doll is that it’s Pokémon aimed at the teenage male demographic.  Yes, we’ve got those proxy battle and creatures with fun designs, but we’ve also got a developing harem and a fanservice doll.  Literally.

Dawnleaf Watches Beyond the Boundary: Episode 1 – Boy Meets Girl

“Don’t worry; it’s only a flesh wound!”

Now, I read the summary of this originally and my mind started going “Bakemonogatai ripoff alert”, but I kindly told it to shut up because Kyoto Animation would never make something like Bakemongatari.  And I was actually right.

Dawnleaf Watches Coppelion: Episode 1 - Of Magic Skirts and Thick Outlines

For me, one of the hardest parts of blogging like this is when I come across an anime like Coppelion.  Because, well, my reaction to it is very difficult to articulate.   Because me just saying “THEANIMATIONTHEANIMATIONTHEANIMATION” over and over in a post would just be boring, but that’s really how I feel.  So, I guess the easiest place for me to start is trying to describe dat animation.

Dawnleaf Watches Diabolik Lovers: Episode 1 – Let’s Be Friends

Herm… Okay, my opinion on this anime is going to be rather difficult to formulate.  So let’s just start with the technicals, so I can get my thoughts straight.

Dawnleaf Watches Vampire Knight: Episode 1 – Are You A Good Vampire, Or A Bad Vampire?

Okay!  It’s been decided, and fairly easily, at that.  I’m watching the sub.  Because there’s basically only one role in the dub that does a really good job, and it’s the character that already has Mamoru Miyano in the original Japanese.  The rest of them in the dub range from ‘okay, I guess’ to ‘really bad’.  And, of course, everyone in the Japanese does a fine job.

Dawnleaf Watches Gatchaman Crowds: Episode 1 – Rainbow!

This show is rainbow.

Dawnleaf Watches Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA: Episode 1 – Stick Accosts Loli in Bathtub

There is definitely some Freudian significance to magical stick trying to make a naked loli grab it, just sayin’.

Dawnleaf Watches Silver Spoon: Episode 1 – Best Out-Of-Context Line Ever

I mean, come on, how could that not be the main picture?  I’m such a child.

Now, as you may infer from my previous posts, I’m a bit of a fan of the person who wrote the manga for this anime.  Why?  She wrote the manga for Fullmetal Alchemist.  I’ll let that sink in.

Dawnleaf Watches Brothers Conflict: Episodes 1-3: The Fact That I’m Trapped in a Squirrel’s Body Has Left Me in Despair!

This anime has a talking squirrel voiced by Hiroshi Kamiya in it.  For those of you who don’t know who that is, he is both Ararararagi of Bakemonogatari fame and the crazy teacher from Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei.   And he sounds basically the same as he did in those, except his voice is higher.  It’s a bit of a trip to listen to, really.

Dawnleaf Watches Sunday Without God: Episode 1 – Loli-pops

Studio Madhouse is a really good studio.  They don’t always make great shows, but the standard of quality (and usually amazing animation) usually means that every show they make deserves at least a cursory check.  They also made The Tatami Galaxy, a vastly underrated and great anime with insane visuals, for which I am extremely grateful.

Dawnleaf Watches WATAMOTE ~No Matter How I Look at It, It’s You Guys Fault I’m Not Popular!~: Episode 1 – Death Mouse

There is a scene in this anime which plays like one from Death Note, except instead of Light murdering people, it’s a high school girl looking up how to pick up men.  It’s the one that sold me on this show, I think.