Dawnleaf Watches Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist: Episode 2 – MAGICAL GIRL TRANSFORMATION SEQUENCE

I definitely see that this anime’s trying for some of that Black Butler camp.  However, no one will ever be as fabulous as Grell.  It made me snigger like a fifth grader, though.  I mean, about halfway through the episode, there’s an honest-to-goodness transformation sequence, with the declaration of title, silly clothes, and rainbow background.  It was positively glorious.

Dawnleaf Watches Sunday Without God: Episode 3 – Who’s Your Daddy?

I still can’t say that I like this anime, but some stuff happened this episode that rectified some of the problems I brought up in the last episode.  Mostly, the ones related to that ass Hampnie Hambart (I know that he has another name now, but I can’t remember it, so I’ll keep calling him his hilarious alias).

Dawnleaf Watches Sunday Without God: Episode 2 – Do Gravekeepers Dream of Zombie Sheep?

Please forgive me for my two week hiatus.  I was on vacation, and I figured that I really needed a break from this whole Vampire Knight business, anyway.   All right, on to the anime Sunday Without God, which doesn’t have vampires in it but does have a white-haired pretty-boy with a gun and undeads degenerating into animalistic creatures who run on instinct.  Aaaargh…

Summer 2013 Anime Poll Results

Crunchyroll provided the results to a very... interesting poll about what was best this season, run by a Japanese website.  Here they are, with a few of my comments.

Dawnleaf Watches il sole penetra le illusioni ~ Day Break Illusion: Episode 2 – The Morning After

This is going to be like Dog & Scissors, isn’t it?  Not bad enough to drop, but nothing amazing.  

Episode 2 was devoted to explaining the world.  Basically, what the magical girls fight are Daemonia, which are demons that humans with darkness in their hearts (or something like that) contract with.  The Daemonia claim to grant a wish of theirs’, and, in return, after it’s granted, the human/Daemonia combo go on a killing rampage. 

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 Dog & Scissors: Episode 2 – An Announcement

As I am now starting watching the second round of episodes this season, I would like to explain how I’m going to do this.

These next posts are probably going to be shorter than my first impressions posts (unless I have a lot to say).  I’ll only be posting about an episode if I either decided to drop the anime because of it or because I have something to say about it or because I have some sort of hilarious screenshot.  So, I may not cover an anime if I don’t have a whole lot to say about it, so you won’t see a post for it.  That doesn’t mean I dropped it, though, I will post if I dropped something.

However, you’ll still see first impression posts from me, as there’s still a depressingly large amount of stuff I haven’t even touched yet.

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.

Dawnleaf Watches Stella Women’s Academy, High School Division Class C3: Episode 1 – Cute Girls Doing Cute Things™- With GUNS

As the fairly well-received (even by people who hate moe) Girls und Panzer has taught us, adding heavy weaponry to a Cute Girls Doing Cute Things™ show can be done, and done rather well.  Did this live up to my expectations?  Well, let’s see.

Dawnleaf Watches Fantasista Doll: Episode 1 – Tuxedo Mask’s Long Lost Brother?

I would totally buy it if they said he was Tuxedo Mask’s brother.  He even makes an entrance by throwing a bouquet of flowers to the heroine.  Can we make this anime about him?

Dawnleaf Watches Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist: Episode 1 – I Can’t Tell You to Go to Hell, Seeing as We’re Already There

This is how this episode opens.  Excellent tonesetter, huh?  

Dawnleaf Watches The Eccentric Family: Episode 1 – Crossdressing Tanuki and Flying Women

When you see it, you’ll shit bricks. 

Dawnleaf Watches KINMOZA!: Episode 1 – Would You Like To Eat Some Desert?

Oh god the engrish.

Dear Japan, I have to assume that there are people in your country that can speak some perfectly fine English.  I’ve watched Higashi no Eden, I’ve heard a perfectly serviceable black woman in there.  Maybe I can understand it if you need a character to speak both Japanese and English and you want a specific voice actress for the Japanese, but this character could probably have switched actresses later on, considering that she receives an age-up before we see her again.

It’s hard to convincingly act in another language, trust me.  You’re so hooked on trying to pronounce everything right, you can’t really put emotion in.   And the accents are hilarious, but extremely jarring.

Dawnleaf Watches il sole penetra le illusioni ~ Day Break Illusion: Episode 1 – Flaming Hair

Life’s all happy for our protagonist, Akari.  Her mom’s dead, which is a bit of a downer, but, beyond that, it’s swimming.

Dawnleaf Watches Hyperdimension Neptunia: Episode 1 – Of CPUs and Kitty Slimes

Oh my god, look at those outfits.  Looks like we’ve hit fanservice central here.  *sigh* Well, at least they’re actually adults instead of young children, so it’s a bit less creepy.  I mean, imagine if they were all lolis...

Dawnleaf Watches Danganronpa: Episode 1 – Evil Has Never Been This Fluffy, Cuddly, and Soft

 So… that means she sucks, right?

Dear lord, FUNimation, why do you only have one ad on your video player?  I had to watch the same damn thing over and over and over again.  If Devious Maids is ever playing on television, now, I will attempt to destroy the screen with a BB gun.

Okay, on with the actual anime.  So, fourteen colorful characters and the main character get locked up in a high school.