{"id":1377,"date":"2010-11-05T23:53:53","date_gmt":"2010-11-05T23:53:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.m3ntalcontraband.com\/?p=1377"},"modified":"2020-11-06T08:31:33","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T13:31:33","slug":"anime_2010_summerfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/?p=1377","title":{"rendered":"anime 2010, summer\/fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\">damn, i already flushed out the \u2018these suck massive\u2019 animes from my servers, so i don\u2019t actually have a good recollection of what i watched last season.\u00a0 maybe i\u2019ll peruse my last post to get an idea what i left off at\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\">bonus video!\u00a0 it\u2019s the OP track by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Chatmonchy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">chatmonchy<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Kuragehime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">kuragehime<\/a>\u2026a quirky anime i\u2019ve taken a shine to\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\">first, the season i left off with\u2026<br><b><br>angel beats<\/b> | definitely turned out alot better than i originally gave it credit for.\u00a0 poignant ending\u2026and heh, my original comparison to <i>haibane renmei<\/i> was more on point than i thought.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>arakawa under the bridge<\/b> | \u2026i didn\u2019t stick with it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>b gata h kei<\/b> | speaking of retardation\u2026yea, this was retarded.\u00a0 if one were to solely base their assumption of japanese culture thru the plethora of anime, they\u2019d probably just assume japanese guys lacked ballsacks.\u00a0 disposable anime\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>durarara!!<\/b> | \u2026finished up last season, and i was sad =(<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>heroman<\/b> | it was so dumb i stopped after the fifth or so episode.\u00a0 sorry stan lee, stick with western comics\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>k-on s2<\/b> | there was still no discernible plot, but they graduated!\u00a0 and they\u2019re definitely the undisputed kings of <i>moe<\/i>\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>mayoi neko overrun!<\/b> | was actually fun to watch, in a disposable kind of way.\u00a0 at this point i can\u2019t remember a single episode\u2026but *<i>shrug<\/i>* i didn\u2019t hate it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>working<\/b> | was also disposable, but entertaining.\u00a0 and the lead protagonist wasn\u2019t a pussy.\u00a0 bonus points to him!\u00a0 ending was bleh tho.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>SUMMER SEASON<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>amagami ss<\/b> | same protagonist, different girls in alternate worlds\/circumstances\u2026over and over and over again.\u00a0 it\u2019s like <i>groundhogs day<\/i> except with vapid teenagers.\u00a0 i watched the first arc, realized how stupid everybody was, and wandered off\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>asobi ni iku yo<\/b> | really fucking retarded.\u00a0 alien catgirls\u00a0too stupid to be of any entertainment value, excessive tits and ass, and\u00a0a general disdain for rational plots.\u00a0 it was so embarrassing to watch i stopped after the third\u00a0episode\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>high school of the dead<\/b> | even with the excessive tits and ass (a plethora\u2026a cornucopia even), this was actually a pretty damn good series.\u00a0 my eyes were glued to every episode.\u00a0 zombie armageddon, japanese high school style\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>ichiban ushiro no dai ma\u014d<\/b> | the series started off interestingly enough with a cool premise and agreeable characters (like a reverse anime harry potter), but the story just fell apart by the end.\u00a0 like seriously\u2026nothing made sense.\u00a0 why the fuck is that kid wearing a power rangers outfit?\u00a0 wait what, why\u2019s the main dude flying around on a dragon?\u00a0 what the fuck is everybody doing?\u00a0 dear plot, fuck you\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>kaicho maid-sama<\/b> | it was decent enough, til i realized every single episode had the same damn plot.\u00a0 hey whats that over there?\u00a0 *<i>wanders away\u2026<\/i>*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>mitsudomoe<\/b> | like a mean-spirited <i>azumanga<\/i>\u2026sort of.\u00a0 it took me a while to get used to its distinct style (big and round\u2026still not a fan), but afterwards it was pretty funny\u2026tho the gags got old by the end (set up scenario, misheard and\/or misunderstood conversations, cue humor).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>occult academy<\/b> | i started watching this because it was <i>a-1 studios<\/i>, but then was let down by its quality (maybe a-1\u2019s b-team, b-1?) tho the series did eventually get interesting, even if it took a while.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>okami-san<\/b> | i never did get the whole allusion to red riding hood et al\u2026but it was ok.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>seitokai yakuindo<\/b> | would you believe this was actually pretty funny?\u00a0 everybody you\u2019d expect to be wholesome is actually a perverted deviant, and they have a habit of saying out loud things you would normally keep in your head.\u00a0 that itself makes it worthwhile.\u00a0 and even with all the smut (vocally anyway), the anime was surprisingly pretty restrained (no gratuitous tits or panties, even as they showed pixelated dildos vibrating around a table in its intro).\u00a0 it spoke to my perverse sense of humor\u2026what can i say?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>shukufuku no campanella<\/b> | yawn\u2026wandered off.\u00a0 cutesy fantasy with no coherent plot\u2026boooooring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>FALL SEASON<\/b> ongoing\u2026woot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>bakuman<\/b> | from the creator of <i>death note<\/i>?\u00a0 whatever.\u00a0 while the premise was pretty educating (two kids want to break into the manga industry)\u2026and does a fairly good job depicting whats required, the lead kid is a retard.\u00a0 seriously, melodramatic and very likely the target of massive wedgies.\u00a0 and while the series wants to shine a light on the manga industry, i\u2019m pretty sure it\u2019ll just end up turning off countless people interested in the industry.\u00a0 seriously\u2026they make it sound like self-flagellation.\u00a0 ps: i\u2019ve already stopped watching\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>fortune arterial<\/b> | vampires again?\u00a0 fuck you.\u00a0 i must\u2019ve downloaded this accidentally\u2026it\u2019s ok, i\u2019ve remedied this already by deleting all the files.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>hyakka ry\u014dran samurai girls<\/b> | did i mention there are tits in anime?\u00a0 hey look, more tits!\u00a0 and they\u2019re samurais and ninjas too\u2026word.\u00a0 not bad so far in all honesty, and it\u2019s got a very cool paint brush style.\u00a0 the animation\u2019s a bit stiff at times however\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>kuragehime<\/b> | the aforementioned quirky anime, about a nerdy girl who lives with other nerdy girls and becomes friends with a fashionista girl, who\u2019s actually a cross-dressing dude. yea\u2026what the shit?\u00a0 but still fun to watch, and a cool change of pace from testicle-challenged guys and girls who can\u2019t keep their clothes on\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>ore no im\u014dto ga konna ni kawaii wake ga nai<\/b><i><b> | <\/b><\/i>nobody actually calls it this.\u00a0 i think people just refer to it as \u201coreimo\u201d, but i prefer \u201ctim\u201d.\u00a0 pretty good so far\u2026the animations top tier, and the story\u2019s well written too (popular girl hides otaku hobby from everybody, uses brother as scapegoat)\u2026etc etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>otome yokai zakuro<\/b> | this probably isn\u2019t even a bad anime\u2026but it didn\u2019t keep me entertained. next\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>panty &amp; stocking<\/b> | ultra-gross and perverted anime, but it\u2019s ok because it\u2019s in the same cutesy animation style as <i>powerpuff girls<\/i> lulz!\u00a0 if i wanted to watch this style, i would flick over to <i>cartoon network<\/i>.\u00a0 but i don\u2019t, so i don\u2019t.\u00a0 and the hyper gross plots (shit, farts, boogers, etc) got annoying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>shinryaku! ika musume<\/b> | moe-fied squid girl.\u00a0 stupid premise, but still more funny than it should be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>sora no otoshimono: forte<\/b> | second season!\u00a0 yea i didn\u2019t expect this either\u2026did the first series do that well?\u00a0 whatever\u2026it\u2019s still got the same perverse humor, and in a total shock, there\u2019s actually plot progression.\u00a0 ps: tits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>soredemo machi wa mawatteiru<\/b><i><b> | <\/b><\/i>another anime i\u2019d classify as \u2018quirky\u2019\u2026and about as un-typically anime as i\u2019ve seen.\u00a0 weird girl and her friend work in a rundown maid cafe with an 80 year old head maid\/owner and almost no customers.\u00a0 hilarity ensues (for reals!)\u00a0 the OP and ED both rock too\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>star driver: kagayaki no takuto<\/b><b> <\/b><i><b>| <\/b><\/i>i stopped watching after he activated his <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">galactic pretty boy powers<\/span>. what. the. fuck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>to aru majustu no index<\/b> | season 2 is on\u2026woot!\u00a0 tho i\u2019m not going to lie\u2026the first few episodes have a really weird pace.\u00a0 i\u2019m hoping it gets better\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>the world god only knows<\/b> | at first i thought it was a stupid premise\u2026but i gotta say i\u2019m getting to like it.\u00a0 i think it helps that the voice actor for the main dude was the same guy who did jin in <i>kannagi<\/i>.\u00a0 in other news, his school uniform looks like austin powers\u2019 crushed velvet suit.\u00a0 that has to count for something\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph text-paragraph\"><b>yozakura quartet<\/b> | yea it\u2019s just an ova, but have i mentioned how much i liked it?\u00a0 the story and characters are definitely cool too, and i\u2019d imagine the original series would\u2019ve been made so much better if the ova\u2019s studio (<i>tatsunoko<\/i>) had handled it instead of <i>nomad<\/i>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"689\" src=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/yq01-1024x689.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/yq01-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/m3ntal.halleytsai.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/yq01-300x202.jpg 300w, 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