Various thoughts on a variety of topics.
Shows I’ve watched to the last episode.
Four students enter a deserted mansion and find themselves locked inside with a large blue monster.
An absurdist comedy that plays common horror tropes/situations for laughs. Each episode has a random theme and features either some or all of the students getting killed/eaten, then everything gets reset the next episode.
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The youngest son in a family full of entertainers and show business talents, Izumi Sena is a somewhat introverted young man who ends up agreeing to take part in a special anniversary commercial. A commercial which intends to use the same cast as one he accidentally ended up appearing in 10 years earlier… as a girl. Meanwhile, the wildly popular actor Ryouma Ichijou also happened to be in that commercial and has not been able to forget about the girl he met there. What will happen when these two are reunited and Ryouma finds out that Izumi is actually a guy?
An otherwise conventional ‘popular guy, plain girl’ romantic comedy with a mostly male cast and slight focus on the entertainment industry. The majority of the comedy is centered on how awkward both Izumi and Ryouma are about expressing/dealing with their feelings.
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At an undefined point in the future the discovery of a new energy source has completely changed the face of society. Now two oganizations are fighting for control over this energy source, with the fate of the world hanging in the balance.
Despite the name this does not have all that much in the way of giant robot action. It’s more of a character drama with secondary martial-arts aspects and only tertiary mecha action.
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The normal everyday life of the completely untalented and slightly unlucky Nagito Komaeda is thrown into turmoil after one of his close friends is suddenly murdered.
This takes place after Danganronpa 3‘s last Future episode and just before the Hope episode. It starts off with wacky school-life antics and ends with philosophical monologues.
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Some 200 years after a space/time collapse a world’s inhabitants uncover the remains of ancient robotic weapons. Following their restoration and use in warfare two major powers have emerged, and are now locked in a race to restore as many of these “Armors” as possible. Enter Lean, an Armor mechanic’s apprentice who finds himself suddenly forced into the role of military spy at a time of great political upheaval.
Set centuries after the first Orguss, this series is quite different and does not require having seen that one. It’s initially focused more on espionage and political intrigue than mecha action.
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After moving from Tokyo into the countryside so that her father could pursue his dream of becoming a baker, Tsubasa is having trouble fitting in at her new school. Complicating her new life further is the sudden intrusion of two aliens who have just crashed nearby with a cargo of monstrous creatures.
A sort of ‘coming of age’ daily life series that shows how Hikaru’s existence helps Tsubasa become more outgoing and shed her crippling timidness. The action-centric monster seeds plotline takes up about a quarter of each episode.
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When sorcerers cross the line and start using their powers for evil, the Sorcerer Hunters are contracted to eliminate them: Carrot the skirt-chaser, his magic-inclined brother Marron, the brawler Gateau, and the dominatrix sisters Chocolate & Tira.
An action comedy, centered primarily on Carrot’s manic behavior, set in a grim world where the common people live in fear and poverty. It mostly consists of episodic stories with only about a quarter of it being plot-driven.
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Maze and the gang stumble upon a fairy and become enmeshed in the troubles surrounding the nearby country of Babylonia.
An alternate version side story not much different from the TV series featuring higher quality visuals. If you can ignore the minor (character design) and not so minor (Randi’s introduction, more nudity) differences it fits into the series well enough right around the 10th episode or so.
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Waking from a bad dream Maze find her room a mess and her memory in shambles. Worse, it seems she’s been transported to some sort of fantasy world. There she becomes entangled with a princess on the run and develops strange powers… not least being the uncontrollable ability to transform into a completely different person at night.
An action comedy whose comedy comes from silly faces and harem antics. Two things to be aware of are that the romantic attractions here are remarkably varied, with there being all sorts of pairings (though girl<->girl is the most prominent), and a little ways past the midpoint it begins to acquire a distinct focus on an incestuous relationship.
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Yona and the gang head to a hot spring, where some of Kija’s background is revealed after Jeha notices a scar on his back.
The first OVA is half standard hot springs fanservice episode and half serious flashback. It’s not directly connected to the second two.
After a drinking contest one night, Zeno finds himself dreaming of the past.
A two-episode flashback showing the beginnings of the Kouka kingdom and the details of Zeno’s history. There’s only a small amount of comic relief here with the rest consisting of reflective scenes and serious drama.
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