The System Has Failed

So here we are one year into this thing and the first time I’ve posted anything in months!
My original plan when I started this was to blog shows that weren’t being blogged by the other bloggers who chose the talk about the more popular series that everyone else was already talking about. Unfortunately in July I got hitched and started working a new job, and these two new responsibilities combined left me with little time to watch anime let alone blog about it. I’ll probably pop up now and then to chime in with some thoughts on whatever I’m watching, and for now, I’ll give a few quick thoughts and the shows I was watching before my extended absence as I’ve already finished most of them.

Pumpkin Scissors - I would definitely want a second season of this as it ended while barely scratching the surface of the main story.

Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge - Definitely one of my favorite series of the year and one that gave me constant laughs. Sure it was overkill having Sunako in chibi mode for most of the series, but it was a lot of fun and they explained a lot of the characters backgrounds (including Sunako’s extravagant aunt), and we even get to meet Sunako’s parents! Just a lot of fun once you look past the art style of the show.

Super Robot Wars Original Generation - Divine Wars - What happened to this series? Stopped watching since the subs stopped.

Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou - I’m actually still watching through this now, and rather surprised at the lack of subs coming out for the second season.

Pumpkin Scissors Ep.18: A Small Force

A very Stekkin centered episode as she tries to raise the spirits of everyone, particularly Oland, after the incident in the sewers. She tries to come up with a song and dance that they could all do together, but finds that it’s too embarrassing and Oland was even petrified when he accidentally saw her practicing! She asks Oreld to try and help since he knows how to enjoy life, but changes her mind when she realizes the types of methods Oreld has in mind for enjoying life. She thinks Machs would be better suited to help, but totally flubs her delivery and mentally scars Machs in the process!

Pumpkin Scissors Ep.17: The Darkness That Still Cannot Be Saved

So while Alice dukes it out with the Claymores, we get a short flashback on Hans’ life and learn that he can’t take off the suit or he’ll die. Captain Hunks on the other hand tries to cut a deal with Major Connelly to call off the Claymores, but instead finds out that the army is itself interested in dealing Himmel for profit. Back to Alice and she’s able to take out the leader of the Claymores, but she learns that a second team had already been dispatched into the sewers to hunt down Mione and Hans.

Watching but not Blogging

Apologies for the lack of posts for a while now. Just so you all know, I am still watching stuff, I’m just not blogging them cause it’s mostly older stuff I needed to get off my PC. I recently finished watching Innocent Venus, which I thought was pretty good, and am also watching through Ah! My Goddess 2nd season and the more recent hit series Code Geass. Hopefully I’ll get back to business here soon, so stay tuned.

Pumpkin Scissors Ep.16: The Slasher

Mione, owner of the sewer works meets up with the mysterious masked man, who is also a member of the Silver Wheel organization that Mione so desperately wants to be a member of. Mione is fed up with his position of dealing Himmel for the Silver Wheel, so he actually threatens the masked man and gets his men to surround him. Masked man takes out most of his men in one strike, and Mione quickly changes his tune and begs for forgiveness. Masked man turns to leave, and the place is suddenly attacked by Section I soldiers!

Pumpkin Scissors Ep.15: Astray Decisions

Continuing from where we left off in the previous episode, Hans fries the guys who were on his side, and ends up in a face-off with big Oland. He recognizes Oland’s lantern, and it turns out Hans himself was from the 908-HTT team, so the two of them have a related past. But before he can find out anymore, the sewer system gets flooded in an attempt to silence everyone, and Section III just manage to escape out through the sewer opening. Oland ends up in the hospital again and refuses to tell Alice what he and Hans were discussing during the sewer face-off.

Another Freebie

The January issue of the Chinese version of Dengeki Hobby comes with a free 1/144 scale Gundam Emergency Escape Pod [Primrose] model kit! I love free stuff!

Taking the next step into anime-fan geek-dom

So like many before me I’ve discovered the joys of ordering anime merchandise off the internet, and as my first official purchase, I got me the Kaiyodo Revoltech Series Black Lagoon Revy action figure. That’s right, ACTION FIGURE. I know a lot of collectors out there prefer those nice painted figurines that I like to refer to as glorified overpriced paperweights, but I like getting more out of my figures than just to stare at them as they take up space on my shelf and can’t do anything else other than stand there.

Pumpkin Scissors Ep.14: The Flame Still Burns

The latest assignment of Section III is the relocation of hundreds of war refugees living in the sewer system and getting them up to the surface where jobs have been provided for them to help make a living. Things don’t go so smoothly though, as a number of people refuse to leave and it turns out it’s because they are addicted to a drug called “Himmel” (Heaven in German?), and they won’t leave because their suppliers are the guys running the sewer system and won’t sell it to them if they leave. So what are Alice and the guys to do?

Tokyo Majin Gakuen Kenpuchou Ep.2

The Dark Law Chapter - Night 2 - Hatred Under The Cherry Blossoms In Early Spring

This episode takes us back in time two months prior where the first one left off, and essentially tells us how the gang got together to be ghost busting school kids they are now. It all starts when Tatsuma Hiyuu transfers to Magami High School and instantly gets on the good side of Kyouichi Houraji after a quick fight which disrupts the class of the lovely Ms. Maria.