So the other day I ended up watching Elfen Lied over the span of one day.
I just had nothing else going on at the time.
So here’s my review of it.
Spoiler free, because I just can’t bring myself to spoil anime unless it’s a sequel or I’ve covered it before on the blog.
Continuing on with the A studios / producers, we’ve got A-Craft, and their only listed work – Ousama Game The Animation. At first glance, you may notice the 5.01 rating and think “oh no”, but… well…
I’ve gotten through all 12 episodes of the anime in one piece, meaning it can’t be that bad right? Right.
Once again, this will be a primarily spoiler-free review, as I won’t name names or delve into the plot itself. However, I HAVE to talk about the tone, pace, and things like this if I’m to sort this anime out properly. In addition, if it’s mentioned in the anime’s synopsis, I’m considering it fair game here.
So no plot details spoiled, but some aspects will be spoiled…
So we’ve come across what appears to be a pretty big anime studio… A-1 Pictures. Have any of you heard of this one?
Anyways, after looking through so many options, I decided to watch what I imagine is A-1 Pictures’ magnum opus: Eromanga-sensei! If any anime will give me an idea of what this studio is about, it’s Eromanga-sensei, right?
I figured that was the case.
Alright, here we go folks.
The defining anime of A-1 Pictures… are you ready?
Spoiler free, of course.
I just can’t bring myself to spoil content in my reviews anymore.
Funny story, I was actually planning on re-watching Rewrite, and then I didn’t have to thanks to this anime studio challenge.
And.. that’s the story.
So the studio / producer this time is 8bit, who actually has worked on plenty of other anime such as Infinite Stratos, that slime anime, The Fruit of Grisaia + sequel and more.
Anyways, from what I’m seeing, Rewrite looks like 8bit’s best work.
We’ve made it to the final episode of Karen Bee, and what an episode it is.
Lot to unpack! Too much, actually.
Alright, another anime studio challenge review.
This time, it’s 3xCube’s Jitsu wa Watashi Wa.
There were only two choices here, so it was basically either a supernatural school harem, or an adventure romance. And I went with the school harem, of course! In reality I was just in the mood for some comedy.
In the spirit of transparency I will disclose that I did skip the studio / producer 33 Collective, whose only work was a 40 episode children’s show. I hadn’t originally factored kids shows into the rules, but I’ll probably end up skipping those too if they are the only option. We’ll see though on a case-by-case basis…
Spoiler-free as usual.
Another Touhou game down, although this one was a little different!
Didn’t take too long to actually beat, but also didn’t feel like I really learned anything or improved so much as I got lucky.
The next producer / studio on the list is an actual studio – 2:10 Animation.
And if you couldn’t tell from the name of the anime, it’s a Chinese studio!
The anime is called Wo Shi Jiang Xiaobai.
For some reason, on MAL the English translation of this is “I’m Joybo”.
I’ve got a few words regarding that later though.
So let’s get into it.
Spoiler-free as usual.
The other day I was looking for a feel-good song to use as a post theme for my Nagano mountains post and came upon this one, ははうさぎ, or Mother Right Heron by ShinRa-Bansho. And since, I’ve been hooked!
The song:
Part Four?! That Tsubasa Hanekawa is getting quite the arc here, even if one episode of hers was actually hijacked by Hitagi Senjougahara…
And there’s still one more part after this!
