30 Second Anime Review

[TruthofMistake]

hmm great thread idea im dling 4 seasons of shows due to recomendations in this thread =P. Now, on to my small contribution.

Mahoromatic: Awsome anime. It has an interesting and moving plot that always made me want to watch more. Its about a military robot in the form of a women who leaves service to enjoy her last days as shes going to run out of juice soon. She decides to take up residence with a young boy and some pretty funny scenes ensue. For genre its a romantic comedy with some action thrown in as well. It has interesting, if not original, characters and in my opinion as i stated before a great anime. The only real thing i disliked about it was that at the very end of each episode they had a countdown to when she shut down which was a bit of a downer to me.

[masamuneehs]

Kyou Kara Maou

Bishounen lovers eat your heart out! This is the story of Yuuri, an ordingary boy who loves baseball and often gets babied by his mom. One day he finds himself in a strange world where it is revealed to him that he is to be the next Maou, a king of demons. Yuuri has four assistants who all serve him and hope to mould him into a good ruler.

Obviously this is a pretty re-hashed concept, but what makes KKM entertaining is that rather than dancing around the implied yaoi/shounen-ai concept it takes it by the throat. KKM is full of homosexual innuendo. But don't think for a second that this is some sappy romance. On the contrary, KKM pokes fun at itself, at all yaoi-catering anime, by not trying to cover any of the cliches it uses (even exaggerating them) and making fun of both stock bishounen characters and the fangirls that obsess over them.

That being said, this show is very light on action and the concept gets a little played out after awhile. Serious parts of the show often fall flat on their faces and the characters stick to their exaggerated personas too much (IMO). That being said, the second season has been much better so far.

edit - the second season is actually very good. the plot gets much more suspenseful and there's some simply awesome scenes in there. still lots of comedy though

It's good for a laugh, but understandably doesn't suit everyone's taste. However this is a must see for any one-time (or current) yaoi/yuri fan out there.

Masa's Score:
Concept: 8/10
Execution: 4/10
Animation: 7.5/10 (sometimes incredible, other times noticeably mediocre. Bonus for excellent character design and vibrant colors)
Music: 2/10 (suckage)
Story: 4/10
Humor: 9/10

Overall: 6/10
Recommended sub: AonE (w/Anime Kraze) !

[Munsu]

Capeta

I highly recommend it to fans of Major and Initial D. It's a racing anime that starts in the young days of Capeta, a boy raised by a single dad, as he starts to get submerged in the world of car racing. Currently Capeta is racing in go-karts, but hopefully by the end of the series he would've grown up and be racing in F1, at least the op hints the he will. The atmosphere is very similar to that of Major, though no major tragedy has happened so far. There are lots of introspection, which I usually like in anime, it gives characters more dimensions.

Releases:
http://a.scarywater.net/ae/ = 1-6 by Anime-Empire
http://www.anime-empire.net/bt = The rest by Anime-Empire

[Kraco]

Neo Ranga

Three orphaned Japanese sisters, two school girls and one doing odd jobs to sustain them, follow their long lost brother's letter to a tropical southern island. And find themselves declared the kings of that island nation, as successors to their brother. Not much impressed by it, they return to Japan, Tokyo. But soon the enigmatic god of the island follows them to Japan: A hulking, sentient, nearly invincible robot like being. Although the god, Neo Ranga, seems to be a servant to the new kings, there is something more to the being than that.

Not really an action series, although it does contain plenty of that as well, Neo Ranga more concentrates on how hard it is to own a giant robot in a suburban area, and how differently people and nations might treat you as a consequence. And what kind of responsibility it brings to you if you have an ultimate weapon at your disposal. And does the weapon really want to be a weapon, in the end. Well, add to that consipiracies, sinister plots and ancient enmities of devastating scale, and you have Neo Ranga.



48 episodes, but each only half length (15 mins). Nice graphics, if a bit old school ( this is a Studio Pierrot show, btw). Not available at Boxtorrents, so check isohunt for example.