First Episode Review for: Rinne no Lagrange

Summary : A high achiever girl (especially at sports) is watched by what looks like a cute version of the dirty pair who want her to pilot a robot against hear older sisters wishes

Animation : Another high quality soft touch anime, with excellent opening animation, I simply cant get enough of these and this has a high level of detail as well as camera focus/blur moments

Plot Potential: A very nice spin on the old “only a certain teenager can pilot the world saving robot” I don’t know where they are going to go with it but this first episode is very promising

Characters: Characters that are both Original in Looks and Original in behaviour, that’s a first for this season.

Music: Good opening, random piano stuff during the anime its self

Reminds me of: A cheerful neon genesis evangelion

Overall: This is the first anime this season that I have really enjoyed, an excellent all round story and its nice to get a first time mecha pilot that is not all “oh no what do i do!!” and just gets on with the butt kicking

Disclaimer: These are mini reviews of anime’s that are fresh out in Japan and are not licensed in the UK, buy them once they have been licensed or at the very least buy the merchandise, remember if the anime makers make a loss, THEY WILL STOP MAKING ANIME!!

First Episode Review for: Ano Natsu de Matteru

Summary : A lad is killed then saved when an alien space ship crashes one night, unsurprisingly the alien turns out to be a beautiful girl his age who transfers to his class at school (will the surprises ever end)

Animation : Very pleasant indeed, the slightly faded type I like but mixed with changes in style as if its being viewed through a movie camera

Plot Potential: Well it might be a good plot, but they are going to be hard pressed to find something that we have not all seen before, it even has the obligatory “towel falling open just as someone walks in” scene

Characters: The normal array of characters for the traditional “transfer student with super powers at school” anime, nothing at all stands out

Music: Easy going and bouncy but nothing spectacular

Reminds me of: Where to start? maybe Tenchi Muyo or Birdy the Mighty

Overall: This was a fun anime to watch but did not exactly strain the grey cells, an excellent background anime but nothing seen so far has me gripping the side of my seat

Disclaimer: These are mini reviews of anime’s that are fresh out in Japan and are not licensed in the UK, buy them once they have been licensed or at the very least buy the merchandise, remember if the anime makers make a loss, THEY WILL STOP MAKING ANIME!!

First Episode Review for: Knight in the Area

Summary : A lad who is the token manager in a Japanese schools football club and who lives in the shadow of his gifted brother struggles with a past trauma, enter a female childhood friend who can also play football

Animation : Presentable but a bit flat

Plot Potential: Well judging from the horrors that real football players get up to, there should be plenty of material and add to it a bit of full on sibling rivalry

Characters: The main character is a bit winy and his brother is a bit of an ass but they are reasonably well rounded and looks like there will be plenty of growth

Music: Not bad, quite dramatic and upbeat in the right places

Reminds me of: A naffer Prince of Tennis

Overall: Groan, I cant do it i just cant like a football based anime, it feels like a betrayal to sully anime with that bladder kicking horror that pollutes all life, in the spirit of being fair I tried to compare it with Price of tennis which has just started a new series and even then its not much fun, sorry there is nothing wrong with it from an anime series but i wont be watching it, ick

Disclaimer: These are mini reviews of anime’s that are fresh out in Japan and are not licensed in the UK, buy them once they have been licensed or at the very least buy the merchandise, remember if the anime makers make a loss, THEY WILL STOP MAKING ANIME!!

First Episode Review for: New Prince of Tennis

Summary : The characters from the first “Prince of Tennis” are back, this time at a selection camp where they are the talented but young underdogs

Animation : Good quality edged animation, titles slightly better than the actually episode quality, and tons of special effects, slightly dragonball-z in the flashy bits.

Plot Potential: Now i did not either watch or review the first series not being much of an sports anime fan and this does seem a lot like the normal competition style anime with climax following climax but it does look like a good implementation of it

Characters: My grief!, its yaoi characters playing sports

Music: Not much that stuck out, but quite a lot of atmospheric background music

Reminds me of: Well i guess the original Prince of Tennis

Overall: Now I still don’t get sports Anime, but this is quite fun and I suspect one for the ladies, I might go back and watch the original series so see if it as good as this one looks

Disclaimer: These are mini reviews of anime’s that are fresh out in Japan and are not licensed in the UK, buy them once they have been licensed or at the very least buy the merchandise, remember if the anime makers make a loss, THEY WILL STOP MAKING ANIME!!

First Episode Review for: Kill me Baby

Summary : Two grade school friends have fun together but one is a paranoid scardy cat assasin and the other is a complete ditz

Animation : Very basic and minimalist but colourful and some how enjoyable

Plot Potential: Not a huge amount as it consists of lots of little set pieces stuck together

Characters: Bouncy 2D characters, entertaining but not memorable

Music: I could not remember the opening theme by the time the cartoon ended, and there is none during the actual cartoon, but the ending theme is not bad

Reminds me of: doki doki school hours

Overall: This is a fun little anime, not one to wait for each week but still entertaining with a few good comedy moments

Disclaimer: These are mini reviews of anime’s that are fresh out in Japan and are not licensed in the UK, buy them once they have been licensed or at the very least buy the merchandise, remember if the anime makers make a loss, THEY WILL STOP MAKING ANIME!!