New Anime Series: No-Rin

First Episode(s) Review for: No-Rin
Summary:

A lad at a country farm school dreams of going to Toykyo and becoming a trendy farmer which is really just an excuse to send vegetables to the Idol that he is besotted with, when this Idol retires he is devastated, but then she turns up at his school as a transfer student….what could her reason be??

Animation:

Completely standard Anime animation, better than western but nothing to see here, moving on

Plot Potential:

This I feel will not be a plot strong Anime, but that’s OK, its lots of fun to watch

Music:

Lovely Idol Pop tunes with jolly opening and closing themes

Reminds me of:

Yakitate!! Japan and an “Popular person falls for everyday Joe” anime something like Maid Sama

Overall:

A genuinely funny Anime, the first one this season to make me laugh out loud, not one of the great plot series but treat it as a sitcom and you will be in for a good time

 

 

 

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!!

New Anime Series: Noragmi

First Episode(s) Review for: Noragmi
Summary:

A young down on his luck homeless God or as he calls himself “A delivery God” is struggling his way though life, till he is saved from a passing bus by a young girl, the incident gives the girl the ability to leave her body, something she wants fixed, enter the world of street level small gods and their regalia

Animation:

Good high detail animation the kind I associated with high action anime (I wonder if they get slowed down a lot and replayed one frame at a time), very nice and clear with excellent use of colour such as pastels at emotional times and mono chrome on the opening sequence

Plot Potential:

I have a week spot of any story to do with gods but this has tons of potential but currently no direction so I think it MIGHT be a great series, as long as the opportunity it has is not wasted.

Music:

Hooray the first MP3 player worthy opening theme this season, the rest of the music in this series is a bit ho-hum

Reminds me of:

bit of Yozakura Quartet bit of XxxHolic

Overall:

So its basically the life of a street gang but in the supernatural world, good stuff, the characters are nothing new, but its still very much worth watching especially if the plot lives up to its potential.

 

 

 

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!!

New Anime Series: Nobunagun

First Episode(s) Review for: Nobunagun
Summary:

Violent dreams haunt a somewhat forgetful and easy goring girl, she is a bit of a flake but bumbles though life happily enough, that is until aliens arrive at a field trip, and she turns out to have the memories of a great Japanese military commander and the giant cannons to match.

Animation:

A mix of open and cheerful for the human areas and dark and brooding the the dream sequences, A very nice touch is the use of coloured shadows to show a persons type i.e. normal girls get flowers in their shadows while the heroine gets camouflage colours

Plot Potential:

This depends, it could be as a simple power ranger series or as serious a samurai drama, hard to tell at this point as there is a mix of smiling bouncy bits and people with swords thought their bellies

Music:

Alt Rock though out, fairly generic stuff but good beats

Reminds me of:

Time travel between Neon Genesis Evangelion and Samurai Gun with a chunk of the plot of Gate Keepers

Overall:

I am pleasantly surprised with this Anime it feels like it should be a jolly little jokey super powered team Anime, but it is far darker in execution, a real dark horse of the season, well worth watching.

 

 

 

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!!

New Anime Series: Magical Warfare

First Episode(s) Review for: Magical Warfare
Summary:

A normal Japanese high school boy who happens to be good at Kendo (stop me if you have heard this one before) Saves a young female magician who is being being hunted by her brain washed brother and his gang of evil magicians, the young lads friends join the fight and start manifesting magic of their own (to much comic surprise)

Animation:

The quality varies at different times, you get the feeling that the the artists who are painting the backgrounds are more talented than the ones drawing the characters, but still excellent quality all rounds

Plot Potential:

After a very grim start, it moves happily into “you perv” misunderstanding territory and then back to grim, then on to standard high school battle territory (where the only loser seems to be concrete), it looks like we are going to have to save the world again with the help of epic battles series, but I do like the “attack a magician with magic in the living world and get stripped of your magic” touch

Music:

Good rousing opening music and solid rock end theme, the kind of music that makes people new to anime go “Cooo!! they have proper music on these cartoons”

Reminds me of:

Code Geass is obviously a huge influence but with shades of Tenchi Muyo and a pinch of Needless

Overall:

The visual aspect of this anime totally out ways the plot, but hopefully that should improve, in the mean time its a solid series you could recommend to someone new to the genre, minor note: whats with the bloody stupid swords!!, there are hundreds of viable sword shapes without making up ones that would be naff to use

 

 

 

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!!

New Anime Series: Nobunaga The Fool

First Episode(s) Review for: Nobunaga The Fool
Summary:

I gifted young girl and a brave Nobel lord feel each others presence from across the world, while the young man is involved in a war to determine the fate of Japan, will his love from far away be able to reach him and avert the death of millions….oh and here come the Mecha, Yus!!! 🙂

Animation:

Lovely, really detailed and nice, with lots of shine, one of those anime that you show to people as an introduction to what quality animation looks like

Plot Potential:

I love a good Japanese steam punk battle, this one is totally epic, and wonderful to behold, the plot is growing with lots going on and if it is half as good as the visuals we will be in for a treat

Music:

Good operatic battle music, made me what to call out Guards, Knights, Squires Prepare for battle!!

Reminds me of:

Bits of Fate Stay Night, bits of samurai gun with characters from the Lotus Wars series

Overall:

Conflict, fire, battle, betrayal and love across boundaries, its a sort of Arthurian Legend with knights of the round table from both Europe and Japan all beating the hell out of each other, Its the first epic Anime of the season, bring it on!!

 

 

 

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!!