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35. Azumanga Daioh
One of my favourite school comedies and one which I would always watch when I get a chance to, a perfect cast of characters rounded off by a perfect story.
34. Tenchi Muyo
The godfather of harem anime, Tenchi Muyo was the anime that made me believe there's more to anime than action.
33. Amagi Brilliant Park
The creators of Full Metal Panic prove they are better at comedies, this is definitely how I picture theme park employees.
32. Ex-Driver
This anime is a warning to Elon Musk on what can happen if driverless cars become mainstream. It's also got realistic car drawings which is always a win in my book.
31. Nerima Daikon Brothers
A musical anime with the best dub ever, the creators just said, anything that doesn't make sense translated just put in a sex joke, and it worked. Bloody funny.
Another long gap between reviews, like I said before this is going to be common for a while so hopefully I can post when I can.
Amagi Brilliant Park is from the pen of Shoji Gatoh who you probably know from Full Metal Panic and the obvious reference to Bonta Kun, the mascot of his works, so lets see how this pans out.
Seiya Kanie is a former child actor, forcibly dragged to Amagi Brilliant Park Amusement Park by the well endowed Isuzu Sento; the first impression is not great, met with lacklustre rides, broken scenery and disgruntled mascots, disgusted by what he sees and with encouragement from the park's princess, Seiya agrees to turn around the park before it closes registering the quota of guests needed to keep going however the cast members of the park are actually real magic creatures and the stakes are far higher than simply closing.
The series sort of starts without context which is hard to work with but improves dramatically over time with plenty of Gatoh's trademark humor, but not without faults, for one thing there are some moments that are forced and slightly cringeworthy made worst by a mixed dub and I realize that Moffle, the Bonta Kun ripoff is voiced by his previous actor Tiffany Grant but this is the part where sounding like a male is better for the character and again lack of context prevents me from really engaging with the cast as there is no back story to Seiya's childhood days nor is there more info on how Isuzu managed to bring the park to ruin when she was running things with only a fair idea to work with.
On the other hand the episodes are well written and Seiya's egotism actually makes his character work, also the three main mascots are a mixture of former soldier, delinquent and pervert in order of popularity which makes for many fun scenes along with Isuzu's lack of social skills.
Overall this series could be better but the stuff we did get was fun and memorable.
Final Verdict: Needs fine tuning and requires some polish but a decent watch and very amusing.
