Strange I've not reviewed this yet.
The Spooner continent is divided into two sets of people, Parsoners and Sorcerers, however it soon becomes clear that the Sorcerers are abusing their powers against the Parsoners, under the guidance of Big Mama, the head of the church, a small band of heroes made up of Carrot, Marron, Tira, Chocola and Gateau set out to eliminate the rogue Sorcerers but there maybe more to the team than what it seems especially when Carrot is such a pervert.
The series is a nice transition between Grindhouse and anime more akin to today, they never pull punches when it comes to eliminating Sorcerers but the cast is much lighter in tone compared to anime before them and no characters shows this better than the Misu sisters Tira and Chocola who both become dominatrixs in battle, equally Carrot who absorbs magic to turn into a monster, it achieves a balance not seen much in anime at the time of the mid 90s and really underrated as a series.
At no point does anything feel over done or out stays it's welcome, it's a solid anime.
The only complaint is the horrific treatment it got in the West, in fighting at ADVFilms caused the series to go through many re-writes of the localization and voice actors were quitting in protest, in fact this is probably the first example of westerners going against the original script, a practice that quickly died out in ADVfilms but came back in a worse form more recently with the inserting of political statements that have nothing to do with the anime or changing characters to suit an agenda when that isn't what the original writer intended.
It's a bad practice and needs to stop.
Final Verdict: A great series spoiled by a bad western release, it fits proudly in the middle of an era that transitioned from it's more violent era into what anime is still today.
Time for some more Grindhouse anime.
Beings called Remnants are invading Japan and the only one who can seal the gate is the hapless Takumi who is protected by his loving sister Hazumi who really loves Takumi as they are reincarnations of lovers from a previous era who stopped the remnants last time, since sealing the gate means death, nothing is stopping Hazumi from claiming her brother.
This looks like a typical Grindhouse anime, needlessly violent and has a style that says that this is adult but then it gets really silly, this is a parody of a typical Grindhouse anime and one which ended Grindhouse in it's ultra violent form until the west dragged it out a bit longer, this really needed to be a parody otherwise it's just madness, it gets a tentative pass for it being a comedy but as anything else, Project A-Ko did it better and way earlier, it doesn't help that the tropes it's working with are not obvious enough for it to be a good parody.
Dub as far as I know is available but I watched it sub.
Final Verdict: Saved by being a parody but were still figuring out what it is parodying.
Proving that romance isn't dead in anime is this title.
Yukimura and Himuro are scientists at Saitama University when out of the blue, Himuro confesses her love to Yukimura, the shock of the confession prompts the two to discover the science behind the concept of love with help from the rest of the lab.
This is how I thought Big Bang Theory would go, scientists falling in love and working out why, while Yukimura is played pretty straight, Himuro drops a number of cute emotions while carrying out the experiments, the dub suits the environment as science jargon is easier to decipher through spoken language rather than reading a sub, a rare moment that the dub is superior, but it's not immune to the trappings of anime romance, like "My Senpai is annoying" the anime has a lot of needless drama with two moments in particular being a massive mood whiplash from the light hearted series, made more irritating by the fact that they close both season 1 and 2, but I honestly believe our lead couple as well as the supporting cast can power through it, Himuro especially is ten kinds of adorable.
Final Verdict: A strong cast that does have a few story hiccups that can be easily over looked.
Back to the Grindhouse for more lost anime.
The story revolves around a planet featuring a band of mercenaries who discover a sacred weapon that can wipe out their inorganic foes but take the planet with it, the whole feature is basically them running from these mechas but the only thing anyone will remember about this feature is the unique art and the space girl Rasa who has the most well drawn butt in animation and they spare no expense in showcasing these assets, otherwise you will barely know what's going on, the manga is an artistic master piece but doesn't translate nearly as well to animation, it's best saved for the art books unique to the 80s anime era, the dub is nothing to write home about either but at least it's competent.
Final Verdict: I haven't a clue for this one, it's history is far better explained by an actual anime historian than me.
More PC-Engine trash.
Known by the subtitles as Galaxy Cougar's Trap, Cosmic Fantasy is a cheesy space series about intergalactic crime fighters.
Yuu and Saya are on their day off when their comrade Nyan messes it all up by sending a distress beacon, while Saya sulks in her room, a real alarm activates and Yuu is in battle with a lady space pirate, when Yuu gets injured, Saya steps up to fight but fails to defeat the pirate, Yuu releases his hidden power and ends the battle saving Saya as the pirate vows to return.
The game series is popular enough for a modern re-release, it's anime however hasn't done enough to convince me it's worth playing, for all it's universe building, it really fails in trying to make me give a crap about Yuu and Saya.
Yuu is clueless and one dimensional while Saya is very petty and selfish, if I don't like the leads, it's already a bad start.
If Yuu and Saya were allowed to actually go on a full date, I probably would've got more out of them but I get the sense that Nyan the cat mechanic is the type of character who is going to cock block every scene, whether we want him to or not.
Dub is non existent.
Final Verdict: An underwhelming sci fi space action with a little bit of cheesy music thrown in.
