So my look through bad anime continues with Darkstalkers.
The anime starts with a war between the families of Morrigan and Demitri but Huitzil interrupt the battle as Pyron the fiery deity of space starts destroying the Darkstalkers in order to destroy the Earth.
Meanwhile on his own mission, Donovan Bane is on a journey of trying to rid himself of the darkness with Hsien-Ko and her sister following, some of the other Darkstalkers appear and just leads up to Pyron vs Donovan.
It's been many years since I watched this and I was only reminded of it recently and I remembered why I forgot it.
It's dull, depressing and drags it's sorry ass between shoe horning characters that don't do nothing for the plot to Donovan spewing out his emo nonsense, it shouldn't be that difficult to mess up a fighting game title but my god, if not for the fight scenes being good this would be unsalvageable.
Dub is fine, nothing to comment on that.
Final Verdict: this anime made a fighting game boring, one made by Capcom that shouldn't be boring but it did and that's probably why it hasn't come back as a franchise.
Continuing where I left off yesterday we come to Battle Skipper.
At St Ignacio school for girls there are only two clubs worth joining and they are the Debutante Club and the Etiquette Club.
The Debutante Club president Sayaka has grand ambitions of seeing women takeover the world and needs the mecha AI the Battle Skipper robots use, while the Etiquette club have possession of the Battle Skippers and use them to stop crime as the Exstars, so basically a personal fight between clubs run by two heirs to the same family, well one sided as Reika is way more disciplined.
Well this isn't actually that bad, the setup surprisingly works and they avoid cheap fanservice, sadly I can't say the same about the motivations of the villain.
Her motives are admirable but make her out as a hypocrite, her financial and political weight is backed by her father, she makes her man servant do all her dirty work while not lifting a finger and she calls herself and her club Debutantes yet in it's default definition, it is a rich girl's coming of age ceremony by being presented to high society as an eligible maiden for marriage, emphasized by a white ball gown resembling a wedding dress.
So her entire ambition is left in shattered pieces and getting such an AI along with mechs just makes her out as a dictator ready to awaken.
This ultimately makes the Etiquette Club look so much better morally if not by it's members openly preferring the Etiquette Club but by it's effort to make women strong in all aspects, rather than "I have money and contacts"
The dub is poor, which makes the already 2D characters look even flatter which doesn't help.
Final Verdict: It's cheesy enough to work but a poor villain really brings this series down, the man servant proved more confident and would've made a better main villain. I also didn't really find the other characters that memorable bar the man servant and the Kansai speaking AI.
I seem to find a lot of dollar store anime around, so let's do another one.
Fubuki is a gamer and with the mighty power of her panties, she has the power to beat any game. But the evils of the Gulasic Group want to eradicate all technology, can Fubuki with support from her friends, the mysterious Mr Mystery and her power panties save the day?
You know if I had any kind of approval rating it would be dead right now.
Saying that, this anime has some noticeable credits, the character designer of Sgt Frog, sponsorship from Sega and is a spiritual sequel to famous 80s manga Game Center Arashi, yet I cannot really watch this with a shred of dignity, a teenage girl has ultimate game powers from her panties, Japan, why?
Dub is fine, the premise while ridiculous does have a heartfelt message and didn't end up being as predictable as I first thought but still, you cannot unsee this.
You know if Segata Sanshiro was the final boss I'd be speaking a different review right now. Shame on you Sega for missing an open goal.
Final Verdict: It at least passes the test for a crappy anime night but you'll lose alot of dignity watching this.
The latest Precure was not only an anniversary year but out did every other Precure that proceeded it and here are some reasons why. Be aware of spoilers.
1. Hugtan is the least annoying toddler in fiction.
Any character under four is annoying by default but Hugtan manages to be less annoying than even older child characters.
2. All the Precures in one place.
While not uncommon in Allstars the sequence of all the Precures fighting, showcases Precures uniqueness of letting their characters throw punches as opposed to stand there and shoot beams and all 55 were there to lay the smackdown.
3. Precure Works on Multiverse Theory
In most cases Precures grow up at the end so the way all of them can turn up is through Multiverse theory.
4. All the Villains are Redeemable
The motivations of the villains never really came from a bad place, so their appearance in fighting the last bosses with Precure was nice to see, even George's motivation is entirely justified which leads nicely to the next point.
5. Most Mature Precure
The motivations of George and Dr Traum both come from the tragedy of losing a loved one, in this case Hana and Ruru. Despite all the colourful, happiness the franchise is known for, it's refreshing that they can touch a subject that even some adults can't cope with.
6. Ruru changed the Precure Rules
Ruru is the first non organic character to become a Precure but that's not the only character to change the rules.
7. Boy's can be Princesses to
A quote uttered by Hana as she tries to save Henri became a social media praise all across Japan which would later create Cure Infini the first official male Precure.
8. Adults can still Dream
It's easy to overlook Precure as a kids anime but yet another quote from Hana of "Adults can still dream", actually made me start giving a damn about my life again despite all that happened in 2018.
9. Everyone is Precure
It is silly but why not? Up until now the oldest cure was 17, so this scene alone gives me some hope of an all adult precure team.
10. The Final Message to the First Fans
It was obvious that Hana is Hugtan's mother fully realized in the final scene where Hana actually gives birth on screen, but it delivered it's most beautiful message to the first Precure fans. Precure as a series is 15 years old so the fans of the first Precure are now the parents of the children watching the current Precure. And what better way to say thank you for making this franchise the success that it is was to have a lead Precure become the mother to another Precure.
I've been told this anime is unreviewable.
Challenge accepted.
Emperor High School is the worst school in Japan, a place no teacher would survive, not even criminals.
Hoping to bring order is Ganpachi who paints an intimidating figure as he swiftly puts Hinako, the gang leader, in her place after revealing her love of Lucky Kitty Gym Pants.
It's revealed that Ganpachi is a genetic experiment spliced between a human and a cockroach and he escaped from the very lab that created him so the second half is just one big goofy battle.
This is one of the rare occasions where the British also have a dub as well as America, the British one is sillier but the American dub paints Ganpachi better.
I don't believe it's as unreviewable as people think as Ultimate Teacher's comedy really relies on what your taste in comedy is, in this instance it's screwball comedy with a hint of random as stereotypes are dotted about the film which have no business being there in the first place.
It has a good first half but the second half, the best jokes have already been used up so it finishes weak.
Final Verdict: For an 80s era anime Ultimate Teacher is a rare treat to show on any anime night but it's comedy has a short lifespan so I'm grateful it's only 55 minutes long.
