It’s kind of been a while since we got a major cyberpunk anime that was outside of the general orbit of Masamune Shirow. Season 2 of SAO, from the description of the arc, was something that I might describe as cyberpunk adjacent – but otherwise, I generally didn’t see much that didn’t have a connection to Shirow or one of the series he created in the listings. So, when No Guns Life came up in the Anime Chart, I figured it was worth checking out.
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We now, at last, come to the largest and final area of the game – Valjevo Castle, the home of Tyranthraxus.
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We visit where Rosita is staying, and are introduced to the boss of this chapter.
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We take Rosita on a tour of New York City after the mess of her first performance.
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We continue with some scum and villainy with a trilogy of single-issue stories based around Boba Fett, set after Empire’s End.
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We got a new team member, and, well, if you thought the writing for Harlem was awkward and cringeworthy…
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The enemy heads down into the Subway network, and we chase after.
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It’s been a while since my last recap of NextGen, mainly because these take a long time to transcribe. Also because they’re kind of long. Still, it’s time to return to this chunk of video game history, and with it take a look at some of the platforms that fell by the wayside.
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I haven’t played a lot of visual novels – aside from Super Robot Wars V. Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception, like SRW V, is a hybrid of a visual novel and a tactical RPG, though one with a more linear narrative to it.
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The New York Combat Revue fights off a bunch of enemies to shut down some Lightning Generators.
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We hold the trial against Cheiron, and end up facing an even larger threat.
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The Best of the Rest for Nintendo Power Year 7 continues with another 10 games.
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We look into the Developer’s plans, and we don’t like what we see…
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We discover what the developer is planning, and learn that Cheiron is wrapped up in it.
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Well, the Fall 2019 anime season has (as of when this goes live) wrapped up, so it’s time to start giving thoughts on some of the anime from the tail end of the year – and we start off with After School Dice Club, a healing anime about Euro-style board games.
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Sadly, we are not done with the Hutts. Though this time they play second fiddle to Boba Fett.
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Shinjiro goes to Harlem and discovers a real estate developer up to no good.
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Shinjiro gets promoted to Captain in Training and goes on a semi-date with Gemini.
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We have a new Star Wars movie, which means it’s time for me to give my thoughts on the film and what it incorporates from the old Legends continuity.
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You will believe a steam-powered mech can fly…
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Rachet is injured, forcing Shinjiro to take command of the combat revue.
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Well, we have come to the end of the 2010s, a decade where I actually was much more on top of watching new anime each season – more or less – in part because the rise of streaming made it possible to actually do that in an affordable manner. This past decade also saw me get my Bachelor’s degree, and go to Worldcon for the first time, in a semi-vain attempt to get lit-SF fans to give anime the time of day.
So, I’m going to do a run-down of my favorite Anime of the 2010s that I’ve seen. I will be doing one series per year – and again, this is show’s I’ve seen. Just because a show is not included doesn’t mean that I didn’t watch it or didn’t like it. Additionally, I have a massive List of Shame, so just because a show didn’t make the list doesn’t mean I wasn’t interested.
I’m choosing one show per year, that I watched, and that I generally enjoyed. Each show will have links to where you can watch the series, and affiliate links to where you can buy it – buying anything through those links helps to support the site.
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Well, another year come and gone, so it’s time for me to give some thoughts on my favorite shows of 2019 that I’ve seen. The keyword here is that I’ve seen. There are plenty of great shows this year that I missed, whether because they’re sequels to earlier seasons (Symphogear), or they just slipped under my radar, so I’ll need to come back to them later. As with all of my lists, these are in no particular order, so don’t consider a lower spot in the list, nor an absence from the list, as a slight against that work.
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Thanks to his response to the theater crisis, Shinjiro gets to sortie with the New York Combat Revue for the first time.
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