We reach the second relay and get a cloaking device!
As with the other episodes from this session, I’m fighting allergies so there’s no VO.
Let’s Play Gears 5: Part 15 – Triangulation
Yu-No (2019): Anime Review
There are some anime with a strong first half, and then which utterly shits the bed in the second half of the show. Yu-No, an anime series based off of an Eroge (and which had an earlier hentai adaptation back in the ’90s) is one of those shows.
Read moreCop Craft: Anime Review
With the Summer 2019 anime season, while I enjoyed El Melloi II Case Files, I found it somewhat lacking as a mystery or detective series and had hoped that Cop Craft would make up for that. Cop Craft executes its Urban Fantasy Buddy-Cop story well from a narrative standpoint, but less so from an animation standpoint.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 14 – Salvage
We check some salvage points to get supplies.
No VO this time, as I’m dealing with some allergies.
Let’s Play Gears 5: Part 13 – Relay
We reach the first relay and get some info on our next destination.
Note: I’m dealing with some bad allergies in this session, so no VO.
Mother of Tears: Film (Video) Review
This time we come to the final, and worst, installment of the Three Mothers trilogy, Mother of Tears.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 12 – Refugee
We find one of the outsiders holed up in a relay substation.
Note: I’m dealing with allergy issues, so no VO this time.
Let’s Play Gears 5: Part 11 – Bad Science
We get data on the research and the lead on another research installation.
Note: No VO this video – my allergies are giving me grief.
Lord El-Melloi II Case Files: Anime Review
Lord El-Melloi II is a mystery series that breaks from the conventions of the genre. Specifically, the convention of using the question of “Howdunit” to determine “Whodunit”. When urban fantasy normally sets into this territory, you see writers structure out their magic system to fit within this magical structure. Lord El-Melloi II, on the other hand, tosses convention out on its head and decides to play Calvinball instead.
Read moreHensuki: Anime Review
A while back I reviewed the anime We Never Learn: Bokuben – and I described it as a fanservice anime with Enthusiastic Consent. Hensuki is, unfortunately, less so.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 10 – On the Road
We make our way to the research facility, with a couple detours.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 9 – Voices In My Head
Kait learns more about her headaches, and Marcus points her toward answers.
Read moreInferno (1980): Film (Video) Review
Let’s Play Gears 5: Part 8 – Peace and War
After a time skip, we go to Oscar’s settlement to ask for help.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 7 – The Damn Fool That Shot ‘Em
We learn JD’s dark secret.
Read moreLupin the Third Part IV: Anime Review
Lupin the Third is a character who refuses to be tied down. Like Tom Servo, he’s like the wind, baby. His various earlier anime series and films have set him up as a consummate flirt and womanizer, and his adventures have spanned the globe. Lupin the Third Part IV upends that status quo immediately in both respects. In the second, Lupin’s adventures in this series are generally limited to Italy. In the first case, the series opens with Lupin getting married, and not to Fujiko Mine.
Read moreO Maidens in Your Savage Season – Anime Review
Occasionally, I watch an anime series that I feel utterly unqualified to review. Sometimes it’s something like Angel’s Egg, where I can clearly feel the concepts flying over my head and ruffling my hair – where I can tell what I’m seeing is art, but I lack the vocabulary to properly expand on the concept. In the case of O Maidens in Your Savage Season, it’s life experiences.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 6 – Flock Off
We make our way through the crash site to the Hotel.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 5 – Pear Shaped
We make our way to Carmine, only for a new type of Swarm to show up.
Read moreSuspiria (1977): Film (Video) Review
My October Horror reviews begin with the 1977 version of Suspiria, as we make our way through Dario Argento’s Three Mothers trilogy.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 4 – On the Ropes
Another settlement is under attack by The Swarm, so it’s up to our heroes – and Fahz – to come to the rescue.
Read moreLet’s Play Gears 5: Part 3 – SOL
We launch our orbital death ray and get a new robot friend.
Read moreFruits Basket Season 1 (2019): Anime Review
When I was in High School, Fruits Basket came out in the US and it was a phenomenon. the manga was the flagship of Tokyopop’s unflipped manga (or “100% Authentic Manga”) initiative, and its success led to the majority of manga in the US being published unflipped, and also cemented a longstanding partnership between Tokyopop and Borders which lasted until both went bankrupt – all of that fueled as well by the success of the anime. Now, about 18 years later, long enough for the high school kids who grew up on FuruBa to have kids of their own, there is a new anime adaptation of Fruits Basket, with the first season airing this year.
Read moreHow Heavy Are the Dumbells That You Lift?: Anime Review
I’m a sucker for anime series that are intended to be somewhat educational. So, when How Heavy Are the Dumbells That You Lift came up on the seasonal anime charts, it ended up on my to-watch list. While there is some debate about how healthy this show is, I’m glad it exists.
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