Mawaru Penguin Drum: Ep 1

First off, I must say that the animation is amazing. It’s so colorful and artsy~
The house that they live in and the things within the house all stand out so much with their vibrant and contrasting colors.

I feel that the most important point the episode was trying to present were the… penguins. haha. They are so cute. *_* And not to mention helpful. They can understand the human language and perform probably simple tasks that are asked of them.

The eccentricity of the being who controls Himari is definitely intriguing~

Those are some badass penguins. They can run errands, cooking, sow and best of all, be as stealthy as ninjas. They’ll even go through the pouring rain to hand you an umbrella, what more could you possibly want from such an adorable little penguin?

Final Verdict:

No.6: Ep 1- I see a hint of BL in it~

For those of you who are unfamiliar with ‘BL’… it stands for boys love which basically translates to guyxguy which then equals yaoi. That’s the more simple way of explaining it and it seems that certain actions of the characters suggest that there’s some romance between guys involved but it’s more innocent and cute.

Anyways, back to the anime. I curious as to how things will progress between Shion and Nezumi and I wonder what’s going to happen to him for sheltering a criminal.

I admit, the beginning started off slow and didn’t exactly had my full attention until Shion’s screaming in the rain. Maybe he’s feeling emptiness being an elite with such a high IQ and he wants to see the real part of the world, you know? Not much to say about this since it was somewhat typical where the protagonist helps someone who he doesn’t know.

Overall thought:

Nurarihyon no Mago: Sennen Makyou- Ep1

The opening scene was awesome. It got me hooked and my eyes glued to the screen~

If it was that easy for his to get stabbed by the little girl then he must have really trusted her since I’m guessing he put his guard down. That’s sad. She took away little Rikuo’s dad. I want to see Rikuo’s dad in action as the Second Heir[?Is that what he's called?].

All the stuff in between the opening scene and closing scene brought back the hype I had for the first season a few months back.

*_* They look so badass but Kappa is so cute~~
I liked how this episode presented the full story about how the bus attack by Gagoze occurred and Rikuo ended up at the scene. Now it’s clear how Kiyo Cross Supernatural Squad met Rikuo in his yokai form for the first time– it’s not a mystery anymore.

Little Rikuo is so awesome.

The older Rikuo is even more awesome~~

I’m hoping this season will kick more ass than the first season so I’m really looking forward to watching this.

Verdict:

Ikoku Meiro No Croisée: Ep 1- She’s too adorable and small…

Yune is a Japanese girl who must fulfill her family tradition by serving as an attendant and so she decides to do so in France. Now, a dude named Claude has become her master.

Yune is just too adorable~ She’s so small too– I would say she’s a bit too small…

I really like this series. It’s like an innocent telling of Yune’s adventure in France serving Claude. It’ll be fun to see how she adjusts and lives in this new environment of hers. Even though Claude seems to be a bit cold and harsh, he’s actually a sweet guy. Have I mentioned how adorable she is? She felt bad about destroying the signboard that she was willing to give up something important to her. She’s so considerate.

I was surprised to hear French words–sentences even… OHOHOHO. I wonder if I could pick up a few French words. It probably won’t be that easy though. I can’t wait to see Claude and Yune spend more time together and seeing her learn new things.

Kami-sama no Memo-chou: Ep 1

Narumi was so depressing in the beginning. He was being a typical character who was unsatisfied and not content with how things were. He couldn’t feel any connection with reality until his fated encounter with Alice and the others who work for her. After his meeting with Alice and getting involved does he feel like ‘the pixels begin to form a picture’.

The Fourth is a total boss. He pawns all. hah. He’s the boss of a bunch of gangsters? But he’s pretty strong. His punch packs a lot of damage. Apparently, he’s a master at sewing but refuses to have his underlings be aware of it. Him fixing Alice’s teddy bears is pretty manly~

What really caught my attention was the characters. Each of the characters in the group is a specialist at something and that’s makes it interesting. It’s fun to see what each person’s skills are and seeing them in action. It was awesome to see Hiro texting on two different phones~

It is definitely the characters that has me interested in this series. Yes, the plot is interesting but the characters outshine everything else. Also, I didn’t think Alice would ever leave her room but she occasionally does to ‘speak for the dead’.

Ao no Exorcist: Ep 12

The biggest surprise of this episode was that Yamada went from being this:

to this, Shura Kirigakure:

She seems to be a fun person with an eccentric personality so I’m looking forward to seeing how she’ll spice up the next few episodes.

It was kind of funny  how Amaimon unsheathed and then sheathed Rin’s sword to see how the flames came on and then burned out. Though, I could understand why Rin would be pissed. Well, Amaimon sure kicked Rin’s ass and now we know how powerful they can get. How many sons does Satan have? I would think that he has a bunch of them… wait, what about a daughter?

The main goal of this episode was to show how weak Rin is and that he doesn’t have much control of his Satanic powers. I’m guessing the next few episodes will focus on his trying to get stronger. As for Rin not being able to control his powers and easily allowing Amaimon to manipulate him, there could be grave consequences.

Summer 2011 Anime Preview

New animes for the summer will be airing in a couple of days so I figured I’d start on it now~

There will be PV only for the shows that I think are super duper interesting because I’m lazy.

Here is the chart:

Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi: Ep 9-

The sketchbook kiss from the last episode was just too adorable. It’s easy to see why he’s just out of it with everything that’s going on. He’s confused about how Yukina kissed him at the cafe since he didn’t expect for Yukina to be into guys.

Yukina can get mean when it comes to Kisa. I thought it was cute how his tone totally changed when he warned the guy not to mess with Kisa anymore. Kisa’s ex was being such a punk.

Oh my. Yukina’s never fallen for a guy before. I’m a bit surprised at how he’s handling his feelings since its his first time liking a guy, first time confessing to a guy, and first time saying ‘iloveyou’ to a guy. It was funny how Yukina sent Kisa three texts but the first two having to do with congratulating Kisa on having more copies of his book and the last one with ‘iloveyou’. It’s too cute. hah.

Ao no Exorcist: Ep1

If Rin is the child of Satan than what does that make Yukio? It should mean that Yukio is a child of Satan too since Rin and Yukio are twins.

So the Reverend had said that Rin needs to hide because other demons will hunt him down. I wonder if the demons who will show up are like Astaroth, offering to take Rin to Satan. I wonder what form does Satan take? Anyways, the Reverend is such a badass. He reminds me of Anderson from Hellsing. I think Anderson was his name.

I’m really loving the BGM. It’s the kind of music that I like. The vocals are really nice. As for the ED, it’s nice but I don’t like it. It’ll probably take some time or at least a few more plays before I start to like it.

I can already tell that I’m going to love this series.

Deadman Wonderland: Ep 1

Right off the bat, all the middle school students in Ganta’s class are slaughtered. It’s so brutal. What’s even worse is that he’s blamed for the murders. His defense attorney was just a bastard. Such a fake ass. He was like, ‘Ooh, don’t worry Ganta-kun. I will do my best to help you out’. All he did was just make sure that Ganta would receive the correct sentence. On the bright side, Ganta receives mysterious powers.