Anime Sunday: Losers of Summer 2016

This week for Anime Sunday I’m back with a look at the losers of the past Anime season! It’s my Losers of Summer 2016!

Hitori no Shita: I wasn’t expecting a lot, but it still was pretty sad for how poorly it was animated. Also it having characters names change after episode 01 wasn’t helpful. The artwork and plot were both terrible and was a horrible introduction to Wuxia for the newest generation of Anime fans.

Taboo Tattoo: The plot pretty much fell apart after the first episode, although it was occasionally fun to watch Taboo Tattoo definitely had a lot of promise that wasn’t lived up to in the end.

ReLIFE: I don’t know what I was expecting, but ReLIFE ended up being a pretty mediocre series. That being said props to them for streaming every episode at the start of the season. The comedy was excruciating and I just didn’t enjoy the series as much as I thought I would.

That’s it for this week’s Anime Sunday! Next week I’ll be back with a new series, probably.

Anime Sunday: ReLIFE Episode 01 Impressions

This week for Anime Sunday I’ve got another first impression look at a new series for the Summer 2016 season! It’s my ReLIFE Episode 01 Impressions!

Plot Synopsis: Kaizaki Arata is a 27-year-old, out-of-work man who has failed at each and every job interview he has had after quitting his last company where he only lasted three months. His life changes after he meets Yoake Ryou of the ReLife Research Institute, who offers him a drug that can change his appearance to that of a 17-years-old again. Taking the drug, he becomes a subject in a one-year experiment in which he begins his life as a high school student again.

Plot: The plot is pretty great, although there are some cringe worthy moments it’s very much intended. I enjoyed this first episode quite a bit and I’ll probably get to watching the rest of the series sometime soon, as it was released all at once by Crunchyroll.

Charcaters: Arata is pretty decent for a main character, and while there is obvious reasons he has for being unemployed it’s not been revealed yet. Ryo on the other hand is one mysterious character, and he can be a bit of an ass. The rest of the cast is good, and I particularly like Arata’s teacher Amatsu Kokoro, who doesn’t take his excuses at all.

Art: The art is great, but given that the source material was just as good I’m not too surprised.

Music: The music was great too, and the opening and ending themes are pretty good.

Overall: This is definitely worth a watch for those who like redemption stories.

For those who like: Redemption Stories, Slice of Life, Drama, School Life, Excellent Plot, Great Cast of Characters, Fantastic Art, Awesome Music.

Not for those who don’t like: Any of the above.

Anime Sunday: Most Anticipated Summer 2016 Anime

This week for Anime Sunday I’m looking at this upcoming season of Anime! It’s my Most Anticipated Summer 2016 Anime!

Tales of Zestiria: As people who read my Game Reviews and Video Game Tuesday columns will know, I love the Tales of series, and I thought Tales of Zestiria was the best JRPG I’ve ever played. I still haven’t changed my opinion of that, and yes I think it’s better than Chrono Trigger (sorry hated the combat system). Not only is this going to be an adaptation of my favorite JRPG story, it’ll be animated by ufotable the best Anime studio out there. Zestiria’s adaptation should be amazing and I’m sincerely looking forward to watching this more than anything else that’s new this season.

Tenkyou no Alderamin: I’ve only heard good things about this Light Novel series, so I’ll be giving this a shot. I’m not super excited by the choice of art style by Madhouse, but hopefully the story makes me not care enough to enjoy the hell out of the series.

ReLife: I always thought this web comic series was awesome, and I wasn’t surprised at all that it was announced to be getting an Anime. It was perfect material for an Anime and I’m looking forward to watching this.

orange: I’ve only heard amazing things about this Manga, and the adaptation shouldn’t be any less amazing. Hopefully TMS Entertainment won’t screw it up, and thankfully it isn’t Studio Deen animating it.

Mob Psycho 100: Another Manga adaptation of another series by the creator of One Punch Man, this should also be a riot. I’m expecting to laugh a lot. Studio Bones should do a good job, so I’m hoping the laughs keep me interested long enough to continue watching the series through the season.

Taboo Tatto: I’ve been meaning to read the original source material of this series for a while, so I’ll probably give the first episode a watch and than binge read the series.

Hitori no Shita: I’ve heard this is an adaptation of a Chinese Web Comic, so I’m interested in seeing how well this can do. Hopefully this will lead to an increased interest in Chinese stories from the Japanese studios, and maybe we’ll get to see I Shall Seal the Heavens adapted one day. Wouldn’t that be awesome.

Honorable Mentions: Series I won’t be watching much of, but will be giving a try nonetheless. Or I’ll just be interested in a certain aspect of the series.

Love Live! Sunshine!!: Love Live has a huge cult following around the world, and this second idol group has been apparently well received. I confess I enjoy the music, although the original Anime series was pretty cringe worthy for me.  So I’ll be giving this a shot, but if it even makes cringe half as much I’ll probably just listen to the music only.

Masou Gakuen HxH: It looks to be a typical “Magical Academy” Romcom, but I’ll give this a shot nonetheless. Hopefully I’m proven wrong and the series is more Rakudai than something like Seirei no Tsukai.

Shoujo Saturday: ReLIFE by Yayoi Sou

This week on Shoujo Saturday I’m covering a series I found recently and enjoyed quite a bit. It’s ReLIFE by Yayoi Sou!

Plot Synopsis: The story follows Kaizaki Arata, a 27-year-old jobless man who fails at every job interviews he had after quitting his last company which he only last three months. His life changes after he met Yoake Ryou of the ReLife Research Institute, who offer him a drug that can change his appearance to 17-years-old again and to became a subject in a one-year experiment in which he began his life as a high school student again.

Plot: That premise is pretty interesting and the way it’s handled in the story is pretty good, I’m looking forward to the romances blossoming!

Character: Arata is a pretty good main lead, and Ryou is a pretty good secondary character, but it’s the rest of the cast that makes this series. I particular like the homeroom teacher, she seem’s like a handful.

Art: The art is quite good, spectacular actually considering it’s self-published.

Overall: If you want a good slice of life series with romance, this a good one to read.

For those who like: Slice of Life, Drama, School Life, Romance, Redos, Great Cast of Characters, Fantastic Artwork, Spectacular Plot.

Not for those who don’t like: Any of the above, but how can you hate it?