| Re: What's On My Anime On Demand 2 [message #290345 is a reply to message #274056] |
Tue, 25 November 2014 09:57   |
Dave Baranyi
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From Newsgroup: rec.arts.anime.misc
David Johnston <David@block.net> wrote:
> No Game, No Life ****
>
> Two emotionally disturbed shut-in siblings who spend all their time
> playing games are divinely abducted to a world where wagers are
> absolutely binding, but the only penalty for cheating is losing if you
> get caught. They become the champions of a nearly extinct human culture
> which has steadily lost it's way down to the totem pole to the other
> races. Although these NEET characters are generally annoying, I like
> this pair. Even though their lifestyle would not produce such a pretty
> pair.
>
This one didn't do anything for me, probably because I didn't care about the
protagonists.
> Momokyun Sword *
>
> A rule 63 version of Peach Boy travels out to stop a demon
> invasion...and is utterly repulsive. Something about those breasts just
> makes me want to projectile vomit. And she's a vapid twit. Did not
> finish the first episode.
>
A "no star" p.o.s. for me.
> Maoyu ***
>
> Humanity's hero sets out to single-handedly defeat the overlord of the
> attacking demons, and when he gets there he finds that she's a hot woman
> who wants him and shares his desire for peace between the two sides.
> Wasn't this a hentai game premise? Except remove the sex (I think the
> two of them are still virgins despite having been "married" for most of
> a year) and almost all of the fight scenes and replace them with
> discussion of economics, politics, religion and agriculture. Ehn. I've
> seen worse.
>
I found this to be deathly boring.
> Comic Artist *
>
> Panty obsessed manga artist harasses his female assistants. Wasnt this
> a hentai game premise? Another "paraphilia is funny" series. Guys. It
> isn't.
>
Another "no star" p.o.s. for me.
> Haikyu!! ****
>
> High School volleyball team long on raw athleticism and short on
> experience (since 3 of them are first years, and one of them has almost
> no experience) must learn to operate as a coordinated team. Accomodates
> people who know nothing about volleyball very well. Amusing
> over-emotional characters.
>
Sports anime almost never do anything for me, and this was no exception.
> Hozuki's Coolheadness **
>
> The head of the hell (for Japan) brings professional detachment to
> keeping the process of torturing evil-doers operating smoothly. Ehn.
> Whatever.
>
I enjoyed this one a lot, but then I often like salaryman comedies.
> Monthly Girl's Nozaki-Kun *****
>
> A girl tries to "confess" to an upper-classman...despite knowing nothing
> about him...and misinterpreted, finds herself hired to be his assistant
> as he turns out a popular shojo manga series. While the first episode
> was just set-up, I found the second to be hilarious.
>
A lot of fun and laughs.
Dave Baranyi
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