January brings all new TV anime. Here are the initial impressions on the handful of new series I thought looked interesting.
Active Raid: Kazari is a young and up coming civil servant. She is assigned to a rogue police military division called Unit8 in order to help straighten them out. Unit 8 is a rag tag group put together to combat increasing crimes using body augmentation systems called Willware. Unit 8 uses unconventional methods and outright blackmail to proceed as they want to in apprehending criminals. Their procedures lead to poor public opinion and large collateral damage.
This series won't be in my cue for very long. In truth it felt like a modern rendition of Patlabor. I love Patlabor but its a thing of its time and this seems like the wrong era to recreate it. But saying its a recreation of Patlabor is misleading. Its like someone took the rough concept of Patlabor as the frame work then crammed the story full of every conceivable style and genre is currently popular based on market research. Its Patlabor re-imagined as if designed by a marketing committee...and its a mess.
Oji-san and Marshmallow: This is a short slice of life comedy about an over weight middle aged man named Hige-san and the young nubile 20-something office lady who torments him through marshmallows. It appears Wakabayashi, the OL has a thing for middle aged men and wants Hige-san to give her a baby...she also appears to have a feeding fetish. Time will tell, but the first episode didn't exactly deliver what I was anticipating...strange show.
Boku dake ga Inai Machi (Erased): Satoru is a 29 year old single man who works as a pizza delivery driver and is a failed manga artist. He has an uncanny ability he calls revival in which he uncontrollably goes back in time a few minutes. He has learned that the revival happens when he is presented with an opportunity to avert an accident around him, he just needs to notice the clues. When a revival lands him in the hospital his estranged mother comes to nurse him back to health. Her arrival stirs memories of a tragedy in his home town that seems to have far reaching implications.
This first episode had me almost at the start, I greatly enjoy good time travel stories and I think this one is going to be one of the best series of the season. Here's to a fantastic and engaging mystery series with a slight super natural twist.
Please Tell Me! Glako-chan: Glako is a big busted air-head who shows up late for class and doesn't take crap from her idiotic male classmates. She and her friends spend their free time at school discussing personal problems and debunking idiotic sexual and bodily rumors.
This one is odd and may just end up being a guilt pleasure. Its crude, overly sexual and every bit realistic in how teenagers act and think, like idiots with too much knowledge for the own good and not enough experience to do anything with it. It somewhat reminded me of the spirit of Colorful.
Active Raid: Kazari is a young and up coming civil servant. She is assigned to a rogue police military division called Unit8 in order to help straighten them out. Unit 8 is a rag tag group put together to combat increasing crimes using body augmentation systems called Willware. Unit 8 uses unconventional methods and outright blackmail to proceed as they want to in apprehending criminals. Their procedures lead to poor public opinion and large collateral damage.
This series won't be in my cue for very long. In truth it felt like a modern rendition of Patlabor. I love Patlabor but its a thing of its time and this seems like the wrong era to recreate it. But saying its a recreation of Patlabor is misleading. Its like someone took the rough concept of Patlabor as the frame work then crammed the story full of every conceivable style and genre is currently popular based on market research. Its Patlabor re-imagined as if designed by a marketing committee...and its a mess.
Oji-san and Marshmallow: This is a short slice of life comedy about an over weight middle aged man named Hige-san and the young nubile 20-something office lady who torments him through marshmallows. It appears Wakabayashi, the OL has a thing for middle aged men and wants Hige-san to give her a baby...she also appears to have a feeding fetish. Time will tell, but the first episode didn't exactly deliver what I was anticipating...strange show.
Boku dake ga Inai Machi (Erased): Satoru is a 29 year old single man who works as a pizza delivery driver and is a failed manga artist. He has an uncanny ability he calls revival in which he uncontrollably goes back in time a few minutes. He has learned that the revival happens when he is presented with an opportunity to avert an accident around him, he just needs to notice the clues. When a revival lands him in the hospital his estranged mother comes to nurse him back to health. Her arrival stirs memories of a tragedy in his home town that seems to have far reaching implications.
This first episode had me almost at the start, I greatly enjoy good time travel stories and I think this one is going to be one of the best series of the season. Here's to a fantastic and engaging mystery series with a slight super natural twist.
Please Tell Me! Glako-chan: Glako is a big busted air-head who shows up late for class and doesn't take crap from her idiotic male classmates. She and her friends spend their free time at school discussing personal problems and debunking idiotic sexual and bodily rumors.
This one is odd and may just end up being a guilt pleasure. Its crude, overly sexual and every bit realistic in how teenagers act and think, like idiots with too much knowledge for the own good and not enough experience to do anything with it. It somewhat reminded me of the spirit of Colorful.
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