The Gundam shows are always great for bringing up topics like bullying, injustice-justice, power-confidence-weakness…
Awesome character.
Supporting and supported by another awesome character. They wouldn’t be as awesome by themselves.
Wow this scene was so satisfying.
Hmmm an explanation and buildup episode with an intense cliffhanger.
I remember this.. waiting for a week for the next episode feeling.
This is one of those shows I first read about and thought… wow this will be dumb. 1/3 way into episode of season 1 I noted all the tropes. But before the end of the episode I knew this was high quality. Highest quality.
I am not exaggerating when I say it is the epitome of all that is great of so many modern-casual anime with daily life / comedy tropes but done with ultra high quality, artistry, and… casualness.
The setup and background is silly… but it grows on you so quickly. The protagonist is so mehhhh but instead of that being a negative it actually ADDS to the story.
It’s high class when they can tell an ENTIRE backstory in minutes and make me emotional with one scene and one image.
Something about Bachiko is so rich. From her crass talking to knowing her own talents to being wishful then wistful then being downcast then to… this.
Oh and this show is SO marathonable AND Rewatchable. This may be a S rank for me.
So basically this arc pulls from all of the previous arcs and it helps if you remember everyone.
It’s refreshing to see Nel again.
The OP and ED are really nice.
Sad to not see any Ichigo action this episode.
Mobile Suit Gundam – The Witch from Mercury
I’ve watched a lot of anime over the years.
I don’t remember the last time the prologue episode was this well done and this riveting. This 23 minute episode was absolutely amazing. (I hope this isn’t a case of the first episode being ultra good and the rest being not as good… we shall see.)
Equally amazing is that the Mobile Suit Gundam series has been going on since 1979 and is such an iconic piece of anime and Japanese culture.
(I wrote the above part after prologue).
Welp. It’s official – this show is ultra great.
MUST Watch.
GLAD TO SEE BLEACH BACK IN ANIME FORM AFTER … TEN YEARS.
The animation feels new and old at the same time. I’m glad they kept the aesthetics instead of trying to make it too much like current manga/anime.
(I don’t know why the images are populating like this though…)
Something to really look forward to on Mondays.
This ridiculously great show with high production, great animation, awesome voice acting, superb original material (manga), wow OP and ED.
This is one of the rare shows I read the manga beforehand. They did an excellent job with it even knowing the original content was great.
Anya has the greatest screenshotable faces.
Shows I am planning on watching
SPYxFAMILY part 2 – Airs Saturdays (my time)
Mob Psycho 100 III – Airs Wednesdays
Boku no Hero Academia S6 – airs Saturdays
BLEACH: Sennen Kessen-Hen – airs Mondays
Yowamushi pedal: LIMIT BREAK – airs Saturdays
Urusei Yatsura (2022 remake) – airs Thursdays.
I’m going to try out a bunch of other shows too.
I’m back!
ごめん for being away for so long.
Summer season wasn’t that great so it gave me a chance to recalibrate.
I’ve been taking Japanese classes (something I regret not doing 20 years ago) and am going to be transitioning this project to include my Japanese learning journey, the anime, and more exploration.
For now, I am excited YowaPeda is back! It was a day in their world but years for us!
This is such a great competition anime and I’m glad to see Onoda Sakamichi and the rest again.
Note: I’ll be using YowaPeda the shorthand and using the total series episodes mostly instead of Limit Break and Season 5.
As always, this show has so many screenshott-able moments.
I’m glad they did a review/recap in the beginning.
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