I still have no idea what is going on in this series. Clearly, the apple does not fall far from the tree as Baccano did not make any sense at the beginning. Scratch that, you pretty much had to watch it twice to get the full picture.
This guy is so hood.
Time of Eve is a six episode ONA (Original Net Animation) directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura and is produced by Studio Rikka and Directions Inc. It tells the story of a time where androids are beginning to be widely adopted as servants. The population is split between those who see androids as simple servile machines (the majority) and those who treat androids as if they were human.
If you are interested, Time of Eve (Eve no Jikan in Japanese) can be viewed on CR for free. You’ll have to sit through some ads, but that is a small price to pay.
While the name maybe weird, Baka to was surprisingly entertaining. Reading the winter season previews put up by Random Curiosity, I didn’t know what to think about this anime. It’s about a school that allows students to fight each other to climb up a caste hierarchy? Weird. If the first episode is to be a fair measure of what we can expect in the future, Baka to could turn out to be one of my favorites of the season.
The chibi designs are pretty cute, if I may say so.
Decided to give this a try on CR. There isn’t much to see here really- it’s a typical high school boy meets mysterious guardian (who’s rather well endowed) who must protect said boy from crazy monsters all the while fighting off the boy’s jealous childhood friend. Oh and I forgot to mention his parents are dead. And there’s a whole lot of fanservice.
Never seen that formula before.
The winter anime season finally kicked off for me with the first episode of Durarara!! I wasn’t really sure what to expect as details about the series seemed to be relatively scant before the premiere. After watching the first episode on CR, I still don’t have a good idea of what the show will be about, but I have a feeling that this will be a show that is worth watching.
Whether or not Durarara!! will be good enough to convince me to keep my CR subscription is another matter. In my opinion, CR’s winter lineup is rather weak.
Episode 13 was uncharacteristically action packed. In this single 23 minute episode, it feels like the plot was advanced by leaps and bounds- compared to plot development in the previous 12 episodes. I don’t want to spoil anything for anyone who is planning on watching this series, so I’ll save the commentary for after the break.
Finished up both Natsu no Arashi and Sasameki Koto today. Long story short, both animes ended in a very open ended manner. Normally, I’m OK with some ambiguity in my endings, but here I have to say I was a little put off by the way these two shows ended.
Not much to say other than this episode was great. I don’t want to give too much away, but I’m a sucker for episodes like this. Didn’t cry or anything but, I thought it was touching. Props to the writers, they came up with a great way to bring two characters closer together.
Also, if any industry execs read this rag, take notice- give the States a DVD (or even BluRay) release of Natsu no Arashi. That would be a day one purchase for me.
Well, ANN lists Cross Game as only having 39 episodes, but I find that hard to believe. Perhaps 39 episodes for the first season, but not for the entire series. Unless Cross Game is going to have one of the worst endings ever, which I don’t think is the case.
![[SubSmith] Cross Game - 38 - It's His First Date [720p][93E6C2F6].mkv.011](http://tensai-desu.org/mcb/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/SubSmith-Cross-Game-38-Its-His-First-Date-720p93E6C2F6.mkv_.011.jpg "[SubSmith] Cross Game - 38 - It's His First Date [720p][93E6C2F6].mkv.011")
The team has made a lot of progress in these past 38 episodes though. It’s been fun to see them go from an inexperienced team to hopeful national title contenders.
Started watching Natsu no Arashi on Crunchyroll. So far, it’s pretty good. It seems to be a light sci-fi drama about a time traveling ghost…or something like that. I haven’t gotten too far into the series yet so there’s quite a bit I don’t understand right now. I’m really digging the art style however.
I did see what looks to be an interesting cameo in this episode however. See if you can’t pick it out. The answer comes after the break!