Over the past few months I was too busy to watch anything new. Now I have the time to actually get some use out of the Crunchyroll subscription I’ve been paying for. Though I’ve not used it in six months, I kept on with the subscription. I knew I’d want to use it later on, so kept supporting it. Anyway, later on is now and this is a good set of shows.
Paprika
In some ways, Paprika is a standard thriller with an unconventional bomb. Something has gotten into the wrong hands and if the protagonists don’t wrest it back to safety, then something catastrophic will damage the world. The thing the protagonists need to reclaim is the DC Mini (DreamCast Mini?), a dream navigator that has been stolen and has gone social or viral over the human network, infecting reality with dreamed chaos.
Black Rock Shooter
Perhaps a three-dimensional representation of the Black Rock Shooter cannot scoop up all of the style of the two dimensional art, but Akeji pretty much rocked this out anyway. The best part of the figure are her blue eyes, giving off a melancholy vibe. They’re really mysterious looking. However, facial expression really only matters up close, like when the figure is on your desk. On the shelf, the rest of the figure is what should speak and keep it interesting for several months or more.
Honey & Clover, After Set 1
I like to indulge in things that remind me of days gone by, even if the memory gets a little fluffed and imagined way better than it really was. Being able to hook into into Honey & Clover like that has made watching it more fun than I expected.
Yagyu Jubei
Hello again. Time for plastic and jpegs. This go around it’s Yagyu Jubei from Alter and Hobby Japan, the first in the Hyakka Ryoran series, featuring a quartet of legendary warriors turned girly by Nitro+. Jubei is a standard release figure, but some of the others in the series are Hobby Japan exclusives. Nitro+ designs usually translate very well into figure form, so I’ve been looking forward to these figures.
What My Top 5 Anime Says
Everyone has a top 5 list, but Stripey tacks a question on it and it’s an easy post, so I bit; what does your top 5 anime list say about you? I’ve not thought about what my favorites are for a while. Thinking about it for a few, today my top 5 are:
More from Baka than a Bunch of Idiots
After watching the Eureka Seven movie and the first quarter of Honey and Clover, the repeated use of the word “idiot” in English translations is starting to feel worn out in emotional scenes. These girls are crying their eyes out and use the word “idiot” over and over again. I find myself wishing for another go to word for the translation of “baka.”
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