Friday, July 4, 2014

summer 2014 season overview part 1 let slip the chickens of war

So after my semi hiatus I am ready to get back into the anime blogging saddle and bring a new set of really short one episode anime reviews. To sum up everything in a sentence there are four shows in this batch which all range from being serviceable for there genre to being rather lackluster. This is very much to be expected as I have rarely seen the first few shows to be the classics of the season. So strap in everyone this is going to be a bumpy ride.

Argovelion

To make a long story short there is a war between the countries of Arandas and Ingelmia which has just taken a bad turn for Arandas but luckily for them they have just developed a new prototype robot.

From the looks of the first episode this looks like it is a fairly bog standard mecha show.There isn't enough time to really develop any characters worth caring about but on the good side the visuals are pretty decent.

Bakamatsu Rock

In an alternate history the music that is allowed is the heavens song sung by government approved singers. Enter Ryoma Sakamoto and his wild and passionate rock music.

Bakamatsu Rock is a show with two main draws to it; being a bit crazy and looking at shirtless men. You probably need to be interested in the later to have this show be worthwhile in the long run

Glasslip

Touko is a girl who wants to be a glass artisan.

I have some high hopes for this show being the latest in the PA works original anime series. Unfortunately I didn't find the opening episode to be as strong as Tari Tari or Hanasaku Iroha.

Locodol

This is the story of Nanako who becomes one of the idols of the town.

This is another idol type of show and to be utterly honest I would rather spend the time catching up on other shows of the genre than to watch this.


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