Sea Slugs! Anime Blog

I’ve been extra lazy this month, but thankfully Kungfucius has been holding down the fort! Meanwhile, Ender has been fighting the good fight against absurd amounts of school work; don’t worry, like Slayers/Gundam, he’ll be back before you know it. I’m going to do my best over the next few days to get somewhat caught up so that I can blog on some of the new series coming out next month. I’m officially dropping Dogtato, too. It was fun and bite-sized, but really too kiddy for me, and after a while it ceased to be entertaining. I am not, however, dropping Madlax; it has just taken me a while to get back into the whole Elda-Taluta, Sarkus-Sark, Arkus-Ark, Random-Seal-Noise flow of things. Also, Kaleido Star and Bakuretsu Tenshi are unranked this week because there were not enough released fansubs to qualify for my monthly list. Too bad, because I really wanted to see some angelic moves and some mutant brains. Without further ado, here’s my list for September!

1) Full Metal Alchemist: Just because I’m petty, does anyone remember how everyone said this series sucked during the first few episodes because Ed wearing a red coat meant that this show was a total Trigun ripoff? Ah, good times.
2) Otogizoushi: OMGWTFBBQ, a historic series that doesn’t involve Shinsengumi?! I agree with Ender that Otogizoushi does have a sorta Korean flavor, but Seimei was actually a famous Japanese astrologist in history.
3) Samurai Champloo: Emerging from the wreckage with 5 very strong episodes and a clever recap episode, Champloo is really starting to hit its stride.
4) Girls Bravo: Light, but satisfying. I don’t know if it’s just because I am in shounen overload, but I like how this series is playing out so far. Tomoka kinda annoys me though, as there is only so much ‘na no da’ that a sane person can take.
5) Samurai 7: Last few episodes were good, but the first episodes set the bar really high.

Rising - 2×2=Shinobuden: More light fun. I really like the mob of nameless ninjas.
Falling - Dogtato: Dropped. Sweet Valerian would be considered “dropped” too, except that it never really made the “watched” list.

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