Anime I've Been Watching (9/11/2022 - 10/2/2022)

 

Lolita Catacombs is basically just a place for me to ramble about nerdy things, so might as well talk about the anime that I've been watching the past few weeks. I didn't watch much this week though since was busy with music and video games instead, but was watching quite a bit the previous two weeks. MAL history goes as far back as 3 weeks, so guess I'll do these posts like every 2 - 3 weeks, wont be weekly. These will be listed in chronological order of first episode watched, but I tend to bounce between shows. These aren't reviews or anything, just thoughts, and is much inspired by Abra's blogs. I also watched an assortment of shorts and such that wont be listed here.

Virtual Star 2000
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=22561

I found this one awhile back and finally got around to watching it. This was after over a week of being super sick where I was just binging stuff like PriPara, PreCure, Powerpuff Girl Z, and so on, so needed something that was really leftfield to prevent a burn out (if I watch too much of a similar idea/the same thing I will get annoying burn out). Anyways, this was hardly really a show, was mostly just music videos in dated CGI and super cheesy 90s dance music. Old CGI anime are cool, if you want to watch one with an actual story I suggest Malice@Doll. There are some other related anime to Virtual Star 2000 but I haven't watched them yet.

Tetsuwan Birdy
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=566

I used to watch 80s and 90s OVA anime constantly, its been quite some time since then so picked out Tetsuwan Birdy to watch. This was a pretty fun 90s sci-fi show with a space cop and a lot of body switching and stuff. It was weirdly slow for an OVA, but I enjoyed it, also the main girl's hair is interesting with the old Trix yogurt split going on. This anime actually got a reboot/remake in the 00s, but I don't know when, or if, I'll watch that.

Cream Lemon: Lemon Angel
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=3205

Finally watched this, it was in my PTW for a million years. This is one of those short episode shows, but from the 80s, and based on the real world idol group Lemon Angel. I really enjoy Lemon Angel, and I can go on endlessly about kayoukyoku idol pop, but Lemon Angel was quite an interesting group. Back then a lot of idols were still trying to be seen as pure maidens, no boyfriends allowed, you know the drill. Well that wasn't always the case though, as you had erotic idols of the 70s like Reiko Ike and Yukiko Kuwabara, you also had ones in the 80s (though usually not quite as pornographic). When I think of the 80s ones I think Lemon Angel and an armpit fetish idol who's name escapes me right now.

Lemon Angel were interesting as they really tried to appeal to the lecherous otaku market which was really developing now in the 80s. This ecchi anime was created, and a few computer games for a variety of Japanese PCs were developed as well (up into the 90s even!). I have sadly yet to play any of these games, but they look super cool, so some images:

Its pretty neat too how you can see their anime versions are very different in the 80s release as it just barely pre-dated the anime. Anyways though, the actual anime was sadly rather sub-par. Its basically over 30 episodes of just the generic "sad romance" stories found in idol music videos of the period, but with lots of nudity and scenes of the girls masturbating. A few episodes really stood out, like the one that was a parody on ecchi action OVAs of the period, but a lot was just so-so. I mostly watched this here and there over the weeks, a few episodes in the morning, then some scattered throughout the day. Also, if anyone remembers the old DJ Nonstick Cookware mixcloud, a Lemon Angel was/is in my kayoukyoku idol mix on there.

Sekai de Ichiban Tsuyoku Naritai!
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=11763

I actually dropped this one. I was hoping it was going to be like Keijo!!!!!!!! or Ben-To, but it wasn't. Basically its just ryona fetish porn, and that's it. I'm fine with adult anime like that, since a lot will have cool stories, awesome old art, and so on, but this just felt really pointless to watch. I dropped it pretty early on.

Slayers: The Motion Picture
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=536

Slayers Next
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=535

Combining these into one section. I watched season 1 of Slayers earlier this year and absolutely loved it, is such an awesome 90s fantasy show (I live for stuff like this). I tend to watch things in chronological order of release, so next up was the first movie, which is a prequel. The movie was an absolute blast, I really enjoyed it, and Naga is such a funny character that I'm surprised she's not used more in the main anime. Slayers Next is the 2nd season, I only watched a bit, same fun as before but I'm really early into it still. The new enemy girl with the drills is cute. Also this reminds me I really need to play the Slayers Sega Saturn game I have.

Ishuzoku Reviewers
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=40010

This show got a ton of hate when it came out, but I think that's mostly due to newcomers not experiencing a proper ecchi anime yet. This was quite an awesome ecchi anime, I feel over the years the ecchi anime market gradually became replaced with isekai shows, so its really nice when we get new ecchi anime (and them bringing on an ecchi show with a fantasy setting was pretty smart considering how popular isekai are). This is basically a show for folks who like monster girls, so if you liked Monster Musume, this is def worth watching. Also, the main girl is a futanari, super based, and very cool futas are finally entering normal anime world. The show is a pretty intense ecchi show as its a group of goons reviewing brothels, but they weirdly don't have a lot of classic monster girl types, like lamias. There are though like a million different monmusu featured, which was cool.

Mahoutsukai no Yome
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=35062

I still have a few episodes left on this, and I've also been watching MahoYome alongside it. Its a very cool show though, and it tries to do a lot with blending mystical slice of life, drama, romance, and even action (with a pretty decent amount of blood at times). Its doing a lot but totally makes it work, and I really love that some of the episodes gives me some Aria vibes, but like, in the UK and with magic and demons and stuff. I also really love it when anime use real world locations that are outside of Japan, it always gives it such a unique vibe, and I really love the whole English countryside thing they have going on here. I still have to get around to finishing this show, only a few episodes left, but really liking it so far.

Rosario to Vampire Capu2
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=4214

I watched season 1 earlier in the year, and finally got around to watching season 2. I honestly would've stopped watching after the first season, but Kokoa is so cute I had to give the second season a try, and I'm happy that I did as its been much better than the first season so far. I didn't really like the whole pattern and forced drama of season 1, but season 2 so far has done away with all of that and just lets the show be dumb ecchi, just like it should be. Also, watching Rosario to Vampire is part of my mission of finally watching some of the classic ecchi anime that have been sitting in my PTW for a literal decade now. I only have a few episodes left, and it being spooky month is a good time to be watching. Also, I really love that special Halloween-y look anime stuff does, like Soul Eater and such, always has looked awesome to me. Also, VAMPIRE GIRLS ARE ULTIMATE AAAAAAA

Hataraku Saibou Black
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=41694

Remember that show years ago with the loli cells and stuff and it totally blew up for awhile? This is that but dark. I remember watching the first season of the original shortly after it finished airing and it was like, alright, felt very confused to me. I'm very early into this Black version, the dark spin on the concept is quite cool (and also cool that it hearkens back to when anime would sometimes have alternate versions and such, keeping the tradition alive). That said though, despite being so early in, I am already seeing some of the same things that I disliked about the original cropping up, so will see how it goes.