Anime That I've Been Watching (10/14/2022 - 10/29/2022)

 

It was fun doing the first post of this, so might as well do another. Stress and anxiety prevented me from watching as much as I would've liked, but still watched a pretty decent amount. As before, the order is chronological, I do tend to bounce around shows though, so its chronological to first episode watched during the time period (the dates in the title). As its October did watch some things that fit the mood of the season, as well as finally exploring more historical (and revolutionary) lolicon anime. As before will include some neat anime trivia and such in these.

Tezuka Osamu no Don Dracula
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=4853

This is the anime that's sampled in my new song DRACULA DISCO (listen here: https://soundcloud.com/himeko_katagiri/dracula-disco ). Don Dracula is a pretty interesting show for many reasons. The first is that the show was incredibly short lived, it got cancelled after a mere eight episodes, and a lot of Japan only ever got half of that. This is an oldschool gag anime though, and in the 80s these would often run quite long, at least 40 or so episodes, but many being far longer (such as Dr. Slump and Urusei Yatsura). The show too really stands out aesthetically, its from the 80s but looks incredibly 70s, and this 70s anime styled Western interpretation of Dracula in a goofy 80s gag anime is such a trip to watch, yet it totally works. I actually had started this anime before my previous anime post, but finally got around to finishing it recently. The first few episodes were pretty rough, but the rest of it was actually pretty good if you're into old gag anime. Its whole aesthetic and vibe, combined with being binned so quickly, make it a pretty interesting watch. Also, it has a cute vampire loli.

MM! Specials
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=9581

I watched MM! a looong time ago, its a really fun femdom themed ecchi anime, so totally up my alley. I never got around to watching the specials though, and finally did. They're a mix of voyeuristic shorts as well what feels like outtakes from the main anime. There's no story here, its all just pure fan service, but I enjoyed them.

Bishoujo Comic Lolicon Angel: Mitsu no Aji
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=3649

Ok, finally got around to starting to watch these. First of all, for hentai, I watch a lot of hentai as normal anime, and there are a lot of hentai which really are legitimate anime, such as La Blue Girl and Dream Hunter Rem. When I talk about hentai here, it will only be stuff I'm watching as regular anime. Lolicon Angel, along with a few other OVAs, are some of the first ever hentai OVA ever made, and are also some of the first lolicon hentai animations ever made as well (also yes, early hentai OVA had a lot of lolicon, this was during the "lolicon boom"). The OVA itself is very cool from a historical standpoint, but it doesn't offer much. Is very cheap looking 80s art, and no real story or anything, just some sex scenes strung together of people trying to locate some stolen money. The carousel scene though was hilarious. If you want to explore historical lolicon animation then watch it, but if you don't then don't.

Jashin-chan Dropkick X
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=42994

Watched the new Jashin-chan season (this is the 3rd season now, but I won't spoil anything). I watched the Mame Anime alongside it but there's not much to comment on for that. I enjoyed the new season, but I feel it was the weakest season so far, still good, just not as good as the first two. It felt a lot less extreme, Jashin-chan still got injured/killed a decent amount of times, but it wasn't the constant gorefest slapstick comedy of the first two seasons, and a pretty sizeable amount of this season was more slice of life. There was also a pretty long arc where it suddenly became a tourism anime showcasing various parts of Japan, I know some folks didn't care for this but I didn't mind it. What I did mind though is that the new vampire girls barely appeared, I was really looking forwards to the vampire loli!! Vampire girls are ultimate!!

PriPara
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=23135

PriPara is one of my favorite anime ever and I'm already super far into it. I was taking a break from it for awhile though as I recently watched a ton of it when I got sick awhile back, but finally back to it. Only watched a bit but I love this show so much. Also, was funny it was a Christmas episode, super poor timing for that. This reminds me I want to write a post about these really long anime, I should do that sometime.

Dr. Slump Movie 09: Arale-chan N-cha!! Wakuwaku Hot no Natsuyasumi
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=7158

I've been slowly watching the Dr. Slump "movies" (out of order), and since its October, watched the 9th movie as its Halloween themed. As with many of the Dr. Slump movies, its basically just a glorified episode, but it was a fun watch regardless. It really hit that classic Halloween vibe, and I loved seeing 80s anime interpretations of classic monsters.

This is a bit of a tangent, but that reminds me Dream Hunter Rem had an old school anime interpretation of Frankenstein's monster as well, but their one doesn't stand out as much to me as the one in Slump. Also, if you haven't seen Dream Hunter Rem, watch it now, its one of my all-time favorite anime ever made.

Ochamegami Monogatari: Korokoro Pollon
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=3136

Ok, finally watched this, this is another historical lolicon anime. It was made by Hideo Azuma, one of the most influential people in the anime industry who never gets talked about. The dude invented lolicon back in the late 70s. Obviously loli characters existed before then in shoujo and kids shows, but he's who really turned lolicon into a thing and elevated the lolis to greater heights. This obviously permanently changed anime, with tons of lolis appearing in all kinds of shows across genres, eras, and audience demographics, as well as whole lolicon orientated anime coming into existence (and this is just talking anime, don't forget the likely thousands of eroge and other otaku media with lolis, as well as lolicore). Anyways, the man is absolutely legendary publishing lolicon doujinshi all the way back in the 70s, and my favorite genre of music wouldn't exist without him.

He has produced two anime, Pollon and Nanako SOS. I still need to watch Nanako SOS, but I did finally start Pollon. Pollon is another 80s gag anime with a unique setting, it takes place in ancient Greece and follows Greek gods, with the main girl Pollon wishing to become a goddess. The show is top notch 80s gag anime, I love the unique setting, the pacing, and the jokes, its a really awesome show. Sadly only a bit of the anime seems to be subbed currently, I've watched raws before but I still prefer subs as my Japanese is still rather limited. I only have a few episodes left of what's available, but its a really awesome show. Additionally, you can really see his old school 70s shoujo influences in the designs and artwork, its really nice. Also yes, you can see him sneak in some lolicon stuff into the show, based.

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

I talked about this one before in my previous post, finally finished it. Was pretty fun and much better than the first season, Kokoa really elevated the show with her vampire loli charms and the general energy and comedy she introduced to the show. Its just a dumb 00s harem ecchi anime, but the heavy focus on vampire girls and pantsu is based.

Zekkyou Gakkyuu
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=15891

Three one minute horror shorts with a very Halloween-y vibe. Show was very vague and honestly didn't offer much, felt more like one of those animations that are made to just promote a manga, and I'm pretty sure that's what this is.

Yume-iro Pâtissière
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=6586

I've been wanting to start some more long anime to gradually/casually watch, and ended up starting this one. I only watched a little bit of it, the personality of the show was different than what I expected and wasn't much in the mood for it at the time of watching, will return to it when it fits my mood. Also, anime with non-bootleg McDonald's. Which reminds me there's a yuri manga that got in trouble for real McDonald's, only MgRonald's is real.

Minami-ke
https://myanimelist.net/anime.php?id=2963

I started this back in 2016 but got caught up in other shows and never finished, finally got back to it this week (and decided to just restart it, despite still remembering what I already saw). I remember this show was recommended to me by ファズファゲット, he said it was similar to Ichigo Mashimaro. Ichigho Mashimaro is total perfection and hard to stack up against, but Minami-ke is quite good and it actually is rather reminiscent of Ichigo Mashimaro, just not as loli-centric (but still has lolis). Also, one of the girl's literally wears the same shirt as Miu sometimes, also interesting how my favorite characters from each show did this.

First I thought maybe they were by the same person, I looked, and aren't. I have yet to go through writers and directors and stuff yet, but there has to be some kind of reasoning for this, they are both by the same studio so that might be it, but I feel like there could be more. Either way though, its a fun anime and has a surprising amount of seasons, I still have a bit left of season one though, but will def keep watching.

Also, I have to address the elephant in the room, its insane how much she looks like my wife Azusa. I somehow never considered anime doppelgangers existing, but wow, this is proof of that, its crazy how much they look alike.