Phantom Thief Reinya

Genre: Comedy
Age Appropriate: Teens, I guess?
Emotional Response: ::headsmack:: Why?
Notable Features: Mischievous cat burglar with an alter-ego and a talking mouse sidekic
Language: Japanese
Length: 12 shorts
Overall Recommendation: Probably have to be under some influence


"I can overlook that." - Chief


So, um, there is this cat/cat burglar girl that works in a shop and has a mouse sidekick. She's sassy and very obvious but the investigative team never notices. There is a young, obvious girl cop, a pervy chief who "overlooks" things anytime the girl cop squeels and hides behind him, and a young, pretty male investigator type who is desperately in love with Reinya (cat girl) and shows his love with a variety of strange poses and sparklies. Reinya steals something frequently or find herself in some other comedic situation. The team then descends, either hoping to catch the cat burglar, or to help their lovely friend Reinya (haha). While there are 12 episodes, they're all short - just like this synopsis.

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There isn't really much point to this series, except maybe that there is no point. It reminds me a LOT of Super Milk Chan and 12 oz. Mouse. Partially, this means that I would've enjoyed it more when I was younger and drunk more often. Thankfully, these shorts are only 3ish minutes long, therefore making it more tolerable. I don't want to say it was terrible, because the truth is that it wasn't. It just isn't my cup of tea anymore. Probably because I'm a bit more of a grown up now, not a lot more, but enough. There is someone I would probably recommend this too, although probably for nostalgia's sake, but otherwise I would only recommend it to people either in the funny-because-I'm-drunk stage in their life, or youngsters who have the same mental maturity. I only left it at teens because of the pervy chief and his "I'll over look that," moments.

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Sure: Fairy Tail

Dark Side Cat

Genre: Action
Age Appropriate: Any Age
Emotional Response: Okay...
Notable Features: rockstar cat
Language: Japanese
Length: 6 short episodes
Overall Recommendation: Not so much


"I guess I found Rita because that cat kicked me in the face." - Rita's Mom

Dark Side Cat is a stray cat with an attitude against humans. Everywhere he goes he causes some kind of havoc, whether it is completely on purpose or in the pursuit of a mouse. He has a sidekick cat that pops up at some point in each episode. Neither cat talks but the Dark Side Cat has a human personality, whereas his black kitten counterpart is all cat. The first four episodes are completely different from the previous ones, with the only connections being the cats and the fact that the mayor has declared that the city should get rid of stray cats, with the last two adding some storyline.

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Dark Side Cat is a series of 6 episodes, each only 6 minutes long (5 if you take out the intro). I didn't realize that it was this short at first, but I watched it and I will give it its due. The art style reminded me a lot of South Park, and I suppose some of the story lines did, too. There was absolutely no character development, but there really couldn't be. The last parts that had storyline were more interesting, and maybe could have meant more, but it worked well considering the time spent. I don't think I really would've liked it any better if there were more, or longer, episodes. I guess I can see some of the appeal, but it felt like a bit of a waste of my time. It was less than an hour, though, so it's not that big of a deal. I suppose I could get behind the concept but I wouldn't recommend it to anyone.

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Hope you're ready: Suskiyo