Attack on Titan

Genre: Action/Drama
Age Appropriate: Teen+ (a bit gruesome)
Emotional Response: Noooooooooo!
Notable Features: creepy pseudo-human looking evil titans, humans
Language: Japanese
Length: 25 episodes
Overall Recommendation: Definitely

"I'm a human being!" - Eren

Eren Yeager watched as a large, creepy Titan picked up his mother and ate her. The Titans have been the enemy of humankind for over 100 years, and they've managed a minutely peaceful existence by building huge walls with cities around the gates. After nearly 100 years, a new Colossal Titan has torn down Wall Maria and opened the way for a new wave. With the town destroyed, the few remaining survivors run to Wall Rose and hope to find some safety there. It only lasts a little while, and the Titans have advanced to a new level, breaching a new wall.

Together with his friends, Eren swears to defeat and kill the Titans to avenge the deaths around him. He joins the recruits for the military teams, and enters 3 years of training, hoping to join the Scout squads in ventures out into the unsafe zones. He makes more friends, and loses more friends, in his quest to find answers about himself, the Titans and how to save what is left of humankind when all is said and done. Each step of the way, there are huge complications with the characters and a staggering death toll in soldiers and civilians. Eren & Co. might be their only hope. There are new variants of Titans, something very odd is happening to Eren's body and every soldier's life hangs on his ability to fly through the trees (almost like Spiderman).

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This isn't in my Top 10, like SAO, but it's up there with emotional craziness. Actually, I think Attack on Titan is a much harder story on one's emotions. There is so much more tragedy and pain involved. There was some hope and normality to save people's sanity in SAO, and there is none of that in this anime. I had a hard time consuming it quickly, and the people I watched it with were pretty gung-ho about the whole thing. It's really well done, and I agree that it's excellent story-wise, but it was brutal and bloody. One friend likened it to Game of Thrones in that regard and I don't think he was wrong about that.

I highly recommend it to anyone who wouldn't for-sure hate it - basically someone only looking for fluffly stuff. This has no fluffy stuff or much humor. Most of the humor is fairly dark - and half of it is probably around the potato-loving character, Sasha. My only other recommendations is to avoid pushing yourself, and don't watch it right before bedtime. The Titans are this odd mix of blank, stumbling, ginormous baby, sexless, mindless people eating machines and it seems that the smallest ones are probably 5 meters tall. It's disturbing. The best part? Eren closing the door slowing on a bad guy (human bad guy). Heh.

Also, by the end of the season I had a crush on Captain Levi. Go figure.

Side Note: If you can find the special chibi episodes, they are totally worth it! Heehee.

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Disturbing in a different way: Loveless

Freezing

Genre: Drama/SciFi
Age Appropriate: Adult
Emotional Response: sad and confused
Notable Features: pandoras, limiters, evil monsters, high nudity
Language: English
Length: 1 season, 12 episodes (plus extras)
Overall Recommendation: not for me

"I would be honored if you would come to my room tonight." - Satellizer

There are Pandoras and their limiters in the world of Freezing. Pandoras are genetically modified girls with "sacreds" implanted in them. These give them powers and weapons to battle Novas, energy pumped beings that are terrorizing the world. The Limiters are the Pandoras' counterparts who "freeze" the surrounding battle areas during Nova fights. This is meant to diffuse some of the power and give the girls a change to bring down the Novas. This is the background that brings together the main characters of the series.

Kazuya is a young boy who has transferred into Genetic West academy. He is attempting to follow in his sister's footsteps, who was a super powerful Pandora. Unfortunately, she died in a battle against a powerful Nova, and it seems now Kazuya is intent on following her path somehow. He chooses the academy specifically because it was the school she attended before joining the fight.

At this school, he literally runs into Satellizer, known as the Untouchable Queen. She was the first ranked second year student, until his bumbling interrupted a ranking battle. She has a terrible reputation as a troublemaker because of her standoffish attitude, but somehow Kazyua manages to squeak past her personal barriers. His determination leads him to choose her as his Pandora, despite the personal issues she has with cementing her bond, and the series explores how that works out. However, the main focuses turns quickly to the Nova battle at hand, and there are some serious twists to find.

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This series reminded me of Master of Martial Hearts. It's all battling, and girl bitchy attitudes, and boobs. Lots and Lots of boob. With every battle, at least one per fighter strips the other of her clothing. Actually, it's very much like Master of Martial Hearts - instead of battling girls for a fake wishing jewel, everyone is training to fight mysterious alien robot things. I don't mind nudity, generally at all, but I appreciate it in comedic scenes, or even incidental nudity - this just irritated me after awhile.

I hated the first episode, but I realize only because I was looking for something else at the time. When I started it again, I wasn't that disappointed actually. There are a lot of anime series that have random nudity, so I wasn't bothered by it much, but I eventually hated how much and in what circumstances the nudity occurred. Freezing may not be as much of a mind screw as MOMH ended up being, but I hated it. It was well done, I suppose, because I have some strong feelings about it. I can even think of a few friends who would appreciate it more (even aside from the nudity), but I wanted more out of it. Maybe a sprinkling of comedy, or better emotional relationship development, maybe some actual friendship...I don't know. This was definitely not for me.

Re: extras - Wow. Loads more inappropriate than the series itself. Just wow.

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Time of Eve

Genre: Sci-Fi
Age Appropriate: Any Age
Emotional Response: Huh
Notable Features: androids, human conditions
Language: Japanese
Length: 6 episodes
Overall Recommendation: Not for me

"Just follow the rule." - Nagi

Time of Eve centers around a high school age boy living in a futuristic world where humanoid-androids are house servents and workers as a normal part of everyday society. The news talks about different issues in the background of episodes and often hits on social aspects per episode. One of the major themes is the relationship between humans and androids, both negative and positive. Those humans moving toward the side of androids being considered more human are even called android-holics.

Rikuo, the main protagonist, follows his android one day, after discovering an interesting anomoly in her travel log. He, and his friend, Masaki, find themselves inside a coffee house where the rule is no discrimination between humans and androids. While in the outside world androids have rings floating above their heads to signify their status, inside the cafe no one has any identifiers. The boys find the whole process very controversial, and find themselves learning more each time they arrive.
Each character finds a different path in their understanding of android/human, human/human, and android/android relationships.

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Time of Eve feels like a mix of AI and I, Robot. Partially because of the human characteristics given to androids, and partially because of the result of those characteristics. It was a truly intriguing series, but I'm also glad it was short. I found myself struggling to watch multiple episodes in a row. I think, perhaps I would've been more likely to watch this for someone else. I don't think I would've chosen to continue it for my own personal interest in a regular situation. Or, maybe I just wasn't in the mood for it. I can think of a few of my friends, who are more sociologically inclined, that would really enjoy the commentary present about the human condition combined with technological morality issues. It was done really well, but it just wasn't my particular cup of tea (pun not intended, but why not?). I guess, the only disappointing thing that I found, in general, is that the ending was a little lame, but I should've expect much out of a 6 episode series.

Given the brevity of the series, it's a pretty short review. If you liked AI and I, Robot - or any similar movie/series - then I would definitely recommend this. If you didn't really care about them, then I wouldn't recommend it.

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Order Up!: High School DxD

Heaven's Lost Property

Genre: Sci-Fi
Age Appropriate: Older Teen/Adult
Emotional Response: LOL, that's just so wrong
Notable Features: angeloids, girls, awkward teens, new world
Language: English
Length: 2 season, 26 episodes (plus extras if you want)
Overall Recommendation: Great

"No way, dude. Fishing is bullshit." - Tomoki

One day, after talking to a strange geek friend, a young man finds himself nearly pummeled with a beautiful young lady with WINGS! He drags her away from the following barrage of bizarre debris falling from the sky, and when she comes to, he finds out that she's a "Pet Class Angeloid Alpha" named Ikaros. Tomoki, a typically perverted teenage boy, is surrounded by some very interesting friends - a number of which are fan service busty. His next door neighbor, and closest friend, Sohara is beautiful, a bit awkward, a little in love with him, and has a tendency to respond to his inappropriateness with brutal karate chops. Those karate chops, whether from something he said or as a result of uncontrollable jealous, happen at least once per episode. The other friends introduced are the strange pair, Sugata (a young science geek obsessed with the "New World") and Mikako, a busty sophisticated girl with a little bit a evil mixed in. They're almost always found together, but their relationships status is usually vague. When Tomoki says all that he wants is a peaceful existence, he counters that with keeping Ikaros around and ending up in funny situations with her, and her new frenemy, Nymph.

The story actually focuses on the reason for Ikaros being on Earth. Tomoki has had angel dreams for as long as he can remember, but they'd been growing in frequency when Ikaros appears. Ikaros also mentions that her abilities and powers stem from being connected to "the Synapse." So, there appears to be a more science/technological theme (rather than a religious one).  There is a deep, dark secret about the angeloids, however. The conflict of the story surrounds that secret being revealed bit by bit throughout the later episodes. Why is Ikaros on Earth? What is the relationship between her and Tomoki's dreams? What's up with the other angeloids? Is Nymph a good guy or a bad guy? Each question poses a new episodic mystery.


*Note - Heaven's Lost Property is not finished. Season Three is likely coming sometime soon.

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Heaven's Lost Property is horrible. Well, horribly naughty. Tomoki is probably one of the most perverted characters I've seen yet. It's hilarious. Everything is basically censored, which is good, but it doesn't take away from what's going on. His schemes include using angeloid tech to turn into a girl, pool, floor, underwear...really anything that would get him close to a girl in a variety of states of undress. If the series need some series comedic break, it involved Tomoki's obsession with naked women. I was caught between banging my head on the table, and laughing until I cried. Shameful. Absolutely shameful - and well done.

The story had some really intense, emotional points that really hit home. Despite the inappropriateness, the creaters really did some amazing character development. So, when the story lead to the serious parts, I was really invested in what was going on. I actually had to watch an extra episode once just so that the episode I'd finished wasn't the last thing I saw before I went to be. It wasn't gross or disturbing, just potentially heartbreaking. It was a sign of a job well done. For once, I didn't have a favorite character because I found myself connected to them all in some way, big or small.

Overall, I loved it. This isn't for the kiddies, though. It's way too naughty. Probably one of the best things was the little cloud with wings that they use to cover Tomoki when it's his turn to run around naked, but he's still running around naked. I wouldn't really have a huge problem with older teens watching it, though. It's all about funny perversion more than "adult content." I can't wait for the next season to air!

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Special!: Heaven's Lost Property - Mirror Review!

Basically, I watched  this series with someone else and he will be writing up his own review. I thought it might be fun to give two different perspectives on a series. I think this one will, in particular, give a little something extra based on genre and subject matter. 

More importantly, this is Memorial Day Weekend! And my sweetie's 30th birthday. No post on Monday. Have a good bbq.

Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero

Genre: Action/Sci-Fi
Age Appropriate: Older Teens
Emotional Response: Yeah! Get 'em!
Notable Features: Magic, typical teen boy, heroism
Language: Japanese
Length: 1 season, 12 episodes
Overall Recommendation: Pretty Good


"Eeeeeeeek!" - Any Girl

Akatsuki Ousawa is a true hero is Alayzard. He's defeated a dark lord, subsequently defeated the previous hero, and saved this new world. The series opens with him running from royal maids, using their magic to try to subdue him from his present course. Akatsuki's goal is to get back to Earth, his own world, with whatever he carries with him. He easily evades the magical maids, but is stopped by Queen Listy in the end. She only wants to know why he's abandoning her, and Alayzard. He never gives her a real answer, but promises to return if she ever calls for him. This is all in the first episode.

The season is all about the package. Akatsuki has smuggled in the Dark Lord Garius's daughter, Miu! He promised to look after her when he defeated Garius, and now he's stolen her away to Earth to protect her. They enter the Tower of Babel school, as Class B students, and pose as brother and sister. It appears that Akatsuki's plan is to hide in plain sight, acting as normal students, and feeling safe because no one should be able to follow him back due to some sort of magical Otherworld gate rules. The storyline is a mix between their unique sci-fi battle/magic-based education, and the behind-the-scenes workings in both Alaycard and Earth realms. The two characters make some good friends on the way, and become integral pieces of the end of the season battle.

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I wasn't entirely sure about this one when I started it. I really chose it because it was a 12 episode series, and I wanted something short. It seemed good enough at the time. I enjoyed it, even if it wouldn't be on my WATCH THIS NOW list. The most bothersome part of it was realizing that there was no real end, and after feeling unsatisfied for awhile, realizing that this was clearly meant to be only the first season.

The way it's meant to a "continuation" of some unknown heroic story was a bit unique, but the hero-saves-the-day part was very traditional. This isn't a problem, but my understanding was that it was going to be something other than just pretending to be unique while actually using the idea as a vehicle for any other hero story. Still, it was pretty good. I'll happily watch the second season if it ever comes out. I have hopes for the series at this point. I won't wait with bated breath or anything, but I'll be happy to watch more. I suppose that's really the review, right? Go ahead and watch it, might be fun. I only made it for "Older Teens" because there is a lot of censored nudity and a little bit of pervi-ness from Akatsuki. Definitely not for youngsters. So, yeah, pretty good, watch it if you want. I won't cry if you don't or anything.

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Alright!: Disgaea

Shattered Angels

Genre: Sci-Fi
Age Appropriate: High school+
Emotional Response: ugh
Notable Features: "angels" (AI), high school girl, giant magical-like robot representations
Language: English
Length: 1 season, 12 episodes
Overall Recommendation: Not so much

"Let's go. Together." - The Prince

Ku is a young high school girl who is in love with the "Prince" from her dreams. She seems like a typical girl with a romantic daydream life. She attends a school in the educational community of Acaemia. She has a friend who appears for the first two episodes, and they're both in love with the school's Morality Squad, good looking students in charge of keeping order in the school. All of the girls swoon over this group, and more so when a transfer student joins their ranks for another school nearby.
Ayanokoji is the new girl-crush worthy transfer student. He reminds Ku a lot like her dream prince.

Within the first two episodes of the series, she becomes mixed up in a battle between groups with Absolute Angels - at the center of which is Ayanokoji, who is desperate to follow in his brother's footsteps. The Absolute Angels are AI developed for war, after years of research. These angels fuel themselves with the energy of humans, through kissing. There are only four main Absolute Angels, specifically attached to one person each. Setsuna, a young looking lady in a maid outfit is attached to Ayanokoji, and is helplessly devoted to him - despite his desire to end all Absolute Angels.

As Ku learns about the story, step by step, she begins to see underneath the surface what she's first told about the situation. She starts to question the things going around her. The story follows her discoveries and the relationship between Ayanokoji, his brother, and the Absolute Angels. Underneath it all, there is a bit of a love story for each angel.

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This series was completely irritating. I suppose it would be more fair to say that Ku is super irritating. Every episode opens with her letters to her prince, and they're stupid drivel composed by an introverted teenage girl who lives in her own fantasyland. The biggest problem is that that is exactly what she is. I don't think the anime was done wrong, I just want to punch her character in the face sometimes. Ayanokoji is kind of a tool, but only made worse by Ku's swooning girl-crush love for him. I was also irritated by his treatment of his angel.

On top of it all, underneath all of the stupid highschool girl stuff, some of this is messed up.The angels also manifest their power as robot things that remind me of Power Ranger animal/robot things. After I thought it the first time, I couldn't get forget it. Maybe it's the mini-feminist in me that is bothered by the whole series. I don't usually think of myself that way, but aside from the asinine, irritating dialogue, I guess I really was bothered by the whole thing. It reminded me of Twilight. I admit, near the end my heart went a little pitter patter, and I got the sniffles, but it couldn't completely erase the full series. I guess, I would only really recommend it if you're a Twilight fan - despite the lack of vampires and werewolves.

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Keep it movin', mister.: Pretear

Ozuma (OZMA)

Genre: Sci-Fi
Age Appropriate: Any age
Emotional Response: What will happen next!? Oh. Ok. 
Notable Features: sand, versions of humanity, sand, airships, sand
Language: Japanese
Length: 6 episodes
Overall Recommendation: Pretty Good

Earth has been changed dramatically in the future. All of the water has dried up, and the world is now covered in sand. Ozuma (or OZMA) opens with a young man on a sand-glider moving toward a young lady windsurfing across the sand while running from a military force. A giant creature heaves out of the sand, and creates an avalanche that threatens to take down the woman, and she is bravely saved at the last minute by the young man, Sam. As the fly off together, he learns that her name is Maya. He takes her back to his ship, where it is docked, and invites her into the mess hall. Shortly after their arrival the ship is beset with the military chasing Maya, and the Captain of Sam's ship takes a stand by running with Maya on board. In the process they use scientific technology to shift the sand beneath the ship and sink below it - almost like a submarine in the ocean. The military uses their own methods to find them  under the sand, and they end up in a battle of wills -ending with the concession of the military at the last minute. This is the beginning of a strange story about Maya and what she represents for the world to come.

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Ozuma is only six episodes long - thus the very short synopsis. It's a good six episodes, though. The post-apocalyptic/advanced technology is actually fairly well done. It reminds me of something specific but I can't figure it out. Maybe by the time I post the review, I'll remember. Either way, this is a great sci-fi interlude. It would be great for a night in, when you just need to waste a few hours. It felt like it had more potential that what was realized, but I'm not sure if it would be solved by better writing, more episodes, or simply making it into a feature rather than a series. It's actually upsetting me that I can't really say much more for it, but there wasn't much to work with in 6 episodes - which means about 2 hours of viewing time. If Sci-Fi is your thing though, I would recommend it.

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Thrusters at full power!: Sekirei

Murder Princess

Genre: Action
Age Appropriate: Teen
Emotional Response: seriously, wtf
Notable Features: spiritual transmigration, princess, bounty hunters, evil cyborg little girls
Language: English
Length: 1 season, 6 episodes
Overall Recommendation: Not so much



Murder Princess is about a young woman, Princess Alita Forland, who must run from her castle as it is attacked by a traitorous scientist who feels he would be a better ruler. In the process of her escape, she ends up running through the woods until she meets a cliff, and a bounty hunter. In her fear, she falls of the cliff, bringing the bounty hunter, Falis, with her. While falling, they have managed to switch bodies in the supposed process of spiritual transmigration - which occurred when both women felt they were about to die and when their spirits realized this was not the case, they accidentally returned to the wrong bodies. After realizing their situation, with input from Falis' helpers - Peter and Dominicov - Alita begs Falis to take her place on the throne and protect her kingdom. Falis only helps for a price, in this case Alita has offered her everything that she is, to act as Falis' service until the kingdom is safe.

In the altercations with the evil scientist, and his android-girl helpers, New Alita has shown to be strong and deadly with a sword. She defeats the monsters in public also, gaining the nickname Murder Princess. Old Alita - now Milano, her servant - helps Falis/Alita become a better princess and queen by instilling in her a sense of responsibility and teaching her the little aristocratic things a noble woman should know (including submitting to having servants). In the end, it all comes down to the battle for the protection of the kingdom against enemies, likely and not, trying to take over the power controlled by the Forland family.

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There were some redeeming qualities of this anime, really. The story isn't really terrible, the end was typical, and there is some interesting parts of the plot. However, I was not a fan. Perhaps, it was more to do with the fact that the series was only 6 episodes, but I had really no emotional investment in the characters at all. Actually, I had to force myself to get through the first three episodes. The last three were decent. I was able to finish the end without much trouble, but I don't think an anime is too successful for me when the only motivation factor to finish it was to write this blog post.

Most of the enemy characters are some sort of misguided or misunderstood. The story behind the story feels like it was just thrown in there so that there was a reason things were happening, even though there was no foreshadowing involved. Normally, I'm happy for a good plot twist, but this wasn't a twist. It was more of a "Oh yeah, we need a point..." It's a bit frustrating. Honestly, I think the series could've handled a little good humor. I probably wouldn't recommend this to anyone. I'm sure there are a few anime that would be lower on a list for me, but this one is pretty stupid.

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Run, doggie, Run!: Inu X Boku Secret Service

Girls Bravo!

Genre: Romance
Age Appropriate: Adult (High Nudity - Not for Children)
Emotional Response: LOL, LOL, huh?, LOL
Notable Features: nudity, aliens, girls, innuendo
Language: English
Length: 2 seasons, 24 episodes
Overall Recommendation: Top 5

"...IN HELL!" - Kirie

Girls Bravo! is a series featuring Yukinari, a young man allergic to girls, and Miharu, a young woman from a planet of woman who shows up through a portal in Yuki's bathtub. Within the first sixty seconds there is some nudity, which essentially carries through the whole series. The whole story really begins with Yukinari accidentally walking in on Kirie, his neighbor and friend, in the bathtub. She kicks his ass - part of what would show to be her personality. This assault on Yukinari puts in motion his meeting of Miharu, when he is mysteriously transported to her planet and he realizes that she doesn't make him break out into a rash (he's literally allergic to girls).

Yukinari is a bit of a runt. Miharu is a bit of a ditz. When they meet on her home planet, she's naked and excited to meet him. Yukinari is just confused and panicked. It seems that Miharu knows exactly what's going on. On Seiren, there are no men and Yukinari's presence creates havoc (particularly with her big sister, Maharu). When he finally returns to Earth, Miharu follows shortly thereafter and the story really begins. Miharu opens Yukinari to a whole new world, both literally and figuratively. She also eats everything, everywhere, every time she can.

The supporting cast includes a pervy upperclassman, his witchy sister, and personnel from Seiren running around Earth for various reasons. There are also some assassin-level servants, an adorable pet and a bevy of voluptuous confusing women. Both seasons are full of inappropriate jokes and slightly complicated plot twists.

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First off, let me just say that there is a high level of nudity. Probably some in every episode. It's all incidental or accidental, not necessarily sexual. Still, I certainly wouldn't watch this with a family member, but maybe a few friends. It really is hilarious. There are a few hearty laugh out loud moments that are completely worth watching the whole series. Yukinari is often is a situation not of his own making, but gets a sound kick in the face by Kirie. Kirie is set on sending every perverted guy she runs across TO HELL! There is nothing to match Miharu's hungry ditziness or Fukuyama's incredible perverted antics. I think Fukuyama's attitude is probably one of the funniest things in the whole series. It wouldn't be complete without him.

There is so much to say and so little space! It is actually a series that you can survive with only watching one episode at a time, but that doesn't mean you have to. Each episode is completely focused on shenanigans, and probably only half of them have any relation to the plot. I admit, it may not have needed all 24 episodes. The end was a little weird, but all good things must come to an end somehow. All in all, the whole series is pretty fun. Clearly, with a Top 5 rating, I liked it. So, go watch it. Seriously.

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Ready! Aim!: Brave 10

Jyu-Oh-Sei

Genre: Sci-Fi
Age Appropriate: Pre-teen/Teen
Emotional Response: heartbreaking, confusing
Notable Features: whole new world, killer plants, Beast King, outer space
Language: English
Length: 1 season, 11 episodes
Overall Recommendation: Pretty Good

Chimera, or The Planet of the Beast King - a penal colony where people are sent to live out the rest of their lives, if they can make it. Originally from Hecate (the home planet), Rai and Thor are sent to the planet after their parents are betrayed and assassinated. Rai and Thor are actually young twins, age 11, when they're sent to the planet. They are rescued from the killer plants that inhabit the entire planet by a group of wild boys (like Lost Boys from Neverland). The planet is a Darwinian type society, and it is no different for the boys who start picking on Rai because he's young and weak - as opposed to Thor who is tougher. The twins run from the boys, and Thor has a moment of hate toward Rai for his weakness. After an attack by some men, Thor loses Rai to the plants and this is the basis of guilt throughout the storyline. The series is essentially about Thor's new life on the planet and meeting his goals to get back to his home world.

The Rings are the societal set-up of the planet - Sun, Blanco, Night and Ochre. Each ring has a separate set of rules and is determined by the color of skin, hair and eyes. The similarity across the rings lies i the general structure: Top - who has defeated the previous Top, Second - Second in command and with certain responsibilities, and Third - again the same but with the least amount of responsibities of the three. Also, women and men are kept separate as women make up 20% of the population and are deemed precious. They have their own Top/Second/Third structures within the rings.

As the series moves on, Thor's determination leads to the conclusion that he must become the Beast King in order to avenge his assassinated parents by getting off Chimera. He moves up to being Ochre Top quickly, taking Tiz and Third (Ochre's previous Third) with him. There is a time skip in the series to cover the uneventful years of 11-15 that mark the beginning of Thor's reign as Ochre Top. He deals with hidden agendas, betrayal, love and disappointment throughout his journey - all to get to the Dagger Pagoda that will lead him off the planet and to his parents' betrayer.

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Normally, I have to set a follow some sort of viewing schedule to make sure that I watch the series in time to write a post. You know, this many episodes on this many days. This is one of those where I just watched a whole bunch and before I realized the time, it was over or I was falling asleep. I'm not even typically a Sci-Fi fan, but I still got sucked in.

It has a compelling storyline that really has potential. I made it through 6 episodes in one sitting, but around 7 or 8 the storyline stalls a bit. Some of the plot devices make sense, kinda, but they suffer in that middle part. The beginning really reals you in because you want to see what's next and you have some hope that Thor will kick everyone's asses and meet his goals, defying the way of Chimera. (I'm trying not to write too much about it, either in review or synopsis, because it's only 11 episodes.) In the end, this series is just sad - not bad sad, but tear-jerking sad. The last two episodes almost make up for the boring middle. They're moving. I guess, if you're into Sci-Fi, this is a good series to watch. I enjoyed it.


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New World Order: Girls Bravo! (per special request)