Psyquis Anime Review

Dragonball Z

Goku is a martial artist....and so is Piccolo (except he's an alien) and Krillin (except he doesn't have a nose and he's a midget) and Tien (except he has a third eye) and Chiaotzu (except he's an evil death mime) and Vegeta (except he's pissed because he's not Goku) and Gohan (Goku's son) and Trunks (Vegeta's son) and Goten (Goku's other son) and Freeza (except he's a metrosexual lizard) and Cell (except he's a giant bug) and Yamcha (who in early episodes could be easily mistaken for a weak Goku) and Boo (who's fat or childish or just flat out bizarre)

Okay okay. So I'll some the whole damn thing up for you now. They are fighters and they power up and they fight each other....that's it.

This is not the first anime I'd ever seen but it was the start of my decent into the strange world of animes. At first the show is good and it gets interesting. You enjoy their training sessions and you begin to become attached to the characters. All the characters have their uses and you like them for it....then it happens.
The Vegeta saga ends and they go into space and everything goes straight to hell from there. They never quite recover from it. A stupid process of power-up / say something threatening / throw a punch / power up / repeat - starts and they won't stop. Fights that ordinarily take one episode are spread throughout 5 or 6 or even 10 in some cases. All the support characters that you liked...are useless now because it always comes down to Saiyans. It's worthless.

Raditz saga - 2 out of 5
Vegeta saga - 3 out of 5 Not bad
Everything else - 2 out of 5 maybe even 1 out of 5 in some cases.

Buu Saga - 3 out of 5

This is a hard show to review because it changes pace and style so often that it's almost like the writer is changing personality throughout the series.

Gundam Wing

Thousands of People live on giant orbiting space colonies called "Sides." However, the Earth Government, which rules the colonies, is unjust and cruel. A group of revolutionaries builds five robotic Gundams and plans to send them to Earth to begin their fight for independence. Piloted by five young men, their hopes and dreams of freedom of the colonists with them as they descend to Earth to begin Operation Meteor!

My second step to becoming an anime addict and a good sized step up.
This show had the potential to be spectacular however it dwells far too long on political perspective and philosophy. The very insightful things they try to say end up contradicting themselves and are 100% moot by the end of the show. Especially when they say they are causing a war to help people stop having wars by changing their minds from a warlike nature that way we can have true peace but justice can only be found in battle and true battles are in war but I don't want to have war because I want peace but I have to war to have peace so there will be no more wars....

It's just as dumb as it sounds. Especially if you watch the episodes back to back.
The Gundams are pretty cool though and so are the characters.

3 out of 5 I'd give it a higher score but damned if all that fake philosophy doesn't get on your nerves after a little while

Doki Doki School Hours

A very short 27 year old teacher has an interesting time trying to teach her class. She has to deal with the eccentricities of her students as they present themselves over the school year. When you have an insane class (which includes a cross-dressing narcissist, an otaku, a dumb jock, a boy-band obsessed girl, a lesbian in love with the teacher, a homosexual in love with the jock, a guy who looks like a middle-aged man, a girl obsessed with material items and the vain rich girl), what's a person to do but hope?

As far as high school shows go this one's not bad but it isn't quite as good as Azumanga Daioh. It has it's funny moments but really it just feels like a cheap imitation.

3 out of 5 just because it isn't as good as Azumanga Daioh doesn't mean it's not good.

Vampire Hunter D

D, a haunted half-human, half-vampire warrior, wanders the countryside of a feudalistic future, hunting his own kind while battling his own evil nature. Like a rogue samurai, the silent, solitary hero wanders into a small hamlet terrorized by the all-powerful Count, a monstrous vampire lord, and his demonic minions from a castle that casts a long shadow over the countryside. The Count has claimed the human Doris (who wields a mean cutlass herself) as his bride. D becomes her protector and--when she's captured by the Count's shape-shifting minions--her savior.

Well.......you can tell this came first. It clearly lacks quality, but then again it's fairly old. Still you'd think the music could at least match the situation. The action's peculiar and the only thing in the entire show that's even in the slightest bit interesting is the lead character, D.

2 out of 5 it just isn't good. That's all. Stick to Bloodlust if you know what's good for ya.

Samurai Showdown

One hundred years after their deaths, six legendary holy warriors are reborn to seek justice against the former comrade who betrayed them into the hands of an evil god! The six warriors search the feudal province of Edo questing for the last Saint Soldier, Haohmaru, and their sworn nemesis Shirou Amakusa. Will the followers of the divine light triumph over the forces of darkness, or is history destined to repeat itself? Before their hundred-year journey has ended, six samurai will prove that the only thing stronger than their holy blades is the steel of their wills!

I love the Samurai Showdown games. They are a total blast.

I hate the movie. It's not that good. That's about all I can say about it. It's just not good.

2 out of 5 video game movies suck.

Panzer Dragoon

A young man must partner with a dragon to save humanity from another dragon that kind of, sort of kidnapped his girlfriend.

What the hell is with all the screaming in this? You'd think the dragon would choose someone less...stupid to be his partner, but nope. He has to choose the single most idiotic person in existence to be his partner.
Everything this guy says he has to scream from the very start.

- HEY! I THINK I WOULD LIKE SOME WATERMELON! THANK YOU FOR THE WATERMELON! I WOULD LIKE SOME MORE WATERMELON! DAMMIT! THIS WATERMELON IS SOOOOOO GOOOOD!! SHUTUP DRAGON! I'M EATING WATERMELON! DON'T HURT PEOPLE DRAGON! I'M EATING WATERMELON! WHERE'S MY GIRLFRIEND DRAGON! I LIKE WATERMELON!

Finally the dragon speaks up and the first words out of his mouth are essentially the equivilant of this: "Shut the Oogedy-boogedy up!"

1 out of 5. This is bad. Go watch Street Fighter Alpha Generations and complete your misery.

Tekken

The best part of the video game Tekken has always been an animated prelude that sets the stage before you start drop-kicking your opponent's head. So it seemed natural to extend it into a movie, brought to life with artful anime illustration and an alt-rock soundtrack. All of your favorite Tekken characters are here as they battle their way through each other to win the Iron Fist tournament, where fighters of unequaled strength from around the world gather to test their strength in the gladitorial arena. Of course, intrigue and danger abound, with professional assassins, champions of justice, and those whose prowess earns them fear and respect facing off. Also, many opponents have deadly hidden agendas.

God Almighty! At least Street Fighter had one or two good movies before they went bad, these guys really like to jump the gun.
It has a decent plot but the characters lack...character. Which is funny seeing as the video game paints the characters so well. So the director really had to screw this up pretty bad to make the game this horrible.

2 out of 5 Eating a frozen lizard on a stick would be more fun.

Hamtaro

The story of hamsters who get together at meetings to talk about their adventures.

Here's the opening: http://www.zippyvideos.com/193505689376110...ro_-_opening_1/

It's a show about hamsters....
It's a very cute show....
It's not bad. Really. It's not that bad.
If you are going to watch a show with a kid it might as well be this.

3 out of 5 Crum crum....

Battle Arena Toshinden

One year ago, the battle between Master Swordsman Eiji Shinjo and the infamous Gaia was interrupted by agents of the sinister "Organization." Now, someone is hunting down the champions of the Battle Arena. At last, the ultimate battle between the greatest fighters in the world will finally be decided. But if Eiji should lose, his friend Ellis will die.... Based on the smash-hit video game.

There was a video game that was really bad and fairly popular. They decided to make a movie about it...and it sucked.

1 out of 5 don't watch it. Please don't do it. It's safer if you don't.

Neon Genesis Evangelion

When the Angels start attacking the planet Earth in the year 2015, only a handful of 14-year-old EVA pilots are able to stop them. The weak-minded Shinji Ikari suddenly finds himself forced to pilot EVA-01, a giant organic mecha, designed and constructed by NERV, that is the only thing that can stop the Angels.

Enough with the bad shows already.

Okay, this show is extremely popular. It's also really good. Don't be shocked if you end up enjoying it.
HOWEVER - it has the worst ending of any anime I've ever seen. Bar-none. It's awful. It's confusing and attempts to be poetic but falls into the realm of total stupidity. Why must there be so much philosophy in tv shows involving giant mechs? Just smack the living @#$% out of the other guy for crying out loud. Don't contemplate life, justice or what side of bread to butter; just beat the living @#$% out of the other guy. That's why they give you the big damn mech!

4 out of 5. It would get a 5 if it ended any differently.

The Scrapped Princess

The adventures of a princess prophesized to destroy the world and her magic using sibling warrior bodyguards determined to protect her.

Really that's all there is to it, but the show is spectacular. It's enticing and incredibly fun. I absolutely love it. My wife and I were addicted to it for a long time. Also it has one of the best endings in anime.

4 out of 5 very good.

Akagi

Mahjong is a game played heavily by gamblers and criminals in Japan. In the deep underworld a young man will become a legend and bring down many men by playing this game.

The show starts when Akagi is just 13 and it ends when he's 20 or something. Anyway, it doesn't matter. The entire show is about Mahjong and how the gambles can become increasingly dangerous.

26 episodes of this. 26! Kino's journey was intriguing and intelligent and we only got 13 of that but we get 26 episodes of some people playing a game that nobody could ever fully understand. It's ridiculous.
The show isn't bad really. Akagi is heartless, daring, and very smart. It's kind of a super-intense poker game that you don't get.
If that was all there was to the show it would actually be decent but it isn't because it tries to add intensity by making fully illustrated metaphors.

Also it has the worst starting song I've ever heard. Bar-none.

2 out of 5 The show starts strong and ends weak.

Paranoia Agent

"When the darkness overcomes the heart, Little Slugger appears...." After the first victim's story, the police felt the overly stressed woman was having a breakdown and lied to cover-up for some crime. However, after the third and fourth attacks upon unrelated victims led to the same description of a young attacker with a golden baseball bat and in-line skates, the police had to wonder- is the "Lil' Slugger" real or a sinister phantom?

You'll never be able to figure out if Lil Slugger is real or not on your own, because nobody could guess that kind of insanity.
This show is amazing...at first. Scary later and then just flat out weird.
Still I feel it's very much worth your while. If you're looking for something that has more of an ominous feel to it then this is a great place to start.

4 out of 5 Great start up too. The intro is scary in itself...of course so is the ending theme.

Cowboy Bebop

Spike Spiegel is a bounty hunter in the far future with an easy going attitude and some deadly skill at martial arts. Together with his partners, Jet Black, and later Faye Valentine as well, they go to job to job across the galaxy looking for the high priced fugitives to bag. Along the way, the bad guys are in for a load of hurt and frustration from these characters.

Ed is funny. I don't care who you are, she is funny.

I'm not sure what to tell you about this show. It's definately worth watching. Each episode is unique in itself with facinating characters and awesome action (when there is any). Sometimes the show drags, but it balances itself rather nicely.
The music is great, the animation is fast, and the stories are usually very good.
I wish it was longer though.

Now here's the most important part: The ending.
The show starts good and ends incredible! It's one of the best (maybe THE best) endings I've ever seen! I won't spoil it for you but you should go check it out pronto! It's awesome.

4 out of 5 It's so close to a 5 it's disgusting, but some of the episodes are just too boring and the series just isn't long enough.

Love Hina

When Keitaro was a child, he was friends with a little girl. When the girl had to move away, the two made a promise to meet each other at Tokyo University when they grew up. Years later, Keitaro has failed his entrance exam twice, and his parents refuse to support him any longer. His grandmother gives him refuge and employment as caretaker of her inn, which just happens to serve as a female dormitory. The eclectic group of tenants tease, annoy and berate him to no end. Still, Keitaro won't ever give up his promise to meet his childhood friend again, even though he can't remember her name.

Are you a pervert? Have you been looking for a good comedy that's also perverted? Well look no further perverts! Love Hina has come to save the day. With incredibly perverted moments that get progressively worse as the series continues and is borderline Hentai.

But it is funny and semi-entertaining but mostly it's just frustrating.

3 out of 5 It's not bad. There's a reason it's so popular.

FLCL (Fooley Cooley)

Naota is a normal student living with his abnormal father and grandfather. One day, a seemingly insane girl named Haruko blazes in from out of nowhere on her Vespa, wielding an electric guitar with a buzzsaw! Haruko moves in with Naota under the pretense of being a housekeeper, but Naota knows there's something obviously strange about her. To make matters worse, large shapes are growing out of his head, hatching into large monsters that Haruko makes her mission to kill. Who is Haruko really, and what is she after? You won't find out until the end of this bizarre story.

I remember the first time I saw an episode from this show. I thought there was something really wrong with me. It cracked me up and half the time I didn't even know why. It's very random, very odd and the only real fans it has are hyperactive Junior High perverts.
The soundtrack is awesome

3 out of 5...I'm still not sure it was an actual show or if someone slipped me some drugs and I was just tripping the entire time.

Yume Tsukai

The cause behind the strange events that suddenly occur in daily life, must be someone’s dream.
To dream (Yume) - it is to imagine something strongly. The dream sometimes goes beyond one’s mind, and comes into existence in real life. The dream that crosses the border becomes a nightmare as a result, and causes much trouble.
The Yume Tsukai, such as Mishima Toko and Renko, use their shamanic powers to calm nightmares. Then, they find the owner of the dream, and make the dream into what it should be.

Yeah, I'll watch just about anything. Why? Because it's either that or work. Wait until you see the show I'm watching right now. It's disturbing.

So back to the review. It had the potential to be incredibly good but the writing was just shy of great. The most interesting episodes involved romantic situations that were disturbing at best. I wouldn't recommend this show to anyone. There's nothing special about it. It offers nothing and you gain nothing by watching it.

2 out of 5 - not too bad but not good.

Damekko Doubutsu

Uruno, a useless wolf, is on the road searching for a new place to call home. He soon comes upon a whole forest full of "useless animals"-- that is, animals that don't live up to their species' usual character. After a short fight with the smoking, bad-tempered rabbit, Usahara, Uruno decides that he wants to move on... but changes his mind upon meeting Chiiko, a clumsy cheetah girl. It's love at first sight for Uruno, and after deciding to stay for her, he continues to hope that even though he's a good-for-nothing, he'll win her over someday. That is, if living with the other strange residents of the forest-- including the aformentioned smoking rabbit, a sake-drinking unicorn, a near-sighted owl, a travelling saleswoman bear, and a shy pegasus --doesn't get to him first.

Perhaps you didn't believe me when I said I'd watch anything. If you didn't believe me before I'm pretty certain you'll believe me now.

After searching through hundreds and hundreds of episodes of many different animes I have finally found the character that I most relate to.
And he's useless. The lead character of this show is 100% useless much like myself and no matter what he does things end up useless.

It reminds me of my big exercising fit where I dieted and exercised for 6 months straight. 4 hours a day. Every day of the week...
And I didn't lose a single inch on my waist.
Or of when I had earned 1,000 dollars in one week of work and my car fell apart the next week.
Or when I thought I was in love with this person and she ended up marrying a guy in Indy that was just like me only taller.

Luckily I'm married now so none of that crap matters...except the money. I could use that money right about now. 🙁

Anyway the show is entertaining but short. Each episode runs about 10 mins. Maybe more...maybe less. It's hard to say. Aside from being short I loved it. It was pointless to a "T" and fun all around.
Since it's so short it's better suited for those with a short attention span or for killing time when something else is going on. It's about the best way to do it to.

3 out of 5 I almost gave it a 4 but I was a little biased toward it.
I'd recommend this to anyone. Seriously.
If you can't find any episodes then just go to www.crunchyroll.com

I know, I know...everybody hates me. It's okay, but these reviews aren't fan service. They're actual reviews of actual animes for those who have never seen animes before. I'm trying to help newcomers to find something a little more to their liking.

Originally posted by Psyquis52
Gunslinger Girls

Premise: Young women who are diseased or otherwise emotionally crippled are given to a government program. This government program turns them into cybernetic assasins or anti-terrorists.

I can sum this up in one word: SHORT.
Too short. Just when you're getting used to the politics and the characters it ends. 13 episodes long. Barely worth the effort. It was intelligent and semi-intriguing; but really all it had was lost potential. It could have been great but fell to just...so-so.
Hopefully someone will pick this idea up and run with it the right way.

2 out of 5.
As is it's not really worth your time as it is.