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200 (+) Anime Worth Taking With Us Into the Next Decade

Oh God, Another Genre Debate (OR The True Genre of Lucky Star)

It's definitely not a futuristic psychological cop drama...

Genres are always a tough subject to discuss because they are based on the decisive reasoning of a group in an attempt to classify something and thereby give it a place in the greater database of human thought. Genre debates are a pain in the ass because many people seek to diversify the definitions of a genre, which doesn’t make any sense because the entire point of a genre title is to be absolute and objective.

Kampfer ep. 1 – Bullet Bitches

The first episode of Kampfer is great – a load of fun, a casserole of laughs, at least one or two kinds of badass, easily the best Nomad production since Rozen Maiden, and part of the growing yuri trend in anime. That said, let’s admit the truth: this is a show about female domination.  It goes beyond just having a mostly-female cast and plenty of fanservice – this show is putting an effort into placing the pussy on a pedastal that the male gender is far too weak to reach.

Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan Episode 1 – A Little Better Than Your Average Fanservice Show and Even if the Piss Fetish is a Little Awkward

Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan is a pure fanservice comedy anime with a style similar to the likes of Macademi WAsshoi, Moetan, Asu no Yoichi, or Kanokon. That said, it is very aware of itself as such, and for being what it is, does a satisfying job of good, fun entertainment for those of us with lower standards.

MAZE OF THE HAZE! Test Drive – Weird Shit that Central Park Media Left Behind

I’m going to go ahead and guess that you haven’t seen Maze the Megaburst Space, and if you have, you are probably very excited that someone is actually talking about it. It’s one of those shows that aired in the 90s and got licensed long ago, but largely forgotten to the point that it’s scarce fans don’t even bring it up anymore, even if they probably really enjoyed it. No Name hasn’t even seen it – that’s how you know it’s fallen under the radar. And I wouldn’t have seen in either, were it not for some folks in the Amazon marketplace trying to get rid of some stock.

Stop! Hibari-kun! Old School Trap Anime

Many thanks to the ever-awesome anonymous of /a/ for introducing me to this treasure. Stop! Hibari-kun! is a show that aired from 1983-84 produced by Toei. The show is about a guy named Kousaka who’s mom died at the start of the show. She sends him to live with a former lover, who Kousaka quickly realizes is a yakuza boss (and turbo-violent to boot.) Initially, he wants to get the fuck out of this yakuza looney-bin, but then he sees one of the boss’ daughters and falls in love at first sight. As it turns out, the boss has 3 great daughters of diferent ages, but the one who Kousaka fell in love with is the 4th – the boss’ son! Kousaka is devastated, but the trap, Hibari-kun, seems intent to seduce Kousaka!

Oh, and it has the same script-writer as Legend of the Galactic Heroes

Asu no Yoichi! Episode 1 Impressions, Possibly In Another Attempt To Be Trendy That Might Fail Just As Hard

Asu no Yoichi is the winter season’s fanservice-comedy and it does not fail to impress in either department. Could one of the best first episodes of an ecchi comedy I’ve seen be proof of great potential?

Maria Holic First Ep Impressions, Possibly in a Desperate Attempt to be Trendy

It’s funny how I see this stuff on everyone else’s blogs and it doesn’t even occur to me that I haven’t been doing it on mine.