Last night was the first anime night since the spring season has started. Our awesome host found a whole bunch of different types of anime for us to watch last night and we just went to town and sampled them. Next week, there should be more to sample next week (like the long-waited second season of Fate/Zero and Kore Wa Zombie Desu ka? Of the Dead!), but we had a lot of fun watching all the new stuff that Japan had to offer.
We started the night off with Nyarko-san: Another Crawling Chaos , which is about a cute (but really, really weird) little girl who came to Earth to protect a boy (Mahiro) from things that come out of the Cthulu mythos as well as to stop a sort of intergalactic organised crime. It’s kind of weird and really, really funny. I would not, however, recommend you watch this in front of your children because the humour might be a little too racy for them. But it is available on Crunchy Roll.
Next up was Acchi Kocchi, which is a slice of life that revolves around five friends. The pacing is a little slow and the humour can sometimes be a little subtle, but I am going to watch at least a few more episodes of it to see how it goes. So far, it seems safe for younger audiences, but it some might see it as too slow for their liking.
After that, we watched two episodes of Accel World. This series was by far the most interesting (to me) of the night. It’s about a short, pudgy kid in middle school set in Japan during the year 2046. The protagonist spends a lot of time in a MMORPG environment to escape the real world where he’s bullied constantly until he is approached by a popular upperclassman who gives him a program that allows him to accelerate his world. The first two episodes pulled me right in and I am looking forward to following this series. I think it may be ok for kids to watch (there have been like…maybe 3 or 4 instances so far of swear words or a middle finger, but they have been bleeped/blurred out).
Next up was Medaka Box, which is about a student class president who sets up a suggestion box and wants to fulfil all of the suggestions submitted. Although it is an interesting and is pretty funny, the fan service can get a bit too much. I will try to give it another try next week when the new episode comes out, though.
We then ended the night with Dusk Maiden of Amnesia, which was another surprise winner. M and I had read the description and were kind of not interested in it. After the first episode (they are on Crunchy Roll, by the way), though, they have definitely got me reconsidering this. So far, it’s about a group of kids who formed a paranormal activity club at their school. One of the members, a young boy, is being followed by the ghost of a young girl who was left to die in the old school building. Depending on what you do and do not allow your kids to watch, it may be ok. There is a scene where the boy and the ghost are in a dumbwaiter and he touches her boobs (you don’t see him doing it, but, the dialogue is a little suggestive in this scene). Otherwise, it has been a really fun (and funny) and might be ok.
Well, that was all that we watched this week. I can already say that if you’re ok with your spawn watching action-type animes, that you will definitely want to check out the first season of Fate/Zero (prequel to the show Fate Stay Night), which is all on Crunchy Roll. Just a warning on that, though, is it can get bloody and a little gorey (it’s a fight to the death after all).
I look forward to seeing you all on the board as well as on the G+ hangout!
