Welcome back. For
those of you just joining us, for the month of November, every Friday will
feature a look back at the first 26 titles ive reviewed on First Impression
Friday. Have I continued these shows,
dropped them, still on the fence? You’ll
find the answers as the month goes on.
And if you missed out on Part 1, you can check it out right here (http://gundamanimeblog.blogspot.com/2016/11/fif-special-feature-second-impression.html
).
Onto the continuing adventure…
#7-Mobile Suit
Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans
So my first impressions on this one ended up being, more
or less, a review of the first season itself (just cause of timing when I finally
decided to look at this one). My
feelings are still mixed: lots of good, lots of confusion. I was excited to get back to the world of IBO
when it returned earlier in October and I am still keeping up with it as it
airs weekly on Crunchyroll. This is
pretty big for me, being able to catch Gundam just as it’s airing in
Japan. Plus, it’s kind of good to see
the old cast back (Mika, Orga, Atra) while the Gundam Barbatos looks better
than ever. I’m not quite sold on the new
cast or the supposed main villain. But I’m committed, that’s for sure. I might even come back to this and do a full
series review when Iron Blooded Orphans wraps up sometime next year.
#8-Ace Attorney
I never continued this one. I was a bit turned off (and I think others
were too) by this series being a blow for blow adaptation of the video
games. Maybe it got more original down
the line, but I wasn’t too keen to keep going after Episode 3. This felt like less of an Ace Attorney Anime
and more of an Animated Strategy Guide for the video game. And that’s a shame. The world of Phoenix Wright has long deserved
it’s Anime due.
#9-Sailor Moon
Crystal Season 3
I was with this series a lot…and then suddenly stopped
right before the finale. I couldn’t think
of too much I disliked about it. The
character designs looked less CG (as did much of the series), the humor was
back and the cast felt like they always should have. As for the arrival of Uranus and Neptune,
that was handled…not as great, it took a while for them to fully reveal
themselves I think (and even longer for Pluto to get involved). I guess pacing was my biggest issue with
Season 3. It was very slow burn and by
the time we started for the finish line, I just kind of stopped. It is only three episodes I have to
watch. I could knock that out in a short
marathon. The bigger question is, will I
be back for Season 4 with Chibi Moon and the Magical Unicorn…God that sounds so
wrong but that’s exactly what it is.
#10-Brotherhood:
Final Fantasy XV
I was set to keep going on this one. I guess I ended up losing track of when each
episode was coming out since it was a little sporadic. Plus I was a little bummed that the actual
Final Fantasy XV game got pushed back from the end of September to the end of
November. Really, this should give me
more time to get through the other four (or five) remaining episodes. They’re all really short (like
10-15mins). So really I have no excuse
to plunge back in since I did like the first episode quite a bit.
#11-Little Witch
Academia
I freaking loved it and while the sequel was good, but
not as good as the first one, I am definitely stoked that Studio Trigger is set
to make a full series of this one. There’s
such a (pun intended) magical quality to LWA that I haven’t seen in an Anime in
a while, not since…well Trigger’s other huge hit, Kill La Kill. The fact that the sequel: The Enchanted
Parade, was a successful Kickstarter campaign proves this little Anime that
coulds staying power. Looking forward
the continuing adventures of Akko, Sucy and Lotte.
#12-Cyborg 009 vs
Devilman
I stayed true to my word on this one. I didn’t get it and I didn’t continue
it. Two Anime that I feel have no business
crossing paths unless it’s unofficial fanfiction; why did they crossover? Why were they set in the same universe when
they hadn’t acknowledged each other before (to my knowledge anyway)? WHY WAS THIS EVER A THING?!!! I never looked back after Episode 1 and am
not planning on it any time soon. If
anyone did see it, did it get any less confusing or any better?
That wraps up this weeks recap. Next week, my final thoughts of RWBY Chibi
and my continuing thoughts on One Punch Man, Charlotte and others.
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