AWKWARD ZOMBIE

If I do second seasons I'll have to do the first as well, so I'll get around to those later. I'll probably do Horizon first when it comes to S2 stuff.

Coming soon: Sword Art Online!!!

ahahaha yes

Very funny reviews, as expected. Also interesting, I'm thoroughly tempted to check out Jinrui now.

It'd be cool to see your review of Durarara!! or Anohana, although I'm not sure how mainstream they're considered.

I don't think I ever got around to finishing dulalala; I got to like episode 24 or something and got bored because the second half is kind of lame

Now for the rebew

Sodo Ato Onrain aka Sword Art Online aka SAO



In the year 2022 mankind has invented virtual reality, so obviously this technology is immediately put into use in the production of MMOs.

The story begins on the launch day of the new game Sword Art Online. This game is such hot shit that people queue up three days before release! Three days!!!!!!



We then join our protagahero Kirito as he plugs into his virtual reality hat and zips off to surf the "world wide web" (This show is pretty high tech so I might use some vernacular that you aren't used to) after a little calibration sequences that was pretty neat to be honest.





A six character password? Kirito you fucking scrub.



After logging in he finds that he can still see his legs, video games have come a long way in ten years.

We learn that Kirito has played the game before, since he was a beta tester. He knows his shit and makes sure to keep a low key by running through a crowded town like a moron. Some dude sees him and realises that this guy is wised up and asks him to show him how to not be so scrubbish.

Kirito agrees to help him and they go do low level MMO type things like killing fauna and what not. They chat about how the game has no magic and the only weapons appear to be swords (I'm not really sold on this game). His new buddy Klein asks him if you would mind helping some of his friends out too, Kirito gets nervous as this would mean less 1 on 1 time with his new boyfriend.

Eventually Klein has to log out because he ordered pizza, and we come to the big shocking twist of SAO: There's no logout button. (!!!!!!!!)

Suddenly they get zipped away, with everyone else playing the game, to a big plaza and a big spooky robe guy appears, (this guy made the game!!!!)



Spooky robe man explains to everybody that the game is not bugged, and that the logout button is supposed to be missing.

The next big shock is that if you die in the game, you die in real life. This a super fucking original idea. Also you are a vegetable IRL so it's up to someone to find you and take you to a hospital or you die. Also taking off your virtual reality hat kills you. Mr Robes reveals that 200 people have of already died because of this. But don't worry if you beat all 100 levels of the game you get to go free, so it's totally fair.

Robe-san then trolls his entire user base by making look like themselves rather than the avatars they created. Cute little girls turn into middle aged men, and Kirito's secret is revealed to his new boyfriend, he's not a badass looking dude, he's a pretty bishounen.

As a leet SAO expert Kirito decides they need to take action and leg it to the first town before anyone else, but Klein wants to wait for his guild that he wanted to play the game with, so Kirito must journey on alone.


;_;



Kirito stabs a low level wolf in the face and the adventure begins. What a badass.

Vissles

This shit has some really nice backgrounds, I am a sucker for nice backgrounds and clouds.

The character designs are pretty nice, you might notice that they are similar to those in Working!! because they are.

The UI design of SAO itself is pretty neat, and like I said earlier the calibration sequence at the beginning were cool. There weren't really any super sakuga moments to speak of in the first episode, just stabbing mobs which was okay but nothing to speak of. I have high hopes for some great action scenes in the future.

SAO is a fairly played out idea with an overdone setting presented really well. It's not breaking any walls or giving you much to think about, but if you want to watch people fight and shit in a fantasy setting with some sci-fi aspects then it's perfectly entertaining.

can't be fucked with the OP or ED cus they're shit

I left .hack out because it doesn't immediately kill you

Two, but as of writing this I haven't seen the second one.

>2022
>still playing mmos
At least he can see his legs but where is the rest of his body.

another thing to add to my list of things to watch
gj

whuts up boudys is time for animeation

today is,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Tari Tari

I don't think Tari Tari means anything in English but I read that it's like a Japanese phrase where like you are making a list or something and it's sort of like "this and that" but that could be bullshit I have no idea

I sort of want to abbreviate it to TT or T^2 but people do that with Tony Taka and he is a shitty artist so it ruins it a little



Tari Tari is PA Works latest offering to the genre of Chinese animation after the travesty that was Another. The show centres around a group of teenagers without any real problems living in an idyllic seaside town. Like, I don't know anime Dawson's Creek or something.

Our protagonist is Konatsu Miyamoto, a loud midget with droopy eyes that wants to sing super bad. Konatsu is in the choir but the choir lord (This is the technical term, I was on the choir squad in high school) won't let her sing due to PAST MISHAPPENINGS. This makes all thirty centimetres of Konatsu mega mad and she quits to start her own choir squad. After recruiting her bff Sawa Largechest she tries to recruit local plank of wood Sakai Wakana, Wakana chews Konatsu out for being too casual at music, much too her dismay because she is totes not a casual-Crush Bandicoot.

Initially I thought this show had a bland cast, the characters seem like caricatures of PA Works' past project Hanasaku Iroha, but after watching a few more episodes this is completely and obviously incorrect. This is probably the best cast of any show this season. All of them are likeable and unique and aren't simply archetypes. They're real developed characters with somewhat realistic flaws. Interactions are a little weak between characters but that's to be expected since they don't really know eachother, however the ones that do have nice chemistry.

Also there are male main characters that aren't bland inserts for the viewer. How crazy. As well as singing the show is also about the world's favourite game; Badminton. Taichi Tanaka is a super serious dude about badminton, but nobody else gives a shit about badminton. Facing his badminton club's closure due to lack of shits given he is forced to strike a deal with the wily fox fetus Konatsu and has to join the choir club to ensure that both clubs survive.

Then there's the transfer student Wien. Wien is from Austria and the best transfer student in anything ever. It's played out as hell but who cares Wien is fucking awesome and moe as shit. At this point he is mostly the butt of jokes and kind of a gimmick, but he hasn't had any sort of arc or development yet, there's probably a lot more to Wien. Even if there isn't Wien is the best so who cares.

It's unclear yet whether romance is in the cards but it probably won't be. Tari Tari is at the core a solid drama about teenagers, music and badminton. If you watched and liked Hanasaku Iroha then you will like Tari Tari, if you didn't like Hanasaku Iroha you will probably like Tari Tari anyway because this time the characters aren't cunts.

The other section

As expected of PA Works-kun the backgrounds are fabulous and they've gone back to their Mel Kishida inspired animation style from Hanasaku which is pretty lovely.

The animation can look a bit off in places, especially Konatsu whose droopy eyes can make her look retarded when not drawn properly. The characters also have prominent lack of nose when in profile which bothers me a little.

Sawa has a really nice hat.

OP

Some shite song by some Jpop singer, I skip evertim. First half of the animation has nice little character intros and then it devolves into running and walking in various direction for no reason.

ED

Once again the ED prevails. Sung by the cast and wholly a better song. Here it is twice because if you aren't blind and deaf you might notice that the animation and song change, this is a nice touch.

I should probably rethink how I write these because I already concluded what the show was so this isn't much to end on.

here's 10 minutes of Wien



next time: roroni kensho

I love your reviews so much, it's an incredible delight reading them

yes yes this is good

excuse me nako is a pure and elegant maiden and minchi is the chiaki omigawa which excuses her of any faults

more like queer lord lol