Granbelm: Chasing the Ideal

August 15, 2019 HainiryunActively avoiding edgy writing tropes, Granbelm, Nene is Fine. Hurah!, Nene's sisters made it over from China surprisingly quickly, So Suisho is clearly just the villain at this point, You'd think Anna's mother would avoid having axes in the house given how her daughter actsLeave a comment

If you die in the Granbelm you’re fine actually.

Weirdly enough that’s sort of novel these days. I apreciate the show continuing to not be suffering porn. Nene got over her loss last week surprisingly quickly, tracking down Mangetsu more out of curiosity about the person who beat her than anything else, and even offering her assistance going forward. Being able to fight on her own terms for the first time was clearly a cathartic experience which has allowed her to open up to others a little more. She’s even able to finally acknowledge Kibou’s friendship, she might be out of the contest but Nene’s in a far better place than she used to be.

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Granbelm Episode 5: A short girl’s long fight

August 8, 2019August 8, 2019 HainiryunAs a fellow short person Nene's battlefield is pretty relatable actually, Cool Robots, Granbelm, Mangetsu is pretty susp actually, Nene deserved the win honestly, Nene's power is still gigaflare but now she gets to punch things too so that's extra nifty, Since she can't enter the Granbelm world any more let's just take one last moment to apreciate Nene's tiny crown, Suisho was her usual clearly evil self again this week but that's nothing newLeave a comment

This episode was one long drawn out battle and it was spectacular. The show’s always looked good but they definitely went all out this episode. Beamspam happened, big fancy magic sigils were cast, it was generally a good week for cool robots.

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Granbelm Episode 4: Teaming up

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 HainiryunCool Robots, Family trees are important strategic information in Granbelm, Granbelm, Nene's power is kind of just Gigaflare and it's pretty nifty, Suisho was her usual clearly evil self again this week but that's nothing new2 Comments

As expected this week’s episode was fairly Nene centric, although not necessarily in the way I’d expected. Rather than having her act as the central figure of the episode she was instead the central obstacle for the other competitors to deal with as she finally came out of hiding and revealed her Armanox’s special ability.

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Granbelm Episode 3: Reasons to Fight

July 24, 2019July 24, 2019 HainiryunCool Robots, Granbelm, Shingetsu is pretty susp actually, Since Nene has apparently been hiding for a year and Mangetsu and Kuon just joined the previous year of Granbelm must have been a bit repetative tbhLeave a comment

This episode was definitely another excuse for some breathing room, taking time to establish a few of the characters outside the main pair a little more. Last week told us why Mangetsu wants to fight, this time we found out why everyone else is getting in on this.

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Granbelm episode 2: Magnets, Magic and Questionable Motivations

July 17, 2019 HainiryunGranbelm, It's a little odd that all these mage descendants from aross the world seem to have ended up in the same town. Maybe they moved, Mind control is definitely magic even if you're using magnets, No Cool Robots This Week, Shingetsu is pretty susp actually, There was a brief bit with the antagonists as well but it didn't do much more than establish that they're jerks and we kind of new that alreadyLeave a comment

Granbelm’s first episode was super flashy but didn’t quite have enough substance to pin down where the show was actually going. Episode two remedied that nicely. Eschewing last week’s cool robots entirely in favour of taking some time to actually establish the concept a bit more beyond occasional shouting in between cool robots blowing things up. I liked this episode a lot more and am now fully on board. Continue reading “Granbelm episode 2: Magnets, Magic and Questionable Motivations” →

Granbelm Episode 1: Wow Cool Robot!

July 6, 2019 Hainiryuna distinct lack of fishing in space in this show which is not about fishing in space so that's OK actually, Actually the backstory to this is kind of just the backstory to Golden Sun, Cool Robots, Granbelm, I'm sure this will go better than last time, Magical Girls maybe?Leave a comment

So I guess we’re doing that episodic blogging thing again. Hopefully it works out better this time around. Granbelm is uh, hard to pin down actually. So this could end up being another space fishing level debacle. Or maybe it ‘ll turn out great, only time will tell. Continue reading “Granbelm Episode 1: Wow Cool Robot!” →

Endro! Episode 1: Best Short Anime of the Year.

January 16, 2019 HainiryunAdventure!, Anime that are very definitely 5 minutes long, Endro!, I for one welcome our new tiny shouty child overlord, Zvezda sure was good go watch ZvezdaLeave a comment

You’ve got to admire a show that’s willing to commit so much to a dumb gag.

I was cautiously optimistic about Endro ahead of this season, it managed to shatter those expectations entirely. I’ve always been fond of cutesy shows like this but in recent years they’ve kind of left me a little cold, so I didn’t want to get too excited for what might end up being just OK again. Luckily it’s great.

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