Winter 2019 Shorts Roundup

April 5, 2019 HainiryunActually posting stuff in a reasonable timeframe, Anime Shorts, Girls being GOOD FRIENDS, Manaria Friends, Mini Toji, Put Anne and Grea in a better show please, Rainy Cocoa, The perils of misplaced horny, Ueno-SanLeave a comment

And here we are again, it feels like it’s only been a few weeks since I last wrote one of th… oh right. But hey, this one’s actually appearing in a timely manner for once, so that’s nice. This season was relatively sparse on the whole, with only four of the seven airing shorts licensed In terms of quality I mostly found myself with extremely mixed feelings on arguably the season’s flagship short, which was a little disappointing. But enough preamble, let’s get to the rundown. Continue reading “Winter 2019 Shorts Roundup” →

Between the Sky and Sea episode 6: Still not in space

November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 HainiryunA distinct lack of fishing in space in this show about fishing in space, Between the Sky and Sea, Scottish anime characters, surprisingly straightforward solutions to straightforward problems, The perils of misplaced horny, Why does half the cast of this space fishing show not actually want to do space fishing?Leave a comment

At long last there’s a second Scottish anime character

Week six and I’m starting to wonder if this lot will ever actually do any space fishing. On the plus side the show finally broke free from the Namino black hole; she only half started a fight this time!

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Between the Sky and Sea episode 4: Going in circles

October 28, 2018November 2, 2018 HainiryunA distinct lack of fishing in space in this show about fishing in space, Between the Sky and Sea, Obligatory Anime Beach Episodes, The perils of misplaced hornyLeave a comment

I’m going to level with you folks; this show isn’t very good. As much as I’m trying my best to give it a fair shake the anime seems determined to undermine any goodwill it manages to build, this episode in particular managed to throw that small level of positive feeling right out the window. With that said I’m committed to blogging this thing and I’ve finished far worse stuff out of sheer obstinacy before. So let’s talk about the episode.

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Spring 2018 Shorts Roundup

July 24, 2018July 24, 2018 HainiryunAnime Shorts, Crossing Time, Love To Lie-Angle, My Sweet Tyrant, Nobunaga no Shinobi, Seriously though that one kid in crossing time ep 2 is the worst, Space Battleship Tiramisu, The perils of misplaced horny, Visit Scenic Gunma!, When is Teekyu coming back to once more destroy/save anime though?, You Don't Know Gunma YetLeave a comment

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I swear I start every one of these lamenting my seeming inability to write more often, maybe I’ll actually do something about that some day.

Well that certainly was a season of shorts. As is so often the case I feel like last season’s batch can best be described as hit or miss. Some of them were really great, and some fell flat for me at least. With that said let’s just dive right into the roundup. Continue reading “Spring 2018 Shorts Roundup” →