The Worst Stuff I Have Ever Watched #2

This promotional pic is 75% as animated as the actual series

Legend of Duo

“my last (anime) is going to be something so appalling horrible it drives me insane”

Positives:

• The music is pretty much average, with a bonus of no OP or ED to ruin things.
• Like Kevin Bacon in Tremors, Sugita Tomokazu proves himself to be far too good to be in this.
• Attempts to maintain visual novel like minimalist feel
• Unintentional comedy rating of 86 out of 100

Negatives:

• At it’s best, the animation resembles a lazy flash animation, at worst it could hardly be called animation.
• The vampire hunter role (I don’t even care to remember if the character had a name) provided a performance straight out of IKEA.
• Rest of the cast’s other roles in anime include Young Man 1 and Passerby C
• SNL’s Automatic Death Disease was far more creative than the way randoms are killed off in this.

Basically, what you have here is one hour of shounen ai vampire drama that utterly fails. While there is some comedy out of the fact that a puppy being kicked leads directly to cannibalism, few would think that it was intentional. The shounen ai aspect also fails because it desperately feels the need to hold back at all times rather than embrace what it really wants to be. The overall plot, basically the vampire Duo exposing the darkest side of humanity to Zieg, is pretty weak but not too terrible. High concept anime it is, successful it is not.

Once again, if you feel a particular need to give me something else to torture myself on, add something in the comments.

Blogging Legend of the Galactic Heroes Episode 17

Not only does Heinessenpolis rip off the Cristo Redentor, it also has a rip off Sydney Opera House too

The 17th episode of Legend of the Galactic Heroes takes a little break from the action that was seen in the last few episodes. Instead, it alternates between a look at life within the Alliance as it looks ever more fragile, and an Imperial plot to push it over the edge.

Fifty Posts for (Less Than) Fifty Readers: Spring Post Part 3

This seems a fitting way to mark my half century of posts.

For the first time since I attempted to follow multiple shows that were newly airing, Fall 2004 if anyone cares, I’ve managed to trim the field of series to a small group. The curious amount of fantasy series has played a large part, though. So I present a 20%-ish recap of the shows I have been watching.

Blogging Legend of the Galactic Heroes Episode 16

Adrian Rubinsky simply oozes supervillain-like charisma.

The 16th episode of Legend of the Galactic Heroes marks a transition in nearly every way possible. The Battle of Amlitzer comes to an end, as do the existing structures of power in the Alliance and the Empire.

Blogging Legend of the Galactic Heroes Episode 15

Admiral Borodin doesn't even attempt to live through the battle.

The 15th episode of Legend of the Galactic Heroes focuses exclusively on the Empire’s decisive response to the Alliance’s invasion. While the Alliance fleets prepared for some sort of counterattack, they were still caught on the backfoot with tragic results.

Blogging Legend of the Galactic Heroes Episode 14

If only they would not have held their secret banquet, this man could have lived.

The 14th episode of Legend of the Galactic Heroes continues with its look at life on the planets being occupied by Alliance forces in their invasion. Over the course of the episode, Reinhard’s strategy exposes the ineptitude of the Alliance at the top and causes the citizens of at least one village to be killed needlessly by the force that was originally liberating them from Imperial rule.

The Most Slightly Above Average Spring Ever Part 2

Everything certainly is better with exploding helicopters

Day 2 of this little spring anime adventure saw me tack on two more first episodes. So it’s not quite the worst spring ever, but it’s not really great either. I don’t even need a proper sample size to determine that.

The Worst Spring Ever Part 1

The new anime season started a couple of days ago, and I haven’t really written a recap post in a couple of weeks (I just really, really suck at continuing on with shows I find boring).  So I’ll see how long I can last with daily…weekly…monthly…yearly recaps of the new season. By the way, the title is ironic, or not as may be the case as the season progresses.