January 12, 2009

Quick First Impressions: Tetsuwan Birdy Decode 2, Asu no Yoichi, Kemono no Souja Erin, Major 5th Season, and Koukaku no Regios

Filed under: First Impressions
by: Tales

Tetsuwan Birdy Decode 2

Thoughts: Birdy runs into a childhood friend.
Blogging?: Yes
I’m quite happy to see this series continue. Tsutomu is still inside Birdy’s body and continues to help her when needed. I’m worried about the introduction of the new childhood friend. This could hurt Tsutomu’s parternship with Birdy. He might actually have feelings towards Birdy, since Nakasugi is no longer around. We all know how childhood friend material can turn into a potential relationship. Anyways, this episode was pretty solid and kept me interested in what was happening. The OP wasn’t that bad, and the ED was pretty cute. I can tell this will be a very fun watch.

Asu no Yoichi

Thoughts: Running up an escalator is fun!
Blogging?: No
This episode turned out to be rather enjoyable. However, it disappointed me with all the fan-service. I was hoping this would be more like Nagasarete Airantou’s romance. The OP makes me think that this series may have a decent plot starting soon. I have faith it might pick up if they focus less on the boobs. It’s funny to see a guy who knows nothing of the outside world just walk right into it. I can’t believe Yoichi used that steel cable trying to protect the loli girl. Even if I don’t end up blogging this, it’ll be fun to watch regardless.

Kemono no Souja Erin

Thoughts: Great character designs!
Blogging?: No
The major flaw I find in this series is that the little girl is basically asking to be killed by a monster. Sure, they killed it, but it was in an awkward way to do it. I wasn’t satisfied with how slow the pace was either. However, these character desings are really nice and probably some of the best this whole season. Overall, the episode wasn’t lacking that much, but I found I couldn’t get absorbed into the story and fully enjoy it.

Major 5th Season

Thoughts: This is baseball right? Then why do I see no one playing baseball?
Blogging?: No
I never got the chance to watch the other seasons, but I never felt so bored watching an episode. Akikan was better than this. I expected to see at least some people playing baseball, but there was nothing. I thought I’d give this one a try since I enjoyed One Outs, but I was sadly mistaken. Anyways, there’s a chance it could get better, but I’m not going to suffer by continuing this series.

Koukaku no Regios

Thoughts: Don’t you love bonding with your superior? I feel quite bad for him.
Blogging?: Yes
It was really difficult to decide if I should blog this series. The lack of decent shows this season is astounding. However, if it starts to get boring, I’ll probably drop this really fast. The episode came off as just your standard monster killing shounen series. However, it was a little funny, and I think it’ll get more interesting as we learn more about the other characters. I just hope that some huge love triangle doesn’t develop, or this show is doomed. The OP song was really nice as well, but the random techno music in the battles were annoying.