Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 14 - Storm of Love! Minako's Grand Two-Timing Plan

Man, what a week. It's nothing compared to what is coming, of course. Metal Gear Solid 5 is literally just around the corner - mere days away from forgetting I ever needed that thing called sleep. But since that time is not yet now, I really ought to get around to some of these other things, shouldn't I?

Why yes, yes I should. I've got two new shows in the lineup. I know I said I wanted to cut back. I still do. But I'm not going to. At this point, I am beginning to think I'm lying when I say it's because I hate myself that much. In reality, I think it's just because I'm too stupid to know when I should relax a bit.

So in the meantime you all get to laugh at my hilarious stupidity. And speaking of hilarious stupidity, we've got Sailor Moon on the docket for today.

... man I suck at segues today.

Ark IX OVA - We Don't Need No Title

Every now and again, I take time out of my day to really go out of my way to find some well and truly utter shite to watch around these parts.

But sometimes I don't need a new series - I just need something relatively short-ish. Something that is about the length of an OVA. Less than 40 minutes is preferable because movies take a very, very long time to deconstruct, and let's be fair - if something animated is lasting more than 40 minutes, chances are it is probably above the quality of shit I generally tend to ingest around here.

So what is Ark IX? Hell if I know, but I'm gonna watch it anyways. Because as an OVA, it is rated slightly above Hametsu no Mars over on AniDB, which should be a great indicator of just what level of quality we ought to expect.

And with a runtime of approximately 11 minutes, well, surely I can't lose, right?

Dog Days' Episode FINAL - Summer Memories

Sweet god it's finally come to an end. The nightmare that has been Dog Days.

Okay, so maybe it hasn't been as bad as some other things I've seen in these parts. It's no Qwasar, and it's certainly no KnJ. *shudder* That one still gives me nightmares.

But this show has left a particular impression on me. One filled with just utter stupidity and complete insanity. Not to mention the constant hero worship is cringe-inducing.

I will admit, however, the character designs are pretty freakin' rad. It's just kind of a shame that's really the only good thing about it all. The second season has been such a departure from the first that it's kind of jarring. Maybe if this was what the show was from the start, I might not judge it so harshly. On the other hand... part of me wishes that maybe there was at least a smidgen more substance? Maybe an actual story arc to follow instead of what is essentially a thirteen episode fanservice series.

I think that's what it really boils down to in the end that bugs me about this show. It's all fanservice and zero substance.

So now that I've gone off and ranted before the show even began, let's just get this over with huh?

Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 13 - Love Those Minis! The Fashionable Soldiers

Hopefully by now, you know how things work around here. I queue up an episode, spend a couple of minutes delaying the actual watching of it by talking about some stupid banal thing that is utterly pointless, maybe ramble on for a paragraph or two about how I absolutely dread today's episode, and am generally a negative Nancy about things.

But y'know what? Not today. No. Why? Because today's episode is about clothes.

Yeah. That's right. Today's episode is about clothes. Truly the show for little girls is breaking new ground this time.

Hope you're nice and comfortable because today, we're just jumping right in with both feet. God help us all.

Gunparade March Episode FINAL - Everytime I Say Good-Bye

Finally. We're finally doing this. The end is nigh, and it is a glorious, wonderful, scintillating experience.

Make no mistake. I am absolutely convinced that this show will be a complete f***ing train wreck of a mess by the time this all ends. But y'know what? As long as Tanabe survives all of this, I could care less. Though to be fair, I'm fairly sure that all of this is just gonna be some shitty end anyways with maybe a hint of a war against aliens or whatever.

Yeah, kinda easy to forget that's what this show was supposed to be about, right? But then they decided three episodes in that was boring so they were gonna make it a love story instead. But not just any old love story. No, they were gonna make it the shittiest love story possible.

Enough of this. Let's get it over with. I want to enjoy every moment of never having to watch this putrid fecal offering ever again as is humanly possible.

Dog Days' Episode 12 - Final Stage

I am really looking forward to being done with this show. While it is an improvement over the last season, it still suffers from not really knowing what its target audience is supposed to be. Which is distressing to say the least. I can only imagine they must be trying to tag the teen demographic, what with all the sexy jokes and fanservice, but I'm not sure if the show can rely on this, given its rather child-like nature.

But what do I know? I'm just a disembodied voice shouting at the Internet.

Strap in yo butts, it's time to get this over with.

Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 12 - Try for the Best of Japan! The Worries of a Beautiful Girl Swordsman

Just when you thought these titles couldn't possibly get any longer, they somehow do. Good lord.

I had something incredibly witty I had planned to say, but then I queued up the next episode and realized this was going to be an episode for the books.

Oh, and I think I have some new shows lined up for the next 'season'. Since I'll be one episode short, maybe I will take a break next Friday? We'll just see. I'm sure I can find something.

Anyways, enough pointless rambling. Let's get to the good stuff. By which I mean this incredibly terrible episode.

It's gonna be a real doozy I can already tell.