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.

Gunparade March Episode 11 - I Couldn't Bring It Up - A Good Reward For Their Labour

Oh my god.

This is episode 11 of Gunparade March. Do you know what this means?

Do you know what this means?!?!

It means there's only one episode after this one. Not two, like I thought. Only one more episode.

THE END IS FINALLY IN SIGHT. STRAP IN YO BUTTS, WE'RE GOING IN HOT.

Dog Days' Episode 11 - Change My Heart

I just watched this show like, the other day. Yet here I am watching it again. It's like some kind of nightmare you can't wake up from. Except that you know there has to be an end at some point because there's only three episodes left but something keeps nagging at you suggesting that something is just not entirely right with the situation.

... yeah, I've been having more nightmares lately. I like to imagine the bad anime has something to do with all that.

Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 11 - Drive to Heaven! Love Riding on the Car of Dreams

Do you remember when Sailor Moon had short episode titles?

Yeah, me either.

It feels a lot like they just keep getting longer and longer. I'm not sure why this is a thing. Or why it has to be a thing. Or why it should continue to be a thing.

Let's just leave it at me having a lot of questions and going from there.

Gunparade March Episode 10 - Hello Sadness - Once Upon A Dime

Finally I am nearing the actual catching up on things so that the ol' Mon Wed Fri schedule may return with regularity. Of course, it means I have to suffer yet another episode of Gunparade March to do it... but sometimes you just gotta take one for the team.

And in this case the team is you. And your job is to laugh at me for being an idiot.

Sounds like a good deal to me. If I were you. Which I'm not. Why am I doing this again?

Dog Days' Episode 10 - One-On-One In The Skies and On Land

Oh good. It's time for more Dog Days.

I truly cannot contain my excitement.

The above lines were sarcasm. Woooo.

Sailor Moon SuperS Episode 10 - Forest of Illusion! Invitation of a Beautiful Fairy

A thought occurs to me: I need to start watching good shows again. Something to help counterbalance all of the atrociousness I keep putting myself through. Something that reminds me not all shows are bad.

Maybe I ought to catch up with Shokugeki no Soma. God I love that show. Instant good feel material. Sailor Moon on the other hand? Not so much.

I do usually want to sit down and watch this show, but it's not quite the same. At this point, it's really just to see how deep the rabbit hole goes for this particular train wreck. So far, it's doing a great job of making me feel incredibly uncomfortable what with the whole Pegasus/Chibiusa thing now.

Let's dive in and get this over with shall we?

Gunparade March Episode 09 - A Day In The Life - You Are The One Who Makes My Heart Pound

Y'know, there are few things I look forward to more than seeing the end of this show finally come around.

I realize of course that this is a thing I say, but make no mistake: I would much rather continue to watch Dog Days than suffer this acrimonious pile of festering puerility. WHICH IS A LOT OF WORDS THAT DESCRIBE HOW MUCH I DISLIKE THIS SHOW.

I'm not starting to lose my mind yet at all. Nope. I'm perfectly okay. Perfectly... fine.

I can have ice cream if I watch this, right? Ice cream seems like a fitting reward for needing to sit through this.

Dog Days' Episode 09 - Union Fest

I know I've mentioned many times around here how much I absolutely love Nanoha. In fact, I may even go so far as to say it is my favorite show of all time - there are very few films or TV series I will watch time and again, and short of some of my childhood favorite Disney flicks (Roger Rabbit anyone?), very few have seen more re-watches than Nanoha and it's follow-up, Nanoha A's.

This should tell you why this show enrages me so. It has so many things that I really liked about Nanoha peppered about in it. It's even in widescreen! And it looks pretty good when they decide they feel like animating things. But my god, the amount of idiocy that runs rampant throughout Dog Days reaches what I would almost describe as incredulous.

So of course I have to keep watching it, right? Because this is the Internet and if I'm not bitching about something then nobody is going to bother listening. Let's get the six pack ready folks, it's time to dive back into War And Fun And Profit.