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Tag Archives: Kiddy Grade

Kado (2017): The Epically Wrong Answer

01 Saturday Jul 2017

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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Kado: The Right Answer, Kiddy Grade, Say "i Love You", Seikaisuru Kado

Source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/kado-the-right-answer

Wow.

Just wow.

How is it possible for an anime that started so intelligently to veer off course so much and then end so epically badly?

How is it possible to so thoroughly sabotage the core themes of the opening episodes so much? Continue reading →

Dirty Pair (1985): Something’s Amiss…!? Our Elegant Revenge

05 Sunday Jun 2016

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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Dirty Pair, Kiddy Grade

Kei and Yuri - Nozomi Cover Art - Episodes 23 - 26

Kei and Yuri – Nozomi Cover Art – Episodes 23 – 26

Dirty Pair episode 23 Something’s Amiss…!? Our Elegant Revenge is a fun episode with plot elements that a more recent series would make a lot more out of.

The episode opens with Kei and Yuri in the middle of an infiltration operation at the top of a skyscraper. Security is tight and the druglord Mahogany is completing an expensive research project to bring a new illegal drug to market.

Yuri is about to spike the project with a well-placed bazooka shot when Kei calls her off. Apparently pressure has been put on the 3WA to back off from Mahogany, and the operation is cancelled. Continue reading →

Strike the Blood (2013): First Thoughts with Minor Spoilers

23 Saturday Nov 2013

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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Kiddy Grade, Strike the Blood, Sword Art Online

Sourced from: http://www.crunchyroll.com/strike-the-blood

Sourced from: http://www.crunchyroll.com/strike-the-blood

There are many, many, reasons why I should not like Strike the Blood. However, Strike the Blood has also steadfastly avoided the error that caused me to rant so much about Sword Art Online, and I am prepared to forgive a lot for that. Continue reading →

Bodacious Space Pirates (2012): Second Thoughts

11 Monday Jun 2012

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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Bodacious Space Pirates, Card Captor Sakura, Key The Metal Idol, Kiddy Grade, Scrapped Princess, Solty Rei, You're Under Arrest

Image sourced from TV Tropes

At 22 of (presumably) 26 episodes Bodacious Space Pirates is still much better than it has any right to be, but is now entering risky territory. Continue reading →

Phantom Quest Corp (1994)

15 Thursday Dec 2011

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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Kiddy Grade, Phantom Quest Corp

 

Phantom Quest Corp is a short 4 episode OAV series about a company that hunts the paranormal.  Continue reading →

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