Bleach – 60

by psgels, posted in Bleach


Aaaah, so this was the big thing everyone was waiting for. The big bad guy is finally revealed, and next episode we’ll learn what he’s planning. It’s interesting to see how every character will be reacting to this, but I do have some problems with this. The big bad guy just seems too ultrapowerful. It’s perfect in any way, and has found a perfect strategy. I so hope that at least a few persons will be able to make him scared, apart, of course, from Ichigo. It was also nice to see a whole episode without him. He’s by no means a bad character, but when he does get in the spotlight, especially at this point, you can take poison on that he’s going to end up fighting.

It was also nice to see that some people actually DIED this episode. Finally they are moving into the right direction a bit, although the creators have to make their deaths count for a bit, and not make it seem like they wanted to get rid of a few characters because of budgetting problems.

That said, I’m still a bit disappointed with how this turned out. The reason stated above. This episode did make me lose even more interest in the main plot, but ironically it did increase my interest for the subplots. Especially the conflict between the 1st, 8th and 13th captain (read: conflict, NOT fight).

Jigoku Shoujo – 06

by psgels, posted in Jigoku Shoujo


Holy goodness… the story in this episode is so friggin’ sad. It’s still the usual concept that we know of Jigoku Shoujo though, but this one has been executed very well. We have a girl, whose mother accidentally saw the popular-wife-of-important-person cheating on her husband. Since then, her mother has been tormented by that woman. As her mother suffers, she suffers as well. The creators really succeeding in telling us that the mother was suffering. It was so sad when looking her husband hit her because his job is in danger because of her. I give two thumbs up for this one.

It’s also nice to see that the girl and Emna actually have a conversation, apart from the usual "Here is a doll with a red string bla bla, pull the string blabla, you’ll go to hell as well etc." I also liked the new preparation scene, and I noticed that the recycled cells took shorter than before. Also the annoying grandmother was no nuisance this time.

Jigoku Shoujo – 05

by psgels, posted in Jigoku Shoujo


Okay, this is what I’ve been waiting for. Emna and the three others are finally playing an active role, other then just carrying out the revenge, and furthermore the story in this episode is awesome. We have this president of a huge succesful company, with a high school girl employed who’s supposed to be her distant family. Everyone believes that girl is aweful with computers, while the president is wonderful with them, but it’s just the opposite. The president is nowhere with computers, while the girl is a computer nerd. So far so good? Well, it also appears that the president is using the girl to hack into other companies and administration to her own advantage. The girl can’t do anything because of blackmail. We also see that the president is someone who’ll do literally everything for a succesful life, including summoning Jigoku Shoujo for her own selfish gains, and killing multiple persons.

This really turned into a great episode. They finally showed a bad guy (or girl) with multiple perspective, instead of the blocky ones they normally show. Emna finally gets to do something other then just riding in a boat or lying in the water. But I could still see the normal pacing I’m used of Jigoku Shoujo.

I’m having some speculations here. If I am right, then this anime will have a first season of slightly normal cases, and once the second season starts, then the cases will turn more extravagant by the minute. I’ll be very interested when that happens.

Jigoku Shoujo – 04

by psgels, posted in Jigoku Shoujo


The individual stories are interesting to watch, and although the first two episodes were a lot better then this one, I had an interesting time watching this.

I’m just afraid that Jigoku Shoujo was put into this for just the hell of it. Her actions are becoming a bit repetitive, which is such a pity, as she has a wonderful character. I’m really anticipating an episode that breaks this pattern. But as this show has 26 episodes, there is still lots of hope.

Jigoku Shoujo – 03

by psgels, posted in Jigoku Shoujo


Oh god, I so want the soundtrack of this. Anyway, what we have here, is a website. If you enter it at exactly 0:00 hours, it’ll appear. On that website, you can enter a person’s name, who will get sent to hell. Ideal for revenges. The only negative part is that you will also get sent to hell, after you die.

When I read this, I really liked this premisse, and so I was looking forward to seeing the anime. I wasn’t disappointed. Emma Ai, or Jigoku Shoujo (meaning Hell Girl) fits her role perfectly, and her friends also seem very interesting. Also the stories that this anime tells every episode are awesomely done.

This episode also was very interesting. Not as good as the previous ones, but still worth all the efford watching it. The scene at the funeral has also been executed awesomely. I liked the main character struggling between the truth and his team.

The only downfall to this is that the part at which Jigoku Shoujo takes her revenge becomes a bit repetitive after you seen it for a couple of times. It’s also a pity that all the bad guys so far were really bad guys, either obsessed, but they didn’t care a bit about their victims. I’d love to see an episode in which the bad guy is half good, and the good guy is half bad, or a variation of this.

Mushishi – 06

by psgels, posted in Mushishi

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Holy god. This anime really messes with the rules of common anime. Whereas there normally are a good and an evil party, or sometimes a combination of those two, but still you can bring it down to those two concepts. In Mushishi, it is very difficult to see this mark. The mushi may be causing the problems, but they are also just trying to survive. The same goes in this episode. The mushi, although considered evil in the beginning, are just misused by the humans. And although they may be causing humans to experience those things by dying every day, again and again, they do give the humans a feeling of accomplishment and happiness. Is that evil, or is it good? I also loved the way this episode ended. I’m a big fan of endings that aren’t totally happy, but still not entirely full of despair. This episode covered it perfectly. At the beginning of the episode, I did have some doubts though, but they were all washed away once the end theme started.

Ayatsuri Sakon – 02

by psgels, posted in Ayatsuri Sakon


Okay, this is another one of those awesome shows that deserves more attention than it gets. We have the main character (Sakon), who is a very skilled puppeteer. He himself is a very timid boy, who doesn’t speak to often, but his puppet is cheerful, blatant and full of energy. That alone is something you don’t see often.

Now the good part: Sakon is very good in solving murders, and so he is often asked as a bodyguard. I’ve only seen up to the second episode, but I love it already. There’s this group of seven adults, who are childhood friends. They return to their now deserted old schoolbuilding because of one of their friends committed suicide when they were children. There the killing begins. I’m not really fond of some of the characters, but they do work perfectly in this case. Slowly, after more people get killed, some of the characters go berserk, which only leads to the pleasure of the killer.

The end of this episode showed a very powerful cliffhanger. Therefore, I can’t wait to see what happens next.

Mushishi – 05

by psgels, posted in Mushishi

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Hmm, not as good as the previous episode, but still, this episode moved me again. We have a girl being sacrificed to stop the flooding of a village, but then she gets rescued by a large green mushi, in the form of a travelling swamp. Her hair turns green, and she doesn’t want anything other than to stay with the swamp, while the swamp is actually on its way to die at the sea.

I like the way this anime doesn’t try to impress us with fast pacing and lots of action to make the character keep watching. It just calmly tells the horrifying stories the characters have to tell, and that’s the power of this anime.

I’m also curious if the creators will introduce an overall storyline in one of the following episodes. If they don’t, well then that’s fine with me. I’m happy enough with all the individual stories. If they do, however, this can become just as interesting.

And a final note to self: get the soundtrack once it comes out!

Fantastic Children

by psgels, posted in Special Articles

Okay, I just finished a marathon of the anime called Fantastic Children, and I have only one thing to say:

WATCH IT!

It’s a bit late now at the time I’m posting it, I’m also too lazy to put up some screenshots, but seriously, you should watch this. The pacing may be a bit slow, and the art of the characters looks really old-school, but believe me, you will be captivated by the story.

Tales of Phantasia – 02

by psgels, posted in Tales of Phantasia

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I loved this episode. The art remains stunning and we get some nice life lessons. The dialogue has also been extremely well written, and I really liked the way the characters interacted. Even though this episode was just a prologe of the next episode, and an aftermath of the previous one, it didn’t matter.

*really wants to play the game now*