This is the 2nd of 2 posts going up today, so make sure to scroll down for the other set of impressions!
Ooi! Tonbo
Short Synopsis: Disgraced pro-golfer moves to a small island town to step out of the spotlight and try to remember who he is. There he runs into a little girl named Tonbo, who has her own troubles.
Lenlo: Take Barakamon, yes the 2014 Iyashikei about a calligraphy artist moving to a small rural town to get away from the busy and demanding life of metropolitan Tokyo and more in touch with himself and nature, and then rip out all of the good parts, replace calligraphy with golf, and make it astoundingly ugly, and then you’ll have Ooi! Tonbo. I’m not joking, it’s just a drastically worse Barakamon in basically every single way. Do not watch this, just go watch Barakamon, if you haven’t seen it you’ll thank me later and if you have it’s time for a rewatch anyways.
Potential: 0%
HIGHSPEED Étoile
Short Synopsis: Race Cars go vroom vroom on magical new fuel called “Hex”.
Lenlo: I just… It’s mediocre CGI racing with super powered cars? Sort of? It’s hard to tell, but to be honest the racing isn’t very interesting. There’s no good sense of speed since the super-special-energy-fuel just turns everything into neon lights, and the way the show is shot with a lot of random rotated and upside down shots doesn’t do it any favors either. Add on to that CGI visuals that honestly don’t look all that bad, at least until any character steps on screen in a vomit of clashing colors and skin tight suits dear god are these character designs atrocious, and you have a show that just leaves me wondering… Why? Why is this made? Who is this for? And can we stop making anime for them?
Potential: -10%
Touken Ranbu Kai: Kyoden Moyuru Honnouji
Short Synopsis: Weapons of famous heroes are brought back to life as living warriors to defend the timelines from a meddling shadow army that seeks to destroy the world as we know it
Lenlo: Considering Touken Ranbu was the first show I ever blogged on this site, I thought maybe it would be nice to revisit the series and get a look at what it has become. Turns out, that was a mistake, because Touken Ranbu is just a knockoff Ufotable Fate now. It goes for the same after-effects ridden visual style, over the top action, and is filled with vaguely historical characters made into color-coded bishounen sexy boys, but isn’t able to get anywhere near Ufotable’s level on any of them. Maybe if you really like the series, or just want to shake things up with a bunch of color coded pretty boys instead of color coded cute girls, it could be for you. But me? Well lets just say that I’m glad I’m the only full-time blogger left cause it means I have the pick of the litter and can write about anything other than this.
Potential: 1%
