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She-Ra episode 17--Roll With It part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Holy shit. This is a really fun episode. For once, the Idiot Brigade is outshining Team Evil in terms of fun, and holy shit is this fun. Especially the homage to classic She-Ra! Having liveblogged the first episode of the original show, I can really appreciate all the touches they’ve put in. It’s great and hilarious.But please, Bow, no more cat puns. I can’t take any more.That’s all the liveblogging for today. Next up will be the second half of Roll With It on Monday! Streamwise, I am NOT going...
She-Ra episode 16--Signals, part 2!
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this half.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~That was a pretty decent one! Team Evil was the most interesting part, and the glimpse we got of Hordak’s actual plans was fascinating. Is he trying to escape, or is he trying to link up with a preexisting empire? Entrapta was a delight as per usual, and seeing Catra grapple with the actual demands of running an organization like this will prove to be interesting as well.On the goody-goods’ side of things, we have a simple mission that played out fairly predictably...
She-Ra episode 16--Signals, part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gotta say, I’m finding the Team Evil bits more interesting than the heroes, once again. I love their character dynamics so much! And seeing them bounce off of each other like this is a treat.I wonder if this is going to be a teambuilding day for Team Evil. Hmmm. That would be fun. It’s probably going to turn into Catra doing paperwork and Scorpia and Entrapta having a field day, though.Ah well. They’re fun either way.Up next for the blog is going to be the second half of this episode! We’ll be ...
A Place Further Than the Universe episode 10 part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Poor Yuzuki. She’s never had friends before. So while the others just kind of acclimated and figured out they were buddies naturally, Yuzuki was waiting for some Big Moment when they’d all confess how they felt about each other, not realizing that that’s not really how it works at all. You just spend time together, and grow closer, and eventually you just kind of become.I’m fully prepared for Mari to have something sweet and potentially disastrous up her sleeve. I can’t wait to see it.That’...
Baccano episode 11 part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I’m really wondering when Isaac, Miria, and the mobsters are actually going to get a drink of the elixir. The party they were all attending seemed like the best place to do so; they could all sit down at one table and pass it around. Now that’s out of the question.I think Szilard is probably going to die here. Ennis seemingly being free in 1932 and the climactic nature of this confrontation seem to indicate that he’s not walking away from this, and the fact that there are six mortals at the party...
Paranoia Agent episode 11 part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Interesting. Very interesting. Not really Mrs. Ikari’s story--I’m not terribly enjoying her flat monotone, and it frustrates me that we keep cutting to Keiichi not living up to her hype...well, it’s still a good examination of a suicidal woman’s thought process, at least. No, what’s really interesting is the look we’re getting at Li’l Slugger. I think she’s shaping him, or at least shaping his actions. When she’s down on herself, he gets riled up, he grows; when she restabilizes, he c...
She-Ra episode 15--Ties That Bind, part 2.
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this half.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~All in all, I have mixed feelings about that one. The Adora/Swift Wind plotline was fairly predictable in a boring way, and I find Swift Wind pretty annoying, so I didn’t really have fun there. Catra was great, and I enjoyed her very much, and the Entrapta reveal was decent, but all in all I feel like the episode was...lackluster? It just didn’t really have any oomph. Not bad, just not exciting at all.Ties That Bind didn’t even have all that much oomph as a title...
She-Ra episode 15--Ties That Bind part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Oh, man. This one’s been pretty funny so far. I love Catra just. Fucking with them. It’s so great. She’s so good at it. I hope the rest of the episode is this funny.The stuff with Swift Wind is...there, I suppose. I wonder why exactly Adora is so creeped out by him. Maybe it’s because he’s been thrust upon her as some kind of “completion” or herself? I can’t say I’d react well to that sort of thing. Ah well. I’ll see soon enough.That’s all for tonight! Up next is going to be the s...
She-Ra episode 14--The Frozen Forest, part 2.
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this half.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Not gonna lie, I didn’t like that one much. It completely failed to deliver on its premise--the “unkillable” superbots regenerated a total of one severed limb and then just got exploded and pulverized like regular Hugbots. I was looking forward to a clever solution to the danger the bots posed, but all I got was a canned working-together montage that resulted in magically solving the larger problem just because. I feel like this was a really disappointing episode...
Results of the patron poll for my next show!
The votes for what show I’m going to do next have been tallied! I’ll be doing Mob Psycho 100 next!From top to bottom, here are the vote totals:Mob Psycho 100--9 votesKipo and the Age of the Wonderbeasts--7 votesThe Owl House--4 votesRevolutionary Girl Utena--2 votesSamurai Jack--2 votesAmphibia--2 votesStar Vs the Forces of Evil--2 votesDuckTales 2017--2 votesPrincess Tutu--1 voteRe:Zero--1 voteCamp Camp--1 voteThe Dragon Prince--1 voteMao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart--1 vote
She-Ra episode 14 part 1--The Frozen Forest!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Holy shit, Entrapta! What a bot. How the hell did you get it to self-regenerate like that? That’s impressive as hell. And Hordak continues to show himself to be a good boss for competent underlings. I like that in a villain.Seeing the Princess Alliance’s progress--or lack thereof--is interesting. They’re all rather tired of each others’ company, aren’t they? I wonder how those fractures are going to come out at the least opportune moment. It’ll certainly be interesting to see.Up next is goi...
A Place Further Than the Universe episode 9 part 2!
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this half.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Oh GOD that was good. That was SO GOOD! That was cathartic and cute and awesome. I’m so proud of them. They made it to Antarctica!I’m glad they didn’t dwell too much on Toshio, and simply let him be the gateway into an examination of Gin. And am I right? Is the implication that she was in love with Takako? I think that’s it. God, and the way she heard her last words...that must have been horrible. I can’t imagine it.God. That ending, though. I teared up a lit...
Polling to decide which show I'm going to do next!
The suggestions are in, the list is complete, and now it's time to choose which show is going to replace Infinity Train on my main shows list! Please choose ONE of the following shows and comment with your choice:Mob Psycho 100AmphibiaStar vs the Forces of EvilDuckTales 2017Samurai JackKipo and the Age of the WonderbeastsThe Dragon PrinceHildaCamp CampThe Owl HouseFLCLRe:ZeroPrincess TutuK-OnCarmen SandiegoRevolutionary Girl UtenaMao Mao: Heroes of Pure HeartKeep Your Hands Off EizoukenGargoyles
Baccano episode 10 part 2!
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this half.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Aw, man. I was hoping we’d see my favorite idiots become immortal this time. I’ve actually been on the edge of my seat waiting for it, even though I know it’s going to happen! I love them so much that I’m genuinely worried for their safety for no reason. That’s excellent character writing, that is. They’re so endearing.And Czeslaw. Wow. What a little fuckhead. I was expecting him to be jaded, not monstrous. That blew me away. I can’t imagine Isaac or Miri...
Taking suggestions for the next main-series show I do.
Now that I'm caught up on Infinity Train, I'm going to hold the poll for which show to do next! This is the first stage of that, where I'm taking suggestions for shows to be on the poll.Already on the poll:AmphibiaStar vs the Forces of EvilDuckTales 2017Samurai JackKipo and the Age of the WonderbeastsThe Dragon PrinceHildaMob Psycho 100Camp CampComment with other shows you think should be on the list!
Paranoia Agent episode 10 part 2!
Click here for the full episode.Click here for just this half.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Oh, man, that really took me by surprise! Saruta! Did he do all the murders at the office, or did he just do the final two? Was Li’l Slugger after him because he was a copycat? Li’l Slugger certainly didn’t let the last copycat get off easy. By which I mean, he killed him. Messily.Oh, man, that was good! I really really like that. What a great episode.God, what an insufferable little twerp. I’m told that you have to really fuck up BAD to get fired from a Japanes...
Infinity Train episode 20--The Number Car!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~And that’s...the show.What a clever way to get Lake off the train. On multiple levels! Not only was it clever in-character, but her escape came from her accepting her nature at long last--which was what would have brought her own number down to zero. That’s such an excellent way to end her journey--truly, she was the same as a passenger the whole time.That was a good finale. Not the action-packed ending that season 1 got, but it didn’t need to be, really. It was different from Tulip’s journey i...
Infinity Train episode 19--The Tape Car!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~HOLY SHIT ONE-ONE YOU SCARED ME. That was a masterful fake-out. Whoof. I’m still reeling from that. Well-played.This was a really interesting episode. So the train exterior is actually the train interior, into which the train injects smaller interiors to inhabit the larger interior. That’s such a cool explanation! I’d have never thought of that! I’d thought the blasted hellscape was just the realm the train existed in, but it’s a realm the train created! I wonder where the train came from ori...
Infinity Train episode 18--The Wasteland!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Holy fuck, that was a good one! That was SO good! I was expecting them to have a real character-examine-y conversation as the focus of the episode, but damn if that didn’t exceed all my expectations. The questions it raises about the train and the denizens’ place in it...holy shit. And MT! MT wasn’t demoralized for more than a moment! MT is determined to prove him wrong! Fuck yeah! That was awesome!Holy shit, though. We just saw her fucking murder a man. Slowly and painfully. Yikes. I’m astound...
Infinity Train episode 17--The Mall Car!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I was NOT expecting Jesse to exit the train this soon. I’m sure we’ll see more of him at the end, but is he otherwise out of the show for good? Actually, if he’s not coming back, then narratively it might be better for us to not see his homecoming and instead focus on MT’s story.I wonder how she’s going to wheel Mace and Sieve. That’s what’s going to happen, I think, almost definitely. They’ve set that up pretty solidly, and it’s just a matter of who gets wheeled, not if someone gets ...
Infinity Train episode 17--The Lucky Cat Car!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Ooooh. That’s an interesting twist. I hadn’t even considered the possibility that there would be people intentionally driving their number up to stay on the train longer. Fair enough, I guess! If you think it’s better than your life back home, go for it. But. But, but, but…she’s dragging other people into it, encouraging them to drive up their number, and being a shithead to the denizens. She’s not Amelia by any means, obviously, but she’s going to be an interesting villain in her own rig...
Infinity Train episode 15--The Parasite Car!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Well! That was delightfully horrifying, but it REALLY left me wanting more. The body horror I get can’t be TOO awful because this is still a show for kids, but I liked it and itched for more. We got the right amount, though, I think.Again, kid’s show and they’d never do it, but I’m kinda mad Alan didn’t squish the little fucker.The cars themselves were, again, low-key, and I didn’t particularly have a strong opinion about the middle one, so no real points there. The episode needed to focus ...
Infinity Train episode 14--The Toad Car!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Well! That was…weird. That poor toad. What the hell sadist designed that car? Was it Amelia? Was that Amelia’s car? And now that the toad has been rescued, what will happen to any passenger unlucky enough to walk in? Will they just be trapped forever? I think it’s more likely that the car will be taken out of circulation.Mace and Sieve (obviously, from a narrative standpoint) aren’t out of the picture either. They’ll probably wait for the lights to come back on and then jump through the shiny...
Infinity Train episode 13--The Map Car!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Well! I wasn’t expecting this to happen until later! Jesse’s going to get a real look at what’s eating MT! I thought this would be a more climactic experience, once they’d had some time to get to know each other and for MT to open up a little. And they’re trapped on half a compass! This’ll be interesting. Though–MT’s established that the chrome people sink, so all she and Jesse really have to do is shove the chrome cops off the compass and stick Alan’s head in the water as a propeller...
A Place Further Than the Universe episode 9 part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~While I’m mildly annoyed by Toshio, the first half of the episode is pointing to some really emotional stuff. Shirase and Gin’s emotional catharsis is going to be some goooooood stuff, and I’m sad I didn’t get there this month. Oh, well, just means the next liveblog will be extra good!And “Like a cloud.”“You can’t grasp them, but when you look up, they’re always there.”I wonder if she means Takako.of course it could all be a red herring and she said that just to get the girls off he...
Paranoia Agent episode 10 part 1!
(POSTING THIS NOW BECAUSE I FORGOT TO DO SO WHEN I FINISHED THE LIVEBLOG)Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Oh my god what a tool. What a twerp! What an idiotic little prick. I am emotionally invested in his comeuppance. He’s so annoying, but in an effective way, not a way that makes you want him to stop showing up. Good stuff. And Li’l Slugger seems to be attacking the anime crew, unless I’m reading too much into it! Fitting that he’d go after a Maromi show, considering who spawned him into the world.I guess she’s like his si...
Baccano episode 10 part 1!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Oh my god. I can’t believe--well actually I can totally believe that Isaac would try a frontal assault. What I can’t believe is how well it worked. That was ridiculous. I can’t believe it worked! And now my favorite pair of idiots can kick back and enjoy a glass of sweet sweet immortality. This may be the best possible way this could have happened. I love it.We got to see Huey, too, and we got to get a closer look at Czeslaw’s particular brand of evil. The fact that he assumes another immortal ...
Infinity Train episode 12--The Family Tree Car!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Well! A new team has formed! A passenger, a denizen, and…a magical, unintelligent deer…? I’m just going to suspend my disbelief and allow them to gloss over how they get it to go from place to place.An interesting team, definitely. I’m not sure it’s as fun and interesting as Tulip, Atticus, and One-One, but that’s a high bar to clear, so I’ll reserve judgment until I actually get to see it in action a few more times.The episode itself was fun! It had a couple REALLY good laughs and great ...
Infinity Train episode 11--The Black Market Car!
Click here for the liveblog.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Not quite the immediately fascinating start season one had, but that was a hard opener to top, so this more low-key episode works just fine. It’s interesting that we’re starting with Mirror Tulip; I always wondered what happened to her, but wasn’t expecting to find out this way. (Not sure I like the new design compared to her short-haired version, but that’s neither here nor there.) The mirror cops are still on her tail, and since she seems like she’s going to be a major character in season t...
Infinity Train Shorts 6-10!
Click here for all the shorts.Click here for just these five.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Well, that was fun! Lots of cute little vignettes. Not much plot-related, but that’s why they’re shorts, isn’t it? They’re just meant to be for fun.They weren’t just for fun, though. That recurring deer-shaped hole and the busted-down door set something up that wasn’t paid off during the shorts themselves. Teasers for season 2? I’m going to assume so, and color me intrigued. I wonder what it is. Is it something that circumvents the normal rules of the trai...
