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Impz continues to toil on for the search for good anime in this recession spring season. First up is Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou, a show about a little girl who considers herself to be the most important person of all. Tears to Tiara is a fantasy story about a Demon King named Arawn who was sealed away for 1,000 years. Lastly, we have the typical crazy Gonzo shounen production, Slap Up Party ~Arad Senki~.

Note: No summary for this entry, because I cannot be bothered. Maybe, I am just a tad lazy.

Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou

“In the story-department, this show also sucks beyond belief: the lead female tries to reform a bunch of rebellious youths (and of course falling in love with one of them who had a tragic accident in his past that makes him all emo right now) and she tries to fight the super elite club in the school in which only pretty people can join. Even when compared to your average shoujo, this series is the epitome of blatant stupidity. ” — Psgels

 
Psgels completely summarized the essence of this show for me. I agree with him too because this is not even shoujo. It is only crap. The characters are extremely bland and boring, and what is wrong with the animation. It feels like someone decided to be extremely lazy with this, and they actually look 2D rather than the usual pseudo 3D effects that we are used to viewing. Moreover, the seiyuu sound like they do not even want to voice act in this series, because the voice acting was very stunted and passive. It’s as though they are simply talking rather than trying to act like they are somewhat interested. Hell, even for a porn show like Queen’s blade, you can see the attempts of the top seiyuus trying to bring in some personality. It’s almost non-existent here. All in all, it is downright impossible to watch this unless you are some god or something.

Recommendation: Not worth wasting 20 minutes for it

Slap Up Party ~Arad Senki~

Random crazy things on the screen does not make you a FLCL. According to my girlfriend, the amount of time I took to drop this series (at 7 minutes, 22 seconds) is the average amount of time it takes for me to poop. Which by the way is amusingly true. Honestly, I could not be bothered with it after seven minutes. It’s made by GONZO and should have some funny potential but I just find it to be extremely ridiculous and it is hard to immerse into the show.

Recommendation: Try at your own risk

Tears to Tiara

Tears to Tiara isn’t bad. It just wasn’t exciting enough. I am not sure why it didn’t touch me. It has the essentials to work. It starts off with a crazy general who wants world domination by using Riannon, a pure priestess in this village, as a sacrifice in order to conjure a demon lord. The village was empty because the men went to pick mushrooms deep in the forest. The men of this village came back, and found Riannon missing. Obviously, they decided to save her, but is it too late as the demon lord looked to be summoned.

Riannon, voiced by Yuko Goto, was decent but a tad bland for my liking. The other characters are hardly sparkling by any measure. That said, I watched this through Nico Nico Douga, so talking about the animation might seem to be a little weird since the quality is degraded through the streaming channel. However, the first episode sometimes feel like it’s throwing way too many red herrings.

I also spoiled myself a little and realized that the main crust of the story is only starting. The demon lord, where Riannon was used as a live sacrifice for revival, is a pretty interesting character. That might be some interesting batter between the two. So, even though this show bored me, it might still have some potential. I am not sure if I will be bothered to follow it.

Recommendation: It’s ok, but unsure of its potential.