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Spring '06 New Series Review
By DJCream

Heh, watching all of this anime is tiresome work. I feel like quitting watching anime. Wait, is that...no! A pirate doctor! Nevermind, let's finish off the season of new and exciting anime!

Black Lagoon
Episodes seen: 1
Who should see it: Anyone who likes anime with a lot of bullets

Okajima Rokuro is a Japanese businessman whose work life has been nothing but Hell. Now that a couple of modern-day pirates by the name of Levi, Dutch and Benny-Boy, has kidnapped him during a secret transaction, Rokuro has entered a deeper level of Hell filled with more bullets than an Italian Armory.

Finally, an anime where guns do most of the talking! Take everything you like about Cowboy Bebop, switch everyone’s gender and take out the space mortif of Bebop and you get Black Lagoon. As much as I like to rave on an on how badass this anime is, it’s just been recently licensed by Geneon so tough luck trying to find subbers until the actual US DVD comes out.

Makai Senki Disgaea
Episodes seen: 1
Who should watch it: Anyone who loved the game

Flonne is an angle-in-training who was sent into the demon world to assassinate the demon lord. Upon reaching her destination, she mistakes a coffin containing the demon prince, Laharl, instead of the demon king. After a lot of bickering and many interruptions, Flonne loses her coveted pendent and her patience and attempts to put the heartless Laharl in a sleep that he won’t wake up next time.

I’ll admit off the bat that I am not a fan of RPG’s, thus I know nothing about the Disgeae game to base my opinions on. I can say that it’s really fun to see that the cute character designs are back and it really helps make the show a lot more humorous than what I imagined. Other than that, I can see myself enjoying this series.

Soul Link
Episodes seen: 1
Who should watch it: Anyone hyped for another anime based on an h-game

Based on an h-game (from what I’ve been hearing), it tells the story of Aizawa Ryota and his military training in the space resort of Aries. He and his comrades have no idea that a sinister terrorist attack is going to happen aboard the resort, so what will they do?

I went into this series expecting a lot of action and fan service, what a let down. Nothing except for the intro really got me interested so this is one of those series I’m just going to skip out on. I’m sure things might get interesting but nothing really hooked me.

Joshi Kosei GIRLS-HIGH
Episodes seen: 1
Who should watch it: Anyone who likes their share of fan service

Eriko Takahashi, Yuma Suzuki, and Ayano Sato are all middle school friend who has gotten a good enough grade to make it into a private high school. Before the actual school term begins, they took a tour of the campus a day early in their new school uniform. Unfortunately for them, they came to realize that high school isn’t what they have dreamed of. On top of that, they tricked fellow incoming freshmen that they’re upperclassmen. Can Eriko and friends overcome a high life as outsiders of the school?

This series puzzles me a bit. I’m pretty sure that the target audience intended for this anime is for girls with female-related issues and problems all over the place. Yet, it would be clear that men would also enjoy this series for the abundance of fan service (e.i. panty shots) so great that Master Roshi (Dragon Ball) would have a nosebleed an ocean full. As much as I like to see a good upskirt shot, I’m afraid I might have to pass when a discussion about tampons rolls around…who am I kidding? This anime is loaded with fan service!

.hack//ROOTS
Episodes seen: 2
Who should see it: Anyone interested in the next .hack story arc

In 2015, CC Corp’s database caught on fire causing the end of one of the world’s biggest MMORPG, “The World”. A year later, a new version of the game called “The World R:2” is launched pleasing veterans and giving beginners like Haseo a second chance.

That fire has burned down everything that everyone loved about the original .hack series that revolved around the first release of “The World”. This new .hack doesn’t have the cute character designs, the deep relationships between the characters or any likable music (except for Mozart’s “Magic Flute” towards the end of the first episode). Instead, the atmosphere of the world is in chaos with Player Killers roaming everywhere. The only reason why I would keep torturing myself into watching this is the fact that the story would supply something to expect in the next .hack game, “.hack//G.U.” for the PS2.

Digimon Savers
Episodes seen: 1
Who should watch it: Anyone who loved Digimon about 5 years ago

Masaru is a high school student who claims to be the greatest street fighter. Then comes Agumon, a rouge digimon. The two battles it out and acknowledges each other’s strength. These two friends team up with a secret organization to stop future rouge digimon from destroying the town.

I grew up watching Digimon so this one was another series I built massive hype for myself. The first episode was decent although the music did get on my nerves. I really hope that the story picks up like the first seasons of Digimon Adventures or else it wouldn’t be worth watching.

Utawarerumon
The One Being Sung
Episodes seen: 1
Who should see it: Anyone who loves Inuyasha, but not because of the characters

An unknown masked man is found severely injured and gets taken care by a young fox lady by the name of Eruru. The masked man, for some unknown reason, cannot take off his mask and forgot everything in the past, including his name. I’m guessing Eruru is going to help him recover his memories.

Out of the rest of the anime I’ve seen thus far, the setting in Utawarerumon is a lot different from the rest. With animal/people and a Celtic-like setting, it resembles a bit of Inuyasha only without those characters I personally don’t love. Other than that, nothing really makes this series stand out. I do hope that the violence as depicted in the intro foreshadows the events in the future because this is another anime series I’d skip.

Ray
Episodes seen: 1
Who should watch it: Anyone who wants some action but can’t find any Black Lagoon

Ray is a nurse with the abilities of surgeon. Surprising, considering that in her past life her eyes were removed and sold over the black market. With her new pair of eyes, she tries to give back lives to innocent people and refuse to treat gangsters.

After watching Black Lagoon, I have to say that this comes next in terms of pure action. With a mix of dramatic surgery procedures and occasional Chinese Kung-Fu whoopings administered by other nurses, it does provide more than it’s share of action. To give more incentive to watch the show, one of the doctors has a long beard, eye patch, and a peg leg!

Some other shows I don't wanna hype..
Strawberry Panic: From what I’ve been seeing, it resembles Gakuen Heaven but without a single trace of men. This meant a lot of yuri action that I saved a spot for the series for a bigger analysis; however, no one has yet to sub this series. What a bummer

(Edit by aquastar831: I was recently informed by a good friend of mine in another fansub group that they will be working on this series. So keep watching for their releases. )

Saru! Get you!: Perhaps you are more familiar with it’s more internationally known title as Ape Escape. Yup, Specter has gone bananas again a released a whole new slew of monkeys in pants to scurry around everywhere in the world. If the show wasn’t nine minutes an episode, I’d so pay more attention to this series.

Aa! Megami-Sama! S2: Perhaps you are more familiar with it’s more internationally known title as Ah My Goddess! Well Belldandy and her sisters are back for another season and all that good jazz that you remember from the manga that was left out is sure to pop up. Yeah, I’m not at all excited.

Well that’s all for this season of anime. To see you out, I present to you Ms. Tokito Ami, performer of the new opening song for the new season of School Rumble and my newest pop idol. Apparently, she wants you to post a comment, so make her happy and do so.