Anime Spotlight! A Channel (2011)

OVA Review! Agent Aika ( 97-99)

 What is up guys! I am finally back with a new blog for everyone. I hope everyone is doing well, Con season is in full force so I hope everyone is staying safe, I went to Momocon recently and thankfully I didnt come back with that C19. 

I decided to come back this month with a banger of a Anime to review. This ova is so top tier that everyone should watch it at least once. This Anime is none other than Agent Aika aka the anime that spams the panty shot button lol.

Agent Aika is a very hard anime to explain, first this is a sequel to Aika Zero, but I haven't seen that one yet so I may miss a few things. This is a 7 episode OVA and it follows Aika, her side kicks Shuntaro and and Rion and the comic relief character Gust. The main villain in this series in a guy named Rudolf and then eventually his sister/night partner (Gotta love Anime right?). 

I will say that the cat and mouse game that we get between Aika and Rudolf can be entertaining at times because he really is just a evil guy and Aika is a solid agent with good fight skills but like much of this Anime the reliance on it constantly being pervy takes away from the little bit of story that is there. As much as I did enjoy Rudolf as a character I will say that his sister is actually a better enemy for Aika because she is just as clever and is willing to be a bit more underhanded.

One of my favorite characters in this series has to be my dude Shuntaro who is just a complete air head but also hilarious because he is just there to annoy Rion and to look surprisingly cute in the outfits of the enemies.

Despite the pervyness I will say that Aika does a good job at having a all female anime cast that are all made to look strong and tough and I did enjoy that but we also say way to much of their underwear and as much as I love my pervy anime even this got a bit overboard.

Aika is a experience and with so many shows in the franchise I say give it a watch and I think if nothing else you will get a few good laughs from it, but you should probably watch alone or with the door closed.

Thanks for reading and ill be back next month with another review!

MAHO OUT

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OVA Review! .hack//Quantum (2011)

 What is up everyone! Hope you are all doing well, I was hoping to get this review up weeks ago but I may or may not have just been being lazy lol. Hope everyone is staying safe and enjoying the current Anime Spring season. 

I am back with a new ova review for you guys and this ova was another disappoint from a franchise that I really want to love but they are not making it easy. The series in question is .Hack and the series ill be reviewing today is .Hack//Quantum.

The series revolves around the friends who all play the game together until one day, one of the friends just disappears. The other friends them begin this search of not only finding out what happened to the friend but also solving some other weird things that are happening. If any of this sounds familiar, that's because its basically every virtual reality Anime you have every seem. 

Later around episode 2, we find out about another character and how they play a role in everything that is happening. Without spoiling to much, the character is someone the girls do not suspect due to their friendliness but their backstory clears that up in no so great detail. This series much like another .Hack series I watched refuses to actually take time to expand on the story and instead they just try to pile as much stuff into one or two scenes as they can and it just makes everything feel cramped and hard to follow.

    In episode 3, we finally get to see what really happened and why a character did what they do and why but to be honest I was just glad to see it all be wrapped up and done with. .Hack seems to be a franchise that is just for those who love the games because they are written as if they expect you to be fully aware of the story before watching and to me that just isolates those who have not played it. 

The anime wasn't terrible just not great, so for that I will give it a 5/10 but unless you are really into .Hack I would say you can skip this OVA.

Thank you all for reading, and I will be back next month with another semi decent blog for you guys lol. If you have seen this show then leave a comment. Until next Month....

    MAHOU OUT!

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Movie Review! Barefoot Gen (1983)

 What is up guys! I hope everyone is doing well. I know I'm a little late but I'm getting in the post for February just in time before its over lol. I hope everyone has been staying safe and hopefully your month has been good so far and for all my Twice fans, if you were lucky enough to see them live....were not friends anymore because I didn't lol . 

Alright the review for today is one that wasn't planned because I was going to be reviewing Aika but I got behind while watching other things so I decided to save it for next month and do a movie instead....and now I'm glad that I did.  The review is a movie that I wasn't even aware of and that is Barefoot Gen.

This Movie takes place in 1945 which as I'm sure most of you know is during the time of the war Between The US and Japan and it highlights how people were living during that time and how that had to adapt after the bombings. I'm sure by now you will be thinking "is this Grave of the Fireflies/" and yes the plots are very similar but Barefoot certainly can stand on its own and is equally as great in my opinion.

Our main character is Gen who loves to spend time with his younger brother and loves his family and even though his family is basically living day to day or as we say today check to check, he is very positive and can see the gold at the end of the rainbow. 

Eventually tragedy does hit and even though I knew the bombs were coming the build up really had me choked up and just seeing the people in terror really hit home just how devastating it was and also shows just how fast your life can be turned completely upside down.

Once the rebuilding of life begins we see that nothing will be the same and we also get introduced to a new character that helps to being a little light to Gen and also brings back a little bit of his past. Ill leave the review here so that I wont spoil anything but if you cannot tell this move is a must watch for any Anime fan and while it can be a hard watch because of the subject its also a very beautiful movie. The movie can be found on YouTube so its easy to access.

Well thank you all for readying and I hope you enjoyed this piece. Ill be back in march with something much lighter as I review Aika. Until then Stay safe and see you guys soon.

MAHO OUT!