Winter 2013 – Sorta Mid-Season General Thoughteries [Short Shows]

Anime Opinions, Article — By Dark_Sage on February 9, 2013 5:50 pm

This post was written by Dark_Sage. He is Dark_Sage.

Don’t know what’s good this season? Let Dark_Sage’s superior taste guide you to the best short shows. (A much meatier post is in the works for the full-length shows this season. ETA: unknown.)

Note: I’ve seen at least four episodes of all the shows listed here (which should be all the short anime series airing this season). Figure that’s good enough.

Short Shows:

Ai-Mai-Mi

Worth watching? No.

I don’t know why they made this show — it has no value whatsoever. I watched a few episodes a week ago and couldn’t remember what I saw (bad sign). So I had to re-read the plot blurb for the first episode to realize I was watching a show about female mangaka.

It’s your standard “lol random” schtick that lots of short anime stick to, except Ai-Mai-Mi forgot the whole “entertainment” piece that’s supposed to go along with it.

The show is utterly forgettable and a complete waste of time. Avoid.

Boku no Imouto wa Osaka-Okan (My Fucking Imouto’s an Osaka Momma)

Worth watching? Yes.

It’s interesting learning about the entirely irrelevant things that make Osakans different from other Japanese people. “Osakan != Most Japanese” is a common theme in anime, so any chance to see why is welcomed.

The show handles the subject matter clearly and it’s well-suited to its length. Not sure I could stomach a full-length series, though.

Inferno Cop

Worth watching? Yes.

If you liked Panty & Stocking or just enjoy irreverant shows in general, this is for you. Some skeleton cop goes around blowing shit up because he’s a fucking skeleton cop and goddammit the city is infected with crime!

For a short show, it’ll scratch that “feed me as much stupid fun in an episode as possible” itch of yours.

Ishida to Asakura

Worth watching? Sure.

It’s a gag anime with okayish gags and decent female character designs. It sorta reminds me of Cromartie.

Mangirl!

Worth watching? No.

This a show about female mangaka who are incredibly annoying. That chick in the image above resulted in me slapping her face on my monitor couple times.

No thanks, Mangirl. Watching you is not worth the facepalms required.

Puchimas!

Worth watching? [email protected] fans only.

If you like [email protected], you might like this series. If not, don’t waste your time. It’s just stupid kawaii moeblob (in the literal blob sense) bullshit with an [email protected] overlay.

Senyu.

Worth watching? Sure.

A bunch of heroes go out to defeat a demon lord, but it turns out the demon lord is a cute girl who isn’t evil at all! And what’s this? The heroes sometimes don’t act like heroes?

Yeah, all the humor revolves around that, but it’s a decent way to kill some time anyway.

Yama no Susume (Encouragement of Climb)