Upotte! Guns as Girls

“Assault rifle moe” just about sums up Upotte!   The assault rifles of the world have been re-interpreted as cute school girls with different personalties and characteristics that supposedly embody the qualities of the respective assault rifle they’re based on…

If you think that sounds stupid… Well, it is…   This is just more otaku-pandering crap with a ridiculous premise…

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Black Rock Shooter TV Series 6 Episode Analysis

I just got caught up with the Black Rock Shooter TV series up to episode 6 after taking a little break from watching anime.

The new Black Rock Shooter TV series tries to add substance to an anime property conceived and composed entirely of style.

The result is a TV series that has a somewhat disjointed presentation that attempts to mate Huke’s aesthetic to a melding of extreme and over-the-top action with a small scope soap operatic teenage school girl drama.

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