Back when it was first coming out, I made the poor (in quality terms) decision to watch Ex-Arm for my seasonal write-ups. And in all honesty, I was expecting it to be bad. The show had gotten some …
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Ex-Arm
This was bad. Poorly conceived, poorly executed, and ugly. I never criticize a real effort to try something new and different, to try to move the world of…
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Ex-Arm is everything that can probably go wrong making an anime, beating out even Kemono Friends and Gibiate in production values.
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Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 11
The animationIt burns! My eyes, it burns them!Please, take it away! Welcome to the Climax Episode! Not a lot happens, so it can be summarized very quickly: Beta…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 7
3D Arab PrinceTragic pasts not well set-up Clippy’s the bad guy Wow, this episode was scattered. Instead of nothing really happening, everything happened at once without the setup,…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 12
Last week, and endingThis week, new bad from nowhereAt long last, silence So, after the previous episode in which Beta was destroyed and our hero flew off into…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 3
Like last week, we’ve got a live reaction video for you, after the cut. The short version is that there’s more competence shown than previously, but it’s still…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 8
Uninvested fightsCyberspace looks like garbageSurprise villain why?! Ex-Arm once again screws up in ways I wouldn’t even have expected. Pretty much the whole episode is just a brawl…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 2
Reaction of the episode (Paraphrased): “Blink. Blink. BLINK! Blink already, you soulless Barbie Doll!” So, for this episode, we’ve decided to record live reactions. Fair warning, it’s mostly…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 9
Speeches everywhereFriendship, revenge, blah, blah, blahPacing is a lie. This episode is mostly focused on getting Alma back. The fight in the tunnel is as badly choreographed as…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 4
Look, I get it. If you’re going to steal visual designs, Neon Genesis Evangelion is probably a good choice. It’s got some good designs. But if you’re going…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 10
A decent fight sceneSome needless complicationsNo impact at heart So, today’s episode of Ex-Arm had two major lines: Akira versus Beta and Alma versus Soma. Second one first.…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 6
Haiku summation: Animation gets better, The writing gets worse. Live reaction audio and details after the cut. So, this time we start with Skeletor creating his spheres of…
Seasonal Selection – Ex-Arm Episode 5
It was bad enough that the animation, slowly improving though it is, should never have made it to the screen. Up until now, that was the worst thing;…
Winter 2021 New Anime – EX-ARM
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This post might contain SLIGHT SPOILERS. GENRE : Action, Ecchi, Sci-Fi, Seinen Ex-Arm is a phenomenal anime. It is a beauty to behold for the mind, the ears,…
on the Bright Side Reviews (BS reviews): Ex-Arm
BS reviews is a series where Edy and I look for the unseen genius in anime that have not been widely recognized by the public. Today, we will…
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EX-ARM – Could This be an Undiscovered Masterpiece?
Sometimes an anime comes along and you can just tell history is being made. EX-ARM changed the way we see anime!
The War to End All “Wars”
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Winter 2021 First Impressions: Non Non Biyori Nonstop, Ex-Arm, Wonder Egg Priority
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Did Anime ‘Ex-Arm’ Censor a Same-Sex Kiss, or is it Just Completely Incompetent?
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Watanabe Cuts Off the Oni’s Arm
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Jujutsu Kaisen - The Retrospective
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