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Fridays are an embarrassment of robot punching riches
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Back Arrow – 01
「飛んで来た男にパンツはあるか」 (Tonde Kita Otoko ni Pantsu wa Aru ka) "Do Guys From the Sky Have Undies?" Cowboys & Aliens 2: The Chinese Connection
Back Arrow – 02
「夢はまったく迷惑なのか」 (Yume wa Mattaku Meiwaku na no ka) "Is Having Dreams a Burden?" When Nietzsche conceived of will to power I don't think this is what he had in mind.
Back Arrow – 03
「巨大な城艦は希望になるか」 (Kyodai na Fune wa Kibou ni Naru ka) "Does a Huge Ship Bring Hope?" It's no Lagann, but it'll do.
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First Impression: Back Arrow
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It's familiar, like Gurren Lagann meets Escaflowne---but familiar doesn't have to mean bad.
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What happened to the last third of this episode exactly? Impressions: I really expected some kind of crazy bonkers crap from Shu, like he had traveled beyond…
Back Arrow #04 — Prism Rangers
With the power of giving up really fast. Impressions: What the show really needs at this point is some kind of story of the week. For example,…
Back Arrow #17 — Dreadnought Infestation
How many of these things are just laying around exactly? Impressions: If you called that ten minutes into the episode, the entire rebellion would have been defeated…
Back Arrow #11 — Skeet Shooting
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Back Arrow #02 — Inflatable Men
Still not sure what that was all about. I did glance at the second episode of the spider thing. It moved the randos to the front, changed…
Back Arrow #13 — *Aggressively Claps*
This is how we're having people job to that guy? Impressions: I almost want to spend two paragraphs just trying to dissect the new OP. Well, not…
Back Arrow #19 — Everybody’s Sparklies
And the award for least convincing death scene goes to… Impressions: The worst part of this episode may be the cliffhanger, but that's also selling the rest…
Back Arrow #18 — Soul Nomad
So that's the game they were playing when they wrote it. Impressions: Not to jump to the end here, particularly because the reveal is in like the…
Back Arrow: AniTAY First Impressions
The title for this series is a pun on the Japanese word for “dumbass.”
Back Arrow #06 — Patronizing Twinks
It's incredible how efficiently they've sidelined all the women. Impressions: This episode may as well have been called "Patronizing Twinks." Well, that or "Feel free to skip…
Back Arrow #09 — Urine Trouble
Surprise backstory hour. Impressions: Are we really going to be stuck here in this idiot kingdom for an extended arc? If we are, why are we doing…
Anime Taste Testing: Back Arrow
So it’s mecha but with backwater villagers dressed as old-west cowboys and the more tech-advanced folk looking like something out of a Chinese-inspired historical-fantasy. Cool cool.
Back Arrow #16 — Party Guests
I can't remember if this dude has actually done anything to this point. Impressions: First half absolutely reeked of pointless filler. Granedger, now a bit later and…
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Anime Fans Are DELUSIONAL
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Back Arrow #05 — Blowing Hot Air
Become an interesting character or leave already. Impressions: As much as they want to make this Shu and Kai crap the center of the show, they are…
Back Arrow #24 — Roe Vs Wade
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Back Arrow #23 — Generic RPG Bosses
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Squeezing this in just before Mecha March.
Back Arrow is full of idiots
I like Atlee, but maybe it's just because of her hat.
Back Arrow #15 — In Vino Veritas
There's no wrong way to drink wine, except through the shoulders. If you're wondering how today's Dynazenon went, aside from the animation taking another huge plunge, everybody…
Back Arrow #10 — Jabba the Explodey
Uh, right. Impressions: The thing that gets me about the Jekyll and Hyde routine is that there are some people who can obviously see when the Princess…
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