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Asta Rescues Yuno In A New 'Black Clover' Anime Clip

Asta Rescues Yuno In A New 'Black Clover' Anime Clip

© Yūki Tabata / Shueisha · TV Tokyo · Black Clover Production Committee With Black Clover moving through its second of four cour, Crunchyroll continues to do some decent promotion for it with a range of clips. The latest comes in the form of a two-minute piece where Asta gets to rescue Yuno and t...

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'Burst Angel' Anime Gets Crunchyroll Distribution

'Burst Angel' Anime Gets Crunchyroll Distribution

©2003 GONZO/Project BAKUTEN Crunchyroll has brought another Funimation series onto its streaming service for the first time with the addition of Burst Angel. The twenty-five episode series is available in its original Japanese language with English subtitles while the dubbed version remains on F...

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Beyond The Boundary Episode #05 Anime Review

Beyond The Boundary Episode #05 Anime Review

Beyond The Boundary Episode 5

The show takes a spin on the quiet side for a little bit.

What They Say: Mirai isn’t allowed to hunt youmu for one month as punishment for going near the Hollow Shadow. Now she must get a part-time job to pay the bills. As Mirai comes out of her shell, perhaps she will heal the hearts of those around her…

The Review: Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers) As with a lot of series of this nature, the first four episodes focuses on the main arc of introductions, setting explorations and some of the basic concepts of the show in terms of how the world works. The fifth episode? A chance to just settle in and explore the characters a bit more, often in lighter form. Beyond the Boundary adheres to that pretty quickly here as we get some fun in seeing how Mirai is adapting to life with everyone, the school and the slower pace of things. Especially since after the events of the first few episodes, she’s basically been put on pause when it comes to doing what she does best in hunting youmu. A bit of a break can help her reset herself and move forward better. Not that the youmu stop their movements.

The core group that seems to have come together here is pretty decent as in addition to Mirai and Akihito, we have Hiromi and Mitsuki as well, both of which bring a little something different to the table. Hiromi definitely plays up things in a silly but real way with Akihito and that makes for some good fun between the two of them as Mirai tries to find a friendship of sorts with Mitsuki. It is fun seeing how Mirai handles things with Mitsuki since she is so hard to read at times and kind of stand offish, but there are a few small breaks along the way that helps. But even as “bad” as Mitsuki seems sometimes (ok, most of the time), you generally have to admit that Mirai’s personality is the harder one for people to deal with in a lot of ways. Especially since she’s like that even when in the action mode.

The action side here is brief as Mirai does get to do a bit of battle, but mostly it serves to show her growing confidence in what she’s doing and the lack of hesitation after what’s come before. But even as she does get better at it, she’s still a sucker for other things and drawn into awkward jobs and the like, including a photo shoot that certainly isn’t a surprise but feels out of place here where she gets to dress up as a maid in glasses for a bit. It has its moments and obviously gets Mirai more into the circle of friendship, which is the main point of it all other than making fans grin and feel protective of her in such a situation. Suffice to say, the whole thing just kind of left me feeling numb for that chunk of the episode.

In Summary: As expected from an episode of this nature, what we get is a light bit of fluff with minor character development and exploration. We see Mirai starting to settle into what her life is at the moment and some of the fallout for her in particular from the previous fight. There’s some light and silly moments to be sure and an appeal to the beautiful side of animation in some of the scenes just to build the mood and atmosphere more. It’s the kind of episode you can like for what it does overall in building the bonds more, but it does it so bluntly and obviously that it loses some of what it needs to do. It’s an appealing enough episode within the scope of the series and the bit of down time that’s needed after a few very busy episodes.

Grade: B-

Streamed By: Crunchyroll

Review Equipment: Sony KDL70R550A 70″ LED 1080P HDTV, Apple TV via HDMI set to 1080p, Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver and Panasonic SB-TP20S Multi-Channel Speaker System With 100-Watt Subwoofer.

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Kuroko's Basketball Episode #01 Anime Review

A new school is looking to make its mark on the basketball world and an unusual crew of players have signed on to do just that.

What They Say: While recruiting for the basketball club, the Seirin Private High school has managed to pick up some impressive players; a power house, former American player, and a member of the “Generation of Miracles."

The Review: Content: (please note that content portions of a review may contain spoilers) Having been a huge fan of Slam Dunk and getting into a few other basketball anime series over the years, having a new basketball series this season was definitely a plus.. Particularly since this one by Tadatoshi Fujimaki has been running for the past four years in Weekly Shonen Jump and has amassed some sixteen or so collected volumes yet hadn't made a name for itself among Western fans. It wasn't hailed as the next coming or overhyped, which gives it some room to play out with a ton of pre-judging being done on it. Add in that the show is being animated by Production I.G. and I was doubly interested to see what it would do with this group of young guys and their dreams of basketball.

The series deals with a relatively new school that's still getting its footing out there called Seirein Private High. The beginning of the semester is always a fun point in time as that's when the clubs go out and look for people to join and the basketball club is no exception, especially since those young men (and woman) involved wanted to make their mark with this new school by winning some upcoming competitions and cementing their position. Getting enough players is always a struggle in these shows and this one is no exception as they have a few to begin with, but are adding more to flesh it out, including one student named Kagami who is already quite tall and spent his middle school years in America where he got to play. Others are coming up through middle school in Japan and some of them have some history to them, such as Kuroko, a player from what's called a "generation of miracles," a time when an age group of players truly excelled.

Amusingly, the club is run by Riko, a young woman who truly knows her basketball and can get results and is quite determined to get them. The guys that have come in that are unfamiliar with this are shocked, but when they learn that her father is a sports trainer and she's grown up with the same super critical eye, she's key to bringing the right talent out. And we get a good look at that talent right away, both in how she views them and how they play as challenges are issued in the night and a mock game gets played as well. Kagami is definitely a powerhouse and an arrogant player, going so far as to quickly dismiss Kuroko and tell him to quite basketball entirely. But he has the ability to back it up and he pushes against the second years pretty hard, surprising them with what he can do.

In Summary: With the first episode of the series, we get a pretty good look at the core dynamic of what it wants to do. The general premise is established quickly and effortlessly and we get an array of new players that sign on as first years to join the existing players to try and make it happen. It focuses on just two of the players more than anyone else, but we get nods towards them as they see the potential that's coming here. Riko as the club manager also gets a good share of time to provide the necessary commentary for non-basketball fans in order to smooth things out a bit. While it deals with character issues for a bit, introductions and all, it also gives us a good bit of basketball as well and that area is really well executed, highlighting weaknesses and strengths that can be well played as it progresses. And it's well animated at that, making it engaging to watch and leaving you wanting more of the game itself. This series is definitely on my must-watch radar to see where it goes and to enjoy a proper basketball anime series once again.

Grade: B

Streamed By: Crunchyroll

Review Equipment: Sony KDS-R70XBR2 70" LCoS 1080P HDTV, Dell 10.1 Netbook via HDMI set to 1080p, Onkyo TX-SR605 Receiver and Panasonic SB-TP20S Multi-Channel Speaker System With 100-Watt Subwoofer.

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