Miken: Bah, other than my distaste at fanservice this early, I’m still positive about this show. This is perhaps the first GONZO show I’ve forced myself to watch in a while (seeing that I completely dismissed all the ones from last year). My last outing with this studio was Romeo x Juliet, and it left a rather bad taste in my mouth to see the play get ripped to shreds and reassembled backwards — and I’m not that much of a fan of Shakespeare either!

But I digress, Shangri-La really isn’t THAT bad.

Summary: Kuniko, in line to be the next leader of the Metal-Age, has just gotten out of 2 years at a correctional facility, and is already out making trouble again. In Atlas, Lolis go around ruling companies that charge people for Carbon Credits and such, much like the proposed plans of certain world leaders in real life today. Not long into the episode, some “partying” to celebrate Kuniko’s return by a buncha rebels brings in the military as the carbon prices are forced up again. The town gets hit with no previous warning and, true to her action girl archetype, Kuniko finds herself a nice high wall to yell at the military from. Then, with the grace of Spiderman, she leaps down and fights after speaking to the military, blocking bullets with her boomerang (Guy, looks like you’ve got competition). It also seems that all three forces (Religious, Rebellious and Military) have a similar sword that starts reacting once one is hit — in this case, with Kuniko’s boomerang. Then, black matter falls to the sky and begins to destroy everything. And that is the end of this series.

Notes: The art style isn’t groundbreaking, but it serves its purpose. The rounded style fits lolis more anyways. Still, the CG sticks out like a sore thumb, though it works well enough and isn’t so central to the animation that it needs to be that well-detailed… The OP song is pretty good, but not being that much of a fan of May’n, I can’t say much other than that. The ED is okay, but forgettable at best.

Miken’s Enjoyment Rating: 9.5/10
Miken’s Anticipation Rating: 10/10

Snapshots and Commentary:

I reiterate: DAMMIT GONZO!!!

So far, I really like her…

Wait…is that a guy? I’m not sure whether to trust the chest or the voice. Ugh, this is even worse than Tieria!!

Loli who is in line to become leader of _“The Metal-Age”_.

How dare you scratch —!! Wait, what was her name again? Oh, yeah…Ryoko.

I shall call this one Alberio whenever I forget her name.

Seems like someone hasn’t done his homework on how politics work around here.

Parent problems…and talking to stuffed animals…Check.

“Attacking without warning? And you call yourselves soldiers!”…I call them very smart soldiers.

She must be related to Guy Cecil.

The poor soldier, he won’t live to tell what happens next.

A Momoko-san should be sent to every rebel faction. That’d end this whole conflict REAL FAST.

In other words, this anime is a giant anvil that Gonzo is dropping on our heads.

Ric: Seeing as Minnie stole Mazinger (Being the fiendish blog monster that she is. ;_;) I’m stealing Pandora Hearts to help bring the Knights of the Round Fruitbowl back up into the competition.

And don’t worry, the Gundam finale post is on its way too. (As well as the HSA debut of Yugioh 5Ds!)

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Minnie: Out of all the new episodes that are coming out, I am glad to see a familiar face. Granted, I am still not the biggest fan of this anime but since I can’t stop watching and blogging it anyways, I keep on going with it. At first, I was a bit disappointed that this anime didn’t end at 13 episodes like all those other anime. Now, I am glad it has more than 13 since there are still a lot of things left to say. And guess what? I’m looking forward to all of them.

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Comedy, drama, or just stupid? (Just a note... this applies just for this scene...)

Garrick: Ooooh. Slashy slashy samurai/feudal Japan. Fun. I have a feeling that I will really enjoy this, and probably learn more about Japanese history than I ever did in school. So, hurrah for historical anime. ^_^

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Garrick: Oh, man, for some reason, with the exception of maybe two or three anime, this is my most anticipated show. Basketball and robots. That’s enough for me. Hopefully, it lives up to what I expect it to be, which, to be quite honest, isn’t THAT much. As long as some basketball is played, and it at least follows the path of other sports-ish manga, I’ll be happy.

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Garrick: This game is getting unfair. So, time for me to even it out. Valkyria Chronicles time. Based on a PS3 game (an awesome one, at that) I’m really looking forward to see how it connects to the game, and whether it’s executed as well.

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