Again, here are a pair of series that I’m not blogging episode-by-episode but that I ended up deciding to watch (despite my blog post about what summer shows I’d watch. Part of this is due to the people who are subbing the spring shows being way behind).
The first show up is Sky Girls. I wasn’t expecting much of this show since it basically looked like a lolis-with-mechas series. However, the first episode really surprised me. Getting past all the major characters basically being super-lolis, I actually liked this episode and the overall feeling of the series.
Now, I do have concerns with this series. Having this many lolis in one place definitely suggests that they are going to play to the loli-fanbase more than just having them in the show, and if we start having needless loli-pandering, then the show will turn into a downward spiral and crash and burn I think. However, if they keep the feeling it had in the first episode for the rest of the series, then I think this could be a pretty good show.
The second show is Zenra Kei Suiei Bu Umisho, or just Umisho for short. This looks to basically be a show for guys who want to see an anime with lots of boobs. First off, you have the swim team - so you have swimsuits, and a lot of them. You have girls outnumbering guys on the swim team over 2 to 1. So you have a lot of girls. Finally you have a new girl who transfers to the school and joins the swim team whose favorite swimsuit is…to swim naked.
She’s also very good, and at least one other member of the swim team is willing to try anything the new girl does to be as good as her - including, you guessed it, swimming naked.
On top of this, the manager of the swim team can’t swim. There is a story here where the manager and the new girl have met somewhere in the past before (though neither can really pin it down), but clearly the point of the show appears to be to show breasts, and to show as many of them as often as possible.
I suppose this may be entertaining for some, and I’ll probably watch this show just to watch it, but I’m not expecting much.
