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D. Grayman 2! Is that like Superman, but not super and with gray powers? The palette of the show is pretty dark, but this episode is cute and happy...and a bit perverted. What's with the huge condom character? and the checking of Allen's Innocence? C'mon, that's just leaving the door wide open for nc-17 fanworks. Anyway, side characters are introduced as Allen is accepted into the exorcist gang.

Chevalier D'eon update~ watched through episode 5 and couldn't find any reason to like any of the characters or what was happening. no more.

Red Garden 1! decided to try this....since I have a bit of downtime.

+ Lovely opening featuring sillouetted figures and colorful designs. The music was jazzy, I guess.
+ Nice animation and character design.
- The plot is mysteriously dull.
- Kate breaks out into song...very loopy. Reminds me of Marginal Prince's first episode.
+ LMC's ending is catchy.

Quick impression~ A handful of girls in NYC have forgotten what happened overnight. There was a death. There are mysterious butterflies. It's all connected...to some woman with big lips...and her attack doggies. This is a very well-made mystery/horror drama for those who like that sort of thing. no screencaps since the file i d/led was a weird non-capping format...try the homepage for the trailer to see what it looks like.

Pumpkin Scissors 2! The Pumpkin Scissors war relief group/brigade is sent out to investigate a town where there are complaints against an arisocrat who sorta runs the town. He sets up games where he chases people with his tank. Alice and her men confront him and the guys get chased by the tank. Orland turns on his blue lantern, gets a glazed look in his eyes, and is able defeat the tank. I'm guessing he will try to find peace in his new position as the group tries to help those under war-related oppression. So far this series looks episodic in nature, but I'm sure Orland's past will catch up to him. Not sure if that interests me.
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Pumpkin Scissors 1! oops, I must've gotten a later airdate. Those tricksies tv programming and wrong fan databases. The opening song is sung by the same female who did Cruel Angel's Thesis from Eva. Yoko Takahashi sings an okay action-filled song that is accompanied by the usual visuals of the main characters. The ending song is a high-energetic happy anime song with cutesy visuals. The main characters include a big, burly, dumb-looking, but nice man, Orland (which seems to be the spelling so far) and a rich-girl turned spunky, military-girl, Alice who has the traditional wimpy and geeky sidekicks. The animation seems on par with Hagaren or Scrapped Princess.

+ cool title, good production & animation.
+ Orland gets an interesting 'crazy' look in his eyes which leads to violence of sorts.
- Not sure that this particular military story will keep an audiences' attention with the other great anime starting this season.
+ There seems to be a long-haired bishonen somewhere in the opening song.

Quick impression- There was some war and now there are still bad guys who do bad things to the regular folk. The good guys try to help da people. There's a sort of plain-ness or already-done-that to the story that doesn't immediately capture me. Judging by the preview of the second episode, I don't think I'll continue this series, but I may try another episode. I do like Orland even though he is a typical nice guy character who is trying to let go of a bad past which presents itself as a sorta split personality...like Kenshin. He also carries a lantern which may be the source of his name; a play on jack 'o lantern who carries the light in search of a resting place (says wiki).

ETA: currently enjoying NBC's Heroes drama. There's gusty gross things, dorky geeky things, and brotherly love that will spin-off many a gay fanfic.

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