I will be at Anime Expo 2005 so no updates till I get back.

Gunlex: This is just a continuation of the fight between Zaraki and Ichigo. Even after getting a hold of himself, Ichigo is still no match for Zaraki. We’ll have to wait until the next episode before Ichigo can do some actual damage to Zaraki. Overall this was an average episode. It wasn’t boring, but it wasn’t all that entertaining either.

Gunlex: This episode was better than I had expected it to be. Probably one of the most enjoyable Aquarion episodes so far. We get to see what appears to be a temporary form of Aquarion, Forma Aquarion. The part right before we get to see it, they used a piano and violin version of “Sousei no Aquarion”. It was a nice rendition of the opening song. I thought the fight sequence with Forma Aquarion was really well done. The charging in with the quick bow draw was probably the highlight of that scene. My only complaint with this episode was the ending. Although I guess it fits Apollo’s nature, I thought just running away like that looked silly.

Gunlex: The series wraps up with an one hour Mahoraba special. I have to say I enjoyed the way things turned out. It wasn’t anything unexpected or out of the ordinary. However, it was still a very suitable ending for a series like Mahoraba. I thought the dramatic scenes were done well too. Tamami is finally able to work out her issues. Being able to hear Haibara’s real voice was a surprise. We see that he has been looking out for Kozue ever since she was a child. To try to bring Kozue back we get to see Shiratori’s entire story all stringed together. Although I would have liked to see more actual animation than see his story all over again, I have to admit it was appropriate for the series. Besides resolving Kozue’s problem, we also learn about the fate of the other inhabitants. Sometimes series will leave these loose ends unresolved. I’m glad they filled all the holes in the final episode.

So after watching the series from start to finish, do I think this was worth my time? Most definately. The series may not be anything new or unique, but nevertheless it was entertaining. The character designs are nice and the animation is pretty clean. This series doesn’t require you to think deep about the story or its characters. It won’t spark any heated discussions either. But if you want a relaxing, feel-good series, Mahoraba is for you.

Gunlex: After seeing Eureka without her hairclip, I think she should always keep her hair down. We still don’t know why Eureka is having problems with Nirvash. There has to be some sort of connection between Eureka and Anemone when they have quite a few similarities. Once Anemone gets injected with whatever she was injected with, she becomes a total psycho. Nirvash type the End seems extremly powerful. I think it’s the best looking LFO we’ve seen thus far.

Gunlex: As it turns out this world does not have Sakura’s feather. Even though there was no feather, the episode wasn’t a complete waste. We learn a bit about Syaoran’s past. Besides searching for Sakura’s feathers it looks as if we may end up trying to figure out Syaoran’s past as well.

Gunlex: The hunt is on. After all this time Athrun finally comes to his senses. Meyrin in her underwear. That in itself made this episode a winner. I didn’t expect things to turn out the way it did though. I was thinking Athrun would end up escaping Jibraltor by himself. It looks as if Meyrin and Athrun will be attempting to join up with Kira. Definately won’t be easy considering they have Legend and Destiny chasing after them.

Gunlex: Yet another classic “Honey and Clover” episode. When things start looking serious, they throw in humor to lighten things up. So what exactly happened between Ayumi and Mayama on the ferris wheel? We may not ever know for sure or they may show us what happened in the next episode. So far we know that Takemoto likes Hagu and Hagu probably likes Morita. At this point we can only speculate how Morita feels about Hagu. One scenario is he doesn’t feel the same way about Hagu. The other scenario is he has feelings for Hagu, but he also knows Takemoto does as well. Being the most sensitive character in the series he may just not show any interest in Hagu for Takemoto’s sake.

Gunlex: I didn’t think the conflict for this last part of the series would become something like this. Considering the rest of the series is fairly laid-back, this turn of events just doesn’t feel like your normal AMG episode. Nonetheless it was still entertaining. My only gripe with this episode is with the Flute of Midgar. It felt too simplistic as a solution. At least it wasn’t resolved in the end. It’s kind of too bad Uld is no longer evil. She had a nice outfit when she was evil.

Gunlex: There was no sign of Saiga in this episode. Apparently he’s being hid somewhere. He wasn’t in the preview for the next episode either so he may not even show up in it. It looks as if Shinsen’s dead now. I wonder if she really is though. She’s supposed to have undergone some sort of “treatment”, but we don’t know what it did. With Shinsen out of the picture (maybe temporarily) Suitengu is deteremined to marry Kagura instead. Kagura just doesn’t get any slack, one bad thing after another happens to her.