Majestic Prince ep12: milk and honey makes friendships sticky and sweet

Well that was a nice fun romp. I was honestly worried that this was going to turn into mindless filler episode (though I’m not sure the word filler applies here). But episode twelve actually succeeded at being an interesting and entertaining source of character development.

Majestic Prince ep11: life isn’t all pretty boys and penises.

With an enemy ship now crashed on Mars, the Fail Five is now tasked with a mission of great importance. A mission that requires stealth, and precision and timing, so you know somehow this mission is gonna go totally to sh*t, right?

Majestic Prince ep10: the most amusing of prey

So, I was only kinda right in my guesses from last week.  It seems very likely that this signals the end of stage one of this series.  As all the necessary introductions have now been made, rivalries have been set, and some of the initial ignorance has been swept away.  This series is now firmly hurtling towards stage two, an invigorated attempt at intimacy with various parts of the story and cast.

Majestic Prince ep9: closer than you thought, not as close as you’d like

Well, with the battle over and a good chunk of the GDF likely murdered or mangled in space, everyone is left to reflect on the situation. I for one am going to say that as I reflect on it, I’m disappointed at how the aliens just said, “OK, we’re done here.” And they just packed up shop. Aside from the stone wall that Team Doberman and Team Rabbits put up, the rest of the opposition was warm butter in their hands. I can’t help but think this was a little lazy of the creative team, but I won’t fully know for sure until the next episode. This episode is what’s important.

Majestic Prince ep8: blade mode!

Ah yeah! Just when I’d opened my mouth and called this show slightly average, it shows me an amazing space battle. It’s high time this show shoved aside all that character development and moral lesson crap and just threw punches! Let’s go!

Check-in Station: Mid-Season Review (Spring 2013)

This has been quite honestly, my most successful season since I started blogging.  I’ve watched several anime before, but I wasn’t attempting to write about all of them on an episode by episode basis.  Even better yet, I used to just watch a series in bulk.  I’d either get a DVD or find a batch of files and watch until I got tired, or I ran out of material.  The only time that ever backfired was when I was watching the original Code Geass (why would they have a six month break between episode 23 and the end of the series?!).  Now I’m watching seven (maybe eight) series at the moment, and their pretty much all to the halfway point.  So instead of doing a “Check-in” post on all seven, I’m gonna give the run down for the majority in one post, right here.  That way I can get on with whatever other projects I’m working on at the moment.

Now then, let’s get started.  I’ll do this in whatever random order I choose.  I will not be assigning score or rank.  I will just be assigning opinions.

Majestic Prince ep7: instincts for coitus and conquest

I was wondering when this show was gonna throw a big battle at us again.  It really is sticking pretty well to the Gundam formula, too.  The real question for Majestic Prince as a show will be whether it can distinguish itself from that formula.  Valvrave has already done so in it’s own unique way.  Oh yeah, and space sex. Alien space sex. It’s not as gross as it sounds, I promise.

Majestic Prince ep6: the Fail Five lives on

So what do you do once you’ve done the impossible?  Go back home and get sh*t on by your classmates, while the adults in your life squabble over your worth.  Such is the punishingly realistic life of the MJP.

Majestic Prince ep5: setting a bad example is better than having none at all.

Episode 4

Here we are at the fifth episode for the first of several series I’m watching this season.  Majestic Prince is a show I mainly started watching only because of two factors, the character designer.  Hisashi Hirai, love him or hate him, has a signature style that can’t be missed. And it’s been a staple in anime for over ten years. And also, I’m a pretty big mecha fan, especially Gundam.  Hirai is probably most famous for doing the character designs for Gundam SEED (though my favorite work of his is probably s-CRY-ed), so this title doesn’t have a whole lot going for it, but I’m intensely attracted to what it’s got.  As for the actual show, and whether it’s been a fun ride, that’s a complete separate issue.  Though it may not be one short on high points.