This post shouldn’t exist. On so many levels it should not have been possible. I think it’s fair to say that I quite like Stein’s;Gate as a franchise. For reasons explained in my VN post, I identify with Okabe more strongly than possibly any other protagonist. When he gets into high stress situations I can…
Tag: sci fi
Dramatical Murders – Just How I like ‘em: Pretty and Not Too Smart
Genre: Science fiction, comedy, smut Playtime: Medium (10 – 30 hours) Developer: Nitro+Chiral Oh Boy, this one is gonna be rough. So Aoba had an epic blue mullet and his hair feels things (it has nerve endings) this isn’t really important at all but I want you to understand what you’re getting yourselves into… He…
Shelter is Poetry in Motion (and a project for us)
Genre : Sci-fi, drama, wow Episodes: 1 Studio: A-1 Pictures Alone in her room, a young girl bides her time. She is isolated, cut off from the outside but that’s OK. With a little bit of imagination and a lot of technology she has access to worlds we can only dream of. She can run through…
The Endless Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya s2
Genre: Slice of Life, Supernatural, Comedy, Episodes: 14 Studio: Kyoto Animation What if god actually was one of us. You know, confused and emotional. Not really sure what they want. Prone to mood swings and changing fancies. What if the universe only really made sense when viewed through the eyes of someone who doesn’t…
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Mine
Genre : Slice of Life, Supernatural, Science Fiction, Romance, Comedy Episodes: 14 Studio: Kyoto Animation Timelords, and espers, and aliens, Oh My! Do you ever long for a life less ordinary? For just a touch of supernatural to liven up those drab days? Haruhi Suzumiya sure does, and that’s a problem for us all. Because whether she…
Anxiety and Delight in the Time of Eve
Genre : Science Fiction, Slice of Life, Ethical, Drama Episodes: 6 Studio: Studio Rikka Soon, very soon, androids are going to become commonplace. We’re going to figure out how to make them step out of that uncanny valley, we’ll add variations and imperfections and they will look just like us. Then we’ll figure out a way to…
Yuki Yuna is a beautifully flawed Hero
Genre : Magical Girl, Action, Sci-Fi, Dystopian Episodes: 12 Studio: Studio Gokumi Yuki Yuna is a hero. Ok, so the title isn’t really that hard to get. All the other girls in the club are also heroes, but the Sanshu Middle School Hero Club does in fact try to help anyone who requests it and for free at…
Psycho Pass
Genre: Crime drama, Procedural, Dystopian Episodes: 22 Studio: Production I.G This is going to be a challenging one, I might need your help on this cause we got a lot of ground to cover… In a not too distant future alternative Japan, Akane Tsunemori is getting ready to start her new job as an Inspector of…
DRAMAtical Murder
Genre: Sci Fi, Action, Cyberpunk, not Yaoi Episodes: 12 Studio: NAZ Aoba is a super adorable twink with an epic blue mullet that can feel and a suspiciously perceptive, ridiculously cute robot dog with a kick ass Barry White voice. In their world, there’s this weird mmo parallel universe hologram game thingie called Scrap that you can…
Space Patrol Luluco
Genre : Comedy, Sci Fi, Magical girl Episodes: 13 Studio: Trigger Luluco’s dad is a good man. He has done his best to raise his daughter as a single father despite being an incredibly busy officer of the Space Patrol division and Luluco loves him for it. So when he gets frozen in an incident…
Un-Go
Genre: All of them Episodes: 11 Studio: Bones In the not too distant future a slightly dystopian Japan is the grips of political unrest trying to right itself after a series of devastating terrorist attacks. Private detective Shinjuurou Yuuki makes his living trying to bring some law and order to these chaotic times with the help…
Katekyō Hitman Reborn!
Reborn Genre: Shonen, Comedy, action, supernatural Episodes: 203 Studio: Artland Tsuna is not having a good day. Not only has his lack of both academic and physical prowess earned him the nickname of loser Tsuna and he is making zero progress with the girl he likes but now, all the sudden, he is apparently…
Serial Experiments Lain
Genre: Sci Fi, Psychological, Cyberpunk, Magical girl(?) Episodes: 13 Studio: Triangle Staff Oh maaan… OK so like first scene – BAM, this girl kills herself and we have no clue why. Then, people at her school start getting emails from her (this was a while ago – you couldn’t just schedule your emails to send…
Charlotte
Genre : Sci-fi, action, drama Episodes: 13 Studio: P.A. Works In a slightly alternate universe, a small percentage of people develop some form of superhuman abilities which last only through their adolescence, and are therefore considered a danger to society. MC is just such a teenager who suddenly finds himself in a fight for his…
Tsuritama
Genre : Comedy, Sci-Fi, Surreal, Action, Sports! Episodes: 12 Studio: A-1 Pictures Yuki Sanada is going to get a fresh start at his new high school. He’s going to be smooth and cool and super popular. That’s his plan. It’s a pretty good plan, after all his grandmother already thinks he’s cool, kind of… But even…