Jeoffrey

This show features a main male protagonist, nicknamed the walking libido, who keeps dropping one humorous suggestive remark filled with sexual innuendo after another. He is surrounded by a bunch of women of all ages and has even convinced his class teacher that it is fashionable to walk around in a sexy Domina-2000 outfit. He then manages to get his hands on a kind of time machine (or rather a thing with a toggle switch that has a save function), which can be used to turn back time, and so strange things start to happen... In all seriousness, it sounds like a formula for a "good" hentai anime series, and some of the situations and many of the main male protagonist's interactions with any woman have (in my opinion) a strong erotic subtext. However, if I were the director, I could have just directed this as hentai straight from the off. In the end, though, it is not a hentai anime series, nor is it just a very erotic anime series, but rather it is just that a lot of scenes could cause a person who has seen a lot of hentai to make a lot of inappropriate assumptions. It is like with the sit-com Friends when Joey watched too much porn and then was surprised that the pizza delivery girl was not up for having sex... So what is it, anyway? If I discount the above, we are actually left with something that sort of resembles Steins;Gate  (the fourth and fifth episodes at least), even though it is not even half as interesting, thrilling, or entertaining. The supposedly scientific "mumbo jumbo" is not at all believable, and I just cannot shake the feeling that they are all after "one thing" anyway... I am going to quit before it makes me go nuts and go watch something with a more satisfying storyline. Dropped after the sixth episode and 3.14/10.

Unlike some of my friends, I have no aversion to Chinese animation (except perhaps Panda and Little Mole) and Chinese "anime". I have even discovered a few good Chinese productions over the past few years that I remember and sometimes have the urge to watch again. It is a real shame, therefore, that this movie had such bad quality animation that it spoiled my impression of it to some extent. At times the movements seemed unnatural and sometimes (I can think of two scenes off the top of my head) it almost looked like the characters were sliding around on a treadmill instead of walking. In addition, at other times the movements were simply jerky... I was also not impressed with the CGI treatment of some of the scenes and buildings/objects. In other words, compared to what I have been used to from other anime movies, this was all rather a bit below standard. On the other hand, the movie had a good soundtrack, it was distinctive and some scenes were more powerful and had the right atmosphere just because of that, which was good although the other, more boring bits could have done with a bit more atmosphere, etc too. I thought the narrative was great, understated, realistic and considering the fact that it is more or less about the same generation as I am from (the main part of the narrative takes place in 1999), I found it quite close to my heart. I found that even the coming-of-age subject matter, deciding what to do with your life, was all really intriguing and really well presented in this movie. However, what I enjoyed the most was the romantic subplot. I do not know if it was the fact that I remember the romantic adventures of my student days in a similarly "disappointing" way (for example, giving someone you like advice about their love-life when it concerns someone else - I only experienced that about four times in my youth), or if the main male protagonist reminded me so much of myself because of his behavior (decent adolescent guys who lend girls with cold hands their gloves do not usually end as “winners” among their peers), though either way, it was again quite close to my heart... So in the end I actually enjoyed this movie despite my reservations concerning the animation. However, I still cannot shake the feeling that it could have been much more intense and emotional, because at least the Japanese directors know how to do that. My final rating was a tough decision, as although the overall impression for me was slightly above average, am I going to award this a strong three stars or a poor four stars? More likely I should award the strong three stars --- put in terms of the ratio 6.4/10.

"So anyways I have a new movie coming out... What is it? Just another rip-off of Planes, the not-so-successful follow-up to the movie Cars?" I only watched this movie out of boredom, and once again all I can say is yeah, I watched something I wished I had not… The movie features truly awful animation, unlikable characters, and a stupid, boring narrative... The way it looks, the static background, the terrible awful lip-syncing, well, for 2018, that is an absolute tragedy. I was originally going to skip over it and pretend I had never seen it in my life at all, and that this hour of my life, like a few others, had never existed. However, I then looked at the director's profile and realized that this fool is just churning out one awful animated movie after another. I guess the quality of the animation and everything else does not matter to him, and that kind of pissed me off. After all, in 2017-2018 alone, the director made twenty-two movies and judging by the IMDb ratings, they are mostly "treasures". Damn, why did he and his production companies not just take all that money they put into those twenty-two crazy movies and invest it into at least one normal somewhat decent project instead? This is like dumping a bunch of artwork which is the same standard as the trailer for The Drummer and the Princess into the world! I just do not like it... I was going to award it BOO! and then after thinking about it for a while whilst writing this review, I changed my mind and am going to award it one star because as boring as they were, the robot's information about the planes had some sort of educational value, which I think gives this abomination at least some sort of purpose... So, 1/10, and I would prefer not to see anything from Mr. Tramel again in the future…

This is an interesting and emotional documentary that gives the audience a glimpse behind the scenes, and more importantly, helps to complete the picture of what lies behind the success of this game. Certainly, there was a lot of work, nervousness, uncertainty, blood, sweat, and tears. However, the main thing is that the creators poured something of their lives into it, they put their heart into the game. The documentary is very long, however, it contains a lot of emotional statements, genuine opinions, and SPOILER ALERT!!! when you see "Teal'c" talking about his family and almost crying, you can hardly get through it with a dry eye - end of SPOILERS. Anyway, what all of these gentlemen and ladies have done with this brand is as great a feat as when J.J. Abrams "rebooted" Star Trek and I was seriously rooting for them to make it the game of the year 2018. In conclusion - Good job BOY!

I found this show hugely satisfying because this anime series has a lot of scenes which are really great and powerful on all levels. Whether it be the romantic subplots, the bromance, the melodrama, or the soundtrack, in each of these aspects I always found at least one interesting and entertaining moment that got me. I could certainly make a slight criticism, in that I would have personally preferred a bit more music because jazz is a genre I really like, and less of everything else. However, I guess that if they had done that, I would have missed out on a lot of the romantic moments, and also the totally realistic and interesting human dramas... In other words, for example, stuff like the ending of a plot line like Jun and Yuriko's touched my romantic heart. Plus, I found the very end of the anime series also beautifully satisfying... It is also because I have grown to like almost all the characters in this show, so even when they reached a low point and sometimes acted in a way that might have even made me dislike them, I still managed to root for them... Sure, (in my heart) Nodame Cantabile is still at the top of my list of best musical anime series, even so, this was also excellent. 9.1/10.

This is a nice story about how some things may change, but life still goes on regardless... Concerning the soundtrack and animation, it is quite good, and the narrative side is understated and quite endearing. However, it does not have much depth and is not as interesting as I had expected at times. The dramatic backdrop is rather hinted at (and if you do not know how it relates to a certain tragedy that happened in Japan, half of the message is lost) and it is so ordinary, human, sad - just like life. I personally found it was half an hour well spent, albeit only worth three stars. 6.3/10.

Personally, I think this is the best movie starring Vlasta Burian, and my favorite "movie for reminiscing" and whenever I see it on TV, I always watch it until the end and really enjoy it.

Rimmer alone makes it impossible not to love this series…

As a kid, I loved this TV show, and it made me interested in the human body, and it made me want to become a doctor for a while. I recently watched a few episodes again and found that even as an adult it is still really enjoyable. 10/10.

I am not too keen on complaining about this anime series, which I think is based on a pretty nice idea about "saving the otaku community". It also contains references to a very well-known anime series (Neon Genesis Evangelion) plus even lesser-known anime series (Is the Order a Rabbit?, Rozen Maiden, The Ryuo's Work is Never Done! etc.) in every episode. After all, it gently reminds me of other anime series that I have watched before, and I enjoyed speculating about what would be the next anime series to be referenced when watching each episode. Unfortunately, however, that was about the only thing I enjoyed! There were a lot of cute little girls, although not one of them pulled at my heartstrings. It is not just that I am probably going to forget their names after a few weeks (I may well have already forgotten them in fact), it is rather that I am going to forget these girls altogether. Neither the style of how the various manga/anime series were redeemed by the girls, nor the concept of the antagonists in the form of variously developed "viruses", nor the "main villain" impressed me either. Plus, it was mostly the same old same old, probably like Ash's encounter with the Team Rocket in Pokémon and (here we go yet again...), let us be honest here, it just gets pretty boring over time... I have never forgotten the anime series (that I have previously seen) referenced in this anime series, however, yet "Pastel Memories" will probably fade from my mind over time, and so when I compare this anime series to those that were mentioned in it and realize that the moment I guessed what they had in store for today's episode, my interest to keep watching it waned rapidly, I have to award it only something like 4.3/10.