Maoyuu Maou Yuusha (2013)

This meme below brought this anime into my attention:

Since I have already watched "Spice wolf" it was only natural to investigate further. I got to say I like Maoyuu better..

A little sad that there were no romantic conclusions, I can understand that the economical and developmental aspects of the world as a whole can not be concluded, for it is ever marching forward. 

But c'mon! you freaking made black powder a thing and then stopped there!? also it's in the hands of the opposition nonetheless! pretty engaging anime. 

I can't help but think Mao's too smart? She discovered potatoes, made a compass, Gutenberg printing press + paper, windmills and smallpox vaccine! on top of being a great economist.

Overall rating: 9.5/10.

Cuteness rating: 7.5/10.

Cuteness award goes to: Meido Imouto!

Eizouken ni wa Te wo Dasu na! (2020)

From the first episode I could tell this anime is a love letter to the great artists and pioneers who bothered to add detail and passion to their creations, attaining masterpiece status along the way and how it inspired the next generation of creators and artists alike. Really beautiful anime.

The Kanamori character is great to watch, it is the type of personality to play the devils advocate and generally is a realist. The role she plays is necessary in any creative or productive endeavor, for she has great management skills and is always on the look out for more efficient ways to progress the project outside of the technical work related to animation.  

I also get weirdly emotional whenever "The Greatest World" track plays, it's perfect!

Cuteness rating: 6/10.

Overall rating: 8.5/10.

Alice to Zouroku (2017)

Oh boy, this anime is pretty sweet with nice visuals. Centers around the importance of parental guidance and how it can shape the mind and heart of the child, wither they realize it or not and regardless of them not being of the same blood. I feel it succeeded in getting the message across, the importance of children and raising them to be better human beings. 

Really liked the old man and his granddaughter(s), pretty chill and good meaning family all around.

Torn between who's the cutest, Sana or Sanae, the happy alien! This shall remain undetermined. 

Cuteness rating: 10/10.

Overall rating: 10/10.

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

 

My friend and I have a hobby of watching War movies together, the most miserable and soul crushing movies ever made. Although we go in knowing fully well that the message is always going to be "War is Hell" and everytime we get sad and teary-eyed.

This time however was different in the sense that this movie got remade in 2022. The original is way down the list of movies we knew we had to watch but, the remake demanded us to watch the original solo, so we could watch the remake together, knowing what to expect and see how it holds up.

The movie reminded me of a very similar war movie called Cross of Iron (1977). Both movies showed the german side of the war, although the later showed WW2, both had the soldiers chase women, both had a high ranking officer who never went to the front, face the war and get very surprised by it.

The scenes that got me the most are: when Paul returned from the war and got labeled a cowered and the scenes with his mother. 

My Rating: 10/10

Numb3rs season one (2005)

Got this recommended to me by a YouTube video on math, it's pretty nice I like it! The thing is, the crimes are so varied and cover very different and distinctive themes and problems that it wouldn't get old too quickly especially with the show being episodic.

It really reignited that nerd in me (I'm not good at mathematics) but general science and it's connection to math is really interesting to me.

This show (season 1) had very wholesome and cute encounters that contrasted with the violence of crime. Really liked the Larry character and the family's conversations with one another and them being proficient in what they do, the father was a city planner, one son is working for the FBI and lastly a genius mathematician.

Cuteness rating: 6/10.

Overall rating: 9/10.

Playing Synthesizer on Airship - Hiroyuki Namba (1982)

Found this album on youtube, it's pretty nice. I liked the opening and the last few tracks more than the rest. 

 

Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

Back again with another "ship movie" although to my surprise this one is based on a true story. This is a brilliant movie about sailing the world for a noble cause, like the 'Master and Commander' movie, the goal of the expedition was to get a kind of fruit from the far away island of Tahiti back to England. The captain was a real piece of work the actor played him very well I'd say. This story has it all, drama, adventure and sad love story, maybe its weakness lies in its' three hour runtime, too long for my taste.

My Rating: 9/10