Bit of a late update today, with more reviews to come as they're uploaded.

I get to start off with a quick flashback to the 1990s featuring the cute but inconsequential OVA series Galaxy Fraulein Yuna.

Meanwhile, Nick expresses some reservations about shoujo-ai romance Candy Boy, which ends up a mixed experience for him due to what he feels are some particularly questionable creative choices.

Aiden follows up with the overly conventional Okami-san and Her Seven Companions, in which he runs into a serious case of values dissonance.

And a last minute addition to the review schedule is a quick look at the 1990 one-shot OAV City Hunter: Bay City Wars, in which Ryo Saeba does a fairly good John McClane impression, when he's not distracted by all those pretty girls. (He did it all for the nookie!)

See you Monday!

- Carlos Ross

Surprise! Here are a few more pop-up reviews that weren't on anyone's radar until they got written!

Carlos starts us off with a review of the 2011 one-shot OVA Five Numbers! which is kind of a throwback, format-wise, to the old days of anime, but thankfully isn't nearly as bad as the one-shots of yore. It's actually the R1 DVD flipside to Coicent, which he reviewed in the last update.

Nick covers Eve no Jikan, which he lauds as android sci-fi done the right way and marks Yasuhiro Yoshiura's first foray into five-star territory.

Finally, Stig forges through the entirety of Queen's Blade which, despite a truly rocky start, ends up in the "guilty pleasure" category.

More reviews on Friday, so stay tuned!

- Carlos Ross

This week we're doing something different; pop-up reviews! Newly written and ready for reading!

As the mastermind behind this, I start us off with Megane na Kanojo, a series that is exactly what its title indicates; a show about girls who wear glasses. To quote the Diff'rent Strokes opening; "what might be right for you, might not be right for some". I go into more detail after the jump.

Next up is Carlos with Coicent, a recent one-shot OAV that he wishes for more of quite a bit.

For our last review we have Bradley's review of Rio: Rainbow Gate, which isn't part of the pop reviews update, but was originally scheduled alongside two other reviews of his to review today. You'll probably see the other two soon enough.

We'll continue the pop reviews Wednesday. See you then!

- Tim Jones

I may not have any reviews for you today, but there's still plenty of backlog to go through and plenty more titles to cover, so here we go!

Tim starts us off with the social misfit harem comedy Haganai (aka Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai), which would be a really great show if it weren't so fixated on boobs. This is still an improvement over the rest of this update, singlehandedly out-starring the next two features!

That's right, the rest of this update is all about the turkey shoot. Nick lets fly with a volley aimed at the theatrical release RahXephon: Pluralitas Concentio, which entirely misses the point of the exemplary TV series and instead plays out like a poorly-handled recap episode. Noooooooooooooooooooooo!

Aiden trots out trite fantasy harem show Shukufuku no Campanella and gives this plotless, soulless, charmless, lifeless wreck the coup de grace it deserves. And you'd think something featuring characters called "The Tortilla Sisters" would be worthwhile, but alas it was not to be...

And that's that for our "five-star review day" (that's right, five stars between three shows), but next week is looking pretty good, as we await Bradley's Triple Threat on Monday. Until then: have a great weekend!

- Carlos Ross

Hello again, everyone. It's time once more to bring out another trio of reviews from Aiden, Nick and myself.

Nick's offering for today is actually a half-American production made for Christian TV. The show in question is called My Last Day, which should be a good enough hint for Christians and non-Christians alike to try and guess what it's about.

Aiden looks more towards giving his funnybone a workout with Arakawa Under The Bridge x Bridge, and he seems to have found his groove within the show.

As for myself, I finally got to throw myself over Junichi Sato's own pet project, now a full TV show. Its name is Tamayura ~Hitotose~, and it's here to give the tilde curse a swift kick to the rear. Or it might have, if it wasn't so damned pleasant all the time.

Next week Nick and Aiden will return once more, but this time with Tim in tow. See you guys then.

- Stig Høgset.

So, we got a trio of reviews today.

First off, Nick brings us the excellence of ABe, whom a lot of you may know as the guy behind the ever excellent Haibane Renmei. That's why Nick is outraged... OUTRAGED, he says... that a good deal less people have heard about NieA_7, mostly because it's just so good.

Aiden's got his eye set on the murderous MOE, though, and he's not going to let anything silly like his review being a second opinion get in his way when he's up for talking about When they cry; Higurashi.

And, as it turns out, my review ended up being a second opinion too; namely that of Allison & Lillia, a show the Great Sultan himself reviewed not too long ago. And that somehow went completely under my radar, even though I know I've read it before. I think.

Man, I'm getting old.

Oh well, that's it for today. But we -- as in me, Nick and Aiden -- will be back this upcoming Wednesday with three new reviews. As in reviews for shows not reviewed here before. Stay tuned.

- Stig Høgset.