What’s In This Post Quick Episode SummaryWhat Happened in this EpisodeWhat I Liked in this EpisodeWhat I Liked Not so Much in this EpisodeThoughts about the EpisodeRelated Posts Quick Summary The seventeenth episode of BUBUKI/BURANKI: The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy, named The Island Fortress, shows that Karoruko Kazuki isn’t quite the idiot she’s led us to believe she is. Azuma […]
Month: October 2016
BUBUKI/BURANKI Ep 16: A Machiavellian Leader’s Vile Treachery
The Hunter’s Bullet, the sixteenth episode of BUBUKI/BURANKI: The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy, shows us the Russian Heart Maxim Arsenyevich Balakireva’s contrition betrayed by Guy Barville Abeille‘s Machiavellian treachery; the beginning of Shūsaku Matobai, Kogane Asabuki, and the rest of her team’s journey to liberate Reoko Banryū and their meeting a surprising Buranki; Azuma Kazuki‘s continued resolve to free his his sister, Karoruko Kazuki, from Guy’s clutches; […]
BUBUKI/BURANKI Ep 15: An Unexpected Confession and a Plea in the Rain
In The Right Hand’s Scar, BUBUKI/BURANKI: The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy’s fifteen episode, Kogane Asabuki has to confront Shūsaku Matobai and his confession about his role in her father’s death. Also, we see just how much more effective Bubuki wielders with free-wills can be: Azuma Kazuki‘s limbs made short work of the limbs on loan to his sister, Karoruko Kazuki; we […]
BUBUKI/BURANKI Eps 13 and 14: Imōto from the Pits of… Well, You Know!
BUBUKI/BURANKI: The Gentle Giants of the Galaxy opens the reason with two episodes (episode 13, Black Oubu, and episode 14, The False Heart) that introduce us to Azuma Kazuki’s little sister Karoruko Kazuki, as well as the four borrowed limbs that make up her Buranki. We also see Guy Barville Abeille push his own mysterious agenda forward despite […]
Cooler Nights — That Means It’s Time for the Fall 2016 Anime Preview (Part 2)!
I’ve taken the opportunity presented by the recent announcement of Crunchyroll’s and Funimation’s partnership to streamline how I blog about the seasons. Instead of a post for Crunchyroll and a post for Funimation seasons, I’ll just post about the series regardless of its streaming home. That’s probably overdue, anyway, given how I recently reviewed Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, […]
Cooler Nights — That Means It’s Time for the Fall 2016 Anime Preview (Part 1)!
I’ve taken the opportunity presented by the recent announcement of Crunchyroll’s and Funimation’s partnership to streamline how I blog about the seasons. Instead of a post for Crunchyroll and a post for Funimation seasons, I’ll just post about the series regardless of its streaming home. That’s probably overdue, anyway, given how I recently reviewed Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, […]
Waging Wars and Enduring Disappointment: Summer 2016 Recap, Crunchyroll Edition
Crunchyroll’s schedule had so many interesting series that I had a hard time making time to watch them! In the grand scheme of things, that’s a good problem to have. Looking back on the Summer 2016 Crunchyroll season, one series was a rollercoaster alternating between peaks of excitement and confusion. Another was a lesser incarnation of its first […]