Let me admit something that I didn't really say at the time: neither Arpeggio of Blue Steel nor even Knights of Sidonia looked particularly great as anime shows. Arpeggio was serviceable; Sidonia did [...]
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Just wouldn't be complete without some romantic overtones would it? Never straying far from the path, Bubuki Buranki gave us more of the same, just now improved
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Have gun. Will travel.
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Kids go on a journey to save the world with their robot friends. This show was so much fun to watch. Sometimes it didn’t make the most sense, but you know what? I didn’t even care. The cast of the [...]
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「黒」 (Kuro Oubu) "Black Oubu" No waiting---action now!
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As we have previously reported, Good Smile Company has opened pre-orders today for their “Bubuki Buranki” Asabuki
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Good Smile Company reveals today pre-order information for their “Bubuki Buranki” Asabuki Kogane Nendoroid figure, which comes with Oubu’s right arm, “Raijoudou” – also known as Migite-chan, plus [...]
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Relaxing after Third Impact. Bubuki Buranki is by no means perfect, but if you enjoy stylish, highly-kinetic action, it can be worth your time for the unexpected wrinkles that make it [...]
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Anime: BBK BRNK/Bubuki Buranki Genre: Action, Superpowers, Magic Studio: SANZIGEN Source Material: Original   Plot: When Azuma Ikki returns to Japan after 10 years, he gets assaulted by a group of [...]
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  Bubuki Buranki While I still don’t particularly like the rise of cgi adaptations for sci-fi anime productions, I do get the need for them. Given the detail and scale required to bring such [...]
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Maybe Bubuki Buranki isn't a "buy" yet, but it's definitely a "hold".I'm certainly not going to deny that Bubuki Buranki is a mess.  But it's an interesting mess, at least for me, at least so [...]
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「炎の巨人」 (Honou no Kyojin) "Fire Titan" The magical melee battles are great, as are the mecha slugfests; no one should be surprised that the action is solid. But the story they're trying to [...]
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I resent the first half of this episode. It was the better half of this episode, but I still resent it. It made me think Bubuki Buranki might be something other than a generic story about a [...]
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A boy with mommy issues fights in a dystopia with magic and giant robots. Admittedly this has its faults. Mainly it felt rather abrupt at times and didn’t do a great job at setting things up. (Like [...]
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Shoujo-tachi wa Kouya wo Mezasu Short Synopsis: A girl wants a guy to make a visual novel with her. From the writer of the Majikoi visual novel we have a story about making visual novels. That may [...]
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「魔女の息子」 (Majonomusuko) "The Witch's Son" Bubuki Buranki builds a mythology in its first episode, then does its best to pull us in. Its rough, and the potential isn't realized, but the [...]
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Let the parade of sleepers continue.Bubuki Buranki is the 10th anniversary series for SANZIGEN, which isn't necessarily a studio most of us immediately think of as elite.  But there was something [...]
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(12ish episodes ?) What’s it about ? Hmm… An youth adventure series featuring some mecha action. Also, a rare show not adapting anything. Characters As a kid, Azuma used to live with his parents and [...]
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