Animation Uprising!

With gaming taking a backseat lately, I have been troubled in finding other means of entertainment. I can't exactly sit in front of a TV, since I don't have cable. I do still have Netflix, but I think I've watched myself out of that little phase for the moment (Need more Mythbusters! UGH!). This all changed one day, as I scoured the endless fields of videos on YouTube. It was thanks to that site that an Anime I had forgotten about, was ultimately remembered.

Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari

The title of this Anime is Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari, which is a spin-off of sorts of the Tenchi Muyo! series. And me being a long time fan of the series, I knew I absolutely had to find a way to watch this series one day. Of course that was some time ago and when I came back across this recently, I came to find out that the series was released and actually finished. Hell it took me so long to rediscover the existance of this title, that the entire series was put out on the internet and subbed with English subtitles.

Gotta love that part.

Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari follows the adventure of Kenshi, Tenchi's half brother, as he was sent to the world of Geminar to ultimately save the world. And, probably obviously, he has kind of the same luck with women as his brother did and this continues to be a harem-style series, with a touch of mecha robots for good measure. You can't go wrong with that combination can you?

Beyond that though, I actually came to love this series as it did what I thought was impossible: Recapture the charm that the original Tenchi series had (OVAs 1 & 2). What is also surprising how much more mature the series is now, with much clearer depictions of sex and violence. I suppose though, with how much things have changed since the release of the original series, change had to be expected.

Another upside is I've gotten around to finally re-watching the Tenchi Universe series, which I actually only saw through once (the OVAs and Tokyo series I've watched too many times over). It is different then I can recall, which does make it seem like I am watching each episode for the first time.

Now the only thing left that I haven't really seen is the GXP series...