This week brings imports with Arabians Doubt, Sengoku Basara, and this new Gundam thing that everyone's going on about. Plus Little Tail Story, Ranko Tsuikigime, and some bad Twitter news.
A patchwork of throwaway filler episodes, big revelations, important developments, and tied-off loose ends, this set is hardly a paragon of propulsive serial storytelling, but it is entertaining in its own way—and quite indispensable.
A sumptuous spectacle with a warm, beating heart—a tightly-constructed romp with enough humor and headlong action to earn its shonen-action label but that never forgets that real feelings always trump fantasy fightin'.
Over the course of these four tightly-contained episodes, the show suffers what is probably best described as a psychotic break with reality. It would qualify as a baffling train wreck, if only the arc wasn't so... good.
A strong final third largely balances out a weak start in this series about sci fi-enhanced WW II-era naval ships and the pretty female avatars which control them.