(Good) Cannon Busters

Series in one sentence:
Stinky man won't die.

Series in more sentences:
A wanted man who can't die is visited by two robots who wish for his help finding a lost prince from a recently destroyed kingdom. "Philly the Kid" wastes no time telling them not to be interested, but can't seem to lose the company, and befriending him proves a bigger challenge than finding the prince. 

But the robots have a simple understanding of human emotions and stay undiscouragable.

Despite the quick backstory each character got, I can't say I felt emotionally invested in any of them. The story arc of Sam the robot I found most interesting, but it includes the stupid, pampered prince, and of course our rude opportunistic main character. Who would've died many years ago, if it weren't for his gift/curse. I really had to agree with one of the villains when he told Philly off about never having avenged his parents, but the guy didn't even respond to these facts. I guess he realized it was true when he changed his objective, but I didn't really see a change of heart occur.

Other than that, I liked the art style and the sudden ways Philly kept dying. Some were horrifying as well, and nobody cared. 

I think, for a first season, the anime did a good job setting up the characters and keeping me entertained. The robots were overly cheerful and would not pick up on certain comments; they were one of the best written robots in fiction I've ever seen. 

I hope to see more character development in the next season.

(Good) Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki

Series in one sentence:
Ball cat with Pikachu voice gets adopted by fool with fondness for balls.

Series in more sentences:
A young woman wakes up on top of an oddly round cat after a drunken night and decides to adopt him. Follow the life of Poyo and his new family and friends.

Simple and innocent fun. Except for the black cat with the personality of an unneutered dog. If it wasn't for that beast, I'd say this series was meant for small children.. maybe it is, regardless.

There are alot of episodes, but the short running time helped me fly through it. There's no deep story being told and the show's only purpose is to be cute and quirky. It succeeded in that, so what more is there to want.

BYE BYE, MOE.

(Average+) The Helpful Fox Senko-san

Series in one sentence:
Child wife gleefully infantilizes a 40-something man with a fur fetish.

Series in more sentences:
A fox demigod regrets her failure to save the life of the human who treated her wounds back in feudal times, and sees her second chance with his look-a-like relative in modern time Japan. 
She intends to serve and pamper the overworked man for all eternity.

Difficult to say what I thought about this. It was scratching the surface of pedophilia, though the anime managed to dance around it every time any of the characters did or said something inappropriate.
The man's tail obsession and narration during some of the pampering was weird to sit through, though. I think it would've been better if he simply liked pets in general and didn't comment on the "soft hands" of a creature that in every way looks like a human child.

His moments of infantilization weren't charming to me, either. I understood the anime's message that sometimes adults should revisit their childhood, but you're able to get pampered without lying down in a fetus position on the lap of a little girl..
Despite all this, I liked the guy. He had a nice design and his voice actor was pleasant to listen to. The fox demon, on the other hand, was what fox demons always are in animes; a little girl who looks 10. The show kept mentioning she was over 800 years old as an out-of-jail free card, but I think would've helped more if her voice actor was an older-sounding woman.

Throughout the series the question was raised what the relationship between this fox and man is, and I still don't know. I really don't want these two to be dating, but in a way, it's what the show encourages? Yet it isn't? Confusing. 
The fox's past was endearing, but very little time was spent on showing it.

This anime had a full 5 stars at Crunchyroll, and this surprises me. It had the potential to earn that rating, but didn't deliver, in my opinion. It's a 3 to 3 and a half, really.

(Average) Ao-chan Can't Study!

Series in one sentence:
I like this boy I don't like, I hope he pins me down, but doesn't.

Series in more sentences:
The embarrassed daughter of an erotic novel writer has given herself the task to only focus on her studies and not even think about boys, until one confesses his love for her. Though hesitant at first, his patience allows him to stay by her side and she becomes more desperate for his touch the more time progresses. 

This could've been a whole lot funnier. I think the intention was to give viewers a look into the life of an imaginative teenager high on raging hormones, but in the end, I didn't think it was an interesting watch.

That's all I have to say.

(Good) That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime

Series in one sentence:
A guy with the personality of a bland slime becomes a bland slime.

Series in more sentences:
A man is killed in broad daylight and wakes up as a blob of slime in another world. With his basic set of powers, he manages to grow into one of the strongest creatures to roam this strange planet, and with the kindness he shows to other races, earns himself a devoted following.

I loved it, but as the series progressed, it became hard to ignore how unappealing and overpowered the main character was. He ended wars, prejudice, and saved children who were doomed to die and nobody else managed to figure out how to save before he showed up. Jesus Gary Stu Christ.
Being overpowered is not a character killer, but he hardly had a personality to make up for it. He's just your typical witty, helpful leader-person, with the occasional perversion and groaning. But liking sexy women does not make you interesting, spoiler alert.

Everyone fell in love with the guy upon meeting him, while many of the things he did could've easily been misinterpret as an act of villainy. I'm surprised the anime didn't take that route, just to spice things up. But there was no spice, no hardships, and the main character stopped being fun to watch.
For example, he brutally kills someone's father in front of him and later eats a human girl who was last seen to be alive and speaking; yet the son doesn't show a hint of anger towards him, ever, and none of the adventurers who used to travel with the girl questioned the slime's claim she "wanted to get eaten by him".
Who in their right mind would believe someone would make such a demented request? Why did they trust his words? Because of his watery eyes? He could've been a sneaky dictator who killed this girl as his opportunity to aquire a human form, but none of the characters even entertain the possibility.

No matter what this slime does, he can't to do wrong, even when he's being a complete douche. There's this powerful young demon lord he befriends later on, who absolutely adores him, but he more often scolds her than anything else. He doesn't even want to be friends with her because she's nice, but because he wants to stay on her good side, since she's probably one of the few who can rip him to pieces.

I also can't ignore the non-existent romance that was predicted for him by this random elf girl, as if it was going to be this big thing in the series. Supposedly, the human he ate was his one true love -don't even care about spoiling this- but these two only shared a minute together, whereafter she got a seizure and died. There was no relationship, even though he still talks about her as if she made an emotional impact on him.
He has a tighter relationship with the goblin boy he's been mistreating the entire series long. The fact this child could've died at multiple occasions because of his negligence is also shrugged off. Where are his parents? Why is no one angry for him?

The last few episodes were the worst, they could not grab my attention. If the creators had episodes to spare, why couldn't they've expanded on the slime and girl, or the group she travelled with?
The last episode was an extremely boring summary of all that happened and I'd rather read a Wiki page written by a 12-year-old than sit through that again.

If there are more episodes planned, I'll watch and likely enjoy them, but I hope these kind of flaws won't repeat, because they ruined what was otherwise a fantastic series.

(Good) Back Street Girls: Gokudolls

Series in one sentence:
Go to Thailand for your breasts.

Series in more sentences:
A trio of devoted gangsters mess up their assignment and receive an ultimatum from their boss. Either they give up their old lives and change themselves into cute young girls for his wish to manage a pop band, or die a slow death.
The men agree, but struggle every day trying to be something they're not.

Cheap animation, but I liked it for the most part. The mob boss' obsession with sending every man that angers him to Thailand for a sex operation was weird, but it's not like the series wants to be realistic. It's very obviously an absurd comedy.

I don't know what else to say. It's a quick watch, have fun, but be ready for some perversion.