Jan 22 2009
#24-26: “Boys Be,” “Agent Aika,” “B’t X”
“Boys Be” is on of those anime series that I’ve heard about alot, but never got around to watching. And I’m not too sad about that now that I did try to sit through an episode. I was actually so bored I had trouble paying attention to what was going on. This is basically a high school romance anime series, with the storyline centering around male characters and their thoughts and feeling in regards to the girls they like (instead of doing it from the girls’ point of view as romance anime normally are). To me it seemed like this anime didn’t go much of anywhere, it was just a bunch of kids talking and talking and talking. Oh well, I guess I won’t be interested in every show I watch.
“Agent Aika” was a nice change of pace. Here we have a super-sexy, super-powered, deep-sea salvage worker who has a mysterious background that must include some kind of secret agent training because she sure knows how to handle a gun and martial arts moves. This anime is fast and silly and has the most gratuitous use of panty-shots I have ever seen. In fact when I looked up information about it after watching, I found a comment mentioning that there are over 200 panty-shots in just the first episode! Luckily the characters are amusing and the storyline is interesting, so the show has more going for it than just fanservice.
“B’t X” is an older series that doesn’t look its age nearly as much as “Saint Seiya,” which is made by the same people and has a very similar style. This show centers around two brothers, one a super genius and the other - well - not so much. But what he lacks in brains he makes up for in muscle and bravado. I liked what I saw of this series from the first episode. The bad guys may talk about their ultimate plans a little too much, and the characters may overreact a little too much, but overall this was a very enjoyable anime.
