I wish Madhouse had worked on this show rather than wasting money on High School of the Dead...darn.
Shiki 1! Team Edward?
+ Overall potential
- Not liking the production style
- Lacking that proper 'horror' genre atmosphere
+ Buck-tick's opening
- Blech ending song
+ Gackt
Quick impression~ A girl from the sticks dreams of getting away from it all. A new family moves into a castle-like house. There are a bunch of mysterious deaths. I didn't quite like the character design or style of animation, but maybe it'd be better in HD rather than FUNimation's LQ stream. I did try to read some of the manga, but didn't like the manga artist's style, too. Anyway, I am curious about Fuyumi Ono's story, so I will stick with this awhile.
Moyashimon 1! jdrama. I guess this is FUNimation's venture into live-action drama series. Let's hope they pick up some better ones next (not that this isn't good). The anime version was cute and this drama version is fairly equal to the anime. The cgi microbes are cuter than the anime ones though; squishy. The first episode covers Sawaki's first day at college in which he gets recruited into the agricultural club. He then meets the Prof and bondage-fanservice assistant. The microbes provide some educational facts during the show, while the humans provide some slapstick humor. I think the actors playing the side-kick students seem a few years too old, but other than that, it is pretty well-made show. I won't be following this since my interest in germ x human antics stops at the initial squishiness.
...I wonder if I can fit in Hotaru no Hikari 2 tonight...