This’ll be the final series I blog this season. The reason is mainly because it’s been getting a lot of flack from other bloggers despite the fact that it is basically the greatest thing ever (ok I am exaggerating slightly, AKB0048 is the anime of the year, but you get my point). I’m not going to attempt to convince anyone that this show is good, because if you can’t recognize that vampire mecha pilots are a work of genius you’re already hopeless. The purpose of this series of posts will be to bask together in mutual joy in the glorious light of this animated masterpiece.

Let me just get one complaint out of the way first. Sure, some parts of Valvrave don’t make the most sense. Who gives a crap? This isn’t a science textbook, this is an anime about a vampire piloting a mecha.

In my opinion the parts where they drop all pretense at logic are the best parts. My favorite scene in this episode is when the girl is being held hostage, the guy’s got a gun pointed at his face, and he’s hiding behind an asteroid waiting to either get vaporized or overheat. Then his phone rings, he pulls it out of his pocket and answers like nothing’s wrong. Genius! Continue reading Valvrave the Liberator 02 — Anime of the Year →