Kanon is fininshed update

Funimation finally allowed me to see the end of Kanon so here are some reviews.

Simoun 9/10
Whoa! This show was really quite good considering it came out with no dub and all the episodes jammed onto 5 DVDs. The creators did a fantastic job of being really vague about the details of the world and the flying machines that are so prevalent in this series but keeping me interested in a story about young girls being forced to go to war and how they deal with it. All the characters were great and I never once felt the show had too-many-characteritis. Bravo! The end was a little disappointing.

Aquarion 2/10
The other end of the "kids go to war" scale. This show was a mess. The backgrounds and CG were fine but the writing was a car wreck. First, there is a definite case of too-many characteritis here. There's one mech, 3 MAIN characters, 4 extra characters that are pretty important, then 3 or so others that exist solely to provide people for the extra 4 to talk too while the 3 leads fight with each other. Second, the episodes are extremely monster-of-the-week and finally, the boss of the team is very annoying. How does he have a lesson to teach the team each week that is EXACTLY tailored to the monster attacking? It also doesn't help that almost nothing is properly explained and I hated the lead so didn't care if he won or lost. Blech! P.S. TOO MANY INSERT SONGS!

Otoboku 7/10
Boy with long hair and a girly voice gets sent to an all girls school to fulfill his mother's sick fantasy of having a daughter. Charges of indecent exposure and sexual misconduct? NO! Comedy abounds, HAHAHA He saw you naked! He has a penis! This show keeps things pretty clean but is more geared towards guys than Strawberry Panic and Maria Watches Over Us. It's more sweet than funny. I loved the Tsunderella bonus episode at the end.

Argentosoma 5/10
Another show with a monster-of-the-week slant. How come every show I watch lately has the same rich blond asshole with the same VA? I liked the lead for this series less than the guy in Aquarion. He's an ass and it drags the whole show down. Luckily his teammates are interesting and the overall plot turns out OK, if a bit boring.

Silent Mobius Movie 1 8/10
Not long enough! I've always liked Silent Mobius and I'm so glad the movies got licenced. As cool as I expected and it covered the origins of the main character really well. Watch this (and maybe the second movie I haven't seen yet) before the TV series.

Negima!? OVAs 7/10
Looked great though I really like the new look Negima anyways. Quite funny but the show jumps around a bit. The whole format of little skits as borrowed from stuff like Azumanga Daioh and PaniPoni Dash is well used here. Nice service but aren't those girls a little young? Ah you crazy Japanese.

Gurren Lagann 8/10
Kept me interested but suffers from monster-of-the-week in the first half and too-many-characteritis in the second. It's pretty ridiculous how the Gurren Lagann keeps powering up again and again but it's more meant to be funny than serious I suppose. Ending was better than most but the very end was lame. Only Mad Max can do that, or maybe Bruce Banner. Music was fantastic as was Yoko. HEY AQUARION! This is how you do a giant robot show.

Buso Renkin 10/10
This show came out of left field and blew me away. Much like the great S-Cry-Ed, guy gets a super weapon and ends up fighting other people with super weapons. I didn't expect the grim tone of the show which reminded me a little of Fullmetal Alchemist (all the alchemy aside) and I loved the mix of plot driven episodes and character development episodes. Hell, this show has the coolest guy in all anime, Captain Bravo is awesome. The ending of this series was also fantastic and that's a rare thing these days. I'll remember the last 3 episodes for a long time.

Shuffle 8/10
Should have gotten a 9 but animation quality problems at times force my hand. Some of the VAs were annoying as well. A good plot considering there are so many girls to deal with. The ending was really good for a harem anime since the main character almost never actually CHOSES anyone. The drama at the end was quite good as well. Fanservice abounds which was a nice change from current trends.

Kanon 9/10
The only reasons this show doesn't get a higher score are that I didn't like how the stories for each girl were so disconnected (Shuffle didn't have this problem) and I thought the ending was a little TOO happy. Where's the raccoon girl's happy ending? HUH!? The art and music were top notch and I really, really liked the OP for some reason.