RETROBLOGGAN: Iriya No Sora, UFO No Natsu 6

With the little issue of AFA over and done with, I present to you… … …

IRIYA NO SORA 6.

Awww, that’s so sweet, Iriya wants to die only for him ;-;

I TOTALLY REGRET SAYING THIS WAS DEPRESSING. IT IS NOT ;-;

It’s heartwarming and a little tearjerky ;-;

This is how Key should have done ALL THEIR WORKS, EVER. T_T

And now… … …

I still feel a little cheated at the ending. That’s not an ending at all

Retrobloggan: Iriya No Sora, UFO no Natsu 5

Wait a minute, Iriya’s living her life IN REVERSE? Seriously.

ENOMOTO STOP BEING JAWSOME. YOU ALREADY HAVE THAT JUST AS PLANNED LOOK. DON’T KILL NAOYUKI, YOU HEAR.

One more episode to the end. It’s a lot less depressing that I remembered. Even if Iriya was bieng all yandere.

And she still remembers Asaba, even if she’s living her life in reverse ;-;

Retrobloggan: Iriya No Sora UFO No Natsu 4

Did you know that IW hates PC gaming and that there’s at least one dude who claims to criticize the otakucube but may be in fact a thinly-veiled excuse to be a hater? No? Oh well. (Totally asking for it here )

Aw, that’s sweet, she steals his stuff because she likes him. No wait.

And in spite of being probably maltreated, undergoing accelerated celluar breakdown (of sorts), and seeing the guy she clearly has the hots for getting beat up for not knowing everything (and doing a lot of things right)…

It’s getting pretty depressing, man. Maybe that line really was meant to be her deepest desires.

No extras today.

 

Retrobloggan: Iriya No Sora, UFO No Natsu 3

Oh lawks why am I still watching a 2005 show when it is 2009 (I should be watching Lesbiumfer and FANSERVICE NO BLACKSMITH isntead)

MAN I CANNOT BELIEVE I FORGOT ALL ABOUT THE FOLK DANCE SCENE.

…I can’t believe she’d actually do the dance in her fighter. It’s so surreal… … … and probably depressing. No picture is going to do that scene justice D:

Also, cicadas. Who is she, and why does she cry over a dead cicada? (Considering that by now, you know what she does…)

FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

THIS SHOW IS GETTING TO ME

*MANLY TEARS.

And now, EXTRAS.

Naoyuki’s parents. He has parents. That come for school functions. WHAT. (Gay for Naoyuki’s father )

RETROBLOGGAN: Iriya No Sora Episode 2

I AM STILL GOING AT THIS HOLY SHIT ON A STICK

(At least I managed to cover 7 episodes of Gurren Lagann (The day before) and 2 Episodes of 08th MS Team before writing this. HAHA.)

RETROBLOGGING IS A MAN’S SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUL

AND NOW, THE GOODS.

Seriously, I don’t remember this show being so… … … WACKY. Or this insane. It’s still early (2 OF 6 IS NOT EARLY, IT’S CRAZY), and I guess Japan likes it’s non-traditional high-school hijinks (electronic warfare, high-speed bike chase and a FIGHT SCENE) rather than trying to get me depressed. Still, the show is rather pretty. (TOEI, PRETTY ANIMATION, MIND IS BLOWN)

…She joined the newspaper club because Naoyuki is there. I’m torn between thinking that this is the cutest thing ever or the most depressing thing ever.

Also, BONUS PIC!

This guy is nucking futs. Seriously.

Retrobloggan: Iriya No Sora, UFO no Natsu 1

I mentioned I was going to try doing episode summaries of old shows. I’ll be actively carrying out my threat. Yay me. Incidentally, this is one of my favorites.

Ironically, this episode turned out much differently from my first watching. I maintain that this show will give you epic depression, but from the first episode, you’d probably think I’m crazy. It was way too random save for the part where Iriya and Naoyuki took refuge into the airbase.

…And the episode kinda resumes the massive randomness after that. Thankfully, it gets a lot better/worse. Hopefully.

OVA review: Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu

Basic Facts

Title: Iriya no Sora, UFO no Natsu
Episodes: 6
Episode Duration: 25
OP: Forever Blue, sung by Chihiro Imai
ED: Himawari (No, we’re not referring to the animated series by the same name here), sung by Chihiro Imai

Other Media

Light Novel
Number of Books: 4
Publisher: Media Works
Duration: Oct 2001-Aug 2003
Author: Akiyama Mizuhito
Artist: Eeji Komatsu (You might know him better as the character designer for planetarian)

Visual Novel
Publisher: Media Works
Console: Nintendo DS (SUCK IT PSP BITCHES)
Released: 6th November 2006

Well, I just finished this execellent series. High production values (OVAs usually do), and character designs I am familiar with =3 I’ll be going into a fair amount of detail aftter the cut [HERE THAR BE SPOILARZ] (orz), so if you wanna read on, click. For those of you who think this series is a piece of junk or somewhere there, well, there’s 4chan /b/ =3