Drinking game idea: take a shot every time you wonder, “wait, this IS by the director of Akira, right?”

Totsuzen! Neko no Kuni Banipal Witt (or Catnapped!, if you watched it in English like I did) is baffling, to say the least. It’s a movie clearly made for kids, but probably better suited for drunk or high adults. The convoluted script is not helped by the terrible and, dare I say, straight-up annoying mid-‘90s dub performances of the two leads, and throughout the film I …

Mahou Shoujou Ikusei Keikaku is an okay show that had the potential to be good, featuring some amazing character designs and decent animation (though almost never where it counts). The premise itself, a magical girl battle-royale, while not terribly original, isn’t necessarily cliche, either, and there are enough moments of unpredictability to ensure it stays that way.
Still, with only 12 episodes and around 15 characters to introduce, provide backstory for, and kill off, …