Hello everyone,
This evening we'll pause a bit the coverage of this fall 2011 anime season because I finally got some time to watch the second volume of the anime series Carnival Phantasm animated by Lerche.
Carnival Phantasm is a parody anime series (focused on the Fate and Tsukihime franchise) for the tenth anniversary from the creation of the Type-Moon company. We already covered the first volume in the past!
This second volume was of the same length as the other with four half-length episodes to have fun with. All of them shared the same kind of carefree plot and cheerful animation in every second of it.
The first episode was by far the most funny to watch with Berserker going around to buy some battery for Ilya. It was funny to see how all the servants get killed one after another, especially with the commentary of Shirou/Ilya on the background.
The second episode was probably the less funny, they tried to make the whole "Sakura get tortured by Shinji" like a soap opera with Rider acting as a supporting character.
Unfortunately I can't get to like anything with Shinji in it as I have a deep hate for him since the first game... I laughed only when Rider used bellerophon to attack Shinji with Pegasus...:P
The third episode was a cute one talking of Arcueid trying to cook something for Shiki and failing hard at understanding what an Okonomiyaki is and Caster love-love time with Souichiro.
It was hilarious to see Caster collection of Saber figures/pictures/dress, now everything makes sense! Even the white dress she made Saber wear in the Unlimited Blade-Works route...
The fourth and last episode focused on Saber and was by far the cutest of the bunch thanks to a combination of Lion-Saber playing around and Maid-Saber working on the cafè where the various cats are living.
This is pure and absolute cuteness, this scene was probably the cutest out of the 8 episodes till now. I need a Lion-Saber plushie to hug! Now!
An interesting pattern to notice in the plot evolution is how Lancer is costantly being tortured by one character or another in this whole parody series.
In this second volume it was Berserker, in the first one was Gilgamesh, but the truth remain one. He is really unlucky...:P
I'm extremely positive on this series and I'm eagerly waiting for the next and last volume that will come out during the late december!
See you soon,
feal87