Busou Shinki (Armored War Goddess)

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Busou Shinki Moon Angel is an original anime produced by Kinema Citrus based on the figure line to coincide with the Mk. 2 game. The series was released in ten downloadable episodes beginning from September 7, 2011 before receiving a Blu-ray and DVD release on March 15, 2012.
A television anime series produced by 8Bit began airing in Japan from October 4, 2012. The series has been licensed in North America by Sentai Filmworks and is being simulcast on The Anime Network



Plot
Time marches on, and technology marches with it, bringing on the advent of personal miniature robots known as Shinki. Some Shinki are merely administrative assistants and companionable friends. Others, however, don armor and armaments and battle it out as Busou Shinki – Armored Goddesses. Whether they battle for honor, for glory, or simply to please their master, each Busou Shinki fights to win! Also, they don’t wear a lot of clothes!
The slice-of-life battle story is set in a future that has neither World War III nor an alien invasion — just an ordinary future set after our current age. In this world, robots are part of everyday life, and they contribute in various aspects of society. "Shinki" are 15-centimeter-tall (about 6-inch-tall) cute partners made to assist humans. Equipped with intelligence and emotions, they devote themselves to serving their "Masters."
These Shinki can even be equipped with weapons and armor to fight each other. Such Shinki are named "Busou Shinki" (literally, "armed divine princesses"). In particular, the Shinki Ann (Arnval), Aines (Altines), and Lene (Altlene) serve a high school freshman named Masato. Things change when a new Shinki, the bellicose Strarf, joins them.
Review 

If your idea of the perfect woman is a 15cm tall machine who wears a thong and calls you master, this show is for you! It’s built around a bunch of figurines who are decked out for battle, but the vast majority of this episode was three Shinki cleaning up a house and whining over who gets more love from their owner. The two fights it did feature were impressive feats of technical prowess, with well-integrated 3D models that didn’t stick out too awkwardly from the 2D backgrounds, and the choreography was pretty spot on, too. Busou Shinki should have featured more of that, or at least given us more background information on the world, the technology, or the time period. Instead, we got a harem episode, only all the girls are five inches tall and have visible ball joints. (Those ball-joint-inclusive character designs are another high point; at least the show is honest about what it’s trying to market.) As far as being a harem show goes, this doesn’t look like it’s going to break any molds, but it probably won’t be a festering pile of crap, either.
Verdict: Busou Shinki wasn’t worth the additional wait, and it definitely doesn’t hold up against the rest of the season’s stand-outs. I wouldn’t be averse to watching a compilation of the best fights, however.

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