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Appare-Ranman Review
I’m just gonna assume someone at P.A. Works decided to throw caution to the wind and suggested something stupid for their next project. Which, if this is really…
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After drifiting in the sea between Japan and America, socially awkward genius Appare and cowardly yet wise samurai Kosame hit land. Without any money, they decide to enter…
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Appare-Ranman! – 11
Appare-Ranman did that in a fairly convincing fashion. Read more
Appare-Ranman! – 10
If you ask me what I hope really happens next week, I'm not sure. Read more
Appare-Ranman! – 08
Just give Kosame his moment in Leone fashion, and don't sweat the details. Read more
Appare-Ranman! – 04
I'd almost forgotten about Appare-Ranman! to be honest. Read more
Appare-Ranman! – 12
If I were to apply one word to this episode of Appare-Ranman! it would be "conventional". Read more
Appare-Ranman! – 03
That was certainly better - not that it matters for the moment. Read more
Appare-Ranman! – 06
What I think we have here is a show that doesn't do anything exceptionally well or exceptionally poorly. Read more
Appare-Ranman! – 09
We were so close to being freed of that hair... Read more
Appare-Ranman! – 05
Go big or go home indeed... Read more
Appare-Ranman! – 01
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Appare-Ranman! – 07
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Anime gets even contemporary America so hilariously wrong that it should be interesting to see how PAW does with this setting. Read more The post First (and Second)…
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An anime original from P.A. Works, Appare-Ranman! is the story of Appare, a scientific genius cum adventurer from Japan, entering into a larger than life car (some may…
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Genius mechanic Appare and beleaguered samurai Kosame find themselves shipwrecked and penniless in Los Angeles, California. They decide to participate in the Trans-America Wild Race Big Boss Grand…
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Appare-Ranman! – 03 – Taking Flight
Thanks to Dylan, Kosame and the native boy Hototo are saved. Appare repays him by promising he’ll be in the car ahead of him one day, to which…
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Appare-Ranman! – 07 – People Aren’t Machines
From what I gather, Gil’s car catches up to the others, mows through the debris, and detonates rocks in the valley, forcing everyone else to take a detour.…
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Appare-Ranman! – 06 – Outside the Box
At the start of the rave, favorites Dylan, TJ and Al are in the front, with Appare’s thrown-together contraption just barely keeping up with the second group of…
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The duo arrive in Los Angeles and while Appare can certainly repair his steamboat, there’s no way it’s capable of going all the way back to Japan. With…