Kamichu vs Aria

I've been on a rewach spree recently — mostly lying in my bag and hugging the iPod Video, so the pre-encoded[1] old favourites constituted the bulk of my diet: Stellvia 25 26, Ai yori Aoshi 01 02, Kamichu 05 12 and so on. Stellvia is as exciting as ever[2], and Aoi is as lovely as ever. But I think I see Kamichu in a somewhat better light after seeing Aria. The betrayal of viewer's expectations was probably unintentional, and skethy animation[3] is not bad when the screen is small (I have serious problems with the perpetual fogginess in Aria too). I'm pretty sure the lovers of Aria and Kamichu would appreciate the bulk of Windy Tales too.


Okusan, shopkeeper was right

Only a small request

Juvenile prank? Apple from the tree...

The bunny approves saving the humanity

What is in the guitar case?

We never even learned her name

[1] As an aside, Apple really sucks. Every normal player, even a contemporary of my ancient iPod Video, such as Cowon D2, plays normal .avi without transcoding. I would've never bought the blasted thing, but the mind rays of Steve Jobs made my family to get it as a present, and now I am stuck with it until it dies.

[2] The strange thing is, in theory it should not be so exciting, since, unlike its twin series Vandread, the opposing force is only a depersonalized natural phenomena, which is not malicous. Still, the triumph of the humanity is personal for everyone involved.

[3] Note that the movement was good. It's just the lack of material (see the unfilled kerchiefs and dissolving lens frames). Also, for some irrational reason it peeves me how Ben-ten rises behind an obscuring figure. How much have they saved by resorting to such petty trick?

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