Months passed since the disaster of trailer for Kumoko was shown, and the creators made the second approach. They completely reworked the character design, and IMHO improved it dramatically. Kumoko seems more like herself now. Unfortunately, it's still a 3D show, but I suppose it's no use to draw that …
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Ascendance of a Bookworm is something I reconsidered primarily thanks to comment board at Brickmuppet's. The heroine of the manga was absolutely insufferable though being self-centered. However, with Muppet vouching for the anime, I gave it a good try, and indeed, they wrote out the character flaws that ruined everything …
read moreWhen Funimation dropped Interspecies Reviweers after 3 episodes, it was funny. Remember how Seven Seas dropped Kodomo no Jikan? Good times. Yet again licensing something without any idea what they licensed, the industry is at its best as usual. But now that Tokyo MX dropped the broadcast (and literally replaced …
read moreAlmost exactly 10 years ago, we were discussing how, for all their bluster about the right of fist look, Funimation tended to license garbage. But that was in 2009. Today, the 2019 is over and Ubu finds out that things have changed:
read moreSo, I’ve been really kind of blah …
I was re-watching Machikado Mazoku recently, thanks to my wife who agreed to watch "an anime about the girl with horns". It really is a fun series, suitable for all ages. The art is great, characters are great, what else is there to wish for?
I'm familiar with the manga …
read moreThe second coming of Shirobako is such a major news that I was unable to live without a blog anymore and restored it, using Pelican. Thank heavens I never had comments enabled. Anyway, that being major news is not necessarily good news. The impact of the original was so great …
read moreThis blog is going to go away at the end of the month. The management offered a free redirect from the old domain, but I'm not sure if I will be in position to take them upon it.
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Or as it was called, Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken. It was a solid production, but in the same time a disappointment for manga readers. There was seemingly no dramatic tension, even in major fights. I think the only time I was interested in the story was when our slime …
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