Someone asked John if Haibane Renmei -- as we know, the greatest anime series ever produced -- is likely to be re-licensed in America. For a simple "no", his answer went at an unnecessary length and on tangents. Some of it was even a bit... strange.
Abe ostensibly took a hiatus from …read more
A post at Continuing World talks about ep.11 of Planetes:
But, high above in space, all he sees is the Earth, with no borders to speak of.
I call bullshit.
And then there's this:
Even in 2075, where mankind has already built colonies on the moon and Mars, the …read more
The lead-in to the liked/disliked form post about Kobato is purposeful:
After reading so many posts about how unbearably moe Kobato was (for better or for worse), I was actually surprised to find that Kobato’s actually a slut who’ll follow any number of guys like a dog …read more
Evirus wrote:
With the exception of Hashihime, nearly every opinion I've encountered regarding Seitokai no Ichizon has been profoundly negative.
Dunno what "nearly every opinion" he means, but Aroduc was rather effusive by his grumpy standards:
Wow. I kind of hate to admit it, but this was a delightful episode …read more
The episode 01 of Cheburashka Arere was broadcast essentially yesterday, and there's nothing on Tokyo Toshokan. So, not being a user of weird Japanese file-sharing networks, I'm unable to sample it for myself.
The indefatigable Moero Amazon published a short post with just 3 screencaps, which demonstrates the level of …
read moreJust like the last time I checked out a season's preview, the quality is absent. The whole enterprise seems like an enormous trolling effort, born out of a condescending to the lowlife of the Internet. Naturally, by diving into the septic tank so forcefuly, ANN only serves to legitimize and …
read moreAs we all know, JAXA sponsored Rocket Girls and the Ministery of Fisheries and Agriculture sponsored Moyashimon. Did the Japan Post sponsor Tegami Bachi? Also, same question about The Ministery of Transport and Miracle Train.
read moreAs predicted, I finished GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class, albeit raw. I am still unsure why Hidamari managed to lose my interest twice (I dropped both the original and the x365). What's the difference? Yunocci was adorable, but in GA:GADC everyone was superb. Maybe that's why.
Fansubs are still …
read moreSeen in the lead-in of an article at Karmaburn:
My interest in Kimi ni Todoke originates entirely from a 95-second preview. Before that, I did not even give it a second glance when perusing the many Autumn 2009 season previews.
How typical. I dismissed Stellvia until I saw Yoko Ishida …
read moreIn an unusually long post, Robert essentially discusses what's going to happen to manga market now that it goes out of print so quickly. This phenomena was known to DVD buyers for years, it's nothing new. Buy it now, or buy it never. Manga readers? Welcome to my world.
It …
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