I watched the first two episodes. This series has the best score (background music) I have heard this year, even better than Cross Game. It uses a primarily orchestral palette of sounds, but often with pentatonic melodies (naturally evocative of traditional Japanese music). Very fitting as a backdrop to …read more
Hinano on Sora no Manimani
Heard today:
<sagematt> I wonder why zaitcev thought that Soramani stood a chance.
Here's one of the reasons:
Yes it’s generic school romance comedy show, but it has nothing offensive and digusting and irritating about it that would stop me from watching it. Many might think Mihoshi is annoying …
read moreSora ni Manimani begins
The first 9 minutes 40 seconds of Sora ni Manimani look very much like an extremely low-rent reprise of Honey and Clover to me.
The art, on the average [1], is unimpressive. Yoakena was better, what to say about Toradora, Kimikiss, etc. So, I'm not optimistic. I'll give the story …
read moreCrying for GA:GADC fansubs
GA: Genjusuka Art Design Class is so comfortable, and the fansub situation is so bad, that I tried to go raw. Impossible, of course.
One exception is when a text is present, like in case of soft-and-hard excercise.
Also, turning Super-Saiyan needs no explanation.
But otherwise, I'm helpless at the …
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Theowne on (melo)drama
When I saw the title of the post, I thought he's trying to discuss Toradora. I wonder if he permits a series to be both dramatic and melodramatic simultaneously, possibly in different aspects.
UPDATE: Theowne replies with a deeper look. BTW, it's refreshing to see someone referring to Ayn Rand …
read moreWonderduck on TYM
I actually linked the famous musical number before and that was enough to snare Sixten, but the geriatric animeblogger club at Meenuvia needed prodding by Wonderduck before they started paying attention (also, Mr. Duck embedded the video instead of simply linking it).
It would not be a big spoiler to …
read moreJason Miao on 2009 Summer
I bet him by one day, accidentially. Anyway, here comes (mind, I'm skipping many of thin slices; for example, Jason doesn't say anything about Juuden-chan that I didn't say many times prior):
[Taishou Yakyuu Musume:] I’m willing to accept the premise of little Japanese girls wanting to play baseball …
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Taishou Yakyuu Musume begins
I was sold on the show after watching the musical insert. It's like the best parts of Oh Edo Rocket, Sakura Wars, and Abenobashi, backed up by the most amazing animation in the season and led by a transplant from Bamboo Blade. She is even reluctant to participate!
I don't …
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