As Zepy himself observed the revelation of Ritsuko's cousin being a trap comes on the heels of the 16-year-old idol mother. That's two out of three. At this point I expect that Eri Mizutani has a certain controversy built into her as well, we just don't know the specifics yet …
read moreGalaxy Angel A fails
It's not like I was a big fan of the original Galaxy Angel, but somehow I managed to pick an idea that Galaxy Angel A was improved over it. After renting a DVD, I suspect that I confused it with Nanoha and Nanoha As. The comedy seemed flat, uninteresting.
The …
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Negima fails
Prompted by an enthusiastic blogging friend, I rented Negima. Big mistake. Of course, I made sure to get the correct series, as the screencap attests.
I don't even want to go into explanations of why and how Negima failed; it's a combination of factors that made it unpleasant, some possibly …
read moreTJ Han on GA:GADC
On RIUVA:
The similarities are striking, with GA also being adapted from that kind of manga and featuring a group of girls doing their hobby. But unlike K-ON, which was a bit mundane, dull and unfunny, GA is not only educationally informative, it is also very witty and well-written gag-moe …
read moreAroduc on the movement of staff
SDB on J.C.Staff
Spot the glaring omission in the list of Candidates for License:
read moreUPDATE: Why isn't anyone talking to J.C. Staff? Think of all the wonderful shows they've produced which no one has licensed for R1?
Mahoraba
Potemayo
Nodame Cantabile
HayateAnd in the second tier:
Gia on love hotels
Gia agitates for love hotels in America. But she does not understand that the phenomena rests on other Japanese hotels discriminating against this use. I saw signs "please entertain your friends (who are not reistered guests of our hotels) outside of your rooms" (translated into English it means "do not …
read moreKurogane on Sorakake
The final report may be heavily spoiling, so I wasn't paying close attention, but at heast he finished the show, and that counts for something.
read moreApropos Hatsukoi
I noted a few other posts aside from Bluemist's.
Evirus writes: "The best show of Spring 2009 is Hatsukoi Limited. A mostly wistful look at first love, Hatsukoi Limited is a textbook example of how J.C. Staff can succeed wildly when it plays to its strengths."
Girls seems to …
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