After rewatching it for the umpteenth time, I'm seriously thinking about promoting Nodame to the short list of greats.
There are some issues though. The slow trajectory that the raising evaluation of Nodame charted reminds me very much of Shingu, the show I did not love at first. Their quality …
read moreI don't know if it's the cosmic justice or anything, but according to Hinano, Megumi Nakajima was used as a character in Vocaloid (and presumably her voice was somehow used as a base for synthesized vocals there). I mentioned it just recently that Sheryl's singing was more dramatic and forceful …
read moreZepy continues to track the knock-off effects of K-ON. It was previously noted as pure speculation, but now it's different:
read moreFender Japan reports that they’ve currently sent an order for the production of a large number of their JB62/LH/3TS model, the number of guitars that was ordered …
read moreIsn’t Piracy Supposed to Hurt Films?
Let me get this straight. X-Men Origins: Wolverine leaked to the public more than a month prior to theatrical opening, and the flick has been widely panned. Yet it still had a $9.1 million bigger opening weekend than Star Trek …
Last Exile opened here before the "NO-GONZO" policy was installed, so I grandfathered it. I'm still of two minds about finishing it. Last Exile is painfully GONZO, especially by the end when the typical wink-wink, pay-no-attention-to-problems, everything-is-resolved-outside-the-frame direction takes hold (where did Dio get that vanship? how did Alex free …
read moreAfter the today's installment of merriment, I dived into archives. Unfortunately, there's not much that I recognize and/or appreciate. No Azumanga, no Manabi. I found a review of Sekirei
, but it looks like it was written before Jessi became so adept in applying isults to shows that she fails … read moreBy now I already know what to expect, and Jessi does not disappoint:
I should have known that I had gotten too far this season without watching one of these nasty little throwaway eroge shows.
It's not all recycled vocabulary though. Here's some choice abuse heaped on the hapless show …
read moreAt the last club meeting of the semester, I watched Macross Frontier 25, some Nodame Paris-hen (about 09, I guess), and Shuffle 03.
Every time I watch Mac F, it makes a big impression. It's definitely not a series for me, there's too much stuff going on, and then the …
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