Apparently, Hatsukoi is School Rumble, only with art of Kimikiss and camel toe. It's not necesserily what Totali wrote, but that's what I read.
read moreI'm an おたく
Melancholy of Haruhi-chan 17,18
Like the "Zombies at the Mall" episode of Penny-Arcade, Melancholy of Haruhi-chan entered an arc of pure, unmitigated fanservice. Yes, I said "arc", as KyotoAni dabbed into continuity in an unprecendented way. They were obviously bound and chained by the mini-episode format. Still, it's all about the fanservice, as screencaps …
read moreOwen's 2nd Blogiversary
Congratulations! Resisting both the Gaming Borg and Real Life (not the Greg Dean's one), your keyboard will pierce the heavens.
P.S. Feedburner sucks.
read moreKabitzin on Druaga
The simple joys of being a metablogger: you never need to write anything, just find someone who expresses your ideas better than you ever could and link them. The review at Sea Slugs articulates my annoyance with Druaga:Sword that accumulated over the season until I could not take it …
read moreSixten gone into the masses
Orion and Guff on FMA
Sunshine Sketch
Came across Yen's Sunshine Sketch yesterday. Two things:
First, the wide faces that did so much to sour me on the anime are 100% taken from the manga. The whole style was extremely faithful, actually. The difference is, in the manga the wide faces are used sparingly to underline the …
read moreNaruto Shippuuden 101
Checked out the contemporary Naruto, found that it stacks well against the vintage one. I hit a rather sedate episode though.
In some sequences, it's noticeable that animators save on line drawing and compensate with fluid movements. Aroduc highlighted this issue (alongside comically deformed hands) in his review of K-ON …
read morePoor Ashakura and Achakura
