At the meeting a week ago, I caught a two-part DVD special Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, which in better times would've been called "OAV". Weird stuff. It seems like humour for the sake humour, and a very heavy-handed presentation at that. So, not my cup of tea. On the upside, I …
read moreSDS on Toradora
Why is it that three quarters of bloggers summarizing Toradora think it necessary to engage into tedious retelling? Even a refined blogger like SDS does it, and the advocacy suffers a great deal as a result. Tell us what you think about the show, we can read synopsys at Wikipedia …
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Blissmo announces end of Yukan
Sad, but true. We will remember her bleeding bunnies and Sat-chan.
Also, she hinted that Riex is actually alive: "but Riex can reassure you that I’m on MSN a lot more these days". Honestly, after the sudden collapse of the venture started with such fanfare, I was concerned that …
read moreToradora VN is coming
I was browsing Amazon randomly [*], and ran across what looks like a Toradora VN, to be released on April 30 2009 for PSP. Tempting. But what if I buy it, and there's no Ami path? /wrists
[*] Actually, I caught an ad at sidebar of Akibaos (NSFW ads). But this seemed …
read moreCKS on anime endings
Jacking up the mystery as an easy way to increase interest? Yes. But the classic problem is making anime on a continuing source, e.g. Fruits Basket. Not sure if he has already deducted that and only considers the remainder.
read moreDiGiKerot's shoutout
It is a delicious poster! And I see what you did here (detail, zoomed 3x):
Lots of other fun detail, for example Minorin carries a British infantry rifle (not even a Japanese one (memories of my first anime blog post)). I wonder what the little mechs are.
The colors are …
read moreIt's more than 48 in this Spring
Remember how Hashi-hime listed 48 new shows? Today Moero Amazon opens Cooking Idol Aoi! Mai! Main!. Cabbage! Cabbage! Raechel Ray, eat your heart out! The series appears not to be listed. Hashi, why do you hate Chisa Yokoyama? Also, how many more are there left below the radar?
UPDATE: Mattew …
read moreBateszi on Toradora
Big guns really come out today for Toradora. Here's Bateszi's take:
Then we have Toradora. I watched the final four episodes this morning and not expecting much at all, I was surprised by the impact it wrought on me. I’ve been back and forth with my opinion of Toradora …
read moreStripey on Toradora
The first graf is this:
After marathoning Toradora over the weekend, I finally understood what the fuss/buzz was all about. It is indeed a superb series - one of the best anime romances I have seen. Melding great writing, intriguing characters and focused storytelling, Toradora has been a truly memorable …
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