Watched an episode of Maria+holic at a club meeting an hour ago. I always wondered what would happen if Shinbo had a budget to work with... and this is the answer: he knows how to use money productively. Chracters look absolutely gorgeous, stunning. It's as if J.C.Staff …
read moreA modest proposal
Regarding Rand's question, since Naruto has conclusively established that children soldiers are a-ok, an anime studio should definitely consider making Ender's Game into a 26-ep series (just as long it's not GONZO and 3D bugs). I'd be particularly curious to see the J.C.Staff's version. If handled well, it …
read moreIdolm@aster CDs
I blame DiGiKerot. His gendoesque gaze compels me to buy IM@S merch. This time it's the combo of COCX-35247 and LACA-5736. The former is bought without sampling first, as I swore to do previously.
It wasn't a mistake, I'm happy to report. Master of Master turned out to be …
read moreJ.P.+Hinano vs. The Establishment
I smirked and nodded quite a bit while reading their latest opus. It was almost like a girl Rush Limbaugh wrote the first part and Jonah Goldberg penned the rest. As J.P. hinted in passing, putting basic assumptions outside of discussion is one of the favourite tools of the …
read moreMidori Days, a visual retrospective
Unlike the one for J2, this entry is going to spoil minimally, but still. Caveat emptor.
Midori no Hibi was the last series from my happy anime days, and perhaps this is why it feels more special than it should. But even now I think it's generally underappreciated, like Dai-Guard …
read moreQueen's Blade previews
Everyone from J.P. to Calawain considers it supremely important to mention breasts in previews of Queen's Blade. Sekirei innoculated me from this silliness (I have not seen Divergence Eve). The important thing is, are they really killing each other again? That sounds iffy (may I use the word "repulsive …
read moreNaruto 53
I noticed that the whole front page of this ostensibly anime blog has not a single image, so I rush to correct this regretful oversight. Behold:
The steam is not removed for the DVD since it's a part of the transformation, see the hand gesture.
Naruto 53 is another of …
read moreSixten on Toradora and Index
SDB on Negima
When I asked Steven about Negima, I expected an executive summary like the one with which vintage Jason Miao sold me on Muteki Kanban Musume. But his answer is far longer. It works though, I think I see what is good about the series. Notably though, we don't know if …
read moreThose pesky pronouns
I had to direct Lelangir on Twitter to the wikipedic entry on pronouns on Bugfox/fun. I thought everyone followed Jonathan, but apparently the way he mixes up anime with the hollywoodism repulses people. It's understandable, I myself basically gave up on Mark to be surprised when he suddenly reviewed …
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