Reaching this final episode of Haibane-Renmei, the thing that took me off guard the most was the revelation that Haibane-Renmei is Reki’s story. It took all 13 episodes to realize Rakka is a second-person perspective to Reki’s tale, and a catalyst to Reki’s change, both …read more
Macross Frontier 01-02
At club meeting yesterday, I had an opportunity to see the beginning of Macross Frontier.
Mac F is very well put together. I watched ep.05 before, and it's noticeable how the opening episodes are done to a higher standard of excitement in order to grab the viewer. The exposition …
read moreCameron on Allison and Lillia
Netflix mapping 2
Netflix delayed Midori Days v.3 several times. It was in the queue before Nanoha v.1 and only arrived together with Nanoha v.3, a month or two later. Netflix recently got into a habit of bypassing the top of the queue and sending discs from follwing positions. I …
read moreAs cholera thinned our ranks
I suspect the joke was too obscure, but anyhow, as Ani-nouto goes into hybernation, Matthew (yes, that one) suddenly awoke and even reported on something besides Shugo Chara, namely video quality improvements on Crunchyroll. I wish they improved their goddamned shopping cart first, and perhaps even made it to work …
read moreToday’s DTO Experiment . . . . . PARTIAL
In my quest to enrich the Bay Area's Vietnamese duo who founded CrunchyRoll, today I made it to downloads:
Still, the success is only partial. Vestiges of my previous aborted attempts are stuck in their database, and so ep.2 is not available.
read moreD. Merrill on Flying Ghost Ship
He calls it "Flying Phantom Ship" which is probably right. In any case, I cannot pass on a review of the first anime movie I have ever watched (first series was The Speed Racer). Of course it was a pirated copy on a 16mm celluloid, did you have to ask …
read moreLimits of Internet
Spent a few hours today trying find the original title of a short story by Yasutaka Tsutsui (筒井 康隆), about a young matematician solving his problems with the help of Tokyo commuter trains. It was translated into Russian (two times) under the title "Кольцевые ветки". No amounts of …
read moreSDS on the Dark Matter of Mainstream
For no apparent reason, SDS decided to remind us about the gulf between the dedicated and the masses. Indeed it's a truism. The only news here is how much the modern day bloggers underestimate the gap. My own favourite example is the shock I experienced upon learning that Afro Samurai …
read moreDarkMirage on Druaga ~Aegis~
He's overdoing on the hype of his cynic's credentials, but even so Druaga made an impression:
read moreIt is still too early to judge Tower of Druaga as a whole, for a great appetizer is nothing without an equally enjoyable main course, but The Aegis of Uruk is no doubt one …