Considering that my own experience was thoroughly unpleasant, this article at Karmaburn is a bit of a surprise.
First of all, its pacing and timing is impeccable, particularly in the comic scenes. The most important facet of comedy is timing; through the early episodes, Scrapped Princess is perfect. Second, the …read more
read moreThe story is complete rubbish. The scourge of the universe turns out to be an anti-social ball of phlegm and we get a reset resolution at the end. []
[Among the characters,] The real problem was obviously Tsutomu. His whining is so annoying through the entire series and …
I've been on a rewach spree recently — mostly lying in my bag and hugging the iPod Video, so the pre-encoded[1] old favourites constituted the bulk of my diet: Stellvia 25 26, Ai yori Aoshi 01 02, Kamichu 05 12 and so on. Stellvia is as exciting as ever[2 …
read more<zaitcev> "UPDATE: Having watched the OP, it becomes blatantly obvious that this is a ripoff of Cardcaptor Sakura with vastly increased fan service and fetishness." <zaitcev> ;_; <sagematt> ...What? <zaitcev> http://chizumatic.mee.nu/nanoha_--_menus <sagematt> Again... What? <zaitcev> You can draw such conclusions from mere OP? <sagematt> Ah. <sagematt …
read moreThe idea behind the post at Chizumatic reminds me of the May 1, 2006 strip at penny arcade, specifically the last panel ("Guys? Remember back in '98? I don't think we actually survived that crash.").
read moreMainichi reports that visitors are banned from the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo for a month (via).
While the auctions are technically off-limits to spectators, auctioneers have informally allowed people to watch from a designated area of the auction hall. With many taking flash photography or touching the produce, however …read more
Orion was seen posting comments (at Hikago's Chobits 01-06 post, for example). Man, update your blog already, you lurker.
By the way, aside from Epic Win and DbD nee AoMM, my "Dead/" folder contains links to:
I'm done with SSS 02, and I would like to augment my previous post.
The article talks about the issue with which I'm somewhat familiar, since I always seek out someone to like (unless it's something like Gurren-Lagann, which offers an array of facinating characters). Miyuki helped me, too, to stick with Lucky Star until the show picked up after the change of directors …
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