Moe-moe Lab posts an account on a trip by car. Standard complaints about lane changes without a signal included. I seriously considered renting a car too, but I thought it would be a bridge too far for my first trip. But looks like nothing tinsurmountable...
read moreNew order arrived
Delivery was strangely quick this time.
The box is unexpectedly large, and full of corn. I hate shipping corn. I hoped for a 12x9x6 box, but it looks like I only get useful boxes when I order with the cheap-ass shipping.
I heard some good things about Futari Ecchi. Gurren …
read moreSekirei quick round-up
People's minds just aren't working the way I want them. Apparently the best bloggers were capable of doing was summing up the details and bringing more details over from manga. It's not bad as such, but we need someone of SDB's caliber to re-analyze the show. Sadly, there's no mecha …
read moreJ-Pop at iTunes
Although I'm done with iPods (not buying any more once my current ones die), I still have an account with iTunes, and one of Windows boxes is still authorized, so I went to check it out. Indeed, the situation with J-Pop has imporved dramatically. I ended getting some Hiromi, Ayumi …
read moreSekirei 12 at Moero Amazon
Chihiro (the group) is not done yet, but Japanese have reactions:
両手で2人を掴んでは、大空に向かってポイ捨て。これには皆さん呆然とするばかり。
Pouzen bakari, huh …
read moreSekirei ends, somewhat
As everyone already knows, Sekirei does not really end, but rather pulls a Vandread on us. Unfortunately, unlike Vandread, Sekirei is based on a nearly endless manga, which it follows slavishly, not quite unlike Naruto.
Somehwat surpisingly, this is the first show of the season that I completed. Sorry, Miss …
read moreAnimeNation's John on anime wolves
John is asked why Horo receives more love than the gender-morphing wolf. He rejects the question's premise, and produces what amounts to a primer for the two (with bits of Kanokon thrown in for a good measure). For the record, I bought a Horo pencil pad, and I've not even …
read moreEvirus on StrikerS
I started updating my own post with the link to the entry at Karmaburn but realized that it deserves a special mention. By the way, our frames of mind are quite different:
Part of me sincerely wishes Vita had killed Nanoha in episode one of A’s, with Fate arriving …
read moreKurogane on Gurren-Lagann Parallel Works
Kuro's post about the latest GLPW mentions how "Lord Genome's resemblance to Nia when he was young is a bit disturbing to say at least." This reminds me about an unpublished post of mine, which ran:
read moreI pooh-pooed the GLPW as a bunch of amusing, but derivative videos until I …
Oh Edo Rocket
While waiting for the next batch of DVDs to arrive (actually, the Saturday order is not even fulfilled... Monday spike at RACS?), I watched a bit of Oh Edo Rocket. Don was instrumental in attracting my attention to it. The show is very nicely offbeat. I especially appreciated the nipponisms …
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