Beta-Waffle has hit the 3rd anniversary. I would normally ignore milestone posts, but this one has a comic.
read moreNogizaka Haruka no Himitsu 01
I remember some discussions in context of American visual entertainment, which dealt with the question if a market for wholesome movies existed. Obviously, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu (Haruka Nogizaka's Secret) is an attempt to measure the same market empirically. Otherwise, why bother with rehashing the same cliches, unless the wholesale …
read moreAroduc on Cobra
Aroduc gives Cobra both barrells. The show is not link-worthy, but his turn of speech is just great when show annoys him. Also, it's quite true that OVAs are dead (I still remember Tenchi Muyuo -- now that was the OVA!). Frankly, I do not understand why the OVA business collapsed …
read moreAroduc on Hidamari x365 10
You know, to be honest… I’m glad this show is nearly over. This experiment in covering a low key, plotless anime has really proven to me how ill-suited for the job I am. I feel like I ran out of things to say a month ago and …
read moreTJ and noise
Zettai Karen Children 01
Bending to the persuasiveness of IRC, and having read what Aroduc had to say, I checked out the first episode of Zettai Karen Children. The series does not appear like anything for me to watch, but it's absolutely amazing.
The first thing that jumps out is the art and animation …
read moreJ.P. on the hobby of anime
The article has an amusing build-up in the beginning, but beyond that, I think he's on to something with the active participation thing. For example, I had a sharp break into the hobby after I've seen Azumanga and it melted my brain enough to start studying Japanese. Before Azumanga, I …
read moreBrickmuppet on Lucky Star
Another member of our group of heriatric animebloggers shares the following piece of advice:
read more[Lucky Star] is also a costly thing to miss.
Recently, I went to Japan, and suffered a bit of a mishap my first night there. The guest house I was to be staying in had burned …
Icy, try Shout
A fellow blogger needs help:
I have a Haruhi dakimakura (body pillow). It is not a pillow cover but rather includes the pillow itself. There is no way to remove the cover. [] Now I have a blood stain (don’t ask) on Haruhi’s face and I wish to try …
read moreLawson on ef, at last
Jeff is through with ef and his opinion has improved considerably:
All in all, the story (or stories, I suppose) isn’t all that original as far as visual novel adaptations go. There are some unique elements - Chihiro’s illness, for example - and those elements are treated more thoughtfully and …
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