I watched 3 episodes on fansubs, but now it is for real. And what an amazing show.
For the episodes I've seen, my impression is different from what it was. I've read much about it on blogs, and I'm prepared. Disregard for the consistency of setting does not faze me …
read moreThere's a lot of material in the very NSFW post at Sankaku Complex. It includes the original ecchi manga (which was cancelled), together with very badass Pierrine (who thought!), and a few other tidbits. The one I found notable was Helma Lennartz, a jet witch (she flies a Me-262). Both …
read moreI was remiss in liking to this season's Thin Slicing. BTW, just like del.icio.us, he moved to a new domain... And unlike the previous, neutral name, this new one includes Darry. Nobody can understand why, considering how often his blog changes its name. I'm afraid he's aiming to …
read moreSo we have the groping episode, not to mention Yoshika's weird dreams. Also, huge cop-outs: a broken Striker unit is faster than a good one, and a witch can easily destroy Neuroi ship by ramming it. Terrible.
The only upside is, the next episode is to feature Sanya. Then I …
read moreDefiance drives Sixten to new heights of mastery.
The tsundere in Jasmine is a little formulaic, but the execution is lovely. And I laughed.
read moreFirst-hand journalism at ANN (via)? Look for yourself as Egan Loo interviews Gurren-Lagann staff:
Takeda: [] When we actually first suggested [the episode], they said, “Oh, it shouldn't be a problem.” Yet, when we completed the animation footage and showed it to them, they said, “There's no way we can show …read more
It's an entry full of spoilers, but also many interesting screenshots which looks more Ghiblesque than early Dennou Coil. Not what I expected at all. I suppose he didn't extract the video out of a PS3.
read moreDaniel/IKnight (author of Animanachronism) uses a different nickname to discuss the end of Figure 17:
Wow, that was a great finale. Alien hordes were slaughtered, stuff blew up, tears flowed. At times hard to digest, Figure 17 is nevertheless a fine example of solid anime: you can nitpick, you …read more
Omo writes at length on the perennieal issue of Internet vs. anime (I just cannot make myself to call it "digital distribution", because obviously DVDs are quite digital without Internet). It's quite good despite the length, RTWT. Just one note:
[...] to pull down some pant-less, flash-based video every Thursday night …read more
The newest recruit for the Impz team, bearing a strange handle, starts strongly with reflections on Pale Cocoon. I saw a few clips of it at TAF 07 and was impressed enough to grab a postcard, but the whole thing seems a bit too dark for my taste after all …
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