My first impression is about the same as from Princess Tutu: Pretear is nice and everything, but it's not for me. I can hear howls of outrage already, but the they misguided: I realize that Tutu is a much stronger show. I'm only discussing the decision-making process here.
Yoko Ishida …
read moreEpisode 08 of Tower of Druaga had all marks of a filler, except it wasn't. Also, Kaaya shows that she can carry a hidden agenda.
Does this look familiar?
I've seen this ritual in Nadeshiko:
There, it was revealed that they drank a fruit-flavoured milk drink. Here, Coopa reveals the …
read moreWhile I was away from the computer, dozens of bloggers reported the joyous news: Bandai Visial USA is gone, Bandai Entertainment endures (and so do my definite must-get releases of Lucky Star, Rocket Girls, and Gurren-Lagann). I've read about if at Astro, who linked to ANN. But I think this …
read moreWhile I rub tresholds of government offices, Giapet visits Gainax panel only 50 km to the south-south-east.
BTW, this is what I heard of it a few weeks ago:
<Fireye> as duckroll explained earlier, some gainax guys always come to fanimeread more
<Fireye> they're really coming over as a company writeoff …
Sasa looks forward to summer (and this time it's her) and Hidamari reimplementation "x365":
The main achievement of Hidamari Sketch is, in my opinion, the most endearing facial expressions that anime has ever brough. Of course only die-hard fans like me would appreciate it, so Hidamari Sketch will hopefully fill …read more
According to a post @AoD forums, Rocket Girls will receive a significant rework for the DVD (unfortunately, I was unable to find a more direct source).
The contrast looks pretty drastic. I heard about reworks before, but never saw anything of this magnitude.
There is no word on the horrors …
read moreAs reported by Canned Dogs:
Online streaming site Gyao has announced that they’ll no longer have online streaming for Kanokon from ep 7 onwards because it’s getting too extreme. Another streaming site Biglobe has also announced that they will no longer be offering free streaming of Kanokon and …read more
Since the Wonderducks's hilarious "Dear Dad..." account is lost forever [*], I suppose the post at Karmaburn is my new canonical description from now on. Evirus is quite tame in it though:
Sky Girls TV is mostly harmless. It takes no risks and offers little to offend or titillate. The series …read more
Talk about unexpected. But the initial impression is quite positive.
Utena was sitting in my queue for quite a while, hampered by the poor availability. The database entry says, verbatim: "Apparently not game? jpmeyer's 10; V.long (10 disc 1ser)". Yes, the length is a problem. If Netflix had it …
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