I don't need to title this post "DbD on Winter 2008", we all know where the thin slicing happens. Anyhow, the king of procrastinators finally delivers.
On H2O:
read moreThe problem is that H2O tries to portray itself as some higher class, gentle, sweet series with the cutesy artwork and the …
Firstly, January is running out, but tickets are not yet available. Why is it that tickets to AX available, although AX is 4 months later? I don't know if I should become concerned...
We went to “New York Anime Festival 2007”. This festival was held in month …read more
Granted, the center flaking does not happen often, but when it does, it's very unpleasant. Here's how my Tenchi v.2 looks now (miraclously, it's still playable... not sure for how long):
So, I was on a lookout for a better way to keep dics which are rewatched often. The …
read moreAna-sempai explained to me why Rin is a tsundere. It turns out that she's the classic tsundere, the kind Shiraishi was talking about.
In other words, she does not go around hitting the guy with her harisen. Instead, she's in denial about her feelings.
read moreThe excutive summary after 4 episodes down is: "what Shana should've been". Depending how it ends, it may even be a buy-DVD rather than rent-DVD.
At least in the beginning, two main characters are Rin and Saber, and I cannot see who is more important, so I'm going to have …
read moreSo, what about the only existing musical? I saw episode 2, as found on a pack-in DVD from December 2006 Newtype.
It's mildly interesting, but I only liked one number, when Mako sung about the money. So, even if the mocking of Korean Wave was hilarious, this wasn't appealing to …
read moreOn the same Newtype DVD I found an episode of something called "Rumbling Hearts". The name suggests a sports anime, but actually it's a romance series. And it looked pretty good, too.
Just as I started to wonder how I managed to miss a hidden jewel, it turned out to …
read moreStripey, if I may... You know what made TJ's post and its follow-up a success? It was not just the wit, but also examples. Without them, half of the recognition effect is lost.
Now, don’t get me wrong. I’m not pointing fingers at anyone.
A mistake, IMHO. In …
read moreA banner in a local restaurant is a print of Mitsuo Aida's writing.
It says, "つまづいたっていいじゃないか にんげんだもの", all in hiragana. Still, it took me quite a while to figure it …
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