Spurred undoubtedly by the unexpected popularity of Ani-nouto among the faithful, I undertook the most comprehensive attempt to keep up with the season yet. The result was the same, however: only one series reached the finish. The rising attrition is another illustration to my bandwidth issues.
Firstly, I started out …
read moreThe Epic Win lives up to its name by putting a witty twist onto the end-of-the-year summary theme. The biege butts owned totally, I laughed. Thanks, Orion and Guff, I needed that.
Their last item was a brutal beating of Code Geass. The most damning is probably this:
And of …read more
Not long ago I finished the last episode of ef - a tale of memories. It’s by far the most impressive anime of 2007. Sadly that’s just my impression and not a lasting opinion tested with time, but it was hard to deny that ef …read more
My softcover edition of "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" has the following at the page 122:
So I went through the entire plant. I have a very bad memory, but when I work intensively I have a good short-term memory, and so I could remember all kinds of crazy things …read more
This 10s clip makes me uncomfortable for some reason (seen at ef-memo.com):
Maybe it's because Geneon are threatening to take a precious fantasy and turn it into vulgar teenage porn.
Also, their Kei seems shockingly sturdy.
read moreUntil Jeff Lawson included Lovely Complex into his 2007 list, I had no idea that it was a 2007 title. I've read about it at Karmaburn and made a mental note, but it seemed like some old school show. I eventually relegated it to the bottom of the queue for …
read moreI'm not just reading blogs, but also rewatched Haibane Renmei raw. Sadly, it's too hard. And it's not just Washi.
Again I saw a few things not seen previously, for example Midori grabs Hyoko under the arm at the festival (uh-oh).
Returning to present, as far as powerful storetelling goes …
read moreRandom Curiosity runs a poll for the favourite series of 2007, 135 entries. Of course such polls are easily broken (you know about the Ron Paul poll-stuffing and spamming botnet, right), but still, it may be interesting. I wonder if I'm going to be the only person voting for a …
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