1. The New Realism

    Orion sez:

    Speaking as someone who’s done a fair amount of kendo, that was a dang good hit. My reaction was pretty much the same as all the other characters. Successfully executing a fast and precise taiatari hiki-men like that is not an easy thing to do, especially against …
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  2. Aoi Sakuraba and "westerners"

    In today's quicktakes Steven drops the hammer on Aoi Sakuraba:

    I think Aoi is the problem. She's an otaku dream girl, but of a kind that is hard for a westerner to stomach, the "Yamato Nadesico".

    My problem with this statement is the Steven's projection of personal biases. The type …

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  3. Avoiding uncomfortable anime

    Damien goes all personal on the ass of Someday's Dreamers and shares this practice:

    No other anime has yet caused me that sort of distress again, mainly because since then, I have been actively avoiding any anime which is supposed to “make you cry”.

    Unfortunately, I think he's only bidding …

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  4. Kirino's animated gif

    I saw the gif a week ago at Moero Amazon, as a thumbnail, and thought that it was done locally there, but now Orion posts a full-size version. Strange. Anyway, there's lot more fun screencaps at Epic Win, even if the swallowing of chalk is missing. Good times.

    UPDATE: Orion …

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  5. Omo pokes industry blogs

    Omo asks a good question: where are all the industry blogs? Commenters chime in with suggestions.

    All I know so far is that blogs exists which purport to represent the industry but are actually done by outsiders (like TAB), or run by marketing side (anime.ign.com). I don't know …

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  6. And now something completely different

    I played through a ren-ai game (actually, one episode) that Rocket posted, mostly because it runs on Linux very smoothly. Interesting, but for some odd reason I feel uncomfortable starting with the game, and at times inside. I played Leisure Suit Larry with no issues back in the day, so …

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