If I drop a series, I use it as an excuse to rip the unfortunate show to shreds. Jeff Lawson is not one to make a big production from dropping; he just quits one day (it's an utter mystery why his Mahoraba reporting stopped at ep.19). Yesterday he made …
Singapore speaks English
Tsubaki posted an article about a cross-promotion between Yakitake Japan! and a bakery chain, with a few pictures. What do you know, all signs are in English, and none are in Chinese (except the price stickers). But according to the CIA, most of Singapore is Chinese. Anime is an entertainment …
read moreef begins
I am unable to give ef justice with one screenshot, so here's a little stack.
Kulons worth of electrons were expended on critiquing ef's frame composition, with complaints about the streetlamp taking up space here and odd split-screen techniques there. I found these innovations only a little annoying, and most …
read moreScrumptious on Kimikiss 01
When I watched the beginning, it was not very clear just who is chasing whom, but Jen is doing a good job explaining what is likely to happen. Not a harem, sounds good.
read moreTales of Symphonia
Coincidently to the discussion of OAVs, Tales of Symphonia is an OVA for which I had high hopes since it is being done by Ufotable (known for 2x2 Shinobuden). It did not work out.
The main issue seems in the gaming heritage, starting with the clothing (e.g. Lloyd wears …
read moreKimikiss begins
My first reaction to KimiKiss is just "Holy shit!" I haven't seen anything as pretty since forever. Kimikiss even beats the pants off the Clannad, which was completely unexpected. It looks like KyotoAni at last have met their match in J.C.Staff (who is no spring chicken themselves, known …
read moreLawson on teatrical anime
Jeff Lawson writes about the teatrical anime, or lack of it. Not much for me to disagree with, but I'm going to make a quick comment.
And even though Naruto and Pokeman movies are a dime a dozen, I don’t think anyone cares all that much with the exception …
read moreWhat is anime
TJ of RIUVA made a comment somewhere (I ended there following from Omo):
read moreIf you take off the rose-tinted glasses, you’ll realise that most of the anime you mentioned were quality only in their own time. Sure, they were great back then, but people have taken those and built …
The first episode
Badger on Lucky Star
Concrete Badger gives Lucky Star his stamp of approval. Obviously he has a strong capability to abstract away less likeable parts. Observe how he managed to review Lucky Star and not mention Lucky Channel even once.
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