1. Bamboo Blade begins

    This is a poor comedy on a simplistic premise, but starts strongly. On the watchlist list it goes.

    Animation is lively, if simplified by comparison with the top performers of the season. I even saw some nasty 3D in the beginning. But oh well, I need my dose of LOLz …

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  2. Nanoha's season A

    Since Nanoha is such a freaking cult where I rub, I am basically ready to be a fan of it sight unseen and can't wait for the R1 releases. The other day I saw a comic at Avatar's place (BTW, it's very funny, check it out) and it got me …

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  3. Sketchbook begins somewhat

    Sketchbook ~full color~ fails to grab me. Yunocci was a far more appealing character than Sora.

    Since the Sketchbook comes with recommendations by Jeff, Astro, and Don, it should be worth watching, but at the first glance it seems to miss any kind of special ingredient.

    The out-of-play skits such …

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  4. Miyazaki, condensed

    Thanks to a shoutout, I saw a post a Daijobu (a blog which I really should be reading but never get around to), which looks at Miyazaki's legacy. I think his creations can be vulgarized further into few basics (e.g. in DS' terms, all historically developed MODEs can be …

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  5. Myself; Yourself starts

    This looks like a very determined attempt to recreate 80s using computers. Tons of shades and strokes, and the hair is just... huge. Nice color key. I like this a lot. Apparently, produced by a company which I never heard about, Dogakobo.

    Looks good for now, although the beginning feels …

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  6. Anime fans under Impz's microscope

    Published: Thu 25 October 2007
    By Author

    In meta.

    One thing which looks immediately fishy in the in-post summary is the preposterously low 9% attrition rate on top of 338 participation count. I am quite certain that it arises from the self-selection, e.g. Impz first asked blog readers to contact him if they were interested. Only then they …

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  7. Suguru on Manabi

    Busy as I am, I cannot pass it when someone talks Manabi Straight. Today, it's Suguru of Dame-dame.

    (Exhibit A: Yoakena's Cabbage of Doom)

    My God, people, give it a rest already. The cabbage/cantelope wasn't that bad. Sure, there was a lot of crap in Crescent Love's animation …

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  8. Busy

    I'm just back from a Japanese midterm; it's going to be a miracle if I get more than 50%. But it certainly won't happen: I left half of the questions blank, some for the lack of time, some for missing elements.

    Bloggers were completely off the leash this week, I …

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  9. Chobits, visuals

    I spent the last couple of weeks rewatching Chobits again. You know, keeping up with the season is such a bother. It's much easier to load a DVD. I am not a big fan of the series overall, but its production values sure are something to see.

    To begin with …

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  10. You're doing it wrong

    A fellow animeblogger Josh, who usually takes his enterprise way too seriously, ran a poll on what he should watch next.

    When a blogger does this sort of thing, it serves two purposes: to have some material for readers to relate to (and comment upon), and to get some series …

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