I survived an episode and a half. Here's the best part:
The adorable eating chick was the only character that I liked. Other notable things were: a pretty animation in the "modern" style of early 2000s, which the creators have no qualms to lapse when action picks up; unbelievably tasteful …
read moreCoincidently with my recent entries about Kikuko Inoue and mecha, I was at Netflix's page for Gundam 08th MS Team two minutes ago, and she's featured there as a major star poster-like.
Which is fine, she is a star... in Japan. But aren't the vast majority of Netflix subscribers supposed …
read moreA fellow AB member Renegade linked a yet another article about Japanese government supposedly waking up to the popularity of anime. There is nothing new to it for anyone who was following the events. Supposedly more Americans are studying Japanese now than in any time in history (This observation comes …
read moreIt is quite plain that a certain level of anti-mecha sentiment festers among the anime fans. In my recent memory, Impz wrote about it, and so did Steven den Beste. The core belief here is mecha series generally tend to suck because the shiny metal takes the focus away from …
read moreCannot avoid spoilers for Chobits and Figure 17 in this entry, so with this in mind...
As a take off on Ayako doctrine, Steven formulates "The Inoue Kikuko principle: any character voiced by Inoue Kikuko must be hated," and supports the case with a list of "repulsive" characters, including Chitose …
read moreWhen I watched Shingu, I had an feeling that I've met Hajime before. On reflection I think that it comes to his ability to set things straight by talking to people. This might not be a real trope, but it's something reasonably discrete (more so than "moe", perhaps). The little …
read moreGirls of archery is something commonly seen in anime. They are not as abundant as mikos, the shrine maidens, but the type is well established. But with all my years of anime I noticed something odd just now. Look where the string of Lemmy's bow is.
It can be seen …
read moreGood heavens, this was bad. I'm so happy it's over.
It's quite possible that manga was good, but adaptation was done improperly. Watching the series I've got a feeling that a novel would read pretty well. Looking at credits, it stands to reason that ABe himself knew the medium and …
read moreAfter seeing the OP of Muteki Kanban Musume (Ramen Fighter Miki), Steven makes a guess that Hell's Bunny is Megumi's mother. The sheer audacity of the call renders me speechless. I hate to admit it, but I did not even see their likeness until Hell's Bunny made her appearance in …
read moreIn truth, this run was planned very long time ago as a part of familiarization with the harem genre. To Heart is a founding title together with Love Hina. But of course, Lucky Star helped.
The first imression is rather positive.
Immediately, I was rather surprised to see 7 or …
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