It was a wonderful experience that carried me into the anime fantasy country once more. Not the one where nothing bad ever happens, mind, but the right one.
Liked: Yes
Rewatch: Maybe
P.S. Funnily enough, I still have no "favourite". Haruka is about the only one who I would …
read moreThe theme of Peterburd's review is "disappointing", which is contrary to just about every other established animeblogger. Having not seen the anime episode yet, I do not have an opinion about it as such, but I see that the shadow of Tatsuo Sato's reputation overhangs this series in the same …
read moreThe connection between To Heart and IM@S anime was evident to me even without the help of Evirus making it, but for a slightly different reason: Shiho.
If I did not remember her, it was documented:
read moreP.S. [...] I should note, Shiho is not my “favourite”. I cannot stand …
A couple of days after my mixed experience with podcasting, RP presented an interesting alternative: a faux transcript. This is incomparably more comfortable: you can quote it, you can translate it, everything.
read moreSabishii: ... so what about that Mouretsu pirate show. The art looks fantastic, but the plot…doesn’t seem …
Somewhat amazingly, Quiet Morita-san was the only anime that I finished in the 2011 Autumn season (although I am going to complete The Idolmaster later). The convenience of 3-minute episode format FTW.
I feel that 3-minute size constrains the form too much. Even 6-minute would open a door for radical …
read moreI am not one to listen to podcasts: too much time is wasted listening what otherwise can be read. But seeing how Behind the Nihon Review promised a discussion of IM@S, I went through it.
It was fun in some ways. The way the talk is delivered is radically …
read moreI must've missed it back when it was posted:
(One interesting note is that according to ANN Mizushima also directed Hanamaru Kindergarten, which had a startlingly interesting set of ending animations that are well worth tracking down on their own; each one did its own little mini-story in various genres …read more
In today's post, Chris goes out of his way to underscore Ani-nouto's influence, which I work so hard to disclaim, because responsibility is too heavy. Fortunately, he's staying impervious to the charms of Idolm@ster, so we're good here. There's also a judgement on the topic:
read moreHowever, within its genre …
