The quite long a spoiler-heavy review at The Null Set frankly needs to be read, but here's a couple of random bits:
read moreThe overall 90’s look to the anime was not that difficult to get into and did not slow my enjoyment of the series but I found the …
Shin put away his trademark nasty for once:
I simply did not come in expecting anything quite this amazing [..] magnificent portrayal and interpretation of character relationships
He's also lionizing P-san as "guardian angel" and catches hints of continuations. Now I'm hoping he's right.
Suguru wishes for more dorama:
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The official programming is out and it includes no IM@S panel that was the hallmark of the con for years -- at least while I went there, and once when I did not. I find it quite ironic that they failed the tradition in the year when the The Idolmaster …
read moreA few things were going on, mostly at work, and in general our lovely idols did not keep my attention lately. I even thought about declaring a drop. But I was able to catch up while flying from Ireland. Takane's episode came and went without leaving much of an impression …
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So... About that outrage and betrayal. In the event, Sixten did not use a fake Japanese-sounding pen name, and the work is not crap, so I suppose this question is resolved, 3½ years later. The problem was in the brazen ways in which our cultural affinities were exploited, and the …
read moreThe series that J.P. advocated so effectively (even though we know he just watched it for middle-schoolers having sex lol), and supposedly unabtainable, appears to be in a reissue by a true hero (obviously for the same reason, but what does it matter, as long as it's preserved).
read moreI noticed a rather large number of blog posts over the summer that begrudgingly admitted to enjoying The Idolm@ster TV anime. Posts like that are normal for any season, whenever expectations are set low for some reason. I remember starting my animeblogging with "I thought Naruto was just another …
read moreWhile cooking lunch, I checked Chizumatic on my Kindle Fire, and Steven is giving IS a second chance.
And while I won't say it's great I can say that it isn't really too awful. I'm enjoying it, and it isn't quite as dreadful as mecha shows so often are.
Yes …
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