My friendly pusher provided me with a random sampler of some almost-contemporary shonen manga. It was amusing, but seems like not my thing.
I heard that "MÄR" was popular, but it (actually its "Omega" continuation) grabbed my attention the least. It's Mahoraba art at best, and goes into endless fights …
read moreMostly predictable, but not quite:
気弱(きよわ)で臆病(おくびょう)な自分を変えるために、アイドルの道へと進んだ。 矢敗(yahai?)した時は激(はげ)し …read more
It didn't click here until Steelbound linked it, but the director of Idolm@ster is the guy kicked off Gurren-Lagann. Not good, unless he reflected deeply, trained in the mountains, etc. Even then, remember how Yamakan received his second chance with Fractale?
Steelbound also thinks that A-1 makes good-looking anime …
read moreI was junking old blogs from my "Dead" folder, when I found what looked like a persistent "host not found" for (former) Anime Black Hole, while articles continued to resolve... Why, Feedburner, of course. But wait! What actually happened was entirely different: the blog was moved under the "Anime Void …
read moreThe final volume of the set is not available from anywhere. I tried Amazon, Mandarake, Kinokuniya, BK1, and even YesAsia. Japanese hoarders are just brutal, and publishers aid and abet them.
P.S. I don't mind buying from a Japanese scalper, but those bastards never ship overseas, and I haven't …
read moreI was close to dropping Nichijou after the first epsiode - you could say it's Azumanga on crack, but I didn't like the cast nearly as much as Azumanga or Lucky Star's.
I was close to dropping Nichijou after the fourth episode. Cannot stand how Prof. abuses …
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