The finale post explains the defects (and then repeats the theme a few times):
read moreOf course, as the season finale, there was a lot left to be desired, so I’ll get my gripes out of the way first, namely: the whole rushrushrush feeling that resulted in whisking Shu-Shu out …
Macademi 01 was finally posted at Crunchy, and it's still a disappoinment (I watched a small piece raw back in the day). It's exactly the same as Otoshimono [1], only whacky and over the top. Worse, Tanarotte did absolutely nothing to endear. The dude seems kinda ok, as far as …
read moreSome time in late 90s I read a then-fresh paper by developers of NUMA at Sun Micro. They lamented how in their heart of hearts they knew that NUMA would triumph in the end, but every time journos proclaimed the death of SMP, the boys of SMCC would roll out …
read moreAt the very bottom, in the "Dishonorable Mention" section of the year-end post:
read more[My] real-objection is to the ending, which can be reasonably interpreted as saying that the hero and his sister committed suicide, after which they got to be together in the afterlife. The very last thing Japan needs …
Only had a couple of anime-related items this year.
First up, a 100mm Yoko. I noticed long ago that all good nendroids come in 100mm size, so the way I was locked into 50mm with Miyuki was a blessing in disguise. Now the collection has good chances to explode. Interestingly …
read moreThe Fractale section in Aroduc's 2011 Winter preview sums Yamakan's career thus:
The main notable things are that this is the second of three shows Okada is writing for this season and that the director’s said he’ll quit if it fails, which is less of a threat than …read more
read moreSubject: Addicted to K-on
I don’t really think that I can say that I LIKE it. But for some reason, I just can’t seem to pull myself away from this show. Seriously. Every time I set out to do something, I find my mouse …
I did not know that Coburn was blogging (via).
read moreThere was comparison in the article about SYD:
The 4-koma base of the show was very distinct [in SYD]. However, it somehow worked for SYD when before it totally didn't work for me in Lucky Star (I bounced off LS because I could practically see the strip boundaries).
Rewatching Lucky …
read moreThe article made me ROFL, and also made some good points. Sure we can disagree about some things, but I have no quarrel with:
read moreSo all in all, I think that 2010 was a weaker year than usual (due primarily to the huge number of sequels to shows I didn …