アニ・ノート

At last my collection is complete. Maybe it was even worth it, at least to support the industry.

It would be ironic if a license announcement were to happen at NYAF. But it won’t, no worries.

The fueled by the completion of my R2 collection rewatch is over, and I am starting to suspect that I’m overdosing with only a 6th pass. This time aroud, all sorts of imperfections get into my eyes and I began to place it among the weaker J.C.Staff’s productions, art-wise. Certainly, it was well-directed and well-executed on the high level, but there was a lot of really sketchy character art. Fillers are annoying too and I pretty much fast-forwarded through things like crying babies, stamp card search, kitten invasion, everyone’s day video. I think I’m not going to watch Mahoraba again any time soon.

Notes:

02 Saki says “long time no see” to Momo and Tama, meaning that she accounts for the passage of time while off-line.

13 Asami makes observation how people in the photo match current residents (when I wrote my spoiling notes, I thought it was my own idea; Asami misses the wrong generation gap though).

14 Woa, the Boy A drew “Reiko” with her head still attached. He’s never done it before or after.

25 Tama’s defeat was the best part of the anime indeed.

Words:

なじりかた — namecalling (for Occult Lab president)
紅葉の中で / こうよう/もみじ – colorful leaves, both are used IIRC
ないしょく — temporary job (not バイト)

UPDATE: It’s weird, but while Azumanga — a classic by J.C.Staff — had a simplified art too, it looked much better. It was more consistent and purposeful, and with fewer mis-shaped faces. I just rewatched ep.10 for a check.

The 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 set up a Denso account… yet.