I proclaimed previously that I will watch K-ON if the ending does not suck. After all, it's the only anime to make an appearance at Lawson's winter garden, so that counts for something, right? Do bloggers help me to decide? Let's go down the feedlist.
Omo: So many words, so …
read moreI finally rewatched Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight, years down the road. A small concern appeared recently that Manabi's magic was not there anymore, but it turned out to be unfounded.
"POWERFUL x HAPPY", "JUST AN SCHOOL GIRLS WITH HAPPY DAYS COME UP SMILING IN EVERYDAY LIFE": damn straight. MASSUGU …
read moreIt's astonishing how blatantly, intentionally unsophisticated this show is. I mean it in a good way, of course. Take, for instance, the way they introduced Kukuri. Although, there are some nice touches, too. For example, watch how Uranami gets Kukuri the bear and stops to watch the play. But it's …
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The Eve no Jikan was a title that I approached with anticipation and trepidation, and possibly it didn't help. I suspended it weeks ago on 8 minute 45 seconds mark in ep.1, after learning the word "区別 / kubetsu" ("difference; discrimination"). Yesterdays Penny-Arcade pilot Automata reminded me about this …
read moreI continue to burn through shows at an alarming rate. This time it's UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie (aka UFO Princess Valkyrie) that gets tossed into the reject pile after 4 episodes.
Two principal things peeved me the most about it:
First, damage to others: The comic property damage is an enshrined …
read moreIn AMG S1, I was looking forward to eye candy, and it does not disappoint. The visual implementation is breathtaking.
However, I seem to be unable to abstract the story away. I hate the lead shackling Belldandy in the way he's done. In my mythology this kind of tricky wish …
read moreWhen selecting Ikki Tousen I fell a victim of my unfortunate tropism for shapely fighting women, triggered by Chizumatic's top rotation. Unfortunately, while some frames are pretty, the series itself turned out to be a species of violent porn with pornographic voilence. I used to go around and say how …
read moreWhen young people fail to appreciate Azumanga Daioh, I usually tell them "wait until you're 35". Another truism I'm fond of repeating is how there are two kinds of Azumanga watchers: those who laugh when Osaka loses her soap and those who cry (sadly, I never saw Attack No.1 …
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