Only one episode of Haruhi-chan was posted this week, #25. In it, KyotoAni continues to screw with fans. I really don't feel like posting every week only to belittle the show, since it's certainly good for what it is: giving a stiff competion to Adventures of Mini-Goddess. On the other …
read moreAfter having to resort to my immense willpower to complete ep.1, I went to check the final write-up on Tenka Seiha. Behold:
It started out very well, high production values all around, some great jokes, and even eventually a teaser that this Romantic Comedy would actually have a smidgeon …read more
I've still had very limited success convincing people to begin watching Hatsukoi Limited.
He himself admits that the biggest unknown is the ending and the ghost of School Rubmbe. No wonder nobody wants to invest into the show that's likely to crash to the ground with the next season …
read moreOne small thing that everyone seem to miss in the debate is that I have never seen an episode of K-ON. I wished it turned out like Manabi, but I don't know, so I made no claims about it.
Besides, K-ON only posted 5 episodes, so nobody knows what's planned …
read moreI laughed, I really did, reading how DM misleads the reader with screencaps of Ayato in ambiguous positions. Although, perhaps he doesn't. Some said before that the whole story is about Ayato killing off members of his harem one by one. Now that's misleading.
RahXephon is like a work of …read more
And you thought only the election campaigns in America started eariler all the time. Metahorn opens the season of meaningless previews, with a twist: the paginated format permits to segregate a useful list of OVAs, usually ignored by previewers. New Negima, oh my. Also, does not "15 Bishoujo Hyouryuuki" sound …
read moreI clenched my teeth to complete the episode. Did I just say that animation in Tayutama was sketchy? Now I'm sorry about it. This is sketchy.
But a bigger issue is the stupidity of the protagonist. SDB mentioned recently somewhere (possibly in someone's else comments and in a different context …
read moreArashi mentions two movies, Gion no shimai (The Sisters of Gion) and Naniwa Elegy, both from 1936.
I cannot tell how iconic the stills are. They may be recognizable to any Japanese who studied in school, or perhaps to Japanese film buffs only. Funnily enough, Arashi says "Gion no kyodai …
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