I watched an episode of Saiki at Crunchy and thought I'd have a look a little ahead... Went to YouTube, and.... Why was I not informed?!
Apparently, Saiki was animated in "flash anime" before. It's basically like the original manga of One Punch Man. Upload dates are somewhere in 2013 …
read moreAni-nouto was critical of Tamako Love Story despite its high recommendations, but have a look at the analysis by Bateszi's co-blogger. Despite its personalistic lead-in, it focused on the movie itself rather than impression left by the movie (insomuch these can be separated).
read moreThe strangest thing about Tamako Love Story …
Oops, I did it again. Thought I would never buy and watch another DVD without downloading a rip first, but I wanted a memento from my quintiennial visit to Fry's. They still have an anime section!
I don't know if this is what a Ghibli film not directed by Miyazaki …
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Rarely we find an anime series that elicits such uniform and congenial response from bloggers... or former bloggers (Twitter killed animeblogging). Kuro: "#yuyuyu finale particularly bad. 7 mins of fighting solved with WILLPOWER then the rest shameless attempt at last min drama." And: "The drama was literally pointless too. They …
read moreAlthough I think Evirus should be commended on attempting an analysis, I don't feel the fire to agree or disagree and to quote at length. I watched 3 episodes of Bakuon and didn't care for the series. Omo found it worth the trouble to debate the point, so more power …
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I once showed the ep.6 of Initial D Fourth Stage to a friend, who is a semi-professional racer. I knew already that the depiction of hashirya culture was realistic. But this time we were considering the racing element. I chose that specific episode because it contained a whole battle …
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Luluco is an amusing in its mad dash anime, but why are they ripping so much from Gurren-Lagann? Although Studio Trigger is founded, and largely populated, by GAINAX escapees, with InuBattle they have proven that they can do better than copy their parent. So, why regress to this? I mean …
read moreAt the end of the day, Kuma Miko’s biggest fault is a lack of warmth between the characters (or enough warmth to counter balance the abuse, akward personalities and mental illness) [...]
I'm not sure I share his enthusiasm for Flying Witch, which seems to stutter every now and then …
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