Watched an episode of Maria+holic at a club meeting an hour ago. I always wondered what would happen if Shinbo had a budget to work with... and this is the answer: he knows how to use money productively. Chracters look absolutely gorgeous, stunning. It's as if J.C.Staff …
read moreRegarding Rand's question, since Naruto has conclusively established that children soldiers are a-ok, an anime studio should definitely consider making Ender's Game into a 26-ep series (just as long it's not GONZO and 3D bugs). I'd be particularly curious to see the J.C.Staff's version. If handled well, it …
read moreI smirked and nodded quite a bit while reading their latest opus. It was almost like a girl Rush Limbaugh wrote the first part and Jonah Goldberg penned the rest. As J.P. hinted in passing, putting basic assumptions outside of discussion is one of the favourite tools of the …
read moreUnlike the one for J2, this entry is going to spoil minimally, but still. Caveat emptor.
Midori no Hibi was the last series from my happy anime days, and perhaps this is why it feels more special than it should. But even now I think it's generally underappreciated, like Dai-Guard …
read moreEveryone from J.P. to Calawain considers it supremely important to mention breasts in previews of Queen's Blade. Sekirei innoculated me from this silliness (I have not seen Divergence Eve). The important thing is, are they really killing each other again? That sounds iffy (may I use the word "repulsive …
read moreWhen I asked Steven about Negima, I expected an executive summary like the one with which vintage Jason Miao sold me on Muteki Kanban Musume. But his answer is far longer. It works though, I think I see what is good about the series. Notably though, we don't know if …
read moreI had to direct Lelangir on Twitter to the wikipedic entry on pronouns on Bugfox/fun. I thought everyone followed Jonathan, but apparently the way he mixes up anime with the hollywoodism repulses people. It's understandable, I myself basically gave up on Mark to be surprised when he suddenly reviewed …
read moreOmo wrote that Wandaba "was like shock therapy: you hurt so bad that you come to like it out of psychological desperation" and "was the nightmare that spawned nightmares of Akira Kogami." Yet apparently it was re-released. Currently RACS sells both the old thinpack (limited to the stock on hand …
read moreNo matter how wrong previews get (I had high hopes for Hyakko one time, and dismissed Sekirei as a boob show on the other), they can always be made fun. Sadly, they not always are. But JP/Hinano's one is. BTW, I could not stand School Rumble either.
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