Look at this fine young gentleman with a headband, in the frame's right.
Naruto is older than Midohi no Hibi, which is no spring chicken itself. I am used to think of it as this upstart shounen anime, but actually it's going to be as ancient as DBZ pretty soon …
read moreThe popularity of RC makes the 2008 summary noteworthy. I don't think anyone would stuff my poll, should I run one. Sadly, Omni's selection makes it clear that I track quite a bit off-center for the online fan crowd. One of bloggers even awarded me a term "moefag" (Sorry, I …
read moreLook who's alive. Also, an explanation why I'm not watching Ga-Rei Zero.
read moreI finally got around to looking at ANN video. The video plays ok, about how it was at BOST a year ago, in the dark days of Keitai Shoujo. No DTO option. For some bizarre reason there are no ads that I can see, although their splash screen promises them …
read moreIn the beginning at least, I'm watching both Moribito and Last Exile for the plot. The difference is, Moribito features far better animation. Compare, for instance, the intricately rendered structure of vanship against the barely filled in loli.
But it's not only the 3D. Check out how the foreground objects …
read moreApart from the absence of trousers, the other main topic seems to have been the show’s distribution via Crunchyroll and BOST. It was rather amusing that something so well-calculated to provoke moral disapproval should be one of the few anime legally available within a respectably short time of …read more
Kurogane pops an end-of-year post with cutesy capsule summaries and huge images (Murasaki, oh god). It's possible to disagree with the selection in detail — why is Toradora out while Nogizaka is in — but overall, I think, the post gives a faithful feel for the year.
UPDATE: Kurogane e-mailed that Toradora …
read moreIn comments to Daniel's Pantsu Witches post, Steven den Beste writes:
The reason for the lack of pants is that none of the statuettes had pants, and that’s where the character designs came from.
Quite true. However, where is fun in that? Determining what Toga were doing in the …
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