1. Ani-toire

    This is what the restroom of our master bathroom looks like:

    And it wasn't my idea: my better half requested the implementation. The pictures are centerfolds from the now deceased Newtype USA, to which Ana-sempai used to subscribe.

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  2. Aria, remaining notes

    I blogged most of the notes already, so I'm going skip "BGM is really getting annoying by now", "Clearly this is SDB's revenge for Azumanga", etc. Let's just dump the remainder and close the issue. BTW, these were captured digitally, without a pencil.

    01 People of Aqua are not big …

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  3. DearS failure

    It's a familiar story: I watched [3 episodes of] DearS because someone said that it was "like Sekirei", but as usual the two are nothing alike (even less alike than EVA and RahXephon). The ugly animation in DearS reminded me of Pretear very much, and the story (or at least …

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  4. Jonathan Tappan debunks SDS

    While the animeblogging world is busy ignoring the two drama queens, a far more interesting discussion happens elsewhere:

    "I wouldn’t say that writing is more important than art in animation..." says Ogiue Maniax.

    Personally I WOULD say that. In fact, I’ll say it right now. Writing IS more …

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  5. Moogy mocks Funi

    An amusing non-ex fansubber's monologue:

    So, my question is - who exactly did Funimation C&D over this show? It sure wasn’t the group that subbed it! Or even the people who distro’d it! Maybe they C&D’d AnimeOmake? They subbed episodes 1-6. Or those Spanish dudes who …

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  6. Otou on Clannad, bis

    I appreciate the second take on the topic (which supersedes the rather hasty (and trollish) original attempt), because I did not give Clannad a big enough chance when I dropped it. I have not even made it official, all I have is a short summary. Of course, he's tryng to …

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  7. Toradora 08

    The 08 is the "battle", with Ryuuji going to Ami's villa if she wins... Was there ever any doubt in the outcome? Honestly! And then Taiga invited herself to the villa, of course.

    I think I'm going to drop Toradora. However, it's not because the plot is too predictable. My …

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  8. Animation quality, then and now

    The Omisyth's post on the topic reminded me how I went through the line-counting phase myself. It started about when I saw the awful quality of Mai-HiME, and it took about a year to pass. What weaned me off this particular obsession was a review of Azumanga. That show represents …

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