I visited a local convention today, Otakumex. It's about 500 visitor deal, so quite small. Only one video room, one panel track, and the dealer room could've fit into my house. So, one issue with that was, if you don't like video programming, you cannot go room hopping. It's AMV …
read moreSoul Eater 01
I mentioned Soul Eater recently as the series beprised really for its innovative art and setting. Well, I saw it at con today, and ZKC it ain't. In fact, it looks crude by comparison.
Creators apparently aimed for game-faithful dynamism, and made everything else cartoony. Their shimigami is a downright …
read moreNogizaka Haruka no Himitsu 01
I remember some discussions in context of American visual entertainment, which dealt with the question if a market for wholesome movies existed. Obviously, Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu (Haruka Nogizaka's Secret) is an attempt to measure the same market empirically. Otherwise, why bother with rehashing the same cliches, unless the wholesale …
read moreAroduc on Cobra
Aroduc gives Cobra both barrells. The show is not link-worthy, but his turn of speech is just great when show annoys him. Also, it's quite true that OVAs are dead (I still remember Tenchi Muyuo -- now that was the OVA!). Frankly, I do not understand why the OVA business collapsed …
read moreAroduc on Hidamari x365 10
You know, to be honest… I’m glad this show is nearly over. This experiment in covering a low key, plotless anime has really proven to me how ill-suited for the job I am. I feel like I ran out of things to say a month ago and …
read moreZettai Karen Children 01
Bending to the persuasiveness of IRC, and having read what Aroduc had to say, I checked out the first episode of Zettai Karen Children. The series does not appear like anything for me to watch, but it's absolutely amazing.
The first thing that jumps out is the art and animation …
read moreLawson on ef, at last
Jeff is through with ef and his opinion has improved considerably:
All in all, the story (or stories, I suppose) isn’t all that original as far as visual novel adaptations go. There are some unique elements - Chihiro’s illness, for example - and those elements are treated more thoughtfully and …
read moreMoribito at Adult Swim
Blogosphere failed me yet again. Alerted by a random dude (at #anime@FreeNode of all places), I found that I missed 2 episodes of Seirei no Moribito shown on TV in my locale (next is ep.03). With the Internet having all the shows all the time, I lost the …
read moreNick Istre on First Squad
Since I essentially admitted to being Russian on this blog, and in fact tried to make hay out of it, I feel like I need to pay my dues and note First Squad, as mentioned by Nick. But it really doesn't seem anything up my alley, for a few reasons …
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