Instead of being productive, I spent Saturday watching Devil is a Part-timer on Netflix. There's not going to be "Anime begins" nor "Anime ends" -- I marathoned the whole thing before I had a chance to blog it.
Until now, I rested under a mistaken impression that Maou was an anime …
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The Wakako-Zake is another great 2-minuter, focused entirely on the subject. There's no amazing plot tension of PuPiPo or heart-shaking feels of Danna o Wakaranai. Instead, we get a back-to-basics food anime. And no crazy lesbian tension nor over-the-top fights.
Personally, I find the lack of human interaction somewhat disappointing …
read moreThis season is pits.
Cinderella Girls is almost unbearable. Omo seems to think that I need an idol to latch on (if I understood him right). Not true, I already have Miku and Rin. Sorry, I meant "RIN RIN RIN RIN RIN". Anyway, it's somewhat of a nightmare, although a …
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Wooser is as uneven as Nichijou. Fortunately, it's similarly brilliant at its peaks. I thought ep.5 of the current season was pretty amazing, although not in the way of some kind of dramatic or artistic quality. Here's how it works.
At its core, Wooser is an advertisement machine nowadays …
read moreThe most important thing to know about Sidonia is that everyone who promised a great ending lied. Not only it's deus ex machina ending, it's also OreTata ending (yes, I learned that term from Shirobako).
The rest of the series was faulty all over, starting with a completely senseless alien …
read moreTo give a good example of the things that propelled The Bros up the ranks, here's what Pon saw in Hyouka:
read moreWhat you need to do now is pick out specific examples. Like, it’s interesting how Oreki’s thought processes, even considering that the show has to convey them …
Might as well post an official opener bracket for a series that I'm likely to complete. The outlook is standard: Manga is superior, but the anime is inoffensive. I already dream about a remake, Kanon 2006 style. Characters are allright, surprisingly enough. The harem is actually a triangle with additions …
read moreShirobako has no bad episodes (I'm not a fan of the first episode, but I see that it was perhaps impossible to do what they did and compose it otherwise). So when I rewatch Shirobako, I rewatch it whole. However, in a number of other series I end focusing on …
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Aside from JitsuWata, I find myself rewatching Danna ga Nani wo ... Wakaranai KEN often these days (both seasons), possibly for the lack of time. Despite extreme shortness, the anime features an array of quirky supporting characters, one of which is Rino (pictured on the left). I cannot help concluding that …
read moreThere's only one animated moment in Shirobako really gets my critical juices going, and I suspect they might have done it on purpose, in a meta way that's the hallmark of the series.
Generally, the creators of Shirobako try to get every little bit of detail, within the budget. A …
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