Thanks for effective (if deceptive) advocacy by Mauser, I picked Sidonia no Kishi for a watch on Netflix (dubbed, of course). I have to admit, grudgingly, that it's not half bad. Grudgingly, because the qustion of Sidonia is the question of 3D: it's 100% 3D, like the Hollywood flicks. Sadly …
read moreDanna-san wo Nanka Wakaranai
As mentioned previously, I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying — on easy streaming at Crunchyroll — ended the only title that we followed in-season, despite the 3-minute format. It was surprisingly gentle despite the otaku humour - a delicate balance that Denki-gai didn't quite attain.
Liked: Yes, but not enough to …
read moreThe 2015 Summer's Invastion of Shorties
A cursory look at RandomC season preview (h/t Chizumatic) reveals an unusually great number of short-format series.[1] Seems like the new fad, and I'm not a fan.
It's not like they have to be bad. The PuPiPo was amazing, for example. The TeeKyuu stands alone. AIURA was an …
read moreAsami Takano
UPDATE: More informed people identified this as a case of name collision in the ANN database. The other case I was trying to remember could be the same as well.
So, I was perusing seiyuu profiles, when... Wait, I'm not Hashi-hime and this is not my schtick. However, someone observed …
read moreCalaggie on Momono-san
Back when "Mahoraba Notebook" page was still updated -- obviously before "Anime Notebook" existed -- Momo-chan received a special mention, like so:
read moreBy all rights, Megumi Momono is not my kind of girl. She is a drunk, free-roller with no compass. I don't fall for the glasses or piano skillz. However, her …
CKS on Euphonium
Nova on Cinderella Girls 01-13
I didn't think he'd stay with it to the end, but have a look at that:
read moreThe show’s biggest issues revolved around the character cast. The New Generations girls were the only ones given a proper introduction, which would have been okay if they’d actually been the lead …
Why nobody watches Grisaia
While the game for Android is holding the #1 rank at AniGema.jp's store, people are starting to notice that leading animebloggers ignore the series (currently simulcast at Crunchy). Here's one suggestion why:
read moreI stopped watching the first season when they killed a cat in a horribly graphic way.
The AnimeNation John on 2015 Spring season
He says it's super derivative:
The first episode of Re-Kan seems practically like a reverse clone of Kotoura-san. Sougeki no Soma appears to be an updated version of Yakitate Japan that focuses on dinner cuisine instead of pastries. Omakase Miracle Cat Dan looks and feels an awful lot like a …
read moreAvatar on Lesbian Bear Storm
In comments at Wonderduck:
read moreYurikuma has a completely different DNA than the Noitamina block - it's Ikuhara being Ikuhara for an audience consisting, these days, almost wholly of Ikuhara. So think Utena and then Penguindrum, but without the usual mask of reality that later fractures.
Honestly, it's just bad. Okay, some …