Seen at Beta-Waffle:
A lot of the Bandai Entertainment news from NYCC was really surprising. Not just the Gurren Lagann thing, as astonishing at that was, but the talk of their release patterns. Whilst being sub-only (and I know a lot of the dub community are rather disappointed about the …read more
So, here it is. I'm quite happy that Youko has escaped clutches of ADV, and ended at the sane half of Bandai. I may live long enough to see a release.
They sure are having fun at ADV's expense: "I've got to release it in North America this year... What …
read moreAnd by Shamus I mean the author of DM of the Rings. I even see some similarity in the way dialog is presented. True, Shamus had the persistence and Damien announced a defeat after 3 panels. But it was pretty good while it lasted. I think he should take another …
read moreTAF was very noticeably driven by the industry, and the industry only cares about the newest stuff. Sure, there was an NHK booth with en exposition dedicated to NHK's 35 years in business (they showed a set of short videos there which were quite interesting). But overall, it was all …
read moreIt's old, it's mecha, and it's great. The Patlabor OVA is what anime is meant to be. The only problem is, it's episodic, but even Sun has spots.
Kanuka turned out not to be evil. She seems like a type that modern anime has lost: the girl who is too …
read moreDaniel pointed me by e-mail to this nugget buried in a entirely too long post, which I skipped initially because I don't care for Darker than Black:
2. Figure 17 doomed anime to be consumed in 24 minute bites. While Figure 17 wasn’t a horrible series, it had no …read more
Seen at Animanachronism:
Quite what the negative consequences of being ‘caught’ are is somewhat unclear, but a hint can probably be found in the phrase ‘One is GAR for men and gay for traps’. Being caught supposedly induces some kind of anxiety about one’s sexual orientation.
I think Daniel …
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