Skipping massive spoilers in the "FIN" entry, we find the following executive summary with more spoilers:
read moreHaving suffered through Tokyo Ghoul √A absolute complete failure of a season and ending, I thought that Aldnoah.Zero’s ending was fairly good in comparison. It was consistent with the themes presented with …
Nova finally posted the article, which apparently took some pains. Characters were praised, of course:
read moreThe characters don’t appear as string puppets acting out a set script through rigid archetypes and a strict division between the good and bad guys, but as concrete people with proper personalities, aspirations, and …
There's no wishy-washing it, Shirobako is an outstanding series. I had a small trouble accepting it at first, because of the meta premise. Anime about anime is inablity to see outside of one's cocoon, is it not obvious? How many Hollywood writers set their flicks in New York and L …
read moreThey are proclaiming the Nico turnaround already, with some choice analysis:
read moreOto. [...] This reminds me: I kinda like Nico now. Not because of anything the show has done, but because of what you’ve been saying about her off air.
Pon. Yeah, in the posts I’m just saying what …
The Tamako Love Story was firmly suggested to me by Justin Brough. One day our conversation moved to it, and I mentioned how I dropped the Tamako Market TV series. Justin claimed that they fixed it all up in the movie. And yes, they did — everything that was possible to …
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Promised myself never submit patches or animeblog in zeitnot before bed, but real quick now. One strange thing about Shirobako is its powerful hold upon my semi-subconscious. Just two phenomena:
#1 - exceedingly powerful deja vu - completely false at that. Examples:
#1.a - in 12, 13:16, Ema says "watashi mo …
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The anime was announced a few days ago, but now they have the site up (h/t Chris Beveridge).
I followed the (re-imagening) manga on scanlations and it's very good. The power inflation is pretty horrible, but we've not seen our Majin-buu arc yet. I'm really curious about the anime …
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For those still hungry for more, Nozaki-kun is being continued in very short specials, 2-minute format. Together, the little pieces form a beach episode. Pictured: Waka has been molested by beautiful girls and pleas with Seo for help. He's so far forgot himself that he's grabbing her (by the shoulders …
read moreShirobako is basically a duty anime: no matter what you think of it, if you love anime, you must watch it. I knew it before I started, and haven't changed my opinion after 3 episodes. That said, it's pretty decent. The first episode was somewhat weak, in my opinion, but …
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