The title of this post is a self-parody, as a reminder not to take anything I write too seriously. That said, SDB writes:
read moreI didn't finish watching the first DVD when that was all I had, though I got most of the way. Part of the reason why is that …
I don't need to title this post "DbD on Winter 2008", we all know where the thin slicing happens. Anyhow, the king of procrastinators finally delivers.
On H2O:
read moreThe problem is that H2O tries to portray itself as some higher class, gentle, sweet series with the cutesy artwork and the …
Ana-sempai explained to me why Rin is a tsundere. It turns out that she's the classic tsundere, the kind Shiraishi was talking about.
In other words, she does not go around hitting the guy with her harisen. Instead, she's in denial about her feelings.
read moreThe excutive summary after 4 episodes down is: "what Shana should've been". Depending how it ends, it may even be a buy-DVD rather than rent-DVD.
At least in the beginning, two main characters are Rin and Saber, and I cannot see who is more important, so I'm going to have …
read moreSo, what about the only existing musical? I saw episode 2, as found on a pack-in DVD from December 2006 Newtype.
It's mildly interesting, but I only liked one number, when Mako sung about the money. So, even if the mocking of Korean Wave was hilarious, this wasn't appealing to …
read moreOn the same Newtype DVD I found an episode of something called "Rumbling Hearts". The name suggests a sports anime, but actually it's a romance series. And it looked pretty good, too.
Just as I started to wonder how I managed to miss a hidden jewel, it turned out to …
read moreCompanies sometimes steal from fansubbbers, so it would be interesting if they started buying instead. However, the official announcement says nothing about the source of the script. The only evidence is Roxfan's e-mail.
Official Russian title "Девочка, покорившая время" (The Girl Who Conquered Time) sounds not too bad, although it …
read moreUbu was talking at length about the upcoming nearly-simultaneous release of Kite: Liberator and related matters. Somehow he forgot to mention how the guinea pig itself matters. Some time ago, Samurai Gun was supposed to be the model of cooperation between Japanese and American companies, and the ADV's PR flak …
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