[] I don’t think I’ve ever changed changed my mind as often as I did while watching this one. // Partly it’s a matter of expectations. The early episodes look like a light-hearted comedy. Indeed, the distributor is explicitly marketing it as a comedy. But …read more
Meanwhile, in broadcast
Saw Moero Amazon posting that Azumanga is in reruns at AT-X, which seems like a more successful blueprint for the ailing Anime Channel:
AT-Xで再放送が始まったので視聴。何回観ても楽しいなぁ。
Indeed, it never …
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In the yesterdays's debate I tried to make a point that Omo never mentioned any kind of "open-source anime", and that it's nothing but a distraction which Avatar trotted out. Making copyright laws in the U.S. sane is essential for the proprietary media industry's well-being, because it is eaten …
read moreVoices in the intartubes
First up is Minami-ke:
<Extrange> wtf? <Extrange> You don't know Touma? <Extrange> Heretic <zaitcev> Is she their mother? <Extrange> Clue: same anime, not the same family <TheBigN> zaitcev <TheBigN> that's why you should watch the anime. :P <Extrange> there is another Minami family <TheBigN> Tomo and Miu annoy me to …
read moreA cog in FUD machine
The danger of being ignorant is in becoming unable to distinguish truth from lies, and thus being reduced to spouting garbage on one's blog (like Avatar does today):
The creation of anime requires, to put it bluntly, a tremendous amount of scut work. [...] That sort of project can't be done …
read moreAyase Days
We all have our hangups. I steer away from yaoi, traps, and lesbians -- although only when they are real, so Mikan does not count. And even then everything is balanced against the overall quality (which is why Simoun is still teetering in my evaluation list after a year). Steven, apparently …
read moreOwen on Dennou Coil
After reading what Owen wrote about Dennou Coil today, I feel inclined to agree, but his specific arguments seem lacking.
When I say that [Dennou Coil] bears similarity to [Haibane Renmei], I’m talking about how the conflict between the characters in the main arc are depicted. Isako’s determination …
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No love for musicals
I am wondering, why I cannot I remember any anime musicals? There is music in anime, but it's always playing the second fiddle. I'm thinking something like animated Producers ("Springtime for Toro in Ja-a-a-pan!" and "Make it gay, make it gay, make it gay!" -- surely anime fans would love that …
read moreAny other ministeries?
Just a random thought: in 2007 two series were sponsored by agencies of Japanese government: Rocket Girls by JAXA and Moyashimon by Ministery of Agriculture. Both turned out well. Fun series, even popular. So, what next? I think JSDF's number is up. They already had dancing sailors, so they know …
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