9. Gundam 08th MS Team rolls

   I am quite relieved to report that the show starts rolling by ep.06. Up to this point I contemplated writing something like: "If this is the best Gundam franchize has to offer, I do not want to know what the second best might be". But perhaps now it won't …

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10. Not very refreshing

    In a comment to his own posting Steven writes:

    One of the things I thought was particularly refreshing about Crest of the Stars was that neither side was portrayed as being "good guys". There was the crazy intelligence guy from United Mankind, but there was also Baron Febdash. Jinto and …

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11. P-90 and Visual Exuberance

    I saw a picture in the banner rotation at Josh's and it triggered a rant mode.

    

    First of all, what kind of idiot places the stock on her collar bone? No matter how mild recoil of P-90 is, it cannot be a pleasurable experience.

    But more importantly, does anyone else …

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12. Where is Russian Jeff Lawson?

    While waiting for Stellvia to rip and encode for my iPod, I started looking for Russian anime blogs. Results were discouraging, to say the least: it appears that Russians have not mastered the art of animeblogging yet.

    In Anglosphere, the concept of a blog is so established, that we take …

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13. The dog which barked quetly

    While everyone writes about Clannad (see an article at Steven's for the links which include Aroduc's slick deflection), I pin my hopes at the little OVA Tales of Symphonia placed dead last in the master list at Hashi-hime. I am weak for Ufotable after seeing 2x2 Shippunden and Manabi Straight …

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14. Gundam 08th MS Team starts

    In full accordance with the plan, the 08th MS Team begins. The first impression is that of something plotted in simple and predictable ways. I've gotten used to stories and characters which were more subtle, but it's quite serviceable.

    

    The feel of the Real Robot is quite nice too. For …

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15. Sola OMG

    Astro is to blame the most here, although I saw a few more recommendations scattered around too. But somehow nobody mentioned just how ugly the characters were and how poor the voicework. The color key is very good, but that's about the only good thing about the whole affair.

    

    

    Abandoning …

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16. 8 days until Manabi Special

    The street date at CDjapan is 10/10. Although it's only 4000 Yen for the episode, I'm anxious that the creators would somehow bungle it and make some "X the movie" or "Meoth Returns".

    P.S. The alternative to the tried and true CDjapan is Play-asia, which is more expensive …

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17. Fansubs: now it's Funi

    I was reading at Suguru's about Funimation following the lead of much-hated Media Factory, and a thought occured to me: why is it that ADV, Funi, et al. do exactly jack about stores which sell bootlegs in the broad daylight? It's clear that they decided to make fansubs a scapegoat …

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18. Kurogane on Gurren-Lagann

    Kuro says (major spoilers! good thing I'm spoiler-proof), in effect, that with Gurren-Lagann, GAINAX buried the spectre of Gainax ending. I'm so watching that show on R1 DVD. It is licensed by ADV (an accident or a welcome turn-around from the age of "sniping"? time will tell). I went and …

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