My resolve not to do episodic posts remains strong. Still, Lucky Star ep.12 was quite topical when discussing the relocation of convetion.
This is, of course, because AX, which opens today, has relocated to a new location this year: Long Beach convention center. I skipped AX for a couple …
read moreI react violenty when people use the family-first order in English with Japanese names. It has the same power to piss me off as "u". Sometimes I have to put up with it, because of, well, other mitigating factors. But today I saw a comment in Jeff's entry about the …
read moreI am still nurturing my plans to blog about Naruto's greatness. But for now, this is what Concrete Badger had to say about it:
While Naruto follows the cliches of the martial arts genre with the intermittent recaps and lengthy dialogue that go along with the action scenes, it …read more
Hidamari Sketch and Manabi Straight aired in the same season. Many expected them to compete head-to-head, but the two turned out nothing alike. Manabi has a great plot, larger than life characters, and UFOtable. Hidamari has... Yashinoya-sensei, if that even counts.
So after 3 episodes, my main problem with Hidamari …
read moreI saw 4 eps. of Parallel Dual: Visions, or whatever its name is, by accident. Seems like mindless fluff, but if I get a chance to see more, I probably will.
The animation sometimes reminds me of the old Tenchi OVA.
At other times, not so much.
Also, it looks …
read moreWhat can I say. I'm weak. I am rewatching Manabi Straight again. But I solemnly swear not to do episodic blogging... Or... Maybe just a little bit? What the heck, who am I kidding! Prepare for Manabi flood.
JUST AN SCHOOL GIRLS WITH HAPPY DAYS COME UP SMILING IN EVERYDAY …
I saw the first 3 episodes on the first DVD of Black Lagoon, and had no desire to see the rest at all. It's completely mindless. Also, it's not very Japanese (sort of like Witch Hunter Robin).
One notable thing about Black Lagoon is the so-called "production values". I feel …
read moreWhen Owen linked me, he chose the "Tandem Crew" entry.
On reflection, the entry made very little sense, because it wasn't in its context. When I wrote it, the blog wasn't listed yet and thus not read by anyone. The real pencil note which stated it read "Stellvia === Vandread".
I …
read moreTheBigN resurfaced today with a summary for Kamichu. It's quite long and attempts to build some interesting comparisons, to which I don't have anything to add. But I'd like to pick on this:
And while off sometimes, you couldn’t really have major complaints about the animation, art, and music …read more