It was worth watching because of this:
They employed actual Asami "Mingosu" Imai for the cameo. BTW, I think I am starting to figure out where the nickname comes from. Her possibly self-assigned blog handle is "Asamingo", which I suspect being related to Flamingo (my friend Koyomi uses "Koyomingo" for …
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Being no stranger to starting from 2nd season, I looked into the Chuunibyou pera pera REN. There was a number of misconceptions thrown about it, such as the arrival of another girl being the catalist for the season (SPOILER: not so).
The main hook really is the management of an …
read moreSometimes I visit my fabulous anime club and discover something groundbreaking, like Nodame. Most of the time, however, it does not work as well, and Space Dandy is just one such failure. It least Cobra is offensive and so bad it's good. Here, however, we have a lot of things …
read moreAre we watching a series in-season? You bet! Thanks to the wonders of legal streaming, I may not need to download a fansub ever again, except to back up my DVDs. This time it is the absurdist comedy that shall ever be referred as "Zvezda", rather than by its Full …
read moreIt does not seem a surprise of the season, for a couple of reasons: it is about what was expected, and it started in the previous season. But as an anime for little boys, GBF excellent. I do not recall when was the list time I saw self-referencial humor done …
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Few recent shows came with such recommendations. Incessant beat of Garupan drum was emanating from Chizumatic for months (using "masterpiece" and such). Nova called it a "very enjoyable and fun show with solid execution".
Blogs aside, there was a serious public interest:
read moreAccording to Rocket News, a blog that seems …
In this raft of cancellations and suspensions, we're coming up to more disastous ones, and Eccentric Family was gunning strongly for the win. The pain of betrayed expectations made it the worst. It started with Evirus' secret messages, and then Nova quipped how it was "like the chemo to cure …
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Vividbutts had everything seemingly going for it. The infamous butts were nowhere near as obnoxious as same in Strike Witches. The docking wasn't thematically concerning at all (bloggage was so deceptive that I am considering giving Simoun a chance). The characters were nicer than those of Lagrange. So, what happened …
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It was an underwhelming affair, and I was only happy when final moments of
Not much to say here. The original assessement proved to be correct and the anime gradually petered out. BTW, manga is losing steam too.
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