I suppose that I started watching Stella something-something C3 (-bu) because I really wanted to like Garupan, but could not, and this seemed like a less idiotic remix of the same. Only it's not. If anyone wants spoilers, Kuro and SDB have them (the latter -- in comments). But the important …
read moreThey seem to be catching on. Here's Peter S.:
Tomoko is so miserable at times. But then it occurs to me that the one making her miserable is herself.
And (Gendo)Mike:
read moreWhat WataMote continually does, with caustic humor, is to drive home the point that ultimately Tomoko is responsible …
Three episodes in, Watamote is the highlight of the season. If you doubt me, read how Omo parses the reference to Mimi o Sumaseba. But anyhow, I am now certain that Brickmuppet misread it completely. The comedy is deeper and more subtle than most, so it's quite fine. The only …
read moreBataszi is one of "sophisticated" animebloggers, so inevitably our tastes diverge as he waddles into horror. This time, however:
read moreOf all the new anime that I’ve seen this season, it’s probably WataMote that has left me with the strongest impression, to the point where I went ahead and …
The question after episode one is whether we’re just going to watch Tomoko go and fail every episode (no fun to watch) or will she somehow make friends (like all those other shows, therefore boring)?
I don't necessarily agree with Peter's built-in assumptions, but anyhow, at 44 chapters …
read moreread moreWhat I witnessed was twenty three minutes and fifty two seconds of the most depressing, painful and downright mean reliving of high-school hell I've ever seen. This was not funny, or insightful...it was just very sad.
I found it so disturbing that I …
I'm going to quote the full para because guys, it's gold. Reading Evirus' critique of Valvrape is better than watching it. It's like Lem's critique of fictional books:
read moreKakumeiki Valvrave is a ridiculous mecha show by Sunrise which is incredibly aggravating when it is promoting the triumph of teenagers over …
Even in the world filled with 3 or 4 minute formats, 2-minute format is different. Creators' answer to the challenge was to keep all the anime trappings, but run the gags at an absolutely frenetic pace. I got sucked into the rampage, and I have no regrets. They even had …
read moreIn the end, it was the same thing it was in the beginning: an advertisement for the newly-hatched animation studio. Steven called Kanaka "not even slightly amusing". Not sure if I want to go that far, but yes. Unfortunately, there was no space for others to take from her.
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Considering myself an independent expert in CGDCT since 2002, so much in fact that I feel comfortable rejecting Hidamari, I am here to proclaim Yuyushiki to be excellent — in its own way. It is not the second coming of Azumanga, because nothing can be. And it does not have the …
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