One of Omni's minions reports that ending was ok:
read moreA wonderful ending. Though I was pretty down on last’s weeks episode, and was correspondingly worried coming into this one, I must say that the show recovered nicely and ended the series in true Rinne no Lagrange form. It was …
This one was blogged, but I managed to tune out. However, I gave it a review after seeing it at the club.
At the core, it's a sitcom with somewhat unattractive characters, but it rolls down pretty smoothly. The major attraction is the film: Panda running after a butterfly, etc …
read moreIn short, he liked it, somewhat unexpectedly.
read moreAs I said earlier, this isn’t Shakespeare. It follows the conventions of a fighting anime quite closely. However so far this is turning out to be one of the finest examples of the genre with a much higher level of plotting and …
Thanks to a tip by DiGiKerot, we now know that a new series of Tamagotchi is going to air in the Autumn 2012 season, Yume Kira Dream. Omni stonewalled it in his preview, which I mistakenly considered authoritative. Aira posted a perfunctory entry when first episode aired and I missed …
read moreBack in the anime continuity 765PRO, Ami and Mami did their middle school homework in the office, while Azusa have already graduated from college. That seemed a little at odds with the narrative of the pipeline. So, AKB0048 comes about, and, according to Evetaku, Makoto is the oldest in the …
read moreBy the way of Brickmuppet comes the news that Crunchyroll started streaming Bakemonogatari. It was in my queue for a while. Cuc put in a good word for it, by e-mail. But it's SHAFT, and you never know with SHAFT: ef was great, Arashi not so great. Eventually I rejected …
read moreDog Days is a better body-swap anime than Kokoro Connect
Granted it's Shin, but still.
Nobar is on the case, too. Adds a choice quote from The Finest Dweller.
Steven takes a family-friendly angle:
read moreShinku has trouble running and moving in Yuki's body (boing boing) and is... tempted to …
Apropos J.C.Staff making amends for the awful Kill Me Baby, was there ever a bad anime with dancing chibis ED? Or is that a mark of director's impeccable taste?
UPDATE: Steven says that Happy Lesson was one.
Tsutomu Mizushima also helmed Dokuro-chan, the vilest anime produced with utmost …
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