According to John, we're officially in the phase of idol anime when every talentless hack rushes in, as Wake Up, Girls! was announced.
I think we've seen something like that that in mecha, both in Super Robot and Real Robot. For each of RahXephon and 08th MS Team there's a …
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It felt really weird to watch the PV after the show, but aside from that it was a good reminder about the dog-eat-dog world of idols. Most of the PV focused on real-life AKB subgroup members who were selected to voice AKB0048 characters (as we know, all of them voice …
read moreAccording to report at Jinx, the people behind the masterpiece of fapfessions and ballkicking4PTSD thought to take it RL, with predictable result:
read moreThe whole thing ended up being covered on the radio shows of Tomokazu Sugita and Asami Imai, and as expected the response of the otaku (and anyone with …
Omo (re-)introduces idols for us thus:
read moreThe truth is, I am steadily descending that slippery slope into iM@S fandom, and while the ride is enjoyable, I see too much stuff that I’m not entirely comfortable with, producer shipping notwithstanding. Maybe to some extent idol fan culture is …
The recent turmoil at GG prompted me to give a good try to Joshiraku raw. The result is an interesting mix of things that are easy and difficult to pick up. The phenomena is somewhat awkward to explain, but here's a visual example from a single segment.
This frame is …
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My views on Disappearance were largely informed by Evirus, starting with the camrip post and following up with the full-res pass. I'm pretty sure that Jonathan and Aziz must've blogged it too, but their websites are malfunctioning, so posts are impossible to find. Anyway, I do not remember them posting …
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Sandra and Woo ran a strip recently that went like this:
read moreWoo: Sandra?
Sandra: Hmm?Woo: I’ve got the feeling that you aren’t showing me as much affection as you used to.
Sandra: Oh no, why would you believe such a horrible thing?
Woo: You haven’t given …
Steven used a post by EmperorJ that I almost certainly read, but did not pay attention to, in order to consider an important question: why watch DD2?
Steven's answer is very straightforward:
read moreDeep down, I wish I was there. I wish I could be part of it. That's why I …
Spoilers are minimal in this Retrospective. It is also abridged.
This is how we meet main characters, after the "Teenage Mutant Idols In Sewers" sequence. At the time it was completely unremarkable, but thinking back, is it not amazing how Chieri could laugh and smile in such an innocent manner …
read moreTranscript is up, at last.
read moreQ: Where do you see the anime industry going in the next 5 to 10 years? Do you see any upcoming trends? What do you see for the future?
A: In the press conference, I said I wanted to focus on TV. I think there …