Unfortunately, any attempt to give AKB0048 a conclusive review is going to be undermined by the fact that the major story was not concluded or resolved in the 13 episodes. The creators wrapped up the season, but not done much beyond that. So, imagine that you were a fly-on-the-wall character …
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Not so good, although I am glad they cut down the actual rakugo bits. The entire second portion was talking about various Japanese towers, so… yeah.
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The first third wasn’t too bad. // The middle travel segment was just as lame as the last one. They lack even …read more
It's quite good. The art is attractive and looks a bit like Patlabor OVA (on reporters, in particular), as opposed to, say, Ranma. And yet...
Oh well. It was worth a try.
P.S. It should be noted that my gag reflex is tuned wrongly too often. I never was …
read moreSpoilers have never been so fun. OK, maybe they have, strictly speaking, but YKWIM. It took me a while to start laughing out loud, I think it happened when I saw the two dudes commiserating while nursing identical injuries. And gosh, am I glad that nobody lost an eye to …
read moreNetflix sent me a DVD with v.1 of Yawara:
It may very well be my last rental DVD ever: Netflix brass hides no disdain for DVD subscribers ever since the failure of Quickster, when the unwashed masses made them to beat a hasty and expensive retreat. They did not …
read moreAmong the flurry of Otakon announcements, one was hiding that informed from the Area 11 mothership: apparently Haganai is getting a second season. I'm a little hostile to the idea, considering that manga hasn't ended (to the best of my knowledge, anyway), but nobody asked me when they planned this …
read more"Asobi" http://randomc.net/2012/07/26/akb0048-13-end/ Kawamori and Studio Satelight again prove why they are one of the industry’s go-to for animating concert scenes thanks to their signature style – one of blindingly flashy colors, dazzling visual effects, impressive shots from a dizzying variety of angles and pans …
read moreThey promise a TL page and also run a poll of viewer's favourites. As usual, my choices are not entirely aligned with the crowd:
Chieri's lead is not in any way surprising, even if Evirus tried to be flippant:
In fact, at the moment I can only remember the name …read more
read moreWhile I think it’s quite a good show, even excellent in a number of respects, my opinion is that unlike so many others Madoka Magica did not open the world to me. It is not the greatest magical girl anime I’ve ever seen, let alone the …
I tried to blog the titular notes back when Ani-nouto started, but it wasn't very successful, IMHO: the material was too transient. Two years down the road nobody is going to care about small plot twists in an anime; at most they'll like to know if it were any good …
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