1. Raymond Herera on AsoIku

    I was tempted to title this "Meanwhile Deep In The Mainstream", because look at this:

    This Tuesday, May 15th, FUNimation Entertainment will release the sci-fi comedy harem series “Cat Planet Cuties” and in anticipation of its release the publisher has given us the opportunity to check the series out a …
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  2. Sunred on R2 DVD

    This Saturday morning, a mailman made me sign off a parcel from CDjapan.

    It's a long way from 2008, when I misjudged the series so badly. Despite ANBU having done a stellar job, Sunred is not very accessible even to high-level weaboos. You think you get it, but you don't …

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  3. Ano Natsu de Matteru ends

    Oh goodie, marathoned another one suddenly. Could not put it down!

    Overall, I think the anime was expertly executed. I am struggling to identify a romantic comedy equally good. I can name a few outstanding, epic love stories with a greater impact (Simon and Nia for one), but they seem …

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  4. Bloggers on Ano Natsu

    There is a lot written and even though I only read pre-selected posts, I had to cut mercilessly [trying to say "RTWT" — Ed.]. For starters, I skipped all reminiscences, everything about 1990s. I have no common ground with Suguru and Omo on that, really cannot evaluate anything. All midseries things …

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  5. Accel World begins

    Unlike the case of Upotte, the 'sphere basically got Accel World right: it's a run of the mill shonen title. I could've blogged it right after the opener, the anime is very honest about itself. But since Evirus forewarned about "wall-to-wall exposition and unnecessarily long, tedious fight scenes" from ep …

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  6. Upotte begins

    Upotte was supposed to be this filthy innuendo vehicle for dirty perverts... but it really is not. It turned out to be a comedy, and honestly I liked its comedic payload more than that of Naruto SD. Funco dealing with puberty gave the haters the excuse to lash out, but …

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  7. Carnival Phantasm ends

    Instead of going to bed last night, I stayed and marathoned the rest of Carnival Phantasm, EX and Prototype. To the end, it was a robust comedy anime that striked just the right balance between the in- and out-jokes — in my biased opinion, of course; not being a Type-Moon fan …

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  8. Ano Natsu de Matteru begins

    The policy of letting other bloggers to put toes in the water first works quite well for me: everything I watch pre-selected is excellent. I dropped both Onegai Sensei and Onegai Twins, so nothing is guaranteed, but Ano Natsu opens very strongly. All the right superlatives apply: gorgeous, competent, engaging …

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