Instead of continuing with great shows that I opened recently, I spent Sunday binging on various things, like Carnival Phantasm. It chose it primarily because of the availability of official AVI (thank you, UTW!), and secondarily because of the pretty imagery (thank you, SDB's top rotation). Princess Phantasmoon is pure …
read moreChihayafuru begins, on probation
The video was only 5 minutes 14 seconds in when I thought: "This is going straight into the `disliked greats' folder". The anime gave off that unmistakable masterpiece wiff. More than a wiff actually.
Reading various anime blogs, I slated Ano Natsu and Chihayafuru as best just-complete titles to try …
read morePeter S. on beginning of Kimi ni Todoke
read more[...] and it’s already obvious that she’s going to get the nice boy in the end. So what are they going to do for the rest of the series? The “scary” gimmick is already played out (though her thrill in playing a ghost and scaring people was …
Shining Hearts begins
As I am moving on, I find myself trending away from edgier anime, the one that is not cartoons, towards meaningless escapism and comedy (with the exception of veritable masterpieces like Oh Edo Rocket and Gurren-Lagann). Even Mouretsu Pirates is asking too much, so the "preview" was a lie, and …
read moreHanners on Natsuiro Kiseki
read moreIf last week's episode was dumb, then this week's Natsuiro Kiseki is just plain dull -- all of the machinations within it eventually come to naught, ideas from last week's episode get reused, and ultimately nothing of any interest actually happens as our cardboard cut-out characters lurch around and go …
Haganai ends
Nothing new happened in the series since I posted the opening bracket, except perhaps the JP's mistake became even greater in the perspective. On the other hand, I skipped the oversexualized OP every time. It was this bad.
The art and animation of Haganai were astonishing, truly. The only thing …
read moreNaruto SD begins
This looks like another entrant that makes one appreciate Nichijou more, as a work of genius. That one was not always agreeable, but it was outstanding throughout, while Naruto SD is merely ordinary. That said, how can you not love this:
There were a few of small touches, too, like …
read more2012 Spring Season
As usual, the new season rolls in while I have a backlog from seasons past. I have some high hopes for Chihayafuru and Ano Natsu (also known under its fanon title "Onegai Summer"). Also queued are the Tatsuo Sato's pirate show and Lagrange. Not to mention that I am still …
read moreKill Me Baby ends
The Naturally Main Character
DiGi threw off a remark:
I’ve not recently watched anything specific in the way of anime where the main character has found themselves somewhat usurped in terms of position, though I’m sure such things exist.
Do they? Haibane Renmei contains a masterful misdirection in this regard and I …
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