A few things were going on, mostly at work, and in general our lovely idols did not keep my attention lately. I even thought about declaring a drop. But I was able to catch up while flying from Ireland. Takane's episode came and went without leaving much of an impression …
read moreWings of Honneamise
Mizuiro Jidai re-subbed?
The series that J.P. advocated so effectively (even though we know he just watched it for middle-schoolers having sex lol), and supposedly unabtainable, appears to be in a reissue by a true hero (obviously for the same reason, but what does it matter, as long as it's preserved).
read moreIdolm@ster guns for the hidden gem status
I noticed a rather large number of blog posts over the summer that begrudgingly admitted to enjoying The Idolm@ster TV anime. Posts like that are normal for any season, whenever expectations are set low for some reason. I remember starting my animeblogging with "I thought Naruto was just another …
read moreSDB on IS: Yes! Yes!
While cooking lunch, I checked Chizumatic on my Kindle Fire, and Steven is giving IS a second chance.
And while I won't say it's great I can say that it isn't really too awful. I'm enjoying it, and it isn't quite as dreadful as mecha shows so often are.
Yes …
read moreOmo on Chihayafuru
Actually, I took notice after Bateszi twittered "Madhouse really are pulling out all the stops for Chihayafuru. Episode 5 was gorgeous from start to finish. Love this series." But that's Twitter... Now Omo explains a few things:
read moreThe coolest meta perspective is how the whole Chihayafuru-is-Japanese-heritage angle. By explaining those …
Upskirt shot in Dog Days
The amusing part is, I didn't realize there were shots like that in Dog Days until the top rotation at Chizumatic highlighted one (there was a naked princess etc., but I mean inserting panchira into action). Also, stripes? Japan, you're so funny.
UPDATE: Steven says:
There are a couple of …
read moreJ.P.Meyer on SDS on Haganai
I marked Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai as something to see at ANN back when the anime was only announced, but when it started airing, the blogging painted an unattractive picture of a second Ichizon. But I kept following it a bit, and I saw the post at Ogiue Maniax …
read moreIdolm@ster TV 18
The Ritsuko episode was as straight as arrow, and thus impossible to spoil. Tell me if you did not guess that Ritsuko had to substitute for a member of Ryuugyu Komachi. What's strange, however, I did not feel bored about the predictability. It was a comfort food episode before another …
read moreSagematt and Lostty on Penguin Drum
The twittersphere speaks:
read more@sagematt: #Penguindrum, I'm fkin sick and tired of ur snail's pace and last min pretentious bullshit twists.Finish already so I can go on with my life
@lostty: I really liked this week's episode of Penguindrum. Crazy cliffhanger as per usual! I also liked the ED. So …
