I forgot about Fractale so well, that I had to refer to archives to refresh my memory. There I found that apparently I never blogged an opening bracket, let alone the cancellation. Notes are rather thin and the best is probably this: "the physics do not pass the smell test …
read moreIdolm@ster TV 05
And so, we have the beach episode. With no specific personality focus, it added a few welcome touches to a several idols. In particular, Chihaya continued to be developed in rather interesting ways, such as her reaction to girl things. Some of these touches are... obvious, for the lack of …
read moreIdolm@ster TV 04
So, a Chihaya's episode this is. In it, Namco makes her to do a job that involves no singing (some TV game show). With a low key encouragement from P-san, she carries through with it. The End. Only they did not show us the most important thing: how this experience …
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This was a Yukiho episode, in even greater degree than the previous one belonged to Iori. There was essentially nothing else.
Honestly, some of it was painful to watch. In the games, Yukiho passes for a nice girl with a harmless quirk. But here she is a real psychopath. Granted …
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The most kick-ass damsel in distress since... I meant to say since Luthien, but IIRC she rescued Beren, so it was backwards, or she was not in distress, depending how you look at it. Therefore, the most kick-ass damsel in distress, ever.
I also meant to yak a bit about …
read moreOtou on Mawaru Penguin Drum
Nova prompted Otou (founder of SOS) to send me an e-mail, where — between attempts to reduce me to rubble and paragraphs of personal abuse — he described his view of MawaPengu thus:
read morePenguindrum's buzz on the blogs is a result of two things:
- Pedigree. this is Kunihiko Ikuhara we're talking about …
Nova on Mawaru Penguin Drum
Unlike myself, who rejects e.g. Madoka without watching, Nova gave penguins a try:
read moreWhere a shitty shoujo show pretends to be a humorous, thoughtful and dramatic noitaminA show. The bipolar on-off-drama is complemented with the incestuous dynamic duo of a girl with a dick and the Shoujo Male Crush …
Crunchyroll drops SW2
Favourite Gurren-Lagann quote
LORD GENOME: I know that I have no right to act as your father, but you've done well.
NIA: Thank you, father.
This angle made Campanella a lot more watcheable.
In the original Japanese:
read moreロージェノム「ニア、今更父親面できる …
Suguru on early IM@S