2. Leite and engineers in anime

    A chance comment at Chizumatic reminded me about one thing I wanted to post before I was through: as Sunred gave us the ideal woman, Gurren-Lagann gave us an ideal engineer. Actually there were two, but I am going to focus just on Leite to make the comparison more apparent …

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  3. K-ON2 ends

    The sequel to the all-conquering K-ON is surprisingly different from the original. Certainly not Futakoi Alternative different, and not even Kanon different, but still very much different. The direction was squarely aimed at extracting maximum from the "cute girls doing cute things" angle and extremely deliberate. Remember how Azusa was …

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  4. Macademi fails

    I think this was a valliant effort at uniqueness through pointlessness in slapstick humour. But it didn't connect, although I gave it an episode beyond Falce's arrival, in case the end of harem formation brought out something interesting.

    Actually, the oft-repeated claim of uniqueness is a bit overdone, I think …

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  5. true tears fails

    I packed these DVDs away very long time ago: timestamps of screencaps end in March 2010. But there was an irrational hope still that I may pick it back up. Now I know that I won't. I just stopped being as interested in teenage love, even masterfuly presented. Indeed, watching …

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  6. IKnight on Madoka

    I do not wish to spoil the original post completely, but it is very short (very hard-hitting, too). So, basically:

    Nastier takes on familiar genres are all well and good. I liked Uta Kata, for example. But claiming that the nastier take is somehow more real, or naturally better, [..]

    Oh …

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  7. Kurogane on Fractale cancellation

    I agree with Kuro: nobody cares about FUNimation and their cancelled "simulcast". Not giving ready scripts to cracksubbers is actually a positive. Ani-nouto, for instance, is not racing to post after every episode airs. That is Aroduc's job and he's a BRW (Badass Raw Watcher) anyway. So we don't care …

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  9. Yamakan just cannot shut up

    You'd think with hist whole career on the line he would spend more time thinking about Fractale, but if so, you'd be wrong. Divine has just posted a news-op on the thing, jumping off an interview Yamakan gave to Asahi Shinbun.

    "It is becoming the norm to order some of …
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  10. WAH on Fractale

    Writing for his own new-fanged teamblog, WAH pulls all stops in being anti-CSW:

    If I had to use one word to describe Yamakan, that word would be “pretentious.” After leaving Kyoto Animation, this guy has been doing nothing but talking smack about other anime, why it isn’t good enough …

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