Although, as 2DT says, wind turbines are common in anime, they are not common enough for us to deduce common themes. I would say for now they simply work on case-by-case basis. In Shangri-la, they are definitely a part of the enviro kitsch. In Haibane Renmei, maybe not so much …
read moreHanners on K-ON2
While this second season of K-ON has almost transcended its simple slice of life comedy roots towards something deeper and more emotionally attached to its viewers, it was actually really nice to see that it hadn't entirely forgotten its comic roots, slipping in a few funny moments before getting …
read moreMitsudomoe 11 and 12
I watched Mitsu 11 with some delay but was too busy to blog. I did not keep good notes either. So all I remember is Mrs. Sugisaki. Now I regret I did not officially play "guess the parent", with them all paraded in the OP.
In Mitsudomoe 12 the creators …
read moreMitsudomoe 10
Usually the jokes in Mitsudomoe do not need precise and/or complete translation, but the problem of "chijo" really made me wish I knew Japanese slang better. I suspected from the context it's either "prostitute" or "slut", but the fansub that Kurogane watched says it's "[super] nympho". I suppose I …
read moreRyan and Twitter
Apparently Ryan coded an app that unravels twitter conversations like this:
Of course one can start at the last message and walk the chain by hand, but it's ewww.
And BTW, this "best ever" is a tall claim. I watched a few things that would be difficult to displace. So …
read more(No) Bloggers on Oh Edo Rocket
I seem to recall quite a bit of discussion when OER just came out, but finding much now turned out difficult. Google was entirely useless, and I resorted to specific searches across the top blogs in my feedreader.
Naturally, Don had the lead with material such as the musical note …
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Mitsudomoe continuation
ANN reports (h/t Thomas by e-mail):
Kubo indicated in the comment section of his Tuesday entry in mixi that Mitsudomoe will run for one kūru (one quarter of a year), go on hiatus for another kūru, and then run again for a second kūru.
Does anyone not know what …
read moreOh Edo Rocket ends
Seeing Oh Edo Rocket, I was suddenly ashamed to watch crass, poorly made stuff like Strike Witches and Ookami-san [1]. OER is a living proof that well-made, thoughtful anime does not have to be a sleep-inducing festival of pretentiouseness (like Mushishi, for example). And what qualifies OER as well-made the …
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