For about 8 of 12 episodes, I thought I'd write about how cute the female lead was, the dude's funny denial, how side characters had their roles, and so on. But the finale crossed all of it. It very much seemed like an anime-only end over an ongoing manga. So …
read moreLet me preface this with a massive spoiler warning. But! Cannot even trim anything from this GNUsocial post:
read morefinished mahoiku, it was a huge mess
as i noticed a while back the moment someone's backstory starts to show they're flagged for the next candidate
instead of creating more impact when …
One weird thing about the Chinese subs is that they have a normal video spot for sponsor messages (it's where Japanese usually put Bushiroad or Kadokawa logo), but there's nothing there -- clean video. I cannot help but ask if the Chinese pirates steal transport streams before they reach broadcast stations …
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I read the manga on scanlations and liked it quite a bit, so the big news are quite welcome (h/t Emperor J). The story is essentially a rehash of Oreimo, I'm told. But what I saw of the previous anime was rather difficult to enjoy on the account of …
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First came a mysterious guy at Smug.lo.li, who wrote: "Her smile and optimism: Recovered". It was about Girlish Number, which I set aside because it was rumored to be a bit nasty. Well, then... I may need some more spoilers to bump it up, but into the queue …
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This slipped my attention somehow until I watched it in a screening rum of the fabulous local con (Con-Jikan; thanks, Tommy). If I heard about it, I took it for one of those other -chan offsprings of Haruhi in 3-minute format. But Disappearance of Haruhi-chan is different. As much as …
read moreIt is a duel of Omo(no mono) and Anime War Criminal — an on-again, off-again blog for which Evirus has a strange affinity (it must be run by one of his peeps from #raspberryheaven).
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I was about post a "Miss Barnard fails" entry, when the following attracted my attention:
read moreSawako become more interested in reading over time but continues to be light-hearted about it, which frequently annoys the more serious Shiori. The anime’s dialogue contains some bits that sound like anecdotes you might …
I visited a screening of Denpa Onna at our local fabulous anime convention, which ran for 2 episodes. Such expeditions are often useful; that is how I came to know Nodame and Mahoraba, for example. This discovery wasn't as profitable, but at least I watched it now and I'm free …
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The New Game is a CGDCT, no more, no less. Only now the action is set not in a school club, but in a workplace. To keep the desired effect running, the show plays with the infantilism a bit, even up to office workers discussing if this or that coworker …
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