There were really no surprises, and there is not much to write about, except one thing: they really outdone themselves animating the final 3 episodes. The characters went stronger on-model and generally a lot of effort was expended on all elements of the visual presentation.
Liked: Yes
Rewatch: Not likely …
Some of the smarter bloggers reacted to the post at K-ON with a puzzlement: what was he trying to say? Deliver a lesson on basic supply and demand?
Perhaps so, but I read it as an attempt to point out that shows with dubious prospects can be propelled to success …
read moreThe tide of animeblogging revival sweeps the land. Now it's Lelangir, with an abandonment notice for Kimi ni Todoke. The fact itself is not that surprising, I suspended it after ep.10, but the reasons are unconventional, to say the least (also, poorly expressed: the Kazehaya graf seems to tag …
read moreThe preview at Seiha was posted a couple of days ago, but I was too busy even to repost. Amusing personal outlook as always.
read moreUnlike JP, Hashi opines about shows of 2009 that I would not care to watch, so it's a view from "the other side", so to speak. Naturally our tastes are sharply divergent:
Seitokai no Ichizon -- This instantly becomes one of my two favorite comedy animes of all time, along with …read more
When JP completed his summary post for 2009, he twittered his exhaustion, and no wonder: selecting those caps and clips must have been a chore for sure. There's not much for me to commend or berate. He's got a roughly middle of the road, consensus opinion about everything (except love-have …
read moreYet another Dead Beloved Blogger is flushed from hiding by the end of the year festivities. These are Jeff lawson's favourites of 2009.
Aoi Hana - Not so much a yuri show as it is a lovely story of friendship and how love exists in so many different forms, to be …read more
Since we are on the topic of the contrary opinions, here is another one:
read moreAnime I'm glad I didn't drop
Mai-HiME is the single best example of "you never really know." The first half featured vapid and seemingly worthless school hijinks. But this was all a (admittedly poorly executed) setup …