9. Otogi Juushi Akazukin TV

   I am quite certain that Tempy (R.I.P.) planted the seed of Akazukin in my mind, although precise circumstances are unclear. I confused it with Magical Play at some point, but now I've seen both. The only thing they have in common is surprising amount of violence. And Akazukin …

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10. TNK on Lucky Star

    Hidoshi suddenly resurfaced (was on a hiatus since October) with these observations:

    Lucky Star presented itself in such a way that I often felt that I was only seeing snippets from a full set of lives. However caricatured the cast became, they still had ambitions and goals which fell outside …

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11. What Reanimedia licensed

    Another curious thing about the R5 release of Haibane is what other titles are included into Reanimedia's portfolio. A look into general R5 license list (has English titles) shows that the company specializes in quality releases to collectors. So, what do they consider deserving? Here's a translation of the entire …

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12. Jessi on Kampfer 01

    One would be forgiven to expect another full-on Sekirei-style putdown from our favourite hater of everything good in anime, but apparently she cannot bring herself to decimate series as adorable as Kampfer. Reading the review is like watching Darth Vader denying the reminder of the good within him, which …

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13. Marissa on Nodame Cantabile

    This is another of "my opinion is better than your opinion", but the excuse is too juicy. As seen at Hey Say Anime today:

    I’m back now and better than ever with my underhyped anime of choice… NODAME CANTABILE!!!

    I don't know if we can call Nodame "underhyped". Perhaps …

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14. Sorakake 01

    Not seen anything quite as robust since possibly ever. Outdoes Mac F and Arashi 01. Speaking of which, need to see more to be sure before thanking Moogy.

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15. Akazukin 36

    Akazukin 36 goes beyond Star Wars by demonstrating convincingly that George Lucas thought small when he made Luke to reject the Dark Side. Also, all that in a show for children? Good times.

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16. Kurogane on Seitokai no Ichizon

    It may be just me, but Kuro appears to be excercising a false choice in his series-end post about Seitokai no Ichizon.

    Seitokai is really one of those shows that people either love it or hate it to bits, depending on how much of the jokes they can get. Overall …

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17. Pretty Cure 01

    I also wanted to name this post "DTO at Crunchyroll" and "A better Sailor Moon". It sure was a fun whirlwind of pleasurable corniness.

    

    First of all, the DTO. I was pleasantly surprised to find it and immediately downloaded a 400 MB file... Which turned out to be a 480-tall …

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18. Evolution of Kampfer S1

    Steven reminded me about this point with the summary: "Reports are that [Kampfer] starts semi-serious but rapidly descends into farce and fan service, and ends with an incomprehensible trainwreck."

    At first, I wanted to rise in disagreement, because I thought that he misunderstood how 11+1=12 scheme worked in …

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