He tackles the subject of paramount importance: Why Anime Is Superior to Western Animation (via).
read moreStarship Operators begins
Experience teaches us that posting an opening bracket after one episode is imprudent, but I cannot help it. The opener was simply that great.
Certainly, I am fully cognizant of the episode being an intentional teaser. Even such a small detail as a promise of hot carrier action in OP …
read moreEvirus on Myself;Yourself
The post at Karmaburn does not tell much about Myself;Yourself per se, except that he managed to complete it whereas I did not, but provides plenty of food for scheming about watching more harems.
I'm a big believer in the power of harem as the ultimate, distinctive anime form …
read moreAnother Jason on Hayate bang-bang
If someone wants to see some hardcore fanboying for this season's Hayate, look no further than the wrap-up post at Between. "Magnificent", he says. There's pretty much no show this season that didn't have its hardcore fans, and Hayate probably deserves it. I was unable to get into it, but …
read more2DT on Video Girl Ai
Moero Amazon on Higepiyo
Just to remind us that anime is vast, The Burning Amazon follows Hige-piyo. It looks like a spiritual successor to Potemayo, with Romi Pak (Nayuta Moriyama, etc.) in the main role. ANN says the format is a 5-minute episode, like Adventures of mini-Goddess or Haruhi-chan.
read moreTayutama fails
At the beginning of 04 we have the blond chick battling the supernatural, after being persuaded that Mashiro is a goddess for the whole previous episode (lady, why don't you just play with those ears for yourself if you need any evidence). At that point I understood that it's pointless …
read moreLolikitsune on Honey and Clover
He opens with a barb that I cannot do better than simply quote, if only because I'm in full agreement:
According to ghostlightning, his wife, sybilant, hates tragedy. Apparently she enjoyed Honey & Clover all the way through, up until the ending—and apparently the ending was too much for her …
read moreAroduc on Whispered Words
Again the Aro-nouto period is upon us, but it's not my fault that other bloggers post nothing interesting. Meanwhile in the Autumn 2009 preview:
If Ushio was male, this would be just some ignored generic shoddy romance, but because she’s a female, suddenly this supposedly becomes creative and interesting …
read moreHinano on Sora no Manimani
In short, she didn't like it, because "why bother building up all the romance crap at the beginning only to completely drop it at the end??" Considering my revulsion and Hinano's enthusiasm about the beginning of the series, I can only welcome this outcome. I would still reject Manimani even …
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