http://ani-nouto.animeblogger.net Notes taken with a 0.7mm pencil. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:30:00 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I think that white Kampfers must be hench[wo]men of Moderators who do not fight as such, but beat up colored ones and make them fight like gladiators. Shizuku is going to have it tough. BY THE WAY: When I watched how gears were furiously turning in Shizuku's head, I remembered how Pixy ... http://ani-nouto.animeblogger.net/2009/11/20/kampfer-09-preview/ The post focuses on the evocative backgrounds, but also mentions the characters. IMHO, the best thing about Oh Edo Rocket is the portrayal of the life in the long houses in general, and not specifically anime backgrounds or other technical components. In fact, the layout of Oh Edo Rocket is ... http://ani-nouto.animeblogger.net/2009/11/20/ha-neul-seom-on-oh-edo-rocket/ If anything, it was worse than the anime. Stitches between story arcs were annoying. Acting was super-weird, certainly not Kurosawa-like. More like theater than cinema, if you ask me. Uninitiated got confused by the flashback in the end. http://ani-nouto.animeblogger.net/2009/11/19/mushishi-live-action/ Better late than never at BasuGasuBakuhatsu: I just finished watching the first episode of K-ON! I guess they forgot to add the “ROC” to the first part of the title. Yes, I am going through my anime backlog by just picking the most popular (according to Anime Nano) series. I knew ... http://ani-nouto.animeblogger.net/2009/11/18/hung-opens-k-on/ It was a pretty readable post, as far as Omo goes. Discerning his point was some ways easier than finding where Derrida stole the slippage of the signifier from Lacan. I noted this: Trying to define moe is a trap. Because you can’t really do it beyond a personal context, so ... http://ani-nouto.animeblogger.net/2009/11/18/omo-and-the-m-word/ The sheet music is calling for me. My mother made me to play piano when I was little, and I hated it so much. So, maybe a guitar? I think K-ON would probably be not half as good if topic were different. I'm not knocking GA:GADC here, but it certainly was ... http://ani-nouto.animeblogger.net/2009/11/16/k-on-cd-loot/ Actually the article at Chizumatic is more about Railgun than Index. In any case, spoilers are morbidly fascinating: tens of thousand murdered etc. Outside of spoilers: Railgun's situation really is amazing. No wonder she's got a tortured soul. Clearly an anime for fans of Nanoha. I'm quite happy I dropped ... http://ani-nouto.animeblogger.net/2009/11/15/sdb-on-index/ Why did Kaede (Sakura) lose consciousness? Quoting Damien, fuushigi mystery. I suspect we just don't have enough material in the anime yet to form a good guess. {Update: Sage says she just fainted. On rewatch I concur, and think it was probably the shock from the hair and subsequently Natsuru ... http://ani-nouto.animeblogger.net/2009/11/15/please-unconfuse-me-about-kampfer-07/ At Moe Check: Do people in Real Life actually play that Pocky game? [...] For some reason Spin The Bottle is popular in fanfics, but I don't think I've seen an occasion in an anime itself. I cannot vouch for Japanese, but American teens play all sorts of innuendo themed ... http://ani-nouto.animeblogger.net/2009/11/15/lets-unconfuse-damien-kellis-about-kampfer-07/ Heavily spoiling remarks included a question: Natsuru has not yet taken showers/baths as a girl. And this is supposed to be a real full-blooded hetero adolescent?? What gives?? He wasn't able to keep the transformation or transform at will previously, so showering was out of question. http://ani-nouto.animeblogger.net/2009/11/15/lets-unconfuse-ds-about-kampfer-07/