One of very unfortunate effects of Google Reader is that using several profiles simultaneously is a royal pain in Google Single Sing-On system (as in any other such system, e.g. Microsoft Passport aka Live.com), so most animebloggers quickly gave up on the concept and just use their main …
read moreBloggers on Full Moon wo Sagashite
All right, jeez, no need to go nuclear. I'll watch your Full Moon. In a couple of months.
Actually, it was in my queue for years, since I noticed that the hystogram at ANN topped at 1, which is usually reserved for masterpieces like Haibane Renmei.
read moreDiGiKerot gives Alice cleavage
As for the "Angel Beats is Haruhi" commentary, they said that Sora no Oto was K-ON too (when in reality it's more like a bastard offspring of Kokoro Toshokan and Allison & Lilia).
read moreEvirus was right about Max Heart
First he completely accidentially sold me on the concept with the "rebar in the face" (although the official advo helped too), but then tried his best to explain that it's the same thing as the original and whatnot. Well, he's right, but a) it's self-contained like the Star Wars ep …
read moreRP's trip tips
Reading the tips like RP's amuses me in the same way children playing in a sandbox must've amused Einstein, which is doubly ridiculous because of the point I'm going to make here: RP's experience barely scratches the surface, and I learned it the hard way. After a trip like his …
read moreRemember Ani-kuri?
The post at Polymetrica reminded me to check if DVDs finally came into existence... And guess what, CDjapan is out of stock. As usual. Amazon agreed to sell the set, although apparently they have a new trick: sales are not done by Amazon.co.jp anymore, but by "Amazon International …
read moreFlying the Gatakei Banner
As it happened, I blogged B-gata H-kei before I watched the OP, which introduced the official shorthand "BH". So, I asked folks at #animeblogger what to call the category slug and someone suggested "Gatakei". Sadly, I do not remember who it was, especially since I liked the suggestion, adopted it …
read moreMy greatest fear may be realized
Canne on Hanamaru
It almost looks like Canne wants us to persuade to vote for Colony Drop. Not that I would, but look:
The generic plot and unremarkable characters are neither good nor bad. I think it depends on the execution and the circumstance. And it so happened that I was in the …
read moreToHeart 4 (well, 2 but YKWIM)
The news of another ToHeart OVA is quite timely for the discussion of relevance in the long term. My R2s of the original are reprints bought in 2007, so the staying power of it is pretty good. Even the poor derivatives could not kill it. But did anyone predict how …
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