1. Eternal on True Tears

    The reflection is long and spares not a word for poor Aiko.

    It’s rare to find a story that, despite being fairly ordinary, hits every note with such eloquent accuracy. Rather than being a tear-jerker or a personal favourite for various subjective reasons, this is one of the first …
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  2. WAH on K-ON

    I wonder if this is a mistake of youth:

    Take Sora no Oto for instance. Out of the 8 epsiodes that I saw, it came off as nothing but a formulaic moe-themed slice of life show. And not even a good one, like Keion! or Lucky Star. It was relentlessly …
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  3. Evirus on Hanamaru Youchien

    Aww, one more:

    I would have liked it better if it had Gainax kicks, or if the lead characters weren't so despicable. I swear, Tsuchida could have learned a lot about ambition and guts from Love Hina's Urashima Keitaro. Yamamoto was supposed to be a Belldandy-type perfect woman, but …

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  4. Evirus on the original Precure

    Among other things:

    The ending of the original Futari wa Pretty Cure was a complete downer that probably didn't traumatize many children but doubtlessly left many of them sad. Too bad, kids; life is real. The ending of Max Heart was a multi-episode fist fight between Zakenna dudes that didn't …
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  5. Omni's throne redux

    To add to Zyl's side-by-side for Divine (w/ Jaalin), THAT, and Aroduc, here's a shortlist of other episodics that I know about:

    • Sea Slug Team - small set, but not afraid of long series like FMA. I thought Kabitzin wasn't known for episodics, but there was a quiet revolution there recently …
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  6. Stripey's ordeal and The Internet

    Stripey popped up on Hontou ni with a typical tale of woe in respect of the market of has-been and obsolete items. It was my experience too: if you want to find anything in particular, be prepared to walk a lot. He even combed through shops at Otome Road.

    Internet …

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  7. Wakaranai is back

    Wakaranai was returning empty documents to me since last Tuesday, which usually is a sign of .htaccess being screwed up. I e-mailed Maestro about it yesterday... and now the site is back, with a post on Covered in Cats 01. No explanation was given and Maestro did not reply. With …

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  8. PSgels on Banner II

    The second in succession for the Omni's crown proclaims boldly:

    The third Seikai series more than surpasses its predecessors.

    And that is because:

    It doesn’t just take the best of the two prequels: the dialogue of Monshou and the combat of Senki. It also introduces a complete new layer …
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  9. Totalli Momotato

    OK, I totalli lied to you: instead of selecting just 4 best shows of the year, he did a typical "what I watched" list. Not very momotatesque. Still, he is on the yearly schedule, albeit at a random date. Watched Kimikiss twice? Duly noted.

    Twitter: Ruined anime blogging. More posts …
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