I wouldn’t say [Kimi ni Todoke is] unique by any stretch, just a good series for its genre…
Not unique? Great, name another one then.
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Spiritsnare attempts to snare spirits of fans of Manabi Straight. The joke requires one to recognize the visual layout of The Right Stuf's online store. Tip-off: supposedly licensed and released by Funimation, but we know that Funimation only licenses garbage.
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For the benefit of people who I, somewhat inadvertently, trolled into watching the silly thing — my notes real quick, Animanachronism-style:
+ Animation quickly refines the expressive style after 2 eps.
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- Even so, don't expect eye candy. It's more Kaiba than Moribito.
- They fill in the OP gradually as they animate …Omni's Last Hurray: the end of Kimi ni Todoke
Awww, I completely forgot that it's based on a running manga too! No wonder the ending was rather anticlimactic. Still, remember the original Nodame?
Also! Few people (e.g. Zyl) fingered Aroduc as heir apparent to Omni. But did they even notice that Aroduc did not blog Kimi ni Todoke …
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At Aloe Dream:
And, that's it... hmm? Sadly I didn't find what I was looking for in this end, though I don't know what that might have been... nostalgia, sentiment, fulfillment? I'm not sure. The lead-up to this end was not bad, but the composition to tie it all together …
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I'm a little ashamed to admit it, but I'm intrigued by Megadaijoubu 3.25. I'm such a meta man. Sure, the art remains what it always was, although DS disposed of the iconic dangos in favor of somewhat more sophisticated drawings. Also, he neglected to provide VGcats-like opposing personalities to …
read moreBonus frame on Beta-Waffle today
Cute Proxy on Ani-nouto
Saw in a post at Cute Proxy yesterday:
In the course of the catch-up on blogs, I pored over past posts at Ani-Nouto for anything that might interest me.
What irony. Back in 2007 I worked hard to gain this rep, but now that people figured it out, I stopped …
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Kuro has the spoilers. In short - GAINAX managed to end the anime off the running manga; certainly it's no Mahoraba, but I guess nothing is. Another gold star on the resume of Seiji Mizushima, who I mostly know as the director of Dai-Guard.
(In respect to some comments, GAINAX buried …
read moreThe Ideal Woman
The anime industry worked on this product for a long time. Dozens of various approaches were taken, but the result always fell short: just a bit too fantastic, too creepy, too unstable, too artificial, or even too ideal.
But our long wait is finally over.
The ideal woman. Just typing …
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