In case anyone is confused about Omo's strange sense of humour, here's the skinny: yes, it's true (as much as I can tell, and I can tell that "第2学期" means "The 2nd Semester").
Since the original series did not have a long-term plot, it's unclear just what …
read moreYet another Dead Beloved Blogger is flushed from hiding by the end of the year festivities. These are Jeff lawson's favourites of 2009.
Aoi Hana - Not so much a yuri show as it is a lovely story of friendship and how love exists in so many different forms, to be …read more
Since we are on the topic of the contrary opinions, here is another one:
read moreAnime I'm glad I didn't drop
Mai-HiME is the single best example of "you never really know." The first half featured vapid and seemingly worthless school hijinks. But this was all a (admittedly poorly executed) setup …
Hidoshi suddenly resurfaced (was on a hiatus since October) with these observations:
read moreLucky Star presented itself in such a way that I often felt that I was only seeing snippets from a full set of lives. However caricatured the cast became, they still had ambitions and goals which fell outside …
Common natural predators of anime fans include Gaming Borg (hello Shamus Young) and 3D Women (hello J.Greely), but apparently some fall victim to Music Grue too. Transientem completely turned recently (not like he didn't warn us). BTW, I never liked Hikaru Utada either... All this dual-career thing, and then …
read moreAnother curious thing about the R5 release of Haibane is what other titles are included into Reanimedia's portfolio. A look into general R5 license list (has English titles) shows that the company specializes in quality releases to collectors. So, what do they consider deserving? Here's a translation of the entire …
read moreOr at least makes a good attempt:
So I’m watching an anime based off a visual novel. The latest episode ends and I find myself thinking "holy moley, what the hell just happened there?". So I head off to read some forums and maybe some anime blogs …read more
One would be forgiven to expect another full-on Sekirei-style putdown from our favourite hater of everything good in anime, but apparently she cannot bring herself to decimate series as adorable as Kampfer. Reading the review is like watching Darth Vader denying the reminder of the good within him, which …
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