Although Pixy compared PuPiPo to Haibane Renmei, what he really meant is the progression of the escalation in the story. Watching it, I went like so:
01: A little girl can see ghosts, how cute
04: An adventure in the otherworld, nice
09: Future adults, this is getting interesting
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I dropped a quick look at Evirus' intro and decided that it's just the anime for me before withdrawing quickly in fear of spoilers. That was a mistake, because having marathoned 5 episodes I went back to read the post and discovered that there's going to be no ending. Also …
read moreCalls it the season's favourite:
read moreGlasslip – One of the best shows in years, in my opinion (but not in anyone else's, lol). Riveting performance by newcomer Fukagawa Seria, supported by the dependably excellent Hayami Saori and Taneda Risa. Romance(s); magic; sharp and beautiful flow of scenes; brilliant "show, don't …
Episode 5 of Locodol feels like a rather clumsy filler, but when I watched girls praying to the lesser-known god, I figured that it needs to be considered from the right angle. I remembered the Stellvia 09, the episode ahead of the Great Mission, where nothing much happened either.
The …
read moreI wanted to find out if naruko are going to become as popular as Les Paul guitars, but what I found was different. The cold data of Google spells the doom:
Basically yosakoi peaked about the same time anime peaked, and was in decline ever since... The peaks at June …
read moreThis is what happens when you extensively research propaganda and PR declarations by corporate suits and then take them on face value (in particular Shibata'a promises of not strong-arming Crunchy):
read moreIn other words, Daisuki was meant as a complement to the already existing anime streaming websites. The purpose was not …
Here goes the low-pressure watch of the season. I'll just note one strange thing: the protagonist's partner, Yukari, is presented as 1) a second edition Tsumugi Kotobuki (beautiful, rich, lesbian), and 2) astonishingly capable idol. On paper it's a recipy for Mary Sue debacle, but in practice it's just right …
read moreTo follow-up on the sports theme, I sampled Suzuka on Hulu, and what a dire show that was.
The creators take the conventional stereotypes, but present them in most inept way possible. Everything that happens is annoyingly unnatural, acted out.
On the other hand, Evirus tweets again: ``Ginban Kaleidoscope is …
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