I am back to reading books on paper for the moment.
That is Joshiraku manga on the right, and yes, I took a picture of its back cover by mistake. It is a limited edition that comes with a combo audio/data CD. The audio portion containes rakugo skits (of …
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In vulgar use, Preference Cascade refers to a situation when nigh everyone in a population does something subversive in secret, until a certain event triggers a massive coming out. The key mechanism is individuals not realizing how many likeminded people are around.
In this vein, when Brickmuppet posted about "Moster …
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Despite all attempts at retirement, I continue reading or skimming close to 300 anime blogs, and a large number of them posted year-end summaries for 2012. I am sorry to say, most were unimpressive: hastily put together, lunatic, agenda-driven, or plain weak. However, Omo and Kuro did quite well and …
read moreread moreEveryone else seemed to like Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!, but I dropped it after five episodes because I didn't care about what happened to any of the characters. Also, all that chuuni stuff was really annoying, even if it was supposed to be "ironically" annoying or …
Just one slide from a presentation that I attended:
There was much more where this came from, of course. The most amusing element was probably the heavy sense of looking at a large thing through a toilet paper core. Part of it came from the inevitable dumbing down for the …
read moreReading the listing or new R1 licenses at Reverse Thieves, I cannot help remembering the "Funimation only licenses garbage" thing.
Among the long list they licensed, the only two things I would even agree to watch are Akira and Haganai, if that. I do not particularly like either of them …
read moreThe capsule summary:
the “great craftsman” show which starts with a premise that sounds ordinary or even trite, but executes it so brilliantly that it becomes something wonderful.
The hystogram at ANN tops at about 2.5 (Haibane Renmei easily takes 0.1 and Shingu takes a strong 3).
My …
read moreOtou used the old trick: start with the sequel (the concept was hashed out here mostly in connection with Nanoha As). I started with Max Heart, but it was merely a result of the DTO debacle. I did great on the original without Shiny Luminous before Crunchyroll's perfidy.
Interestingly, he …
read moreAfter DiGi posted about it, the issue of the missing Katyusha spread around. Even Brickmuppet got in on it (with a cute animated gif).
One thing amuses me about it is the selection of the song. Russians have a whole of two songs, which I find more appropriate for tank …
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