This looks like safe from jinxing, as Steven is back home from rehab. Apparently the stroke was in lower parts of the brain, so his mind is not affected directly and we, inside and outside of the geriatric animeblogging community, may look forward to more Engineer's Disease, Cheesecake, TMW, and …
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When I watched the famous "Danketsu" video[1] years ago, it was notable how much importance the members of 765PRO cast placed on the Leader, even if they ultimately decided against having one. So I was quite ready for the Takamina story in AKB0048.
The double-zero setting embraces the concept …
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Cinderella Girls Gekijou manga
As a bonus, Cinderella Girls include a cute manga, "シンデレラ・ガールズ劇場". It comes in almost a 4koma format (plus headers), which matches a cellphone screen and scrolls down.
The link to the manga hides behind a banner that looks like …
read moreFirst impressions of Cinderella Girls
For a long time I wanted something like Farmville or Animal Crossing: engaging but not intense, with a grind that's somewhat fun. Nothing caught my fancy, until now [1]. Cinderella Girls is just that: a Pokegirl Farmville, spun off Idolm@ster. The instructions how to fool Mobage into letting gaijins …
read moreCurmudgeon on rampage
My interest in anime was only kept alive by the amazing idol shows, it seems. From the longest run list ever I went to an empty one.
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Cobra The Time Dive
Cobra: Time Dive is terrible. I mostly watched it because some idiot blogger called it or other Cobra thing "sexist", and these days it stands for "strong female characters who do not conform to the feminist stereotype" or "attractive, positive heterosexial women". Thus, "sexist" tends to stick to wonderful anime …
read moreCrunchyroll and friends
So, the streaming at large. We all know about Crunchy, I suppose. Ads do not work, etc. Before we move beyond it, I'd like to note that I tried its Android app at Kindle Fire HD.
And what do you know, ads work. On the other hand, they only have …
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