The recent turmoil at GG prompted me to give a good try to Joshiraku raw. The result is an interesting mix of things that are easy and difficult to pick up. The phenomena is somewhat awkward to explain, but here's a visual example from a single segment.
This frame is …
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My views on Disappearance were largely informed by Evirus, starting with the camrip post and following up with the full-res pass. I'm pretty sure that Jonathan and Aziz must've blogged it too, but their websites are malfunctioning, so posts are impossible to find. Anyway, I do not remember them posting …
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Sandra and Woo ran a strip recently that went like this:
read moreWoo: Sandra?
Sandra: Hmm?Woo: I’ve got the feeling that you aren’t showing me as much affection as you used to.
Sandra: Oh no, why would you believe such a horrible thing?
Woo: You haven’t given …
Steven used a post by EmperorJ that I almost certainly read, but did not pay attention to, in order to consider an important question: why watch DD2?
Steven's answer is very straightforward:
read moreDeep down, I wish I was there. I wish I could be part of it. That's why I …
Spoilers are minimal in this Retrospective. It is also abridged.
This is how we meet main characters, after the "Teenage Mutant Idols In Sewers" sequence. At the time it was completely unremarkable, but thinking back, is it not amazing how Chieri could laugh and smile in such an innocent manner …
read moreWhen Kate of Sketchbook mentioned being unable to distinguish ri, so, and n, I thought she was playing to stereotype. Today, however, Steven admitted to mixing them in Ken's comments. But it's simple, in the same way distinguishing Sumire and Ami was simple.
The process takes up to two steps …
read moreTranscript is up, at last.
read moreQ: Where do you see the anime industry going in the next 5 to 10 years? Do you see any upcoming trends? What do you see for the future?
A: In the press conference, I said I wanted to focus on TV. I think there …
Canne did! Just a couple of things:
Unfortunately, any attempt to give AKB0048 a conclusive review is going to be undermined by the fact that the major story was not concluded or resolved in the 13 episodes. The creators wrapped up the season, but not done much beyond that. So, imagine that you were a fly-on-the-wall character …
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