I read the "in-progress" lists with a certain interest if the descriptions are short. Steven and Chris do it about right. At Ani-nouto, these things are uncommon, because I prefer to lag the season. For example, AKB0048 is the most fascinating series in the current run list. I want to …
read moreThe real Biscotti
Someone had to compile the list of foods of Dog Days eventually. I am sure they did it before, actually. This one links characteristics of foods and characters:
Genoise is a type of sponge cake that is often layered with butter cream or mixed with flavored syrups or liqueurs to …
read moreDM00 on Oba Nobuna, The Ambition Of
Writing for BigN, he approves, in particular thus:
read moreOne thing this show has going for it is the way it leavens its silliness with seriousness: it plays off real events in history; the protagonist is not just some schlub, but progresses the plot through his (game-mediated, admittedly) knowledge of his …
Joshiraku begins
That's right, the "begins" bracket after just one episode. It does not owe to Joshiraku being all that brilliant, but rather earnest and straightforward, with little chance of pulling a deceptive 1st episode on us (I look at you, Natsu no Arashi).
In watching exhuberance I tagged Joshiraku as series …
read moreReactions to DD2 02
Most everyone was so enthralled and shocked by Becky's transformation deck that they were unable to focus on the rest of the episode. Nobar twittered "Jesus Christ Dog Days' ep2, that transformation sequence...I have no words. Only tears. And maybe a boner. MAYBE." DiGi summed it up as "Errr …
read moreGia propels ANN to blog level
When ANN came out with season previews some four years ago, they were roundly denounced for two things: the crime of reviewing fansubs and their reviews being trash. Not sure what "da industry" voices are still up to now, and nobody cares about them anyway, but Zac made a serious …
read moreRemember Big O
How about a coincidence? First, Jackson of Sketch Comedy promises a "parody week":
That’s right: I’ll be hitting you with new hand-drawn comics every day next week, spoofing everyone’s favorite film noir mecha anime from 1999.
Then, Spherical Cows throw off a remark:
I always wondered what …
read moreSubtitles God-Sent For Blogs
Kuro reminded me about something: Anglophone blogs have a great advantage over Japanese anime blogs[0]: subtitled screencaps! These things add a good deal of expression or sometimes a tongue-in-cheek call-out, playing off the way readers reconstruct the material[1]. How about this one, from AKB0048, which I was saving …
read moreKanata and Chieri in AKB0048 04
The title may grace an A&V editorial — there's so much material in that little episode — but actually I only have time to note that I did not understand what transpired at all. To me it looked like this:
- Dance practice is ongoing; the instructor interrupts it.
- Instructor singles out …
The Behind posts Tatsuo Sato AX transcript
Mike is still sitting on his private interview, but fortunately we don't have to wait for him for the press-conference, as Behind comes through with the transcript. Visit the origin for the whole thing, it's quite amusing:
read moreQ: There are some similarities between Lagrange and Evangelion. Was this purposeful?
A …