As mentioned previously, Mike interviewed Tatsuo Sato at AX. He haven't posted any transcript or summary yet, but pumps the meta:
read more[At the press-conference] I made the translator’s life especially hard as I asked super anime nerd questions about his views of the industry post-Evangelion, whether Lagrange ahd Evangelion …
I watched a whole of 5 minutes of it, and thought that a quick pre-pre-preview of AKB0048 may be necessary in order to keep the opening bracket post to a reasonable size, because I feel like blogging the heck out of it. Maybe.
For now, the point is that I …
read moreApparently without the benefit or hindrance of watching the original, he pans it:
Muv-Luv Alternative looks clumsy and amateurish after Tari Tari’s sophisticated plotting. Scenes often end with awkward pauses and you wonder why they’re in there in the first place. What we got is some nasty aliens …read more
In case you didn't know, "tari-tari" is the name of a syntax in Japanese language, which stands for "we did this and that". To my mind it clearly messages the slice-of-life nature of the series, but nobody seems to pick on that. Well, I'm sure people like Moogy and WAH …
read moreJust noticed that ANN claims an upcoming release, to be bundled with a limited edition manga v.9 in late August. Tempting, if it's real. But most likely they are out of preorder slots already, it's July.
read moreHe says it was not even "terribad":
For something that I thought might qualify as terribad anime, I was expecting much more than implied sex scene after implied sex scene. At least terribad anime typically has gratuitous amounts of violence thrown in for fun, but this was just entirely about …read more
He says, "Not really an ending, but a good place to stop for now." Sounds like a decent show for a queue.
UPDATE: Chris Beveridge has more:
In the end, nothing is really resolved, which makes sense, as the manga’s been running for several years past the point where …read more
This is interesting, and although I only watched a couple of episodes, I think he may be on to something:
read moreMGX has no conflict or confusion about its fanservice. Instead, it actually embraces it, making it a major plot device. What I find interesting is that MGX manages to make …
