The defining feature of early Railgun for me is the tension between the fun antics of the main quartet and the horror that lurks just below the surface: the brutal dystopia where espers are raised: Dune's prison planet with a smiling face. I was chuckling at hapless Kuroko through the …
read moreLiveblogging Railgun 01
This is tough work, might as well make it fun as much as possible.
- Impossible not to regognize Satomi Arai as Kuroko
- Improbably, can't remeber who is Mikoto and who is Kuroko (until one of them opens her mouth). Kuroko - longer hair.
- Mitsuko (CV: Minako Kotobuku - nicely different from Tsumugi …
Non-non-biyori and AsoIku in Comic Alive
I borrowed another one of the fat magazines, to see what they are about: this time the June 2010 issue of Comic Alive. Not sure if it's specific to Alive, but most of the manga there is action, and now I know that I am not interested in it. The …
read moreRandom on Mozuya-san
Azumanga Stajio
The Azumanga Stajio turned out to be a collection of doujishi. I surprised myself by recognizing the hand of quite a few artists in it. The only problem is: no furigana, which hampers me significantly.
I knew about Barasui's interest in Azumanga since the visit of Chiyo-chichi to the …
read moreIM@S anime PV w/ footage
(Via Beta-Waffle) A-1 showed us a few seconds of actual anime footage. It looks very much like what I expected from them... Same critique as in Birdy applies. No antagonists were shown.
read moreIdolm@ster Break
Although I essentially quit watching anime after failing to surmount Railgun, and meeting other circumstances, I am staying in touch with my inner otaku. The outcome is that I started reading manga. I never understood, appreciated, or plain liked the big sister art. However, it has one great advantage: a …
read moreAna on Tiger and Bunny
"Anyway, I want the next episode! My craving for ambiguously gay superhero duo must be satisfied!"
P.S. DiGi made me do it. But also, there was a sensible discussion at Sea Slugs.
read moreTwitter did not kill animeblogging,
Robert goes factual
The propreitor of my favourite retail outlet posted a curious revelation (via):
read moreNo news here. Anime sales in the US have dropped probably 70-75% across the board since the peak in 2005. DVD, Manga, Merchandise, everything. Excluding Disney, the Anime DVD market alone in 2005 was around $350 Million. Last …