tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-186615552009-12-01T09:53:38.299-08:00suguruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151082791847367939noreply@blogger.comBlogger183125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18661555.post-44899791362138868152009-09-09T14:59:00.000-07:002009-09-09T15:42:29.800-07:00

There's nothing more subjective than talking about which anime you like and which you hate, but that doesn't mean it isn't fun to do anyway. Just keep in mind my opinions are worth about what the electrons they're printed on cost, and that when I'm talking about a series being a 'loser' that's only in my book and your mileage will vary.Winner - Sora no ManimaniThe character designs somehow

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Summer season is looking pretty strong so far, especially now that I've seen the first episode of Taishou Yakyuu Musume, based on a light novel about a girls' baseball team, set between the world wars in 1925 Japan (during the reign of the Taishou emperor). JC Staff is at the helm so at least I won't have to look forward to the same episode four times in a row, although there is a Broadway

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Random thoughts from this week's anime watching (spoilers everywhere):- Poor Imo-chan...it's too bad navis can't *remote* control ships,then she could keep eating all the maruyaki she wants.- Why the hell is Nerval making pasta? As much as Sorakake can bekind of thought-provoking at times, other times it's 100% WTF. Atleast he didn't order Pizza Hut.- It's good to see with Tsutsuji, Lum's

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Wow. Just....wow. Another season of Haruhi - strangely enough,looking outside, I don't see mushroom clouds or burning pitch fallingfrom the sky on the Damned, but I've got to think it's coming. Yes,there have been enough false starts that I was convinced the worldwould end before we'd see a second season of Haruhi, but apparentlyI'm wrong - as every anime blog on Earth is reporting, they

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It's hard to believe that the winter season is over, and the secondweek of the spring season is here already - I haven't posted in awhile but since it's a slow Friday before Easter at work, might aswell Swiffer off this blog and throw two cents into the ether. K-on! is the series that's probably getting the most press right now,and while not everyone's enjoying it (Hinano and JP gave it the

suguruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151082791847367939noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18661555.post-21626395333290670642009-03-06T20:37:00.000-08:002009-03-06T20:39:07.245-08:00

God, this line cracked me up - go, Ami-chan!

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Another doom-and-gloom article on the anime industry in the Japan Times today - although with the Dow below 7,000 and the world economy imploding, even if fansubs didn't exist I doubt DVD sales would be exactly booming. The article's mostly the same things we've heard before - animators in Japan make next to nothing, 90% of inbetweening is offshored now, eliminating the traditional entry-level

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Not bawling crying, mind you, but this scene always manages to bring atear to my eyes (where Konata's dad explains to Konata, with hermother's ghost watching, that the one thing he was confident of wasthat he loved her mother more than anyone else could). A lot of the timewhen a series that's mainly comedy tries to pull off drama it doesn'twork very well, but whoever directed this scene I give

suguruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151082791847367939noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18661555.post-7857695298637860942009-01-18T14:09:00.000-08:002009-01-18T14:10:07.281-08:00

So no picture, since I'm without my laptop at the moment - I know, itseems like I'm violating a cardinal rule of anime blogging to writeabout something without a screencap, but here goes anyway...Asu no Yoichi is one of those series that I check out each seasonwithout really having any expectations for it, and so far it's seemedkind of average, delivering what looks like a typical

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The first episode of the third season of Minami-ke was good, but thesecond had a few really classic moments, especially Devil Chiaki andCurry Fairy Hosaka. For someone who has made absolutely zero progressin even speaking to Haruka, the object of his affections, Hosaka surespends a *lot* of time thinking about her and drifting off intodelusion-land.It's kind of hard to place why I like Minami-ke

suguruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151082791847367939noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18661555.post-30374987108321682122009-01-15T13:56:00.001-08:002009-01-15T13:56:42.952-08:00

I'm not usually a fan of anything with mecha (with a few exceptions)and I'm not a CG fan either, but...somehow the first episode ofRideback just sucked me in anyway. I guess I'm a sucker for uniquepremises, and you don't get much more unique than a ballerina tearinga ligament, quitting ballet, and ending up riding a sort-of humanoidmecha motorcycle, presumably to one day fight against an

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So far, I like the character designs and the setting, the animationquality is solid too, and the characters have some potential...butit's not a Toradora-level cast that I really look forward to seeingagain each week. My biggest fear with this is when I hear peoplecomparing the male lead, Touya, to Takayuki from KGnE--based on that,it's hard for me not to think this has train wreck written all

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Yes, this was the first episode I watched in 2009--Admiral Nagato for the win...Happy New Year to everyone out there in the Internets, hopefully those of you in college aren't fighting too bad of a hangover this morning. I spent midnight holding a bottle, but it was a bottle of infant formula, so no hangover for me, just a little sleep deprived as usual lately...I should start by saying thank

Briannoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18661555.post-13529122984564902002008-12-28T22:12:00.000-08:002008-12-28T22:34:17.275-08:00

Before the fall season started, Kannagi was probably my most-anticipated series--it's hard to believe, but it's over already, and while it wasn't perfect (for me, it comes in second to Toradora this season) it did manage to live up to the hype. It's biggest strength, to me anyway, was Nagi--she's one of the most unique and entertaining characters I've seen in a while, and I could probably watch

Briannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18661555.post-35831119362033441712008-12-20T19:34:00.001-08:002008-12-20T21:05:05.000-08:00

A few days ago, Hinano posted about how the painfully long wait for the second Suzumiya Haruhi anime, not to mention the 10th novel, was making it seriously hard to care:I freaking LOVED this show. I cosplayed Haruhi, I drew a HaruKyon doujinshi. Hell it was one of the first shows that I “completed” when I first began blogging in 2006. I read all the currently released novels but now what?

Briannoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18661555.post-76538973909668965662008-12-19T23:47:00.000-08:002008-12-20T00:00:44.611-08:00

I don't read a whole lot of manga--but the one volume I buy every few months without fail is Keroro Gunsou, which Tokyopop is cranking out in the US. It's the insanely addictive story of an inept band of invading frogs and their schemes to conquer the Earth, while living with the Hinata family and getting stuck doing their household chores as a form of rent, and every one of the sixteen volumes

Briannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18661555.post-69565987551947196792008-12-12T17:41:00.000-08:002008-12-12T17:54:13.451-08:00

Three great moments from episode 11 of Toradora:First, the palmtop tiger losing traction on Aisaka's Chinese dress (in Ryuuji's imagination). I don't know why this cracked me up, maybe I'm a sucker for slapstick. Ryuuji's comment immediately afterwards that if they went with Chinese dresses for the Culture Festival he'd have to be sewing in breast pads again was funny too...poor Taiga...Second,

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I'm really starting to think my anime DVD collection is practically useless, except as a way to support the industry in lieu of a better digital distribution method. I have over 200 anime DVDs on my bookshelf upstairs, but I haven't touched one in the weeks since my daughter was born, while I have watched a couple things either fansubbed or legitsubbed (by legitsub I mean pay-to-download like

Briannoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18661555.post-62659214849197110542008-12-09T20:31:00.000-08:002008-12-09T20:45:07.536-08:00

(Hosaka, because it's the closest anime picture I can think of to represent middle-of-night feedings)I realized I haven't posted *anything* here since June, which is kind of sad--I can't say that I'm completely retired, but I think it's pretty safe to say I'm on some kind of semi-hiatus. It's definitely nothing to do with my love of anime, which is still going strong, but although I can't

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In a few weeks, the Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto sequel of sorts starts airing (although with a completely different cast) and that reminded me that I'd started watching the original series that aired in '03, only to drop it a couple episodes in. I don't remember why I dropped it, but on giving it a second chance I ended up marathoning it, and was pleasantly surprised that it was much better

suguruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151082791847367939noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18661555.post-90807057546701734562008-06-14T13:44:00.000-07:002008-06-14T13:47:14.101-07:00

I was thinking as I watched Yami's debut in Toloveru the other day that there are a lot of anime series that have really appealing side characters, but due to their side character status they end up suffering from a lack of screentime compared to the main heroine. The most recent example I can think of is Hinagiku, who in spite of winning the Best Moe tournament still found herself consigned to

suguruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151082791847367939noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18661555.post-74865611431681604732008-06-11T21:26:00.000-07:002008-06-11T21:29:33.718-07:00

How is Wakamoto Norio not designated a Living National Treasure? If you can't tell from the screenshot, I'm re-watching 2x2 Shinobuden now, and if there was an Oscar in the anime world for Best Male Seiyuu in a Series That Will Make You Soil Yourself in Laughter, he'd have to win it hands down.

suguruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151082791847367939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18661555.post-67023683513283784162008-06-10T16:54:00.000-07:002008-06-10T16:59:22.762-07:00

The spring season is more than halfway over already, and I haven't really posted much about it--part of that is blogging falls in my "do if bored at work" category and work has been somewhat busy, but another reason is the spring season just seems kind of underwhelming for me compared to fall/winter. No more Kimikiss, no more Minami-shimai, no more Hayate, no more Spice and/or Wolf...it's kind

suguruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151082791847367939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18661555.post-37172523824106566422008-05-21T18:24:00.000-07:002008-05-21T18:26:22.136-07:00

Finished watching Manabi Straight yet again, and 'chubby rori' character designs or no, I love this series. Although this time I noticed Mikan's wearing a different hair pin right before going off to Oregon...but then when she's back over the summer she's back to the normal one so maybe it doesn't mean anything.Also, on Ufotable's site they have a 'Ufotable cinema' image with Manabi at top left,

suguruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06151082791847367939noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18661555.post-32692798766094810502008-05-19T00:12:00.000-07:002008-05-19T00:17:23.734-07:00

Toradora is a light novel series that's going to be an anime series at some point in the future--and unless the B team from Doumu gets a hold of it, I definitely sense a winner. The first four chapters have been translated at Baka-Tsuki, and in the interest of lowering productivity a little while back I went and read it at work, and it's amazingly good so far.The male lead of the story is Ryuji,

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