tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23235438903313133282009-11-25T08:47:20.447ZI watch way too much anime, and I spend way too much time writing - So, why not mix the two 'vices' and start writing too much about anime to boot?Hannershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02789149333914200143noreply@blogger.comBlogger1145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2323543890331313328.post-87663304353921779982009-11-24T23:05:00.003Z2009-11-24T23:16:42.642Z

Zetsubou shita! The end of another series of Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei has left me in despair! Still, at least this final instalment at least went out on a relatively positive note, with a fair few laughs to be had.First on the agenda for this concluding episode was the issue of small, inconsequential errors being spotted while people tend to miss the huge, glaring mistakes at the same time.

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To use the phrase "poor old Yuuto" in an episode where he's invited to spend some time within an all-girls school perhaps doesn't sound quite right, but to Hell with it... In Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu - Purezza's eighth episode, poor old Yuuto finds himself the subject of intense scrutiny as he visits the all-girls school attended by Mika Nogizaka.Once there, he soon finds out that he's quite

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By the end of the last episode, the destination for various important parties to the Fullmetal Alchemist story had been set, and that destination was North on all counts. So it goes then that this episode chronicles that journey, setting us up to see the results as the series progresses.Essentially, this instalment is split into two halves - For the first part of the episode we see Scar's

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Natsu no Arashi has been missing the target more often than Emile Heskey of late, so can it turn things around with its twenty-first episode? Err, no, to be quite honest.This latest instalment brings us to a swelteringly hot day at the Hakobune café, and after yet another predictable instalment of Kanako and Yayoi getting an order completely wrong on account of the latter's forgetfulness, we go

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The latest patient to hit Doctor Irabu's proverbial couch in Kūchū Buranko is a high school student named Yuta Tsuda - A young man with an absolute addiction to using his cell phone. I guess he missed his casting call for Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei...As you might expect of this series, to call Yuta's problem a simple addiction to cell phones is a gross over-simplification, as his particular

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Within seconds of Nyan Koi's eighth episode beginning, Junpei has already managed to upset Kaede yet again - What on Earth is he up to this time?!Naturally, we can't be left in such a state of confusion for long, and thus the episode backtracks from here to show us just how this embarrassing set of circumstances came about, and it probably goes without saying that a cat is involved. More

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Switzerland and Liechtenstein kick off Hetalia: Axis Powers' forty-forth episode - After a brief vignette about how border control between these two countries works, we see Switzerland trying to teach Liechtenstein about the dangers of the world, a lesson made rather difficult by the distractingly cute nature of Switzerland's illustrations.From here, we jump to a very brief section where Japan

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It may be the school's summer break, but for some reason the student council members are all still spending their days in their meeting room, finding themselves not only bored but feeling too hot to do anything of note. Of course, there's only one answer to this bout of lethargy - It's time for a field trip, to Tokyo no less.So, and in a bit of a change from the norm, we get to see some more of

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Oh Touya - Just when I think you can't make me loathe you any more, you somehow manage to raise your game yet further and fill me with yet more hatred. I suppose it's quite a talent if you think about it...Of course, the last episode of White Album saw Touya confronted with Menou on his way home, and as is his passive nature he ends up buying her beer and letting her shower at his place before

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Given the subjects of several of this series previous story arcs, it was only going to be a matter of time before the urban legend that is the "Level Upper" came to the forefront of To Aru Kagaku no Railgun's attentions, and so it is that this eighth episode takes us down this exact path.Discussion of said legend originates from Kuroko's musing over recent cases where individuals have exhibited

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Episode seven of Darker than BLACK: Ryuusei no Geminii certainly wastes no time in throwing some surprising information our way, opening with a scene which suggests that Suou and Shion's father is still alive and well (and at large in Tokyo no less), while examination of the brain of the person assumed to be said father only contained a day's worth of information. Some curious goings-on to get

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Aside from the odd brief appearance here and there, we haven't really seen much of Shiina throughout the course of Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu - Purezza so far... at least, not until this seventh episode, where she finally gets her chance to take centre stage.The episode begins with Shiina musing over her New Year's fortune, which promised her some surprising romantic developments, and no sooner

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It's time for Doctor Irabu to turn his attentions to another new patient for Kūchū Buranko's fifth episode, and this time the subject of his case is surprisingly close to home, in the form of another psychiatrist.The doctor in question is one Tatsuro Ikeyama, a seemingly uptight and straight-laced guy who is married to the only daughter of the head of the institution at which he works. Being in

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After a few episodes of rampant emotion, misunderstanding and worry, I suppose we were actually rather overdue a simpler and more relaxed instalment of Kimi ni Todoke, and that's exactly what we get as of episode seven.Of course, the last episode finally gave us the reconciliation between Sawako, Yano and Yoshida, with the promise of some after-school ramen for the trio of new-found friends.

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Episode twenty of Natsu no Arashi sees the series continuing upon its recent run of what I can only politely describe as inconsequential instalments which feel rather too much like filler for my liking.This time around the subject of the entire episode is an antique 10 million Yen cup which somehow found its may into the Hakobune cafe, but which has since been mislaid by the owner. Of course,

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Following on from the last episode of Hetalia: Axis Powers, this latest instalment of the series continues its focus upon Russia and the trouble he has with his siblings. Of course, this means more disturbing footage of Russia with breasts look-a-like Ukraine, although I am highly amused by the breast jiggling sound effects employed throughout. Yes, I am that easily pleased sometimes.In essence

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Having been laid-up with illness in a pretty big way over the past couple of weeks, for some reason White Album dropped towards the bottom of my "to watch" list - So, now I'm on the road to recovery let the catch-up begin courtesy of episode nineteen.The last episode certainly left us with an interesting proposition - Rina and Touya kissing, with Yuki arriving just too late to see what happened..

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As episode thirty-two of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood begins, it seems like everyone is searching for someone - Ed and Al Elric continue their search for May Chang in the hope of learning the secrets of Eastern alchemy, Central's military are hunting down Scar once again (now with Kimblee at the helm of that particular "project"), and Roy Mustang seeks out Lieutenant General Grumman as

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It's school field trip time for Nyan Koi's seventh episode, which means that it's time for Junpei and the rest of his class to take a trip to Kyoto for a few days... surely a chance for him to build up his burgeoning romance with Mizuno, right?Of course, this wouldn't be Nyan Koi if Junpei's curse didn't get in the way, starting with a request from a cat to be taken back to Kyoto with him to make

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As bad parenting goes, Darker than BLACK: Ryuusei no Gemini's Michiru must win some kind of prize - Becoming a contractor and abandoning her only son, returning very briefly to bake him a cake before leaving again, and then coming to an untimely end virtually in Norio's arms. Such is the world as depicted by this series.Although Michiru's story and family takes up a reasonably hefty chunk of

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Following on from the graviton acceleration-led bombings last episode, needless to say this seventh instalment of To Aru Kagaku no Railgun perseveres with that particular story arc as Judgement try to get a handle on exactly who is carrying out these increasingly dangerous and powerful incidents.The trouble is that put simply, they don't even know where to start when it comes to tracking down the

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As Seitokai no Ichizon continues on its madcap way, it's time for the student council to consider the theme for the school's forthcoming festival. But what should it be?Needless to say, the suggestions from all of the student council members are pretty easy to guess if you've been keeping up with this series at all, from Ken's suggestion of "sexual" as a topic through to Chizuru's "pain". All

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Episode forty-two of Hetalia Axis Powers introduces us for the first time to Russia's two sisters - Ukraine and Belarus. And rather a disturbing turn of events it is too...For starters, Ukraine looks suspiciously like Russia in drag with huge breasts (complete with comedy sound effects every time they move), while even Belarus looks a little too Russia-esque for my liking even before proving to

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Following on from all of the Christmas-related shenanigans of the past couple of episodes, I suppose it was inevitable that New Year would be the next big landmark on the Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu calendar, and so it is that this sixth instalment focuses on a traditional shrine visit for Yuuto and Haruka, although the latter's mind is more on taking Yuuto to visit Ouse-Misaki, a beauty spot

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After the lightweight frivolity of the last episode, Natsu no Arashi's nineteenth instalment returns us to the serious business of... err, cold noodles?No, I'm not kidding - This entire episode is an attempt by the café's staff to create a cold noodle dish, using Arashi's memories of said dish from her youth as a basis for their efforts. Needless to say, most of these efforts fail miserably,

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