| 8:19pm | Big and dumb mecha show, Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann | | | | In a word, the 2007 spring season has been AWESOME. So much so, I'm already fearing the potential back-log of episodes. Of the 7+ new shows I'm following, my favourite right now is Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. It's hard to know what to expect from Gainax these days, but I had great fun watching | | |
| 3:46am | Hataraki Man - Entering the hard boiled wonderland | | | | While the spring season blossoms with new anime, I'm still frozen in winter wonderland with Hataraki Man. This is another show that, for whatever superficial reasoning, I had managed to avoid until this past weekend. Fate conspired to bring us together. These are my thoughts so far, but be warned, | | |
| 9:34pm | Gunbuster - I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness | | | | Putting aside the hyperbole and the fandom that seems to hold hands and religiously scream about every post-digisub series (myself included), the majority of newly crafted anime is objectively mediocre and creatively flat. Realizing this, yet still hopelessly attracted to spending an inexplicable | | |
| 6:40am | Naruto Shippuuden - 5 - Keep The Car Running | | | | The massive clash of Gaara's sand vs. Akatsuki's blonde bombshell Deidara rages ever on while Naruto and Sakura celebrate with a bowl of ramen having again teamed up with their perverted old sensei; anti-social bastard that he is, Kakashi declines their company, no doubt to finish off the latest | | |
| 1:05am | Past, present and future | | | | To quote rubbish rockers Staind, it's been a while. Of course I haven't stopped watching anime, I just don't have much to say. I could write boring episode reviews, but you know, that's boring! More than anything I seem to rely on inspiration to write and the feeling now is that I'm either | | |
| 6:01am | One Piece - Being the weak one sucks, just ask Usopp | | | | Being the weak one sucks, just ask Usopp - beaten within an inch of his life and robbed of a new found fortune; the money was for everyone; for his nakama. They relied on him to carry it and he lost it. They wouldn't lose it, but he did, because he is Usopp - the weak one. The material money is |
| 7:00am | Naruto Shippuuden - 1 to 2 - Well worth the wait, my fellow Narutards | | | | I forgot how damn awesome Naruto is when it gets serious. These first two episodes are brilliant, the new soundtrack is wonderful too; dramatic, epic and even a little nostalgic. It just looks and sounds all grown up. After this and Mushishi, composer Toshio Masuda is fast becoming my favourite | | |
| 6:49am | Standing on the brink of a new era, looking back at Naruto | | | | Standing on the brink of a new era for Naruto, I've turned back the clock to look at my favourite moments from the series; fair warning - hyperbolic fanboyisms ahead. I started watching the show in 2003 with a cheap 15" CRT monitor and two tinny sound blasters, at the time I wasn't | | |
| 8:56pm | MP3 Spotlight: Yoko Kanno - Kissing The Christmas Killer | | | | For what seems like forever, I've been a hopeless follower of Yoko Kanno's music. I adore almost every single one her soundtracks, from the jazzy Cowboy Bebop to the sweeping, epic sound of Vision of Escaflowne. With a lot of anime composers, I tend to blow hot and cold - meaning I can love a |
| 1:19am | Hokuto no Ken: The Legend of Raoh - Demonic fist of the devil | | | | Along with Ninja Scroll, I grew up watching the Fist of the North Star movie. I was attracted by the unapologetic gore but this was no mere action flick - set in a post apocalyptic world ravaged by nuclear holocaust, I felt in awe of the endlessly barren landscapes, the grandiose struggle for power |
| 6:04am | Naruto - 219 - For the love of god, not long now | | | | We join the "fun" just as Gaara corners the warrior from Takumi, and given his murderous ability, a simple win for the ultra-strong sand man is expected, but the warrior turns to confidently exclaim, as diabolical villains often do, that in fact, Gaara is now "the one | | |
| 6:36am | Death Note - 15 - It's been all sorts of fun, L | | | | It's around about now that we realise Death Note is becoming more than a very good anime series. It's becoming one of those "OMFG-WTF-CLIFFHANGER !?!" types. I can feel the hysteria surging within me. 15 episodes in and the twists and turns of the story are still as unpredictable | | |
| 7:09am | Another new blog layout, Rock Lee style | | | | It's been nearly four months since I last tinkered with the layout, but last week I caught the designers bug again (*sniff* along with a cold too *sniff*), and so this is the result! Of course I hope you like the fresh new look, I have to admit it's a little more 'accessible' than my last | | |
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