| 3:02pm | Maria Holic: First Impressions |  | | | That very much sums up how I felt. There’s really not too much to say, it’s pretty simple and unorginal idea. Girl goes to school hoping for tru wuv, girl crosses wrong mama’s boy, girls finds herself tormented by boy. Probably the biggest twist is the fact she’s gay, rather... |
| 2:41am | CJ and Janette’s New Year’s Special! | | | | Consider this to be like one of those pointless anime episodes where lolis the characters celebrate a random holiday while reminiscing or something Except, you know, we’re gonna be handing out awards. Best Engrish: CJ: “What ’bout my star?” from Macross Frontier. Awesome song,... | | |
| 8:00pm | 12th Day of Christmas: Way To *spoilerspoilerspoiler*, Sunrise | | | | A belated Merry Christmas to all! The previous 2 days I was a tad too busy doing homework partying to write about another anime moment, but if anyone’s still interested, I’ll rant about it today. And it is a very important, spoilery, somewhat franchise-butchering moment indeed. Code Geass... | | |
| 10:47pm | 11th Day of Christmas: That PIMP Takeuchi! | | | | Okay, technically Yano’s even more of a pimp, but seriously. Seriously, Takeuchi. WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?!? YOU STUPID PIMP!! At the end of Bokura ga Ita episode 13, Yano and Nanami broke up because of *bigspoileryspoilerspoiler* (yeah, as if them breaking up ISN’T a spoiler) and the two... | | |
| 5:59pm | 10th Day of Christmas - Experimentation | | | | In a sea of rehashes and sequels, occasionally you find something pretty unique. For this year’s anime run, that series was Kaiba. The animation style is far out of the norm. A lot of anime relies on “hard lines” as it were; everything is very clearly defined, and it all runs along very... | | |
| 9:50pm | 9th Day of Christmas: When Plaid Was Popular Again | | | | Running for over a year (60+ episodes) and still going is the magical Shugo Chara!, which was significant to me in being the new, modern staple of the mahou shoujo genre since Cardcaptor Sakura. Here the down-to-earth Amu just tries to live her life but is suddenly thrust into a world-saving mission.... | | |
| 9:44pm | 8th Day of Christmas: Simon Meets Nia | | | | And my true love gave to me One of my favorite anime moments this year has to be hands down meeting Nia for the first time. It quite obvious I love Nia, she has the greatest facial expressions, and I love how strong she is and the strong faith she has despite everything. And more so, she’s... |
| 10:28pm | 7th Day of Christmas: HiguNi’s End and HiguKai’s Beginning | | | | Higurashi was a hot topic in the aniblogging world. And why shouldn’t it be? The blend of light comedy and violently straightforward plot was nothing out of the ordinarythe distant settings and diverse character involvements, however, is definitely something you don’t see everyday. Granted,... | | |
| 7:57pm | 5th Day of Christmas - How Far We’ve Come | | | | Much has changed over the past 13 years, anime notwithstanding. And Gainax has given us an excellent comparison of the artform in their retelling of the Evangelion story. In particular, I’m going to focus on just one of the angels, Ramiel. You might remember seeing this back in the day:It’s a fairly... |
| 7:37am | 4th Day of Christmas - ‘Ikinokoritai, ikinokoritai…’ | | | | I’m torn over whether to devote this post to Macross Frontier’s ‘Lion’ OP or the series finale’s ‘Nyan Nyan Service Medley.’ (’Shinkuu no Diamond Crevasse’ at the end of episode 19 comes in a very close third.) But despite ‘Lion’s awe-inspiring... |
| 7:07pm | 3rd Day of Christmas: Milking a Meme | | | | While the School Days series completed its run in 2007, “Nice Boat” was a meme that remained popular through the beginning of 2008. It climaxed with the animators and writers of the series recognizing the prevalence of the meme and using it to their own advantage during the Magical Heart... | | |
| 10:38pm | 2nd Day of Christmas: Old Lady takes Manabu’s what? | | | | When I thought of this, one scene immediately popped into my mind. And then I worried about doing it as it might be considered a tad inappropriate. But I really wanted to do this, so I can only hope it’s alright. Galaxy Railways is a fantastic series. It’s pretty much one short story after... |
| 10:59pm | Winter 2008/2009 Preview | | | | This season’s forecast is a high of 8.5 out of 10 degrees Fanservice, with a chance of sad girls in snow, ‘cuz it’s winter comedy and chicks with guns and swords over the next month or so. Joyous. But we’ll try to be optimistic. Akikan! starts January 3; animated by Brains... |
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