| 5:36pm | WANTED - Spring/Summer anime recommendations | | | | This must be the nuclear winter of my anime passion. Since embarking on new employment in March, time has become such a precious commodity that I’ve only managed to complete 2 series from the Spring and Summer broadcasts - Code Geass R2 and DCIISS (both of which I enjoyed tremendously.) Of course,... | | |
| 5:58pm | Code Geass R2 - The unintentional cruelty of Lelouch | | | | Ep 21-23 had me believing that CG R2 was hurling towards a GSD-class wreckage. In those eps, I saw the classic SUNRISE syndrome of plot driving cast - characters making choices inconsistent with their motivations just so that the story could be steered into “WTF!?” territory. The tale, it... | | |
| 5:50pm | Eureka 7 OST Favourite - Sprinting Spirits | | | | A big thank you to Ivy who pointed me to the Eureka OST. We’re kindred souls in anime music indeed. I’m now utterly enamoured with “Sprinting spirits”. As the title implies, it’s an absolutely liberating piece with a touch of epic. Enjoying tremendously also “To... | | |
| 4:04pm | Is Asatte no houkou worth 12,000¥? | | | | While the US Congress/Bush adminstration lock horns over the US$700b bailout plan and Singapore deliberates if we are in a technical recession, this tanuki is in minor financial fix himself. The ¥12,000 question - Is Asatte no houkou worth ¥12,000? First, some background. Despite the non-siscon end,... | | |
| 4:42pm | Noteworthy anime OSTs - 10 personal picks | | | | A common thread runs through my favourite anime scenes - Great music. I remember choking up in Asatte no Houkou ep 8 as “Kasa” hit a crescendo during a very poignant moment; cheering on Sasuke as he battled Orochimaru in ep 29 against the high tension flute notes of the Naruto soundtrack... | | |
| 7:01pm | So you think you know anime BGMs (Part 4) | | | | While compiling a list of worthy anime OSTs, I inadvertently tuned into my collection to reaffirm previous assessments of various albums. To my delight, several more musical gems were uncovered, inspiring the fourth installment of the BGM quiz. How many of these lesser known pieces can you identify?... |
| 3:09pm | The lovably stupid - Kou classed bishoujos | | | | Affectionately coined by Kabitzin to describe Saber’s charm (Fate/Stay night), it dawned on me lately that “the lovably stupid” describes not-so-uncommon a class of anime bishoujos - one that uses a sublter form of moe to entice tanukis. Though not cerebrally challenged (as the title... | | |
| 4:39pm | D.C.I.F (The Kotori OVA) - Hopes and expectations | | | | A big thank you to fellow Kotori-shippers Asrialys and Suguru for breaking the best news since Bethlehem. Yes, this Christmas, Kotori fans worldwide would joining the festivity to celebrate the part 1 release of their goddess-centric OVA. However, the greater my anticipation, the fiercer my trepidation.... | | |
| 11:34am | Disgrace upon the tanukis of Hontou Ni-Land | | | | Shame on me for not diving into Seto no Hanayome earlier. While it enjoyed some buzz at the time of its airing, I brushed it aside since I preferred my bishoujos with legs. Oh the near-tragedy of almost missing the greatest comedy since Magikano! Yes, I have to thank comrade-in-anime Zyl for taking... | | |
| 4:28pm | Nogizaka Haruka - A sweet romance, otaku styled | | | | One of the sweetest romances I’ve encountered in animedom is Karin. I wouldn’t be lying if I recommended Karin as a ‘vampire show’ but surely that’d be misleading. A sweet romance with a vampiric touch would be closer to the truth. In the same vein, it would be incorrect... |
| 5:16am | Series composition - Going beyond studio pedigree | | | | You know you are leveling up in anime-geekery when you stop referring to a series as ‘a Kyo-Ani production’ but “directed by Tatsuya Ishihara”. Someone has posed the question before - “Why do you even need to know the animation studio?” To which I had answered, “to... | | |
| 4:55pm | Kiddie steps into anime fandom - My nephew the Naruto fan | | | | My nephew has been watching me watch anime since he was born. 7 years he witnessed his uncle laugh, yell, cry and headbutt Japanese 2D images on his now-retired desktop LCD. Despite that, he never got into Japanese anime (or maybe PRECISELY because of that), preferring the fare that Cartoon Network... | | |
| 5:17pm | (Dropped) Kurenai - Naivety to the extreme | | | | I’m come to the (probably erroneous) conclusion that Kurenai is harem for joseis. No, not reverse-harem. It’s still a male harem lead only that he appears to be specifically tailored to pander to the older female crowd (and by older I’m talking about late teens and early twenties.)... | | |
| 1:50pm | Reliving the trainwreck SUNRISE experience - Mai HiME R1s | | | | Marathoning my freshly acquired Mai HiME DVDs over 2 weekends spawned several thoughts. 1) The Mai HiME franchise desperately needs a prequel. Animedom need to see Mashiro in that miko outfit and her imouto love that won the HiME star for the Obsidian Prince. 2) Was the Naze nani segment originally... | | |
| 4:19pm | Gurren Lagann - Closing thoughts | | | | Simon is GAR. Not because he can summon all those ridiculous amount of Spiral power almost instantaneously by willpower alone but he was man enough to live with a choice that I wouldn’t have the testicular fortitude to make. Frankly, the first ‘GAR’ shouldn’t be unfamiliar to... | | |
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