| 8:06pm | Janggeum’s Dream: Episode 36 Commentary | | | | I gather a lot happened this episode, as I have more questions than answers. Such is the peril of watching a Korean-language series with near-zero understanding of the language. Continuing from the lesson plan Lady Eun gave prior, this episode did involve flowers after all. I gather the test involved... |
| 1:44pm | Cardcaptor Apparel: Pajamas and Rollerblades | | | | While Tomoyo provides costumes for Sakura to wear when capturing Clow Cards (and other magical excursions), Sakura’s first capture takes place before Tomoyo knows about Sakura’s Cardcaptor position. Instead, Sakura sets out at night in her pajamas, wearing her rollerblades and protective... |
| 7:33pm | A Little Snow Fairy Sugar: Episode 17 Commentary | | | | Things have reached a point for Saga where Sugar’s closer to her than anyone else. What about when Sugar becomes a full-fledged Season Fairy? Does she return home, or remain in Mulenburg (and neighboring cities), alongside Salt, Pepper, Ginger, and Turmeric? Initially it appeared Ginger was... |
| 7:19pm | Janggeum’s Dream: Episode 35 Commentary | | | | Hwan is starting to make a believer out of me that he might actually not be a bad guy. If there’s a ninja who looks similar to him (something very easy to accomplish with the limited number of hairstyles worn, especially by young men his age), then it could be that Hwan’s been innocent... | | |
| 3:44pm | Literary Criticism | | | | There’s a reason xkcd is my favorite geek comic, and while comic 451, “Impostor” may not be anywhere near my top ten favorites, it really hits my writings here on the mark. The xkcd comics I enjoy the most are the ones I’m able to associate with, either because of their almost... |
| 7:33pm | A Little Snow Fairy Sugar: Episode 16 Commentary | | | | The fairies get their first real test. I was surprised to find Pepper in first and Sugar in last on Elder’s chart, however. Does that means everyone else surpassed Sugar with their Magic Flowers? Even the troublesome Basil and Cinnamon? Maybe the growth of the plant and the appearance of buds... |
| 3:39pm | Ten Series Too Many | | | | Assignment: Find ten things wrong in the following image: One of these days I’ll figure out how the Antenna marks series for a post. This one shows ten series more than appear in the post, and ten series more than I’ve even seen, and ten series more than I even know about, and at least... |
| 2:31am | On Copying DVDs to a Hard Drive | | | | A recent post on アニ・ノート brings up the topic of copying DVDs to ones hard drive. Actually, I’ve copied some DVDs to my laptop recently, to watch while I’m staying in San Diego for Comic-Con. Considering that a 1TB external hard drive is certain to fall below $100 in the US within... |
| 9:48am | Afterthoughts: The Tower of Druaga | | | | There’s a story in there somewhere. Separate the “humor” content, and mind the “video game” reference portions, and there’s a story to The Tower of Druaga somewhere. Marathoning the rest of the series certainly helped me follow everything going on. The plot to a... | | |
| 7:39pm | Janggeum’s Dream: Episode 34 Commentary | | | | It wasn’t quite what I expected, but this is the episode I’ve been waiting for since the first series. Too bad I didn’t understand more than a few words in the whole episode. Why was young Jeong-ho on the ground? It doesn’t matter, I suppose; what matters is his meeting Suro.... | | |
| 8:33am | Winning Against All Odds | | | | Considering it’s been a long while since I watched episode three, the summary of plot at the opening of the episode came as rather useful. When watching a series on DVD, watching one or two episodes a day, day after day, this is the kind of thing to skip, but after such a long time since I watched... | | |
| 2:32pm | End of Evangelion | | | | One has to wonder how the series of Neon Genesis Evangelion could have ended without the events of the movie. As far as I knew, Asuka’s mother had simply gone crazy and killed herself. There was nothing to indicate her presence in Eva Unit 02, or even that Eva Unit 02 had a soul in it the same... |
| 3:16pm | Take Care of Yourself | | | | This final episodes feels as if it’s a reach out to those who are lonely, telling them they must be the ones to change. When Shinji lost his body, he was greeted with the idea of becoming one with Misato, or becoming one with Asuka, or becoming one with Rei. Was he one with his mother’s... |
| 2:28pm | Do You Love Me? | | | | It’s because of Gendo that Rei exists. It’s because of him that she has a soul. Like Kowaru, she wants her life to end. Yet, no matter how many times she may die, Rei will return. Gendo will return her to life. This series has had its good points and its bad points. It’s suffered... |
| 4:28pm | The Beginning and the End, or “Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door” | | | | If Rei is questioning her being, does this mean her soul has carried on into this new body? Why was the lance an obstacle? Just what were Gendo and Yui after? Kowaru felt like an avatar for the series viewer. He stepped in, he lifted Shinji up, he gave Shinji the answers, even if they were unclear.... |
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