| 10:31pm | Haibane-Renmei: Episode 12 Commentary | | | | The handing out of the nuts nicely pulled things together for all the characters, tying together any loose ends for the minor characters in the series, from the used clothing dealer to the guy working at the bar to Sumika and her newborn. Within the wall stand memorials for all the haibane who have... |
| 12:32am | Aria the Animation: Episode 10 | | | | Ai earns points with me for not doing well in cold weather. It’s always nice when a character and I have something in common. The opening theme with its soothing song and different animation each episode never fails to impress. Winter is approaching, and the Undines are already donning their... | | |
| 12:27am | Aria the Animation: Episode 9 | | | | There are times when I wonder what the draw on an episode such as this one is. It’s very enjoyable. It’s a day in the life of characters. There’s a goal for the characters which is what keeps them going from day to day, but that all fades into the background in this kind of episode.... | | |
| 10:22pm | Haibane-Renmei: Episode 11 Commentary | | | | The look Reki gave when Dai joined Rakka for the trip to Old Factory says a lot. Dai tells Rakka he won’t miss Reki because he won’t be gone for very long, but Reki knows she’ll have left before his return. By “ending it”, Reki can mean only one of two things. Either... |
| 8:40pm | Sword of Uruk — Is it only on CrunchyRoll? | | | | I’ve not been following with the latest anime out there, but I have seen some posts out there about The Tower of Druaga: Sword of Uruk. When I checked Bost, there’s no mention of it. It seems it’s only on Crunchyroll, from what I’m able to Google. My (personal) moral views... | | |
| 12:01am | Aria the Animation: Episode 8 | | | | Previously, I looked at President Aria’s actions as being something to look at while others are talking, but this episode solidly presents him with a greater level of intelligence than an ordinary animal would have. It’s surprising that a series with as many info-dumps as Aria the Animation... | | |
| 11:52pm | Aria the Animation: Episode 7 | | | | Finally, an episode that doesn’t give extreme world-building or character building. Instead, what is already known about the characters is used for an easygoing episode. This is the first episode to give me the same kind of feel that came with episode one. It’s the experiences in Neo-Venezia... | | |
| 12:06pm | Haibane-Renmei: Episode 10 Commentary | | | | Reki’s birth recalls her words when Rakka was due to be born. She didn’t want Rakka to be born in such a messy place as she herself was. As was Reki’s job, given by Kuramori, Reki was there to greet Rakka. She was there to prepare Rakka as best she could for the coming of her wings,... |
| 11:40pm | Aria the Animation: Episode 6 | | | | With Athena, it’s hard to tell whether she’s extremely spacy, or autistic. If she’s always spaced out, does this mean she really has a lot on her mind all the time, so much so that she often fails to notice things going on around her? The theme of the episode resolved around the spacy... | | |
| 10:16pm | PHP and Rotation | | | | I’m on my first of six days off from work, and already the lack of four to six hours of daily programming is getting to me. Aaaah! Must program. Need programming to do Then I saw this post by CCY of Mega Megane Moe. Looking at the code included there, my eye glistened, and I went at it faster... |
| 10:04pm | Haibane-Renmei: Episode 9 Commentary | | | | By now all my early theories of the reason behind the haibane and the halos have been forgotten on my part, and this episode cements that. The toga are the only ones who would know if Kuu exists outside the town walls, but they cannot speak. They are still ready and willing to help Rakka from the well.... | | |
| 9:05pm | Bottle Fairy: Episode 7 Commentary | | | | October means bats and monsters, tricks and treats, kids in costumes and haunted houses. At least, far off in another country. In Japan, not so. For Tama, October marks the autumn of video games, and for the fairies the autumn of poetry becomes the autumn of sports. Autumn seems to be a time for... |
| 9:58pm | Haibane-Renmei: Episode 8 Commentary | | | | Rakka’s depression stems from believing Kuu will be forgotten, and that the haibane have no meaning beyond to exist after they are born and before they leave. The missing piece here is seeing the impact Kuu has had on her. The lessons and memories Kuu left with her. By dispersing Kuu’s... |
| 9:04pm | Bottle Fairy: Episode 6 Commentary | | | | It’s interesting for the bottle fairies to have their school day in September. While Japanese students have only a one (two?) week summer vacation, tradition schools in USA have a long summer, with September marking the return to school. The design for the fairies appeared extremely degraded... |
| 10:46am | Happy Birthday to Me | | | | This is a self-indulging post. It may freely be ignored. The below comic is not intended to make sense. I wanted to start off with a shot from Miss Yukari’s birthday song to herself (Azumanga Daioh), but also wanted to include a reference to Strawberry Marshmallow, and it just went on from there.... |
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