http://antenna.animeblogger.net/ Series Mouryou no Hako - An aggregation of content from anime blogs. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss AnimeBlogger.net Antenna http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/09/08/ga-geijutsuka-art-design-class-10/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/09/08/ga-geijutsuka-art-design-class-10/ GA really is the best 4Koma adaptation I have ever seen. And sure, the competition isn’t exactly dazzling, but it’s the first 4Koma adaptation that managed to really portray the short and snappy pacing of those sort of stories. It always brings something new to the table and never fails to... Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:11:21 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/07/31/july-summary-4/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/07/31/july-summary-4/ I must say, that we’ve got ourselves an awesome Summer Season here. Sure, there aren’t many series, but a significant majority of the new series succeed at what they intend to do. There may not be a lot of shows with awesome and ambitious story-lines, but in terms of slice of life and characterization,... Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:06:00 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/07/14/genius-party-05-limit-cycle-review-725100/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/07/14/genius-party-05-limit-cycle-review-725100/ Genius Party gathers many different people with many different talents to create shorts. With Limit Cycle, this is monologues. It’s basically 20 minutes of monologue about religious and philosophical topics. Its director is Hideki Futamura, who isn’t really a big name. He worked on a bunch... Tue, 14 Jul 2009 20:12:45 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/07/03/eureka7-pocket-full-of-rainbows-review-70100/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/07/03/eureka7-pocket-full-of-rainbows-review-70100/ I haven’t been looking forward to the Eureka7 movie, for the following reason: the series was pretty conclusive, wasn’t it? Why ruin it with a movie. I therefore just assumed that it was going to be one of those recap movies like with Gurren Lagann, but as it turns out it takes place in an... Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:42:55 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/05/14/eden-of-the-east-06/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/05/14/eden-of-the-east-06/ Yet another episode of building up, but really: that’s exactly what this series needs to be doing at one point. I watched this episode raw, so I probably missed quite a few things, but it’s always good to see an episode dedicated to fleshing out the side-cast. There’s plenty of time... Thu, 14 May 2009 20:58:15 GMT http://hontouni.com/souomou/2009/04/14/from-the-ancient-times-abc http://hontouni.com/souomou/2009/04/14/from-the-ancient-times-abc No, not Gachapen. While struggling to remember and add pre-2005 anime to MAL, I dug out the handful of old anime reviews I wrote which predate this blog. It’s been fun re-reading them; I’ve been surprised at how some of my views have changed. Or not. 801 T.T.S. Airbats (Reviewed 2001-12-27)New... Tue, 14 Apr 2009 07:53:39 GMT http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/top-picks-%e2%80%93-winter-2009-anime-part-3-vma-awards/ http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/03/24/top-picks-%e2%80%93-winter-2009-anime-part-3-vma-awards/ Time to shine the spotlight on those components that can elevate an anime from good to memorable. That’s not to say that perfection is required from the voice actors, music, and the animation to make a show memorable but it certainly helps. For example, if I say the words Paranoia Agent, what’s the... Tue, 24 Mar 2009 07:14:08 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/16/casshern-sins-24/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/16/casshern-sins-24/ Short Synopsis: The finale of Casshern Sins.Episode Rating: 7,5/10 (Good)Yeah, like expected: the creators tried to stuff too much into this episode and therefore it lacked the impact it could have had, but let me tell you this: if the right time was reserved to make everything in this episode give enough... Mon, 16 Mar 2009 09:07:56 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/14/birdy-the-mighty-decode-23/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/14/birdy-the-mighty-decode-23/ Short Synopsis: Birdy starts to search for Natoru.Episode Rating: 8,5/10 (Awesome)And so this series continues its string of utterly incredible episodes. Oh boy, it sure has set a incredibly high standard for the rest of 2009. It’s going to be interesting whether the rest of the year can produce... Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:32:03 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/02/20/michiko-e-hatchin-18/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/02/20/michiko-e-hatchin-18/ Short Synopsis: Hatchin goes after a TV-star who looks like Hiroshi.Episode Rating: 8,5/10 (Awesome)Haha, as if Hatchin hadn’t already proven her awesomeness! In this episode, she manages to break into the house of a famous TV-star, breaking his window in the process because she thought he had... Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:28:36 GMT http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/best-in-anime-2008-%e2%80%93-part-4-music-voice-and-animation-awards/ http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/best-in-anime-2008-%e2%80%93-part-4-music-voice-and-animation-awards/ This show had one of the best pure filler episodes of the year.Or if I rearranged the words, the VMA Awards or the AMV Awards . It is certainly possible for an anime show to be good or at least watchable without stellar music, voice acting, or animation; however, it does definitely help. For example,... Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:14:46 GMT http://hashihime.blogspot.com/2009/01/top-seiyuus-of-2008-poll-results.html http://hashihime.blogspot.com/2009/01/top-seiyuus-of-2008-poll-results.html Koshimizu Ami's Horo in Spice & Wolf was the top lead female seiyuu performance of 2008. That's what your votes said. And that's what I thought, too.Male lead: Fukuyama Jun (Lelouche in Code Geass)Supporting female: Horie Yui (Minori in Toradora)Supporting male: Kamiya Hiroshi (Michel in Macross... Thu, 22 Jan 2009 21:46:00 GMT http://www.ass-no-ryu.com/animeblog/?p=1182 http://www.ass-no-ryu.com/animeblog/?p=1182 So.That anime stuff, eh?*wind whistles*I’m turning into one of those people who reads more about anime than they watch (i.e. I’ve watched virtually nothing at all for months).I’m not very happy about this turn of events, actually. Last season there were some interesting visual gems... Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:59:06 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/01/19/popolocrois-2003-26/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/01/19/popolocrois-2003-26/ Short Synopsis: The ending of Popolocrois 2003, in which Zephys has to be defeated somehow.Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 (Awesome)So, it’s finally finished. Wyrdwad and the other fansubbers did an awesome job in bringing the two Popolocrois series to the English community. About the ending, it... Mon, 19 Jan 2009 10:08:11 GMT http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/winter-anime-impressions-%e2%80%93-rideback/ http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/01/16/winter-anime-impressions-%e2%80%93-rideback/ 2008 was a very good year for Madhouse anime, no other studio could match the number of quality anime shows they had: think Kaiba, Maid Guy, Kurozuka, and Mouryou no Hako to name just four. Therefore, when I found out Rideback was being done by Madhouse I became really excited about this title. Rating:... Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:00:12 GMT http://www.iwanihana.info/2009/01/artistic-influences-on-mouryou-no-hako-%E9%AD%8D%E9%AD%8E%E3%81%AE%E5%8C%A3.html http://www.iwanihana.info/2009/01/artistic-influences-on-mouryou-no-hako-%E9%AD%8D%E9%AD%8E%E3%81%AE%E5%8C%A3.html Vaguely continuing on my previous posts on this series here and here, I would like to discuss some traces of artistic influences I spotted in Mouryou no Hako: 1) This is just a totally wild guess - but perhaps the art of Kuroki Kosuwe (黒木こずゑ) inspired part of the ED and Kanako's dream in... Sun, 11 Jan 2009 13:43:43 GMT http://animewriter.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/best-anime-of-2008-and-the-anime-year-in-review-part-1/ http://animewriter.wordpress.com/2009/01/04/best-anime-of-2008-and-the-anime-year-in-review-part-1/                Well, at the stroke of midnight, 2008 ended and the new year began, and whether you spent the night partying with family and friends or you spent your time reflecting on the past year, I hope you enjoyed the night. To me, this time of the year makes me feel reflective of... Mon, 05 Jan 2009 02:03:06 GMT http://www.iwanihana.info/2009/01/the-concept-of-kotodama-%E8%A8%80%E9%9C%8A.html http://www.iwanihana.info/2009/01/the-concept-of-kotodama-%E8%A8%80%E9%9C%8A.html There is a word in Japanese known as kotodama (言霊, or sometimes written as 言魂) that denotes the spiritual power of words. Koto 言 means "word" or "speech"; dama 霊/魂 comes from tama or tamashii which means "soul". The interesting thing about it is that one conspiracy... Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:38:33 GMT http://animediet.net/anime-reviews/2009-q1-winter/first-look-fair-maria%e2%9c%9dholic http://animediet.net/anime-reviews/2009-q1-winter/first-look-fair-maria%e2%9c%9dholic First review of the year! Akiyuki Shinbo strikes again–or does he? This new season show comes out earlier than most, courtesy of a free streaming broadcast. The aggregators tell me I’m rather late to the party, but since I’m beginning a brand new year full of resolution I’m going... Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:46:51 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/12/31/2008-summary-part-ii/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/12/31/2008-summary-part-ii/ I originally wanted to wait with posting this until Porfy no Nagai’s final episode got released, but its time is nearly running out here. The Share-uploaders have a very cruel sense of humour: out of all the episodes they could have picked to delay, it became that one. In any case, here’s... Wed, 31 Dec 2008 20:22:32 GMT