| 4:12am | Marathon :: Dennou Coil | | | | Okay, this is it. Dennou Coil is my final marathon of the year. I don’t really know what to say about a series that isn’t an epic or monumental adventure out beyond the stars at this point, but I’ll try my best Dennou Coil is an inner journey, a testament of the consciousness, it doesn’t... | | |
| 1:00pm | Best of 2007 Anime Awards, Day 2 - Slice-of-Life | | | | The award ceremony marches onward, now with more silly categories and some slice-of-life awards!.. Sometimes you just need a good pick me up. Of course, personally I usually turn to caffeine, tobacco, or alcohol. When it comes to anime, however, there are time when you really just need something... | | |
| 9:31pm | Documenting Dennou Coil : Prior events | | | | What follows is a high level overview of the events covered or hinted at in Dennou Coil. I have never written a “documentation” type entry before, so this may come off as dry (or drier) in tone. Why documentation? Because it’s just that interesting to me. Dennou Coil has a very... | | |
| 9:23pm | Return for Christmas | | | | So, yes, I’ve returned to my place of stead after a short journey up and down the Eastern coast of North Am. Even though it was a nice “vacation” I’m feeling quite behind. After a drive from the Carolinas, I came home to a mellow evening in which I spent continuing a marathon... | | |
| 1:51pm | Omo completes ef |  | | | Seen at Omo’s today: Not long ago I finished the last episode of ef - a tale of memories. It’s by far the most impressive anime of 2007. Sadly that’s just my impression and not a lasting opinion tested with time, but it was hard to deny that ef was a gimmick intended to impress. Much like... | | |
| 12:22pm | Year in Review: Shafting of the Shrewd | | | | This is really a two-fer (or three-fer): ef, Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei and Hidamari Sketch; and anime as animation, doing what it is suppose to do. Not long ago I finished the last episode of ef - a tale of memories. It’s by far the most impressive anime of 2007. Sadly that’s just my impression... | | |
| 7:47pm | Dennou glasses are a wireless carrier’s best friend | | | | I was always kind of fuzzy about how kids “broke” their glasses and how it would cost an arm and a leg to “fix” but now I see. Things went too quickly to notice that in addition to a download progress bar, there’s a billing meter, and it goes up crazy fast. Even if you... | | |
| 1:19pm | Year in Review: The Real Zero | | | | Code Geass is this year’s overall best-produced anime It also has this massive cliffhanger, but hey, nobody is perfect. In no truer fashion did Taniguchi catch up to the 21st century with a big exclamation mark that also, admittedly, marking him fashionably late. But boy, are CLAMP designs always... | | |
| 3:24am | This party’s over! | | | | Dennou Coil was the first thing I caught up with following my “break,” and it has been one of the most engaging series I have ever seen, let alone this year. The last nine or so episodes have left me at a loss for words. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) the same effect has carried over... | | |
| 9:14am | Haibane Renmei raw | | | | I’m not just reading blogs, but also rewatched Haibane Renmei raw. Sadly, it’s too hard. And it’s not just Washi. Again I saw a few things not seen previously, for example Midori grabs Hyoko under the arm at the festival (uh-oh). Returning to present, as far as powerful storetelling... | | |
| 8:33pm | Final Thoughts - Dennou Coil | | | | Best show of 2007. ’nuff said. I suppose I should be a little more verbose, however I do think that Dennou Coil is hands down the best anime I’ve seen this year in any quantity. However, I don’t think it met my expectations because it didn’t end up being quite what I thought... | | |
| 7:51am | Avoiding uncomfortable anime | | | | Damien goes all personal on the ass of Someday’s Dreamers and shares this practice: No other anime has yet caused me that sort of distress again, mainly because since then, I have been actively avoiding any anime which is supposed to “make you cry”. Unfortunately, I think he’s only bidding... | | |
| 11:01pm | Dennou Coil full series (2007 in 12, day 4) | | | | On Friday afternoon I watched the last two episodes of Dennou Coil and wanted to somehow commit my thoughts to words, and without interrupting the twelve day countdown into the bargain. So, here it is: Day 4 of my Twelve Best Bits of 2007. Since we’re well into the autumn season I think I can... | | |
| 8:00am | Why Dennou Coil just might be the best anime ever | | | | In the near future, advances in technology have made it possible to create a virtual overlay of the real world, visible to anyone wearing special ‘dennou’ glasses. Unsurprisingly, the glasses are a big hit with children, but for the youth of Daikoku city, the glasses are about more than just sending... | | |
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