| 5:10pm | Winter Anime Impressions – Birdy the Mighty Decode 2 | | | | The first season of Birdy was one of the highlights of the summer. It wasn’t perfect but it did an excellent job in developing the story and it’s animation was above average bordering on great. I’m hoping that A-1 Pictures received a little more money to do this season because that might be all... | | |
| 12:00pm | Winter Anime Impressions – Shikabane Hime: Kuro | | | | The second season of Shikabane Hime started the week after the first season ended with a different set of animators, much like the second season of Minami-ke. I’m hoping desperately with this recipe for a better result then what we got with Minami-ke.Rating: 7/12 BI’ll keep the story recap light... | | |
| 3:27am | Autumn '08 Reviews | | | | Better late then never the autumn season restored my lost interest to anime. From the harrowing experience of Ga-Rei and ef to the insanity of Macademi and Kemeko to the vanilla-taste of Yozakura and Kannagi, oh I shouldn't forget Chäos;HEAd. Also several other shows continue into the winter, namely... | | |
| 10:10pm | Natsume Yuujin-Chou - 16 | | | | Short Synopsis: Natori returns and invites Natsume to a hot spring? Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 (Excellent) Best episode of the second season so far! This most likely is because it involves a recurring character again: Natori, and indeed confirmed my suspicion that the best part of the second season... | | |
| 9:10pm | Jigoku Shoujo - 67 | | | | Short Synopsis: A girl whose brother is a rising DJ calls Jigoku Tsuushin. Overall Enjoyment Value: 7,5/10 (Good) What is it with anime and sibling complexes? Heck, it’s supposed to be a taboo, but you see it broken so much in anime that it’s become an exception for a brother and a sister... | | |
| 3:58pm | Birdy the Mighty Decode - 15 | | | | Short Synopsis: Birdy meets her childhood friend again. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 (Awesome) Whoa! I somewhat expected that the second season would be better than the first, but such a huge difference in quality, I never saw coming. The first two episodes were quiet and set up the basic premise... | | |
| 6:43pm | Shikabane Hime - 16 | | | | Short Synopsis: Ouri continues with his training to not die. Overall Enjoyment Value: 7/10 (Enjoyable) The fanservice. wtf This series was supposed to be subtle. What the heck is up with the new ED? Why does the first scene of this episode start with a naked Makina? Seriously, I don’t mind a... | | |
| 10:57am | The post for the study of the adaptation of visual media | | | | Or just another post with scattered thoughts comparing the Genshiken manga and anime. Manga and anime spoilers abound. Fateful Encounter. In the manga, we were not shown how Saki and Kousaka met in university. The anime opened with her trying to pick him up but then having him recognize her as a childhood... | | |
| 4:56am | Weekly Anime Review (Jan 5 – Jan 11) | | | | A very light week of anime this week for me. I pushed my watching of many of the new winter shows into the current week so I could try to finish a few lingering shows of 2008 I wanted to get too before 2009 started. I was only partially successful, Shigofumi got watched finally but I still want to get... | | |
| 12:00am | Toradora: Slice of Life Frontier | | | | We Remember Love has lavished attention on Toradora! I think it’s the anime that has gotten more attention here aside from Macross and Gundam. I’ve even been one of the few fans that have taken Kitamura seriously. In the most recent episodes (13 and 14) Toradora! I believe has elevated... | | |
| 6:45pm | Natsume Yuujin-Chou - 15 | | | | Short Synopsis: Natsume teams up with a bunny-youkai in order to get rid of an evil spirit. Overall Enjoyment Value: 7,5/10 (Good) It’s really good to see this series back again, and I’m interested whether the second season will be able to top the first season. Unlike shows as Shikabane... | | |
| 7:34am | Winter Anime Impressions – Minami-Ke: Okaeri | | | | Asread animation studio has been raked over the coals by much of the anime fandom for their lackluster second series of Minami-Ke because it couldn’t compete with Studio Doumu’s first season. I think much of the vitriol was uncalled for because the second season was still better then most of the... | | |
| 12:43am | The 512,000th ‘Genshiken Was Awesome’ post on the interwebs | | | | I caught the first season of Genshiken in late 2004/early 2005 and enjoyed it. But it didn’t strike me as awesome. It didn’t exactly leave a strong impression on me; I had forgotten what happened in the first season by the time the three bridging OVAs and second season aired in late 2006... | | |
| 9:15pm | Sanpei Yuuko -- shounen shoujo | | | | I first heard of Sanpei Yuuko 三瓶由布子 as Koshimizu Ami's girlfriend. She and Ami even had a mock wedding reception on the radio.But she is a lot more than just a "yuri seiyuu." She, like her friend Ami, is one of the top young talents working today. Her work as Nakiami in Bounen no Xamdo is strong... | | |
| 3:00pm | Shikabane Hime - 15 | | | | Short Synopsis: Makina again gets the chance to meet the ones who killed her. Overall Enjoyment Value: 7.5/10 (Good) Whoa, there surely have been some changes between the first and second season. Some were expected, others not, and both seasons now have their own advantages and disadvantages. Thankfully... | | |
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