| 1:27am | Studio 4c - Studio Studies Part Four | | | | Having discussed my favorites, I’d now like to go over the studio I have the most respect for, Studio 4c. It was founded by genius director Koji Morimoto and company president Eiko Tanaka, with whom you can read a great interview from Asian Cinema site Midnight Eye, in 1986. As mentioned in... | | |
| 7:14pm | Mouryou no Hako - 04 | | | | Short Synopsis: Not just heads get cut off in this series. Highlights: Awesome use of different camera-angles. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 (Excellent) Those creators really are out to get me with their incredibly complicated dialogue. Heck, the website even refuses to list the name of the different... | | |
| 3:04am | Kaiba #11 | | | | I've been looking forward to this episode, the penultimate one, because one of my favorite new animators of recent years, and an animator who has been doing a lot of great work on this series, has mounted his debut as an animation director on the episode - Ryotaro Makihara. Makihara first came to my... | | |
| 6:49am | Ryoko’s Case Files Series Review | | | | I’m always on the lookout for anime shows that are different; partly because I like shows that are different and partly because it becomes harder to get bored of shows that aren’t different since they only make up part of what I watch. This anime was an example of being slightly different, not really... | | |
| 8:20pm | Autumn ‘08 impressions: week 1 | | | | This past weekend was spent watching anime, lots and lots of anime, and below you can read my findings. Having come perilously close to losing my sanity at several points over the last few days, the scariest thing is that there is still so much I’m waiting to see, not least of all the majority... | | |
| 10:43pm | Final Thoughts: Kaiba | | | | In a future where memories can be downloaded, erased and traded, society as we know it has changed. Whilst the rich manipulate their memories and switch bodies as they please, the discontented poor can only look up and dream of such extravagance as they make do with what they have. Into this world awakens... | | |
| 1:24am | Face Off 2: Mike and Ray on Eve no Jikan and Its Issues |  | | | Another dialogue, this time about the issues raised by Eve no Jikan. As you can see this is going to become a regular series. Mike: I have a question. Why would people create androids that had the potential for intelligence in the first place, when it’s clear they are so uncomfortable with... | | |
| 7:15am | Casshern Sins - 02 | | | | Short Synopsis: Casshern ends up at a small refugee village of robots. Highlights: Surprisingly solid. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 As for the shows I’m not blogging (as usual, this isn’t really about “is this good?”, but “do I feel like writing about it every single... | | |
| 5:18am | Vital Information For Your Daily Life: #1 ‘Indie’ Anime | | | | There are some things that are imperative in nature and you must keep them in mind while engaging in a conversation with an appreciator of Japanese visual culture. When I refer to the term ‘appreciator of Japanese visual culture’, it means one who is not an average chomper of the standard... | | |
| 3:31am | Windy Tales 02 |  | | | I’m a big hypocrite for dismissing Kaiba and Soul Eater, and giving a pass to this. To illustrate, I’m going to throw a few pictures. Animation is everywhere, especially in places where everyone else would just use a pan-over: The meter is moving in the pump: This is not very visual, but... | | |
| 7:28am | Himitsu ~The Revelation~ Review - 92,5/100 | | | | This is probably going to be the most difficult review of the past month for me. First of all, it’s always difficult to review your favourite series without delving into plain rambling, but this also isn’t a case where I just sum up the points I loved about it and get things over with.... | | |
| 2:22pm | Macross Frontier - 25 | | | | Short Synopsis: The final episode: Save Ranka and destroy Grace. Highlights: Pretty, but a bit too keen on creating a perfect ending. Overall Enjoyment Value: 7/10 Ugh, okay, so Alto didn’t die; I should have known. I’ve been too spoiled by series as Ultraviolet and especially Himitsu,... | | |
| 4:46am | Windy Tales 01 | | | | Windy Tales (風人物語) is one of the few anime to which I excuse the lack of a big budget. By using delicate hints and motions, Windy Tales accomplishes what entries such as Soul Eater and Kaiba attempted in the arts department. Unfortunately, the story peters out after 3 episodes. But on the upside,... | | |
| 11:04am | 空耳/空耳歌詞[soramimi/soramimikashi] | | | | I am not sure how many famous words were born in 2ch or Nico Nico, but now it’s too late to make a post on this, isn’t it? So I shall mention some of them which are especially famous. Before I start, I have to explain 空耳[soramimi] or mishearing and 空耳歌詞[soramimi kashi] or... | | |
| 10:00pm | Macross Frontier - Halfway Thoughts | | | | I’ve fallen off the anime bandwagon again. I went on holiday a few weeks ago with a stockpile of around 45 episodes to watch and didn’t get through any of them, let alone think about blogging (Kaiba has spoilt me this year, clearly). I’m easing myself back into things - I finally... | | |
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