| 1:32pm | Arata Kangatari - 06 | | | | Change is the air, finally.This was probably the most interesting episode of Arata Kangatari so far - both in its own terms, and because it's where we're finally seeing some deviation from the manga. The anime is half over - as for the manga who knows (it's about to release its... | | |
| 2:10am | Arata Kangatari - 05 | | | | Things continue to move along at a brisk but manageable pace with Arata Kangatari, which as yet stubbornly refuses to offer up any clues suggesting radical changes to the storyline to compensate for its brevity.I'm finding - more so with the anime than with the manga, perhaps because the anime has... | | |
| 3:59am | Episode Review: Arata Kangatari Episodes 1 – 3 | | | | Synopsis (From MAL): Every 30 years, a new princess is chosen from the Hime family to serve the Hayagami. The time has come again, but over these past years, records state not a single female has been born, save for one, the 15-year-old Arata. The only problem is, Arata is actually a male! Forced to... | | |
| 3:18pm | Arata Kangatari - 04 | | | | I see a lot of hopeful signs for Arata Kangatari, but the road ahead is still a puzzling one.The basic trend continues unabated - Arata Kangatari is being adapted at the rate of about 4 chapters per episode, and there are no signs that entire major plot elements will be axed (not yet, anyway). ... | | |
| 2:18pm | Arata Kangatari - 04 | | | | I see a lot of hopeful signs for Arata Kangatari, but the road ahead is still a puzzling one.The basic trend continues unabated - Arata Kangatari is being adapted at the rate of about 4 chapters per episode, and there are no signs that entire major plot elements will be axed (not yet, anyway). ... | | |
| 8:35am | Arata Kangatari – 02 | | | | Arata Kangatari 02 Despite his new-found power, Hinohara is captured by Kannagi. He is then put on trial and sentenced to serve the rest of his life in a hell on earth. However, Kotoha manages to sneak onboard the ship transporting Hinohara with his sword hidden beneath her skirt. At least now Hinohara... | | |
| 2:41am | Arata Kangatari - 02 | | | | Two episodes in, my feelings about Arata Kangatari are pretty much unchanged from where they were a week ago.OP: "GENESIS ARIA" by Sphere As much as I want to focus on the anime independent of anything else, I can't help but be a bit preoccupied with the fascination question of just what Satelight... | | |
| 8:00am | Spring 2013 Anime Preview and Watch List | | | | I like to say that every season of anime has a different character to itself then the preceding seasons but I don’t know if I’ve ever seen such an extreme change as the coming spring season appears to herald.For the record, that’s not a bad thing because I think keeping an open mind about what... | | |
| 8:00am | Spring 2013 Anime Preview and Watch List | | | | I like to say that every season of anime has a different character to itself then the preceding seasons but I don’t know if I’ve ever seen such an extreme change as the coming spring season appears to herald.For the record, that’s not a bad thing because I think keeping an open mind about what... | | |
| 6:30pm | Spring 2013 Season Preview--Big Expectations | | | | Image SourceAs the Winter season wraps up and the wheat is separated from the chaff, it's time to speculate about the new season! I'm excited for quite a few things this time around. Which shows are on your must-watch list?Disclaimer: The following is my personal (and embellished) opinion based on the... | | |
| 5:49pm | 2002 Anime: The Cat Returns | | | | BREAKING NEWS!! THIS JUST IN: STUDIO GHIBLI MAKE REALLY GOOD ANIME! Cat Returns is a bit of an anomaly Ghibli movie. It isn’t directed by Miyazaki or Takahata, but instead by Hiroyuki Morita, dude who went onto direct Bokurano. It’s a spin-off story from Whisper of the Heart, and was... | | |
| 12:58am | Nakaimo - Who is the Imouto? | | | | Kono naka ni hitori imouto ga iru (Engish: One of them is my sister) is another anime in a string of anime series that have, rather unfortunately, a long-winded title. Other similar anime series include Oniichan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne!!, Oniichan dakedo Ai sae Areba Kankeinai yo ne!,... | | |
| 9:39am | Winter 2013 Anime Preview and Watch List | | | | Remember when KyoAni’s Kanon looked good.I think I can, I think I can. After a few misfires, for the first time since the Summer 2011 season, I’m finally back with a seasonal anime preview. The purpose of this post has always been twofold. The first is for those reading this so that they... | | |
| 9:39am | Winter 2013 Anime Preview and Watch List | | | | Remember when KyoAni’s Kanon looked good.I think I can, I think I can. After a few misfires, for the first time since the Summer 2011 season, I’m finally back with a seasonal anime preview. The purpose of this post has always been twofold. The first is for those reading this so that they... | | |
| 7:33pm | Winter Anime 2013 Season Preview | | | | So how is it possible that in less than a month the new season’s going to start? I have no idea when it happened, but I guess not being able to watch anime much at all anime in the passed couple of weeks may play a factor in it. While I spend some time catching up, I figured I’d already... | | |
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