| 3:11pm | 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... | | |
| 10:06am | July Summary | | | | 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,... | | |
| 8:12pm | Genius Party - 05 - Limit Cycle Review - 72,5/100 | | | | 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... | | |
| 11:42am | Eureka7 - Pocket Full of Rainbows Review - 70/100 | | | | 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... | | |
| 8:58pm | 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... | | |
| 7:53am | 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)... | | |
| 7:14am | Top Picks – 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... | | |
| 9:07am | 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... | | |
| 9:32pm | 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... | | |
| 12:28pm | 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... | | |
| 2:14am | Best in Anime 2008 – 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,... | | |
| 9:46pm | Top Seiyuus of 2008 -- Poll Results | | | | 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... | | |
| 9:59pm | Whoops. | | | | 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... | | |
| 10:08am | 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,... | | |
| 12:00pm | Winter Anime Impressions – 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:... | | |
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