| 9:31pm | Mouryou no Hako - 11 | | | | Short Synopsis: Kiba’s had enough and starts going after who he thinks is the culprit. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 (Excellent) Whoa, to think that this series actually managed to squeeze in some romance, and manages to get away with it! At this point, it really is clear that both the limbs... | | |
| 3:30am | Top Picks – Fall 2008 Anime, Part 2 | | | | Pushing this back a couple of days changed a couple of the winners and caused a few more categories to be added included one award that is my first award named after an anime - The Gurren Lagann Memorial Body-Count Award. I thought it was appropriate and I did make a comment a few weeks ago essentially... | | |
| 5:15am | My Favorite 2008 OPs (and Yours?) |  | | | Let’s do something we haven’t done here before on Anime Diet: end-of-the-year lists! Our first list is favorite OPs of the year, drawn from the various anime shown throughout 2008. My personal top five OPs are: 1.) Kaiba OP, “Never.” A deeply heartfelt, mostly-correct English... | | |
| 4:09am | As the End Nears: ef–What Are We Supposed to Be Feeling? (Part 2) | | | | In which Mike wonders, after seeing much of its second season, whether the sacred cow he liked best last year was really all that. (This article is the spiritual successor to a similarly titled article last year about School Days’ midpoint.) A couple of months ago, Coburn of Claiming Ground wrote... | | |
| 3:21pm | Mouryou no Hako - 10 | | | | Short Synopsis: Akihiko goes to the box maker to confront him with the things he’s done. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 (Awesome) Wow just wow. This episode was simply awesome, and it shows that the creators know exactly what they’re doing with this series. The two episodes of straight... | | |
| 8:44am | Mouryou no Hako - 09 | | | | Short Synopsis: The killer’s identity is confirmed, Yoriko’s mother is in despair and a rather big spoiler happens that you don’t want to find out before you’ve seen episode eight. Highlights: Talk about a change of pacing! Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 (Excellent) Oh, how... | | |
| 4:45am | Face Off: Ray and Mike Battle Over ‘Mouryou no Hako’ | | | | Ray: [Mouryou no Hako is] too slow paced and by the 10 minute mark I got bored. No, it’s not yaoi, I get that, but I honestly don’t see it as a great show. It’s just dressed up with surealism and bizzaro-ness. Mike: It’s definitely slower paced, sure. But I don’t really... | | |
| 1:19pm | November Summary | | | | I must say that the current Autumn-season has been a really good one so far. There are lots of promising and charming titles, with a wide variety of different styles. #25 (32) - To Aru Majutsu no Index - (7,5/10) - I originally dropped this series, but after I found out that it was going to be 25 episodes,... | | |
| 7:54pm | Mouryou no Hako - 08 | | | | Short Synopsis: Kiba continues to collect clues, and finally all of the four main characters are together. Highlights: It was a long wait, but finally the developments continue. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 (Excellent) The biggest reason why I like this series so much is that even though its story... | | |
| 9:07pm | Mouryou no Hako - 07 | | | | Short Synopsis: Sekiguchi, Toriguchi and Akihiko continue to talk about the various aspects of the boxed murders case. Highlights: Just when I thought that the previous episode was filled with dialogue Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 (Excellent) Holy crap; I can hardly believe my eyes. One episode that... | | |
| 5:50pm | Season Stance: Autumn 2008 | | | | 秋季が十分に力で愛し ていません! Nope doesn’t make sense. So I have a fair number blog articles to comment on, but have yet to delve into the subject matter, whoops. I’m also over 20 backlogged episodes for the season, whoops whoops. I also have nothing more to say and so... | | |
| 8:06pm | Mouryou no Hako - 06 | | | | Short Synopsis: Toriguchi shares his theories with Akihiko. Highlights: I can’t recall having seen any episode for the past year that had more dialogue in it than this one Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 (Excellent) Wow just wow. When I thought that the previous episode was full of dialogue, this... | | |
| 8:00pm | On plotting the perfect (anime) murder | | | | I’m a huge fan of mystery stories, which meant that I was overjoyed that there was not one but two murder-mystery series this season in the form of Chaos;Head and Mouryou no Hako. The likes of CSI and NCIS are good fun with their Hollywood sheen (the cool music, the SHADES OF JUSTICE and so on)... | | |
| 5:35am | Mouryou no Hako - 04 “Fiery Chariot” | | | | Synopsis: Kiba wonders if Kanako’s abduction is related to the Musashino mutilation incident. Sekiguchi is looking at dismembered body parts scattered on the floor. In his hand, he holds a bloody knife. And he wonders why it didn’t go well. He wonders if it’s because the method... | | |
| 3:34pm | Mouryou no Hako - 05 | | | | Short Synopsis: The fourth main character turns out to be a detective/psychic who gets hired to find Kanako. Highlights: Too. Much. Dialogue! Overall Enjoyment Value: 7,5/10 (Good) This episode was an absolute nightmare for an inexperienced raw watcher as myself. During the previous episodes, I still... | | |
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