| 2:48pm | Yuri satifising this Fall season | | | | I’ve heard that there have been possible sightings of yuri in Mouryou no Hako - looking forward to it if there is. Thus far the third episode of Kannagi (thanks for the heads up, totali!) had some faux yuri fan service to tease us loser fanboys and provide inspiration for lots of doujinshi.... | | |
| 9:37am | HORROR! | Or is it just spooky violence? | | | | So I saw Mouryou no Hako and Kurozuka last week. I had no idea what was going on in Mouryou no Hako but there was hints of yuri and then random suicide? It was odd. I cannot be bothered to watch more to be honest. It was good but yeah not my cup of tea. It brought to mind thoughts of shows that bored... | | |
| 5:10am | Japanese Otakus' Choices -- What 2channel Likes This Season | | | | After three episodes of most shows, 2channel has declared itself.The Japanese anime fans who post to that vast complex of message boards favor Clannad After Story and Gundam00 among new seasons of old shows.And among new shows, they like Toradora and Kannagi, with To Aru Majutsu no Index only a little... | | |
| 5:30pm | Fall Anime Impressions – Mouryou no Hako | | | | Time for the third Madhouse anime series of the season - Mouryou no Hako. I somehow missed this show when I was looking at the fall shows but the positive buzz from other people guaranteed that I’d watch this.Rating: 11/12 A+Well, Madhouse hits another home run with this show.The story so far seems... | | |
| 4:58am | A box of goblins, just in time for Halloween |  | | | by dm00 Mouryou no hako is based on an award-winning novel by Natsuhiko Kyogoku, who also wrote the novel which gave us Requiem from the Darkness. Some of the Requiem from the Darkness team has joined in the production of Mouryou no Hako, and I think it shows. Character designs come from CLAMP,... | | |
| 4:29am | Mouryou no Hako 1 RETREAD - Because Blissmo Doesn’t Get It | | | | Let’s try this again.So, Blissmo posted about episode 1 of Mouryou no Hako about a week ago and hated it, so I stole her images and went on a journey to write her wrongs, since she obviously won’t cover the show anymore. Mouryou no Hako is not only my favorite show of the season, but... | | |
| 4:29am | Mouryou no Hako 1 RETREAD - Because Blissmo Doesn’t Get It | | | | Let’s try this again. So, Blissmo posted about episode 1 of Mouryou no Hako about a week ago and hated it, so I stole her images and went on a journey to write her wrongs, since she obviously won’t cover the show anymore. Mouryou no Hako is not only my favorite show of the season, but... | | |
| 3:24pm | Yuri News This Week - October 18, 2008 | | | | Yuri AnimeThe new anime season has begun and, in response to a thread on the Yuricon Mailing List about new anime with no Yuri but that wouldn't stop people from making up in their heads anyway, several people have jump up to recommend new anime Mouryou no Hako for possible Yuri. I haven't seen it... | | |
| 12:53pm | Dark twins of fall 2008: Mouryou no Hako and Kurozuka | | | | In a break from my usual fare, I decided to take on two shows with 'dark' themes. With most of the shows that I finished from 2008 of the more lively kind, it would be ironic to call these two shows a 'refreshing' experience. | | |
| 8:42pm | Kneejerk One Episode Reactions | | | | Well, out of everything I’ve watched so far Mouryou no Hako is the only show that’s really made me go “wow!” and got the blogging juices going. I haven’t watched absolutely everything (those days are behind me, alas, I no longer have that completist instinct) so there’s... | | |
| 9:59pm | Autumn/Fall Anime: Nodame Cantabile: Paris Chapter, Tytania, Kurozuka, Skip Beat, Mouryou no Hako | | | | My 5th and last of these first impression posts. While I haven’t covered everything, I’ve seen most of the worthwhile shows. Only Michiko no Hatchin left, which I’ll be blogging anyway!Gundam 00 Season 2, Toradora, Hyakko, Akane iro ni somaru sakuClannad After Story, Eve no Jikan, Casshern... | | |
| 7:22am | Kurozuka - 02 | | | | Short Synopsis: A violent killer visits Kuromitsu. Highlights: Production-values are less than in the first episode, but nonetheless gorgeous. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 As for One Outs, I’m very surprised at how underrated that series has become, considering how well-received Akagi and Kaiji... | | |
| 8:56pm | Mouryou no Hako - 02 | | | | Short Synopsis: Kanako’s family and relatives rush over to check whether she’s okay. Highlights: I really hope that rumour of 13 episodes is wrong. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Okay, so it was pretty obvious that I was going to blog this series. As for the ones I’m not going to... | | |
| 6:32am | Mouryou no Hako - 01: Not Awesome, I Can’t Deal With That | | | | Girls talk too much right? I honestly don’t know why I held high expectations—-or any at all—-for CLAMP’s new anime entitled Mouryou no Hako. I was quite sure of myself when I told hazy that it couldn’t get any worse than long legs, but the first episode definitely... | | |
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