| 10:19pm | Spring Anime: 24 First Looks | | | | After one episode, Kurenai, Macross Frontier, and Vampire Knight are at the top of my list. In fact, there are lots of watchable shows, but unless Kurenai steps up, there is nothing really in my drama sweet spot. Here are some reactions to first episodes (which can be misleading).Kure-nai -- the director... | | |
| 5:46pm | Kurenai: Speed Grapher Minus 10 Years? | | | | The rather unique OP sequence suggested that it would be a slice of life series set in a lodging house not unlike that of Love Hina. But the moment Kurenai began, it was quite apparent that the show would be extremely similar to Speed Grapher. Almost the same plot actually. Ultra-rich young girl locked... | | |
| 10:31am | Some quick first impressions: Allison to Lillia, Kurenai and xxxHolic Kei | | | | Allison to Lillia Ah, the first good series of the season. This episode was pretty solid; it started out as not anything special, but as it went on, it became more interesting by the minute, and this is just the first episode. You can really see the influences of both Mokke and Kino no Tabi, and yet... | | |
| 8:58pm | 49 New Anime: preview, staff, cast, story, pic | | | | As usual, what looked like a poor season is actually shaping up to have a number of interesting shows. Nothing so far looks like an instant classic, but there are always surprises. And with 49 shows (including OVAs), there could be plenty of surprises.Hirano Aya returns to anime in a big way, starring... | | |
| 11:17am | Dragonaut - The Resonance Review - 62/100 | | | | There are basically two kinds of Gonzo. The first is Good Gonzo, which searches the borders of anime with new and engaging concepts, and which delivered us series as Bokura no, Master of Epic, Red Garden, Gankutsuou, NHK ni Youkoso and Last Exile. Then there is Bad Gonzo, which consists out of a bunch... | | |
| 3:35am | true tears: THUD. | | | | I certainly didn’t see THIS coming. Time to play Armchair Therapist again! First, a list of Bad Things that have happened to Noe: * Shin’ichiro apparently abandoned her for Hiromi * Her brother, Jun, confessed romantic love for her (This one came from completely out of left field in one... | | |
| 10:51pm | Sekirei TV anime announced! | | | | The official Sekirei manga site at Square-Enix's Young Gangan Magazine brought the announcement last night: as previously rumored, the bishoujo fighting-themed manga from Gokurakuin Sakurako (Ashika Sakura) will become an anime some time this year! It will be directed by Kusakawa Keizou (recent directorial... | | |
| 4:13pm | Porfy no Nagai Tabi - 09 | | | | I must say that, ignoring obvious series that take place in America like Red Garden, that this has been one of the least-stereotyped portrayals of Americans I’ve ever seen in an anime. Finally, these people are portrayed like ordinary people, instead of the cocky blonde arrogant types that you... | | |
| 5:26pm | Red Garden Anime, Volume 1 | | | | There's a lot of stuff going on in Red Garden, Volume 1. (Here's links to my previous reviews of the anime and volume 1 of the manga for compare and contrast.) The whole thing starts with high-impact action scenes, throwing us right into the middle of the story with no warning. Much like the protagonists,... | | |
| 3:03pm | Spring Season Preview | | | | Incidentally, this is my 1600th post, so I thought that it would a good time for the upcoming spring-season preview, and the line-up is looking quite interesting. There are a lot of science-fiction series, and no hentai-game adaptations at all. That’s probably the first since years now. Apart... | | |
| 2:03pm | Tired of Barren, Insertless Cases | | | | Something that has irritated me lately has been the increasing trend of DVD volumes coming with the disc inside the case and that’s it. Recent examples in my buying experience have been the regular edition of Haruhi vol. 1, Red Garden vol. 1 and Pumpkin Scissors vol. 1. Seeing the empty space... | | |
| 9:57pm | Sawashiro Miyuki On Stage | | | | Sawashiro Miyuki 沢城みゆき has joined the Theatre Gekidango (Theatre劇団子) comedy troupe. The group performs live and creates video comedy sketches that are shown on TV.Miyukichi (her nickname) performed in their Harukanaru Yama de Yahoho 遥かなる山でヤッホッ ホ (I think that means... | | |
| 1:30pm | Dead Flowers, Red Garden | | | | One volume in and I begin to wonder which Gonzo made Red Garden. Is it the one that made Last Exile and Gankutsuou or the one that made SpeedGrapher and Real Bout High School? Cheap-shot mentioning RBHS, I know. I guess either way, Red Garden promises to be horrific, though obviously I pray for the... | | |
| 5:49pm | Yucca “Call My Name” lyrics | | | | GHOST HOUND ED from Yucca’s solo album. It really makes me think of RED GARDEN. If you spot errors, do point them out in the comments, thanks. 『Call My Name ～風鳴りの丘～』perfor med by Yucca 夜の隙間 約束の丘で 月灯りに滴る 花弁に キスを不思議の国 誘... | | |
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