| 12:00pm | Something More: A Certain Problem With Evil | | | | Only one post this week, but it’s an interesting one! Japes discusses the problem of evil as he examines a scene from A Certain Magical Index. [Japesland] __ As part of the Something More series of posts, each week Beneath the Tangles links to writings about anime and manga that involve religion... | | |
| 12:00pm | Something More: A Certain Problem With Evil | | | | Only one post this week, but it’s an interesting one! Japes discusses the problem of evil as he examines a scene from A Certain Magical Index. [Japesland] __ As part of the Something More series of posts, each week Beneath the Tangles links to writings about anime and manga that involve religion... | | |
| 6:00pm | Suisei no Gargantia | | | | Upon reading its plot synopsis advertised in the spring season line-up and having seen the promotional trailer, was interested in “翠星のガルガンティ ア” so started watching this show as soon as it began to air. While it may not have the hype, overall appeal or be as striking as some of... | | |
| 12:58pm | Spring 2013 – Week 4 Anime Review | | | | This week: the theme of forgiveness and tolerance in Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Bride, questioning the utilization of steampunk technologies in Shingeki no Kyojin, those awkward color filters in Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge, and beginning to understand and appreciate Emi’s character in Hataraku Maou-sama!... | | |
| 2:08am | Spring 2013 – Week 3 Anime Review | | | | This week: thinking ahead on how the weather could be used as a means of conflict in Suisei no Gargantia, weighing in on two fascinating story mechanics in Kakumeiki Valvrave, the fantastic use of voices in Chihayafuru 2, and examining the personalities of Emi in Hataraku Maou-sama! and Misaka in To... | | |
| 4:30pm | Ongoing Investigations: Case #212 | | | | I finished the second volume of Vertical’s beautiful release of Message to Adolf. I didn’t expect it to span well past the years of World War II. Most of this volume involves characters caught up in a tense back and forth of who will end up with the information on Hitler’s birth and... | | |
| 4:25am | Toaru Majutsu no Index Retro Review [Below Average] | | | | Not even god can helpTitle: Toaru Majutsu no Index TV Series; Episodes 24 Genre: Action, Science Fiction, Harem Produced: J.C. Staff How do you mess up mixing magic, science fiction, action and women? The answer is quite elementary my dear reader. You coat it all in a veneer of convoluted mythology... | | |
| 6:00pm | To Aru Kagaku No Railgun S | | | | No doubt the show was looking forward to the most this season is “To Aru Kagaku No Railgun S”, sequel to the first anime adaptation of the “とある科学のレール ガン” manga which itself is a spin-off story from the “To Aru Majutsu No Index” light novel series. While I enjoyed both... | | |
| 8:00pm | Light novel awareness for the indifferent anime fan. | | | | “When we’re talking about a manga, you check both out, saying how the original work has its own goodness” Something I find interesting about many anime fans is their apparent lack of knowledge and interest in Japanese light novels. Typically, anime are not the first form of media released... | | |
| 5:58pm | A Small Guide To Anime Music Expressions | | | | This guide here will contain most of the expressions or abbreviations I am likely to use when describing and reviewing a music piece, or in the music and anime industry in general. In the future, I will probably turn this into a page in its own right, and will get updated oftenly, as it is not nearly... | | |
| 1:43pm | A Certain Magical Index Parts 1 & 2 – Anime Review |  | | | Title: A Certain Magical Index Part 1 | A Certain Magical Index Part 2 Covers: Season 1 Format: DVD Release Date: 23rd April 2013 Published by: Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Australia) Funimation Entertainment (North America) —————————— - Based on: The light novel... | | |
| 10:13am | Reviews To Begin Tomorrow |  | | | As you may have noticed, the last week reviews have been far and few between. Due to my taking a week off for bereavement, I came back to a big pile of Uni work which I have only just today caught back up on – thus while I have somehow been keeping up with articles it hasn’t fared so well... | | |
| 12:59pm | To Aru Majutsu no Index II – Accelerator by Alter | | | | Age: 15-16 Height: 168 cm Hair color: White Eye color: Red Classification: Esper Accelerator is the most powerful Psychic in Academy City. His real name is unknown, though Accelerator recalls his surname was composed of two characters and his given name consisted of three characters. First appearing... | | |
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