| 4:23pm | Becca - An American Rock Girl in Japan |  | | | When Otakon announced that one of their Sunday performers would be Portland-born rock singer Becca, pretty much everybody I knew had the same reaction: Who is this American girl and why is she performing at Otakon? What we didn’t know was the unique story of an American rock singer who had already... | | |
| 12:27pm | Anime With Strong, Adult Female Leads | | | | Yesterday I threw out the idea of mentioning a few completely non-Yuri anime that feature adult females here, for people who want to watch anime that do not revolve around fetuses in frilly dresses. I was specifically thinking of a few series I am watching or have watched recently that star women who... | | |
| 7:33am | September Summary | | | | Overall, I don’t think I’m ever going to label the past half year as the best that anime can give. Instead, the past season stood out with its large amount of series that at first sight don’t seem to stand a chance, and yet turn out to be surprisingly solid and enjoyable. My top 10... | | |
| 5:42pm | Ultraviolet: Code 044 Review - 85/100 | | | | Every season has its most underrated series for me. For the past summer season, this was without a doubt Ultraviolet: Code 044. It only got one episode subbed, and that episode received masses of bad reviews. Because of all this bad publicity, this series received no chance at all to show its goods,... | | |
| 5:13pm | Ultraviolet: Code 044 - 12 | | | | Short Synopsis: Luka tries to rescue King, and more things happen which I’m not going to spoil here. Highlights: So different from what I expected! Overall Enjoyment Value: 8.5/10 Whoa! That was actually a really good ending! This episode was among the best episodes of the entire series, and... | | |
| 6:41pm | Ultraviolet: Code 044 - 11 | | | | Short Synopsis: 044 finally gets the chance to talk with Luka Highlights: They were a bit sudden, but the love-scenes worked really well. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Okay, one episode left! This show has the potential to make for a solid ending. This episode introduced enough subplots for this series... | | |
| 12:46pm | Ultraviolet: Code 044 - 10 | | | | Short Synopsis: Luka (or what’s left of him) makes his re-entrance in this series. Highlights: Mostly build-up, but an episode well-spent with lots of eye-candy. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Well.. so this week I decided to not watch the low quality raws from horribleraws (since these also... | | |
| 6:39am | August Summary | | | | August has definitely been an interesting and at the same time strange month. I keep seeing everywhere that the past Summer Season has disappointed, but I just can’t agree with those statements. Sure, there’s no absolute masterpiece airing now that Kaiba ended, but there are actually lots... | | |
| 2:28pm | Ultraviolet: Code 044 - 09 | | | | Short Synopsis: Zakusa and Daxus’ armies face off against each other. Highlights: An action-packed episode that works. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 Excellent episode. The building-up of the past few episodes really paid off with a very exciting episode. I’m glad that despite the negative... | | |
| 1:27pm | Ultraviolet: Code 044 - 08 | | | | Short Synopsis: The scale is upped as 724 reveals an army’s worth of allies. Highlights: Mostly building up and still no Luka? Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Ooh, it really looks like this series is planning to go all out for its finale. This is the second building-up episode in a row, with just... | | |
| 3:15pm | Ultraviolet: Code 044 - 07 | | | | Short Synopsis: Mainly a building-up episode where Daxus II searches 044’s location and 426’s past gets revealed. Highlights: Garcia. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Ultraviolet is really one of those “anime as entertainment” series that does a wonderful job fulfilling its purpose.... | | |
| 1:29pm | Ultraviolet Code 44 06 - Desert Planet. |  | | | snapshot20080809212326snapshot 20080809212346snapshot20080809 212353snapshot20080809212408sn apshot20080809212444snapshot20 080809212453snapshot2008080921 2506snapshot20080809212517snap shot20080809212525 Summary - 44 and Dr. Garcia escapes to desert planet Ginus 12 - a place that’s constantly... | | |
| 8:54pm | Ultraviolet: Code 044 - 06 | | | | Short Synopsis: 044 and Garcia manage to flee to a mining planet as Luka returns to consciousness. Highlights: Fillers? This series? Hah! Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 Ah, screw popular opinion, this series rocks. I’m not sure what exactly it is, but it’s simple, yet effective. When... | | |
| 9:15pm | Ultraviolet: Code 044 - 05 | | | | Short Synopsis: 044 tries to get rid of 724 and his henchmen. Highlights: Solid action that knows when to stop. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 Here’s one thing I don’t get: why the heck is this series getting so much hate?! I mean, I can understand how people can dislike this series: the... | | |
| 10:53pm | Beginning of Summer Season '08 | | | | well actually, mid-way; on one hand, I was waiting for subs to come out first and on the other, my hands were full these last two months but as the saying goes: "better late then never"! I must express my surprise that the summer season has a significant number of shows that I follow, especially in... | | |
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