| 11:55am | Good and Bad Design in Japan | | | | There are many reasons to like a given anime series, including a truly fresh story approach, characters with endearing moe features, wanting to study the technical aspects of creating high-quality animation, or, well, fanservice and pantsu. I often find myself drawn to shows with a high level of design,... | | |
| 2:46pm | Kai’s Anime Backlog | | | | Backlogs, who wouldn’t have them? Especially with time constraints, backlogs tend to grow overwhelmingly huge over the long term and before we know it, we are faced with an almost unbreakable wall of piled up unwatched anime. During the winter season, I decided to pick as less anime as possible... | | |
| 6:02pm | The Comedic Stylings of Five Legendary Warriors: Yes! Pretty Cure 5 | | | | I was originally going to make my next Precure review about the recently-concluded Smile Precure!, but because of its many similarities to Yes! Pretty Cure 5 I thought it would be better to talk about that one first so that when I do get around to Smile you’ll know where I’m coming from.... | | |
| 5:00pm | Day 12 – 2012 Summary | | | | クリスマスパーティー | いやくん Putting my hands up, I donno what to do for today, so as a summary for this year, I will just provide 1 line summary/comment for all the shows that aired this year and that I have either completed or watched to the most recent episode.Completed Ano Natsu... | | |
| 9:39am | Winter 2013 Anime Preview and Watch List | | | | Remember when KyoAni’s Kanon looked good.I think I can, I think I can. After a few misfires, for the first time since the Summer 2011 season, I’m finally back with a seasonal anime preview. The purpose of this post has always been twofold. The first is for those reading this so that they... | | |
| 9:39am | Winter 2013 Anime Preview and Watch List | | | | Remember when KyoAni’s Kanon looked good.I think I can, I think I can. After a few misfires, for the first time since the Summer 2011 season, I’m finally back with a seasonal anime preview. The purpose of this post has always been twofold. The first is for those reading this so that they... | | |
| 11:04pm | Irony deficiency | | | | From Helen Rittelmeyer‘s review of Yumiko Kurahashi’s The Adventures of Sumiyakist Q: For one thing, Japanese literature has no tradition of satire. I did not realize this until I read it in the translator’s introduction (“only deviations from accepted socials norms have tended to be the... | | |
| 9:45am | Fall 2012 Anime Preview: A whole bunch of sequels and more | | | | Wow, does the fall season have a lot of anime series or what? Of course, a good portion of these shows are for little kids, but even when you take them into consideration, there’s a crazy amount of content just around the corner. It almost makes me wish summer was over and done with already (I... | | |
| 6:19am | Cultural References and Insufficient Power Level | | | | Based on the general consensus I watched Joshiraku for the first time expecting it to be completely cryptic like alien written in ancient tablets, too difficult and obscure to remotely understand it. Based on the general consensus Joshiraku would be incomprehensible, very much Japanese-only, providing... | | |
| 6:19am | Cultural References and Insufficient Power Level | | | | Based on the general consensus I watched Joshiraku for the first time expecting it to be completely cryptic like alien written in ancient tablets, too difficult and obscure to remotely understand it. Based on the general consensus Joshiraku would be incomprehensible, very much Japanese-only, providing... | | |
| 10:00am | (Not So) Breaking News: Prism Nana Project | | | | SHAFT, the studio that brought you much of Nisio Isin’s -monogatari ser ies, Madoka Magica, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei and Hidamari Sketch, has unveiled the trailer and, interestingly enough, merchandise at their C82 booth for their upcoming PRISM NANA PROJECT. Learning from past experience Continue... | | |
| 12:48pm | Animantion Studio SHAFT | | | | Animation Studio SHAFT also known as 有限会社シャフト, Yuugen-gaisha Shafuto founded by Hiroshi Wakao is one of my favorite animation studios mostly because of their strange humor and experimental styleSayonara Zetsubou Senseilike in their late works Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei or Bakemonogatari,... | | |
| 4:42pm | Otakon 2012 Interview with Nonaka Ai | | | | Introduction: This is my interview with Japanese voice actor Nonaka Ai, who was a guest at Otakon 2012. Nonaka is known for roles such as Kafuka in Sayonora Zetsubou Sensei and Fuuko in Clannad. Nonaka: [in English] Pleased to meet you. My name is Ai Nonaka. OM: You played a character in Saki: Episode... | | |
| 4:42pm | Otakon 2012 Interview with Nonaka Ai | | | | Introduction: This is my interview with Japanese voice actor Nonaka Ai, who was a guest at Otakon 2012. Nonaka is known for roles such as Kafuka in Sayonora Zetsubou Sensei and Fuuko in Clannad. Nonaka: [in English] Pleased to meet you. My name is Ai Nonaka. OM: You played a character in Saki: Episode... | | |
| 12:05am | 2012 Summer Anime First Impressions | | | | I won’t lie – I didn’t have high hopes for this season. There were a ton of shows that either didn’t seem to appeal to me or were the same stuff we’ve been seeing for years in the anime industry now. This is evident as I was pretty vehemently against this season’s... | | |
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