Much Ado About Everything

I watched a bunch of episodes of Gundam double-zero which started airing last fall.  Being a Gundam series it has a big budget so it’s a good indication of things to come.  The quality of drawing, CGI and animation is all excellent but the real draw is watching it in HD.  The amount of extra [...]

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Tentative list: 1. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2. Honey and Clover, Season 2 3. Welcome to the N.H.K.! Best anime opening or ending songs: 1. Kimi no Koto – Coach / 2nd ending for Suzuka 2. Life – Yui / 4th ending for Bleach (not sure if it belongs to this year, will see [...]

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For this, you got to see the picture.

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Guess where else did you see this?

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After the first episode that was a recap, the second episode was very good, as good as any season 1 episode. A well-balanced mix of humour, romance, slice-of-life and Morita-san mystery, akin to middle episodes of season 1. I’m quite glad and I hope they keep up this good work. I do see a few [...]

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As I’m finishing the last few episodes of Maison Ikkoku, it’s hard to disregard how irritated, pissed off and all-round annoyed I am at this anime. I thought I’ve read somewhere a while ago that this was a milestone in mid 80′s anime – after all, that would be the only reason why an old show like this would end up on the “to watch” list anyway. If that were true, then I would have to conclude its influence is the chief reason for many bad attributes of the likes of Kimagure Orange Road, or more importantly modern ones like Love Hina. However, a friend that has been with anime since late 70′s has just told me that she doesn’t believe Ikkoku was a role model. In which case it’s not a cause of all that is bad in anime. But it’s still bad by itself.

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That’s a bit pretentious title right there. I only used it because I hate inventing titles, names and such. This little post is simply a short commentary on a recent discussion about “worst anime” people have seen. There are plenty of similar discussions (though far more heated usually) around the web on any given day.

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And so ends the arguably best anime of 2006 Spring season.

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It seems that Haruhi Suzumiya and Ouran High School Host Club are considered the two best anime shows of the spring season, by anime fandom at large. There are polls everywhere trying to determine which one is better. It’s funny to hear people saying things like “Haruhi Suzumiya is overhyped”. Haruhi overhyped? Uhm, it’s a [...]

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A few months ago there was a discussion between my friends regarding some articles on the web that analyzed the market for
shonen-ai manga (essentially gay love) and claimed that majority of those are straight females. Without going into details and all the philosophical justifications, I decided to test whether the reverse is also true. Do straight guys like shojo-ai (lesbian love)?

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