Monthly Archives: October 2008

Reserving Judgment

Given how I’ve been grabbing and then watching the raw of the latest episode of Index, I can safely say that this is the series that most excites me this season. The big drawback, however, is that my Japanese language … Continue reading

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J.C. Staff’s Original Sins?

Does J.C. Staff commit sins of anime-original injustice? Myssa Rei contented that ‘J.C. Staff seems to stumble when they have to make things on the fly’. Haesslich pointed to ‘levels of failure‘ in ZnT 2 & 3 as well as … Continue reading

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Yuri satisfising this Fall season

I’ve heard that there have been possible sightings of yuri in Mouryou no Hako – looking forward to it if there is. Thus far the third episode of Kannagi (thanks for the heads up, totali!) had some faux yuri fan … Continue reading

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Power of Sunflower

Baka-Raptor’s reckoning that Kei was 20 times better than xxxHOLiC’s first season is somewhat hyperbolic but I do agree with the core of his argument. Watanuki is, or rather – becomes, less whiny and shows tremendous growth as a lead. … Continue reading

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Tiger versus Wood

I was motivated to pick up ToraDora! after reading about totali’s happiness with the first episode but Kabitzin’s warning about ‘Taiga and her horrible inu comments in the Kugimiya Rie tsundere voice’ stopped me in my tracks. It didn’t help … Continue reading

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Summoning the Lord of Plot Thinness: Filler Slave!

Revolution was always going to have a hard time measuring up against Next; the latter being the favourite Slayers season of many, such as NegativeZero. Next is the Nanoha A’s of its franchise and just as how some dropped StrikerS, … Continue reading

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Because it wasn’t ‘Fly Me To The Moon’

Other than fapping a lot, I also remembered enjoying the Evangelion 1:01 ED a lot. ‘Wow! Was this sung by one of the seiyuu?’ Rather, Studio Khara had got the Beautiful World track off Utada Hikaru’s Heart Station album. This … Continue reading

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