The fragile relationship that is building between Sekai, Katsura and Itou is just begging to be shattered down the road. This series -NEEDS- a BAD END, I can only hope the script writers realize that and have the guts to do it. I’m going to be optimistic and say the chances are pretty good, given [...]
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Doujin Work is one of seemingly plenty anime now that are based on 4-panel comic strips. True to title, it's an anime that deals with the messy world of doujinshi - and this series doesn't shy away from the dirtier (yes, in that sense) aspects of it as well.Defining aspects include:- The awesomely named main heroine Osana Najimi (put it together and you have Japanese for 'childhood friend'), who like many people has a fixation on getting rich quick.- More interestingly named side casts, like Justice and his...maid-loli-esque-thing Sola/Sora.- A typical 4-panel animation style with background people being faceless blobs.- Short, 15 minute episodes - supposedly because the other half of the episode is live-action stuff, similar to the first few episodes of Da Capo.- Dirty jokes and doujin.Thoughts and bets after the jump.In case you're not familiar with doujinshi, it's basically the Japanese equivalent, I suppose, of fan comics. Doujins are material that Doujin Work is one of seemingly plenty anime now that are based on 4-panel comic strips. True to title, it's an anime that deals with the messy world of doujinshi - and this series doesn't shy away from the dirtier (yes, in that sense) aspects of it as well.Defining aspects include:- Interestingly named characters, such as Osana Najimi (put it together and you have Japanese for 'childhood friend'), her acquantance Justice, and Justice's maid loli thing Sola/Sora.- A typical 4-panel animation style with background people being faceless blobs.- Short, 15 minute episodes - supposedly because the other half of the episode is live-action stuff, similar to the first few episodes of Da Capo.- Dirty jokes and doujin.Thoughts and bets after the jump.In case you're not familiar with doujinshi, it's basically the Japanese equivalent, I suppose, of fan comics, that use premade characters from popular series, and put them in often very strange situation. It's a way to get your shipping fix, or your hentai fix, or your completely random who-the-hell-dreamed-up-Churuya fix.So of course, an official anime that deals with unofficial manga based on anime is quite interesting. Being a 4-panel it's pretty light and funny stuff, although the material may seem a bit awkward to some. But as long as you're not too offended by dirty stuff, then this isn't too bad. It's all implied anyway, and a good test of the purity of your mind.The humor is also hilariously ironic in a sense as well, in that a high school girl (which I'm spotting the age of Tsuyuri, Osana's friend) is drawing hentai doujinshi about...schoolgirls. (The title's "Bloomers Mandatory")Osana's also an amusing but probably ill-fated character who I can sympathize with in her need to get rich quick. Being a school student in search of a job in order to make anime fanboying ends meet, I can probably say that Osana will suffer the usual fate of being perhaps a little too desparate for money - while I haven't quite gone to the extreme of selling doujins, I can say that yeah, maybe not every job is worth taking. It will be interesting to see, as the second episode screencaps show, just how Osana gets...acquaintated with the material.And from there there's not too much else to say about 4-panel anime, as they really have no sense of direction usually, focusing mainly on quick gags and episode-long (if that) stories.Coherent Plot - 5:1 odds on 'Yes'But I'd still bank towards this story having at least something stringing it together. Osana's quest for money through doujinshi looks to evolve over the course of the series, and her past ties with Justice look like something that could be explored upon, in addition to the discovery of just who the freaking heck is Sola. Of course the plot isn't going to get too serious or anything silly like that, but there probably will be a bit of direction to this anime.Osana's Success - 4:1 odds on 'No way in hell'As for the plot itself, Osana's adventure is shaped to be rather ill-fated, as would be for any person who charges foolishly into action. Maybe it's a bit too sitcom-ish but this is screaming "hey, let's learn life lessons" in a comical manner.Relevancy of the OP - 3:1 odds on 'Appears in doujins'Maybe it's just me but I'm interested in seeing some of the scenes from the intro expanded on, such as Giant Justice with Eyebeeeeemus. That would make for some entertaining episodes, if some of the doujins were shown in animated format. Or at the least, the still frame manga format shown at the end of episode 1.Tsuyuri's State of Mind - 5:1 odds on 'Relatively sane'It's just the eroge anime background of mine that wants to see Tsuyuri have some hidden background. Like, her perverted doujins are representative of a dirty past of hers (hello, Tsukihime) or a sexual outlet for her ("why can't I ever be raped by tentacle monsters in my P.E. outfit in the gym room while the class watches"). But as usual this ends up in a 'yeah...but no.' situation. Tsuyuri probably just has weird tastes, like white guys like me who really like watching shoujo stuff like Cardcaptor Sakura.That Weird Animated Underwear - 4:1 odds on 'Never explained'Seriously. Am I the only one that noticed that weird thing on Tsuyuri's beret thing and in the ED sequence? It's disturbing. But it's seems to be your usual 'random thing that's alive that shouldn't be that is just there to add cute value'...or something. Although, maybe I'm not the only one not into dancing pantsu.Maybe, Tsuyuri's being mind controlled by Magical Pantsu. PLOT GET.OP Sequence Music - 2:1 odds on 'Awesome guitar-ness'Well, it is. The animation itself is a bit ordinary and plain, with a few neat sequences (Epic Pencil Grab, Giant Justice, etc) but I really think the music's not too bad. It's a bit disconnected, the vocals could be better but the guitar is pretty nifty, especially in the next episode preview thing.Amusing Perverted Joke Count Over/Under - 9000, Overlol I so funny. But really, I wouldn't mind if they keep up the gags like the Tsuyuri's conversation on the train (a bit predictable, but Osana's "YURI JA NAI!" at the end really clinched it) and the overall awkwardness of "What the hell are you drawing, Tsuyuri". I'd prefer it a bit on the subtle side (not like 'hay look sex jokes lol'), but the way it's going is good.Halo Character - 3:1 odds on TsuyuriTsuyuri really looks to carry the show, much like how many people think Konata does for Lucky Star. She looks strange doing what she does, but she's passionate in what she does (the shiny scenes border on amusing and adorable). Her field of study is also amusingly awkward for...well...a high-school girl (as noted above). And Tsuyuri tilts a bit toward the quiet girl side. Even if they talk quietly, I suppose it counts, because I like it. So my vote's on Tsuyuri for awesome. Justice has potential as well, though. (male meganekko? so be it...)-CCY
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Nozomu meets two new students, a hikikomori and a stalker!
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Seriously, this episode turned out incredibly exciting. I know I already wowed over the first half of the series, but as things look now, the second half of Toward the Terra is going to beat it in every single way. If the series can keep up the pacing for the final episodes, then when we’re [...]
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Short Summary: "A schoolboy: Makoto Itō is fascinated by Kotonoha Katsura whom rides the same train he does every morning. He manages to take a picture of her in his cellphonewithout her knowing due to some belief of a love charm; taking a picture in your cellphone of someone you like, make it your wallpaper for three weeks without anyone knowing, and then, just like that, the person is yours
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[ Episode 7: The Price of a Soul ] Body payments are a good thing. Yes indeed. Good closure to the Misao-arc. We learn that the reason why Kazuma wanted to save Misao instead of killing her was because she helped him in the past when he used to be bullied for not being able to manipulate [...]
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Dressed as the Red Whirlwind, the doctor launches himself into the waiting soldiers. Cerimon: Excellent- you’ve arrived just in time for a spot of Mace and Flaming Arrow! Generics: Red Whirlwind- Pleasure the soldiers so that they won’t expect bondage from us! Doctor: Let these people go- I shall be your partner tonight! Cerimon: How arrogant of you to [...]
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Oh my god, I loved this episode! Not necessarily because of the story used, as it’s a standard one that’s been used more often by other stories. It’s neither because of Emily, okay, she was as awesome as usual, but she didn’t really add anything new. But seriously, the background music was magnificent. This episode [...]
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[ Episode 7: Visitor ] Enter! Pink-haired, bipolar cutie. This episode was pure awesome. Luna has already established herself as one of the top funniest characters in the series in her debut episode. She’s somewhat similar to Maki personality-wise but a lot more power and popularity-hungry. Her rivalry with San is completely insane on her part while [...]
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This is actually a pleasant surprise. I didn't expect the original arc to be this entertaining. It's also nice to see the animation quality to be higher than last week. The blur effect that the animators overused on last week's episode is barely seen here. In addition to this, the artistic styles that the studio employed for the super-deformed characters are pretty good. Story-wise, this is pretty much the comedy part of the arc. As a result, there aren't much information given about the arc. Judging from the arc's name, I wonder if the story will focus on the three main houses in Hinamizawa. One thing that I also notice here is that most of the main characters are a lot closer to each other than they were in the other arcs. I wonder if this means that they'll less likely to become paranoid.
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For some reason they thought they needed backstory, which was what episode one was. All set up to the crazy stuff we saw in the OVA released whenever ago. It’s not bad setup, but it’s also fairly generic setup. It’s probably needed though, to structure the series or something like that. It’s mostly LULS I [...]
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This show just… this show. And I don’t mean that in a  good, Gurren Lagann way. This is like absolute epitome of otaku trash. This. This thing right here. Uh, the plot? Some mage named Arcs escapes inprisonment in magic land… or so he thinks! They kind of turn him into a duck because he [...]
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For those who don’t know about ConnectiCon, its a convention that’s happens each summer in Hartford, CT. It’s billed as a multi-genre convention (sci-fi and fantasy), but the main focus is on anime, gaming and web comics. I’ll have a bunch of cosplay pictures later, but right now I’ll just mention some of [...]
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The building up of the first number of episodes has finally started to pay off. Until episode eight, this was just a show with a large amount of imagination and some interesting fights, but starting with episode 9, I started to really care about the different characters. This episode provided a great aftermath for that [...]
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The first thing I would like to point out is this. Yes, 30 people offered "user ratings" for an anime that does not exist. I'm going to chalk that up to misreading the title so that I don't lose my faith in humanity. Priss rocking out. If you’re like me BGC 2040 was your first exposure to the Bubblegum Crisis universes. I picked up ADV’s boxset years ago. I think I watched that series about
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And so some of our members sat down and did some drawing on Day 1 of Cofest VI @ Downtown East 2007. So let’s check it out! By MistaYoH By MistaYoH By xephonia By umehiko
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And once again we all gathered at Downtown East for our 6th Cosfest. Like always, I headed down to take some nice pictures of cosplayers and also went to check out the karaoke contest being held (which was my main purpose by the way…) there to suppose my friend! Just a safe note, all pictures are [...]
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Rating: 7/10 Impressions: Lol what’s with people and their secret hiding places? They’re usually either both amazingly remote and undetectable or obviously not secret at all. The latter describes Sayuri’s ’secret hiding place’, which amuses me since Riku takes it so seriously. Anyway, this is the episode where Sayuri snaps and tells everyone to shut up, which [...]
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This is My Final E3 Post will contain my personal comments and thought about this new gaming event format.
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