So. The only show I ended up watching in full from April, probably unsurprisingly, was Eden of the East. I loved it, but surprisingly I don’t think it’s a show that bears a lot of discussion in the end. I think the story gets a bit confused and hand-wavy towards the end (yes, the [...]
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Guin Saga seems to be a rather poorly paced show. I get the impression that the director and whoever’s adapting the books are much happier when they can just have people hitting each other with swords or daggers or whips or whatever; in both episodes 2 and 3, the show’s direction and animation really [...]
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I made a decision at the start of this season that for shows airing on TBS in their stupid 4:3 timeslot I’d just wait until they turned up in widescreen before judging them. It wasn’t much of a hardship - it’s only K-On and this show that I needed to worry about, and believe [...]
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I will admit to being very surprised by the second episode of Shangri La. Surprised that next to nothing happened, that is. It’s quite clever, really, if you ask me. What “happens” is that Kuniko et al go to investigate where they’re being bombarded from in Ikebukuro, which is overgrown with possibly poisonous jungle. [...]
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I’m going to be so pissed off if this show turns into a harem love fest, is all I can say. Tears to Tiara is apparently based on what was at one point an ero-game but is now just your average RPG - that just happens to feature several female characters that become your wives, from [...]
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I find it incredibly difficult to spell the word “leopard” correctly. I ALWAYS get the o and the a the wrong way round. Drives me crackers. Writing about Guin Saga could prove to be difficult… Well, it’s more difficult to write about Guin Saga generally anyway. Something I’ve been having a lot [...]
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This show is all about throwing all sorts of standard anime ideas at the viewer and hoping that at least one of them will stick. Clearly the team behind Asura Crying (I have no idea what the original novels are like) think that they need to show almost all their cards in one episode [...]
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I don’t think it’s going to surprise anyone if I say that Higashi no Eden is by FAR my favourite show this season - after all, it’s a LOT of people’s favourite. I will try and break down why, however, I think the first episode is so good, beyond the fact that it’s got [...]
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I know what I’m SUPPOSED to say about Basquash. I’m a self-admitted Shoji Kawamori fan. The show has the most INCREDIBLE production design imaginable, and all sorts of crazy visual ideas, and I usually go all ga-ga for that sort of thing. I’m sorry, though. I’m just too old for this shit. The plot, [...]
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