“Don’t wake me when I land, where they barely understand what I speak but they nod to my beats.” – Lupe Fiasco, Paris;Tokyo I’ve always liked the way music works with anime. It’s kind of amazing to me that so many good soundtracks and original compositions can come from it (then again, I’m always amazed [...]
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Image source Seems like I’ve suddenly turned into someone who looks at the trends in shounen anime… This wallpaper I discovered (which ended up being my desktop for a very long time) got me thinking about what backs represent in a few of the anime I’ve seen. Every now and then you see a protagonist [...]
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Even though the new season is very much underway, Durarara!! still stands out as one of the best shows currently airing. Whenever I think of my favourite series, I can always point out the single element that had me completely hooked. There was just something that series did so well that made it stand out [...]
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On most counts, Heroman is not a good show. The characters are uninteresting (bordering on the annoying) and for the moment the story’s rather dull as well. Although it has the potential to be good, I don’t think it’ll ever live up to that. I probably feel this way because I’m not the show’s intended [...]
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There’s no way I’m going to waste any more time and energy posting about the inconsistencies/bad “writing”/shameless cuteness in this show. Unless I can be creative and interesting with it (which I doubt I have been so far) then it’s just pointless. K-On!! is K-On!!. It’s  a show about moe girls doing nothing. It’s popular [...]
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To-Love Ru’s Rito is without a doubt one of the worst leads I know of. All that time surrounded by a group of hot women and he ends up not deciding on any of them. Or so you’d think. What most people don’t catch on to is the fact that these boring male leads have [...]
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There’s no doubt about it – Hajime no Ippo is repetitive as hell. It’s essentially the same underdog story again and again and again for over 80 episodes. Yet I love every second of it, and even though I know 98% of the time the underdog is going to win, there’s always that 2% of [...]
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First, let me say that Angel Beats does have an interesting premise. A high school representing the afterlife (or not really after life. Or purgatory. Or wherever they are) where a select group of students fight for their survival is definitely something I’d watch. The problem I have with the show is that “fighting” part. [...]
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Bleach’s newest ending made me remember one of the reasons I love the art so much: it’s so stylish. Although I’m sure that the animators at Toei (or in Korea. Or wherever it’s made) are good at coming up with fashionable designs, but Kubo himself holds a lot of credit for the clothing. Despite his, [...]
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I thought that after I’d been watching anime for a certain amount of time, things would just come to me naturally. The “traps” that catch out anyone who’s new to anime would be glaringly obvious to an older watcher such as myself.  Then I watched Hakuoki. In a way, it’s testament to Deen’s skill that [...]
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