I can’t even begin to describe how delighted I am that K-ON! is back, and (supposedly) for two cours, at that. It seems I’m not alone. I’m feeling a lot of good vibes this time around. Perhaps the first season grew on people over time much the same way it grew on [...]
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“Won’t somebody please think of the children?!”
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I’m not even going to talk about the decade. I wouldn’t even know where to start. Six or seven paragraphs of Aria love, I guess. Let’s not go there. My Ten Favorite Anime Series of 2009 Aoi Hana - Not so much a yuri show as it is a lovely story of friendship and [...]
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Since I was bumming around Japan when the current anime season first began, I’m a little behind the curve. However, I’m making an effort to catch up with what’s currently airing now that we’re entering the cold and dark part of the year and I have nothing better to do. Might as well [...]
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So, I’m sitting here watching the snow pile up outside. It’s been snowing like mad for two days straight now. Two feet worth. For now, I can’t help but think it’s the coolest thing. When it’s still snowing six months from now, I’m sure I’ll feel otherwise. But, for the [...]
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I don’t want to get anyone spun up, so I’ll keep this short and sweet: from here on out, I’ll be regularly blogging over here. Now, this doesn’t mean I’m closing up shop here at Hop Step Jump. Not yet, at least. It just means I’m doing what feels right. I think [...]
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Is it already that time of year? It’s been warm lately - I’m sitting outside, enjoying it at this very moment - but the leaves are nonetheless changing color and the nights are growing cooler. The cold and snow is just around the corner. I don’t know how much value there is in doing [...]
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When watched in proper order, the Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi plays out like a short OAV series followed by a bunch of omake episodes. Suddenly, the jumbled broadcast makes sense. Not to say, of course, that the show isn’t satisfying when the episodes are viewed in chronological order. It definitely held my attention better. [...]
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You might have noticed some performance issues around here this past week. Unfortunately, I never managed to isolate the problem. This morning, I got tired of scratching my head and settled on the scorched earth option. I backed up the database, wiped the directory, did a new Wordpress install, imported all of my existing [...]
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Being a year behind the curve and all, I’m not sure there’s much I can say about ef - a tale of memories that hasn’t already been said. But I’ll say it anyway. Previously, I described the series as “fascinating, but absolutely boring”. I got part of it right, at least. The show [...]
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