Just sitting here listening to some Shiro Sagisu music from Nadia and I got to thinking about my blog. Go figure. Not sure how those two related in my mind, but I’m not here to analyze these things. It is what it is. Anyhow, I’ve found myself really missing writing for this blog. I constantly [...]
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I was thinking of continuing the next part of my proposed series “Groundwork of Anime.” I planned to put the spotlight on directors in that edition (which involves Hideaki Anno) and it led me to these thoughts… When it came to the four new Evangelion movies being produced for theaters, I was very surprised that studio [...]
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It’s not too often that I get to talk about a new GAINAX anime coming down the pike. Unlike the BONES or KyoAnis of the anime world, GAINAX seems to release things at a much slower pace. It’s better than the dry spell they had been going through from 1999-2006, however. I can take one [...]
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Just read this over on Anime News Network: The May issue (on sale on April 10) of Kadokawa Shoten’s Newtype magazine will officially anounce that an Eureka Seven movie has been greenlit for production. Director Tomoki Kyoda (RahXephon movie), character designer Kenichi Yoshida (Overman King Gainer), and special effects director Yasushi Muraki (Ah! My Goddess: The [...]
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Director: Osamu Yamazaki Music: Yasuharu Takanashi Character Design: Nobuteru Yuki Vintage: 2007 Episode Count: 24 Studio: Minamimachi Bugyousho/Tokyo Kids Original Creator: Keiko Takemiya It’s a little tough to review this TV series after having reviewed the movie a little over a year ago. It seems like I’ve forgotten a good amount of the movie after so long, but after watching the TV [...]
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Director: Satoshi Nishimura Music: Tsuneo Imahori Character Design: Koji Sugiura Vintage: 2000-2002 Episode Count: 76 Studio: Madhouse Original Creator: George Morikawa The sports genre seems to be the “black horse” of anime. It’s the genre that doesn’t exactly receive blatant hate (such as the poor shounen genre), but tends to receive the most sheer bias from viewers. Many people feel that one [...]
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Director: Noboru Ishiguro Music: Shinsuke Kazeto Character Design: Matsuri Okuda Vintage: 1988-1997 Episode Count: 110 Studio: Kitty Films Original Creator: Yoshiki Tanaka It takes a while to gather your thoughts on series like this. It’s a show that’s so good in every one of its aspects that you’ll be using the same adjectives time after time to describe its greatness. Long story [...]
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Yep, that’s a wrap on this damned 3-month long hiatus. Or at the very least, I damn sure hope so. I really have no earthly clue how this last one came about. I called myself getting back into full swing with my new “Groundwork of Anime” series, and then fell off again! What a joke, [...]
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There are many aspects that come together which can make an anime good. The directing, the story, the characters, the writing, the voice acting, the animation, the design — the list goes on. If just one of these characteristics is fatally flawed, it can really put a damper on a series. Individually, these particular aspects [...]
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Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann has got to be the ultimate in the “turn your brain off and watch” style of anime. This could be regarded as a good thing, or perhaps, a bad thing depending on how one looks at it. As for this viewer, it tended to be a little bit of both. Though [...]
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