Completing this top 50 made me realise I have watched a lot of anime by now and some of them were watched quite a while ago. It made me painfully aware that not only do I have a lot of series unwatched, I also forgot about a lot of series I did watch. More than [...]
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Someday in the Rain 24/03 It’s raining today. The prospect of a cold and wet day dampens our fresh morning spirit, but a rice ball breakfast takes care of the necessary energy to step outside the hotel onto the wet streets of Asakusa. Ofcourse a portion of rainy days was to be expected on a [...]
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A popular discussion in the dutch anime/manga community is the state of our local manga industry and more specifically the sometimes excruciating slow releases of new volumes of the translated series. While manga still hasn’t broken through to the general public, our publishers are sandwiched between the english and french market and until now they [...]
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At last I can start with the final 5. At this point I have nothing more to add, so let’s skip the introduction and go straight to… 5. Hellsing Ultimate Satelight + Madhouse / Synopsis / Wikipedia Extreme violence and sarcasm. The basic premise of Hellsing can be defined by these two things and that’s [...]
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There is no greater reason or better argument than love. I can objectify my liking of anime and criticly defend my personal favourites, but at the core, some things are unexplainable. When you have crossed the fine line between ‘like’ and ‘love’, there is no more room for negotiation. Clearly, I’m in a romantic mood. [...]
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A trip to the sea 23/03 Today we take a trip away from Tokyo to the coastal Kamakura. Once capital of the entire nation, Kamakura is now a peaceful and quiet town enclosed by mountain slopes and the sea. It’s a picture perfect slow-paced small japanese town. On arrival we first have breakfast: a bread [...]
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This top 50 in all its eternal glory is just a momentary state of mind. Two months ago I came up with the idea of ranking my favourite anime. Easily impressed it wasn’t long before I had 50 shows I couldn’t leave out. I systematicaly divided the selection into two pools, one better one worse, [...]
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Every anime has been created from nothing; a blank paper and a pencil. The possibilities are endless, only limited by our own imagination. Reality is only a starting point for animating anything you can ever think of, because it makes no difference whether the sky is green or people can fly. Nonetheless every alternate world [...]
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Welcome to Tokyo 22/03 The most crucial thing for traveling Tokyo must be the Yamanote train line. Like a big transmutation circle it connects the most important places in town, with short intervals and a highly adventurous rush hour. Our gateway to the holy Yamanote is Ueno station, a 20 minute walk from our hotel. [...]
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After all these years I’m not sure whether I like japan because of what it is, or because it’s an imposed feeling after consuming too much anime. Things like japanese history, food culture or religion are not really my cup of tea, but lots of series have awoken my interests in these things and even [...]
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