Ano Natsu de Matteru (Waiting That Summer) was one of the shows I put on the waitlist for this season.  It was billed as an “adolescent romantic comedy”, by the same people who did some show I’d never heard of.  So I figured I’d wait and see what people were saying about it before deciding [...]
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Initial impression – an interesting story that deserves a closer look Winter 2012 (12 episodes) (title literal translation – Waiting in the Summer) (more info) Ano Natsu has a bit of a cliché boy-meets-girl anime.  But I like how it keeps things lighthearted and doesn’t attempt to ruin the awkward, teenage atmosphere by putting up [...]
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This show seems to have been fairly anticipated. I was expecting simple slice of life, but the show starts off with the main character being thrown off a bridge and then waking up at home unscathed. Things cool down a … Continue reading →
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Kaito Kirishima (or "Kai" to his friends) is a budding film-maker with a love of the humble film camera - a hobby which very much relates to his opening monologue querying what happens when someone dies and the importance of leaving an indelible mark on the world as a result.  Ironically, his pondering about death is well-timed, as some late night star gazing leads to a mysterious incident that
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Episode 01- Phew, talk about a heavy blast of nostalgia. Back maybe 10-12 years ago, romantic comedies done in the fashion of Ano Natsu de Matteru (aka Natsumachi) were a dime a dozen. In other words, they were quite popular back then, with titles ranging from Love Hina to Negima proving to be the hallmark [...]
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Let me first say that I haven't seen either shows in the Onegai series. Many seem to be saying that the show is pretty much Onegai Teacher reincarnated, so I guess I'll be one of the few watching the show without those Onegai/nostalgia goggles. What drew me to this show was that the character designs were strikingly similar to Toradora and the more recent AnoHana. It turns out that they have the
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OK fine, I admit it. I didn’t even try. I came into this with preconceived ideas of what this would [...]
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Disclaimer: This post is only 90% nostalgia. I love this show already. I’ll be honest, I’m not much of an oldfag as many would think. I only got in to my first real anime title in 2000, which makes this my 12th year since I started. Thus, my nostalgia factors aren’t tingled immediately by stuff [...]
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Ano Natsu de Matteru – Episode 01 In the novel, Still Life with Woodpecker, by Tom Robbins, a self-proclaimed alien from the planet Argon informs us that red heads are considered evil throughout the universe and that their baneful hair color is a result of excessive “sugar and lust.” I thought this deserved a mention [...]
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「困ります、先輩。」 (Komarimasu, Senpai.) "That's Troubling, Sempai." I was hoping to be reminded of the Onegai Sensei/Twins in screenwriter Kuroda Yousuke and producer Ogura Mitsutoshi's new romantic comedy, but wow, I wasn't anticipating almost an exact copy of Sensei, right down to the alien girl. This should be interesting.
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