Mother @#$%rs gettin’ all shot up in this piece. I’ve made my disappointment in Dantalian well-known. I wanted to enjoy this show above all others during this wretched humidity filled [...]
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It seems as though Gainax is pulling out all the stops to bring us an intriguing - yet violent - story. They don't shy away from violence or blood like many animated adaptions... Continue Reading
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This week’s episode deals with the dangers of of Twilight fans, Dalian’s newfound taste for Yaoi and using fanfiction as a better means of obsession. Shorter Episode Recap Episode 4: The Book of Soul Exchange/ The Resurrection Cut to a … Continue reading →
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Everyone in this show is blonde, inhuman, blonde, a character that ends up dying, not important, or blonde. So yeah, I gave into my urges the other day and pulled out my old N64. I don’t care what any of you people say, Pokemon Stadium was a great game. I almost smacked my younger brother [...]
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A novelist, Lenny Lents, sends a letter to Wesley Disward requesting help with a strange book that has imprisoned him. Naturally Huey and Dalian investigate in place of the late bilbiophile, but they are turned away from Lents’ estate by a woman claiming to be his wife, Paula, and told to return tomorrow. Dalian is [...]
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What really completes Dantalian no Shoka is not the elegant artwork or the spectacular characters but the ever-unpredictable Phantom Books.  Each book offers a slightly different style and emphasis for each episode, depending on the content of the book and who holds it in their hands.  The Phantom Books add just enough mystery and enchantment [...]
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「換魂の書」 (Kan Kon no Sho) "Book of Soul Exchange" With two very solid and dramatically different episodes back-to-back, I can’t help but be encouraged about Dantalian no Shoka and where it’s headed. As a little bonus, both thematically and visually this felt more like GAINAX than any of the earlier episodes.
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The previous episode was anticlimactic in the best way. This episode was anticlimactic in the worst way. What were the creators thinking here? The setup was for the mystery was great, until the end, when the author and his lover … Continue reading →
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More book…fun? We start the episode by finding out that Dalian’s into boys’ love (yeah…about that). Anyways, Dalian is annoyed that Huey only bought two parts of a trilogy, but Huey reveals that the author died before finishing the series (cough…Frank Herbert). However, the author, Lenny Lents, also sent a letter to Huey, so Dalian [...]
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