Well I’m pretty late to the party here because I got tied up in moderating for an event over the past week.  With that out of the way, I finally have an opportunity to write.  A lot of people have pointed out some of the obvious parallels between Gosick and the Sherlock Holmes fiction.  Victorique [...]
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Hey guys, Christmas here. With the Winter season underway, I decided to select Gosick for my own blog. Get it? The YuleBlog? Because I’m Christmas. Never mind. I actually chose this one based on the fact that BONES was producing it. It’ll be a learning experience for all of us, so let’s jump right in! [...]
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Another new anime for this winter season – Gosick. When I first watched their trailer few weeks ago, I thought I would drop this anime after the first episode. I expected the blonde loli to be some serious and boring … Continue reading →
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Gosick is the series whose shoulders bear the majority of the  burden of my hopes for an enjoyable Winter 2011 season. The two main factors that excite me about this show are the possibility of a good mystery story and the cover artwork from the light novels, which was clearly inspired by the Art Nouveau [...]
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The first episode of Gosick begins with a strange ritual of dark magic.  The fortune teller Roxanne tells of a coming terror and of how to protect against it.  This involves allowing hunting dogs to maul rabbits.  Following the OP … Continue reading →
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Kazuya meets Victorique and a mystery presents itself to them. Impressions: Well I think Gosick had a pretty good first episode. Having read the first volume was looking forward to this series and really didn’t have many complaints. The series did a good job introducing the protagonists and setting them up for what is to come. It [...]
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In case you're wondering no, Gosick isn't about taking a day off sick from work because you can't be bothered to sit in an office all day when there's new anime to be watched.  That said, maybe that isn't such a bad idea for a new show in this day and age... Anyhow, instead of all of that Studio BONES' adaptation of the Gosick light novel series finds us within the fictional European country of
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