Sometimes, there are shows that you know you should really drop and move on from, but there's just enough of a grain of a good idea in them that the hope of it turning into something decent keep you watching. Glass Maiden was one of those shows, and no, it wasn't worth it... Read more...
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What, an anime review?  On this blog?  It’s more likely than you think.  Episode 12 was finally subbed and put on the Internet, after basically a three month drought.  The ending, like the rest of the series, was decent.  Let’s take a look at what makes this series tick Crystal Blaze follows the story of Sara, [...]
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Some great anime have a very detailed art-style with absolutely gorgeous animation. Others have a smashing soundtrack, performed by a famous composer. Others hired a cast of well-known voice-actors to perform on their characters. Again others put a lot of attention to their dialogue to make this as deep and thought provoking as possible. And [...]
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Oh god, the creators actually did it! They actually pulled off a great ending as well. This episode was really good, and amongst the best of the entire series. One thing I’ve noticed with endings that they often feel rather lukewarm. I think that my opinion of this seems to change with every season, but [...]
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Talk about an excellent first half of a finale! 12-episode series shouldn’t have “calm before the storm”-episodes. It wastes a precious episode that could have been used so much better, and all these episodes to fill time until the next episode, when the big climax is going to happen. Granted, this way you end up [...]
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Awesome episode! Only now I realize how similar this series is to Kurenai: we have Shinkurou taking care of Murasaki versus Shu, taking care of Sara. Manami and Ayaka are comparable to Shinkurou’s two neighbours, while Poririn and the tech-guy whose name I forgot are similar to Benika. In Kurenai, the bad guy is a [...]
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The past week, I’ve gotten a few interesting comments, along the lines of “this post says nothing about the actual episode, what an informative anime blog” (with the last part being obvious sarcasm), and they got me thinking. It’s not the first part that got me (heck, I’m all for constructive criticism), but rather the [...]
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Ah, the standard episode in which a character is angsting and his or her friends spend the episode trying to talk him or her out of it. I now realize how often such an episode can go wrong: it’s obviously predictable, and often it comes across rather lazy. I now realize that series as Suteki [...]
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Hah, I don’t care about the general opinion: this show rocks! It may be the most neglected series of the season, but for me it definitely belongs in the top-10 of the series that aired this season. In this age of big budgets, it’s good to see that a relatively unknown company as Studio Fantasia [...]
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Why I’m not bothered by Manami’s brattiness: - She’s not THE main character of this story. - She’s an interesting combination with the rest of the cast. - She’s fleshed out pretty nicely. She’s an idiot, she’s naive, and yet she’s easily afraid. The thing I have against most annoying and stupid teenagers isn’t the [...]
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Series Information ANN Encyclopedia | AniDB | AnimeNfo OP: “Never looking back ~Sukitooru Kokoro de 「Never looking back 〜透き通る心で」” by Rie ED: “qué sera-sera” by TASO Production: Studio Fantasia [ Episode 1 ] Naked Glass Women = Oh My. I didn’t know what to expect from this show when I first started it up. Before, all I had to go on [...]
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Title: Crystal Blaze Studio: Fantasia Genre: Fantasy/Mystery Ratings (out of 5): Story: ♥♥♥ Animation: ♥♥
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I’m still surprised at how solid this series has turned out. It keeps interesting things on the table, while not forgetting to provide background on its different characters. No character feels useless. This episode continues to create a good base for the second half of this series to work with. It’s the least eventful episode [...]
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LEERON HAS A TWIN!!!! See?!? This series qualifies as ‘fricking insane’ already! And there’s an ‘aniki’ character too! Gurren-Lagann similarities aside, though, this first episode was actually better than I expected. I was rather pessimistic about it since seeing the promo, so it was a very pleasant surprise to be very amused and in suspense in the [...]
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The S&A Detective Agency is run by the cool womaniser Shu with his younger brother Akira, taking on all sorts of cases. Whilst Shu is off having sex, their two female assistants Manami and Ayaka take a request from the world’s worst transvestite to monitor the pickup of some cargo from a truck. [...]
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Water Woman VS Superman! But who’s Superman? Summary: A woman is being chased in the darkness by an unknown being as a man watches, afraid, from afar. Suddenly, fire dances around the victim and she transforms into ice. The following morning, the man contacts the police, [...]
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I’m really surprised with this series. At first look, it sounds more like a rather childish series with adult themes, but if you take a closer look, you’ll realize that this series is much more than that. I’m really surprised at how genuine this series has turned out, and I especially love the subtle chemistry [...]
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Crystal Blaze Tuesday evening was really my most anticipated day of the new season, so I’m really glad it’s finally arrived, and with such a start I had enough reasons to look forward to it. Crystal Blaze may be a bit rough around the edges, but it’s got definite potential. It’s already the first episode, and [...]
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Sounds interesting … and is that … Water Woman?! Air Date: 08 . 04 . 08 Summary: Airing in Japan spring 2008. “An anime for adults with violence and sexual themes.” The stage is the Middle East in a not to [...]
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