Month: September 2006
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Welcome to the NHK! – 8 – Meet the parent
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Welcome to the NHK! – 8 – Meet the parentIt’s time to meet the parents, only Satou doesn’t have a girlfriend, or a job, or a life outside of his apartment, making the whole arrangement pretty awkward from the get-go. If only Robert De Niro was his Dad – what laughs we would have! Judging by his mother’s phone call in the previous episode,…
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Trapped in an ice cold back log hell: September
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Read More →: Trapped in an ice cold back log hell: SeptemberSuch is my addiction to the routine of watching anime – I horde a ridiculous amount of fansubs, promising myself I will catch up with them sooner or later, yet knowing deep down that it may never happen. As I enviously cast my eyes across the blogsphere, I usually get the urge to write one…
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Elfen Lied – 8 through 10 – Subverting the cute
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Elfen Lied – 8 through 10 – Subverting the cuteAgain Elfen Lied defies it’s pretty style and delivers a trio of episodes that are anything but. Subverting the look of its cute characters, it clearly delights in extreme mental and physical abuse — the disgusting bludgeoning of a helpless young puppy aptly symbolises how innocence and weakness is exploited in Elfen Lied, and that’s…