Category: Reviews
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Linda Linda Linda; slice of life done good
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Read More →: Linda Linda Linda; slice of life done goodWhile I’m fairly confident that I’ve built up some decent knowledge of anime over the past few years, I can’t say the same for Japanese live action. Sure, I’ve watched many of the cult classics; Audition, Azumi, Battle Royale, Ringu, to name but a few, and there’s no denying that they are cool movies (albeit…
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I'm one of his twenty faces too
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/ ReviewsRead More →: I'm one of his twenty faces tooWhen its first episode finished, I suspect a lot of people probably dropped their interest in The Daughter of Twenty Faces (a.k.a Nijuu Mensou no Musume) right there and then. Going off of first impressions, it’s not flashy at all. The colour palette is subdued, there’s no sensational fan-service and no eccentric personality winking at…
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One does not care to acknowledge the mistakes of one's youth
Read More →: One does not care to acknowledge the mistakes of one's youthHere is a fair warning; if you have issues with self-loathing, save yourself the agony and don’t watch Otaku no Video. It will depress you.
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Ok! Let's do this in a cool way! Soul Eater!
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Ok! Let's do this in a cool way! Soul Eater!There is no denying it; for Soul Eater and me, it was love at first sight. Bursting with an adorable “look-at-me” style and eccentric attitude, it’s probably the coolest looking anime I’ve clapped eyes on since Gurren Lagann. 6 episodes in and every single one of them has been weird and wonderful, just one surreal…
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When bunny boilers attack
Read More →: When bunny boilers attackAhh, my saviour is the weekend! I know my last post wasn’t exactly beaming with enthusiasm for all things animated, but with two more weeks under my belt, the gloom has lifted and I’m now tucking into tasty helpings of spring stuff on an almost daily basis. Surprisingly, there’s a lot of new series I’m…
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The meaning of life, according to Ghost Hound
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/ ReviewsRead More →: The meaning of life, according to Ghost HoundThe suggestion that there might be a level of consciousness beyond the physical realm has fascinated people for thousands of years. Are we tied to these bodies forever, or, could this vague concept of “we” be a mere illusion; a solid container that our ‘ego’ is ready to transcend at any given moment? Science has…
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First impressions of Kaiba: big surprise, I loved it
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/ ReviewsRead More →: First impressions of Kaiba: big surprise, I loved itApologies, I know things have been quiet around here of late. While everyone gets so excited about all this new anime airing in Japan, I just get tired of it. There’s too much to watch, too much to read and too much to say. It tires me out just thinking about it, so, despite having…
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Never knows best; my 'review' of FLCL
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Never knows best; my 'review' of FLCLWriting this now, I’m reminded of people (some of them anime fans) who will often say that watching these funny Japanese cartoons isn’t “hip”, isn’t something to be proud of, but watching this show, I’m ready to call that bull-****. Anime can be stylish, hip, cool, fun, trendy and everything else under the sun, and…
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The light of dawn always comes right after the deepest darkness
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/ ReviewsRead More →: The light of dawn always comes right after the deepest darknessWriting an anime blog is frustrating. Either through lack of time or energy, I just haven’t felt the inclination to set aside an afternoon to write about something. I guess that’s more a reflection on my recent viewing habits than anything else, because since finishing with February’s Ookiku Furikabutte, I’ve not been able to immerse…
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Time to champion Ookiku Furikabutte
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/ ReviewsRead More →: Time to champion Ookiku FurikabutteLiving in ol’ Blightly, we aren’t taught the delights of baseball. For us, it’s either cricket or rounders, and the latter’s enjoyed mostly by girls anyway. So I sat down to watch Ookiku Furikabutte knowing basically zip all about the game, except that the Americans (especially Bobby De Niro) are mad about it. Why bother…