The Fierce War of 2008: Casualties of War
With the dead arts, the forgotten ones, and the old 2007 shows behind us, it is now time to move onto the shows that both began life and ended life in 2008. As usual, I start from the bottom and work my way up… While we all love anime...
In the great words of Alec Guinness from the end of The Bridge on the River Kwai, “What have I done?”
You’d think that after watching one whole season of this junk, one would eventually give up and spend their time on more worthwhile endeavours. However, my common sense is forever broken, and I somehow just found myself at the end of the second season of Rosario + Vampire. Though,...
December 2008 anime and manga
Current Casshern Sins: Great art direction but the writing is so boring. I’m pretty sure Casshern says JUST WHAT AM I in every fucking episode. ChäoS;HEAd: It’s always super special! I like this one a lot. Clannad ~After Story~: Hit and miss. Needs more Mei and/or baseball episodes. ef...
This is the most screencaps I’ve ever taken for an episode of Rosario + Vampire
When it opened with the yankii stuff I pretty much knew this episode was going to be awesome. Too bad the next episode is going to be awful. But I can’t help but love sukeban parodies....
November 2008 Anime + Manga
Current Casshern Sins: Arty retro stuff. Sometimes boring, but mostly good. ChäoS;HEAd: Moe psychological thriller. I can dig it. Crannad ~After Story~: The first arc was great, but now it’s getting into “NOT THIS SHIT AGAIN, KEY” territory. Detroit Metal City: Hahahaha, the rapping episode. ef – a tale...
Nico Nico Douga culture and its effect on anime openings
Oh no– don’t let the title give you the wrong idea. This won’t be some long, drawn out essay. This is just something I’ve noticed. It seems this season some shows are looking back at the fanbase for certain amounts of inspiration. Rather, the people who make these things...
A damning admission
I kind of like Capu 2. But only for loli witch panties....
Fall 08 Impressions PART II
Casshern Sins The breadth of my Casshern knowledge extends to about a frame or two of animation I saw while walking past a screening room at Otakon 2008 late one night. Or that could have been Hurricane Polymar. This, however, is fine, since no prior knowledge of Casshern is...
Autumn 2008– oh, for some reason I thought all these shows were starting in September
I’m so glad all of this stuff is starting in October, rather than in September like I originally thought. I was wondering how I would be able to handle twenty more shows on top of of the fourteen I already have going. Thanfully, that is not the case, and...