Category: Anime

Twilight of the Dark Master

January 23, 2009
Twilight of the Dark Master is a silly cartoon based off of a silly comic with a silly title. What makes it notable, however, is the man behind it all–the dude, Akiyuki Shinbo. After proving himself as an animator, Shinbo then went on to direct a number of OVAs...

Winter 2009 Rundown

January 18, 2009
Instead of doing three at a time, I’m just going to blaze through all of these at once. Akikan Oh Akikan! What could have been! You had such a wonderfully dumb concept! If handled correctly, you could have been immensely entertaining! It was, however, not meant to be. If...

Well, now I don’t have to buy Megami Creators 14 anymore!

January 17, 2009
If you’re new to these parts, let me fill you in: I think Fuyou Kaede is the greatest, most perfect 2D girl to ever grace my walls, computer screen, television set and bed. She’s from this mostly rad show/game/multimedia extravaganza called Shuffle!, and I really should watch the rest...

Comic Site Rant: The House Of Deception

January 17, 2009
Original Post Oh god, here’s another comic. I really liked the sketches for this one, but as I continued I started to like it less and less. Looking at it now, I’m pretty indifferent towards it. It could stand to be better, but I don’t hate it. I tried...

MoY Podcast 2 BEYOND THE TIME: Episode 12– Crying over Kannagi. Boowoo. Boohoo.

January 16, 2009
Download [audio:http://mistakesofyouth.com/podcast2/MoY_2_ep_12.mp3] The Ol’ Gang from the very first episode (of season 2) come back together for an awesomely nerdy conversation about one of the year’s most dangerous shows! We talk about interlacing, dutch angles and postmodernism. Yeah. We’re cool guys. Guests Link Omo Songs Opening Song– “Haroo Daizu...

Hey guys, I just watched Kara no Kyoukai 4…

January 15, 2009
…and I still fail to see what’s so great about this series of movies, and what attracts people to Type-Moon’s work in general. This fourth episode was terribly disappointing, especially considering that I actually liked the second and third episodes. Their stories are painfully simple, but if I recall...