Category: Anime

Get it while it’s hot, Dream Soup…

Neko mimi mode, 1987 Also, there’s this thing Not sure what it is. Looks like a woman, but sounds like a man! Oh, 1980… To-y was ok. I won’t ask you to go out and watch it, but if you want cool “I watch obscure anime” points, this is...

Winter Anime Picks

Time to judge books by their covers and decide on what shows to watch based on nothing more than promotional artwork and cryptic story summaries! Let’s go! Definite Picks Ah! Megami-sama! Tatakau Tsubasa: I’ve been loving the Megami-sama! anime up till now, so there’s really no reason not to...

December Anime/Manga/Whatever 2007

Current Shows Clannad: I was impressed with Fuuko’s conclusion. Good to see Key can steer away from the all too obvious over-the-top tear-jerkers that are so over-the-top that they turn out not all that tear-jerking. I thought her story was a little weak, but ended well. Moving on to...

Pani Poni Dash! is funny when you actually get it

I recently finished my second complete viewing of Pani Poni Dash! at MIT tonight. Over the course of this second viewing, I’ve noticed my kung-fu has improved. That meaning, I get a lot more of the jokes now. Nods to GeGeGe No Kitarou and Uchuu Senkan Yamato no longer...

Evangelion: “Now in a shiny metal box” Edition

Spotted at Best Buy while on my way back from buying art supplies. Right above it was this, which I considered buying, but passed on. I guess for $44 it was pretty cheap. You know, thinking back, it probably wasn’t the crumbling industry that killed Geneon, but the fact...

The US anime industry is crumbling at our very feet

Image of Hazuki just because Our good ol’ buddy Justin Sevakis wrote a little piece over at the ANN talking about the crumbling US anime industry. This is kind of the same stuff we’ve been hearing for a while, but apparently it’s fucking dire now. Some other cool dudes...