| 8:27pm | First Impressions: Seitokai no Ichizon |  | | | No plot, lots of references. That’s the short of it. But who needs plot when you have, at my count, 7 references, 8 meta-jokes, and 3 self-depreciations before the OP? The basic setup is the student council meetings each day after school, made up of four girls fitting various anime stereotypes... |
| 7:42pm | Saki, Episode 25 (END)- With Final Impressions | | | | Well unfortunately it had to end, but it was quite a journey along the way. One can only hope that in a couple of years when the manga has had time to develop the national tournament some non-bankrupt company will be able to rescue it and produce a second season. Cross your fingers. There’s... |
| 12:28am | First Impressions: Asura Cryin’, Episode 14 | | | | It took them 14 episodes, but we finally had plot exposition that didn’t make my eyes glaze over and was somewhat understandable. I kind of actually know what is going on, at least for the part they explained. Wohoo. Looks like the Tomoharu from the other world had quite the harem just like... |
| 1:41am | SDF Macross Episodes 13 and 14 – You Can’t Win ‘Em All | | | | Well, I guess these episodes prove even a series as good as Macross stumbles sometimes. Not much content in episode 13, and episode 14 was a recap, but not one of those cool reinventions of the recap that gives you new information or a different character’s perspective. When I finished watching them... |
| 2:18am | End of Summer Season ’09 – 5 Paragraphs About 5 Series | | | | . With the summer season over and the fall coming up shortly, some reflections on the series this blogger has watched (and in one case, dropped). Done in a short format, your own thoughts and comments on these or other summer series are very much welcome. While two of these series have yet to have... |
| 1:00am | Shin Mazinger Z – 25: BIG FIGHT, BIG LAUGHS | | | | Then come and take it! So with the BIG FIGHT in full swing I enjoying every minute of Shin Mazinger Z. I agree that with V2 Schneider that Shin Mazinger Z must be applauded for avoiding the monster of the week and simply going with full on knock out brawls. With Photon Labs having been SMASHED INTO ATOMS... |
| 4:50am | Canaan – 13 (END): THAT Which You Leave Behind… (Concluding Thoughts) | | | | Now the tragic conclusion So in the end many will have written this off as a “B” Movie but I sincerely think that the symbolism that many others have pointed out still holds true despite the seemingly boring end that we got. To be fair I watched each episode multiple times and watched... |
| 8:46pm | Sora no Manimani Episode 11 – Snow Country for Old Sempai | | | | The Souei High School Astronomy Club meets up with their counterparts from Takami Girls High School for a joint winter outing far from the city lights this episode. The cold winter temperatures are a shock to most of the Souei students as they meet up with the constellation obsessed Takami girls... |
| 6:23am | SDF Macross Episodes 11 and 12 – Metal Gear Max | | | | When we last left the Macross’s recon team they were fighting hand to hand inside a Zentradi ship in an attempt to rescue Misa. Overpowered by Commander Britai’s hand to hand fighting ability, the team puts up a good fight but eventually Hikaru, Kakizaki, and Misa are captured and Max sucked out... |
| 6:25am | Canaan – 12: Alphard Express 999 | | | | Yun Yun had to do it over 9000 times to get it right Apologies for being late again, but once again duty calls and I have been called upon to clean up someone else’s mess. So after the conclusion of Liang Qi’s love it seems that Canaan is quite depressed after seeing Hakko throw her life... |
| 5:42am | Sora no Manimani Episode 10 – Death Letter | | | | After a little slowdown in the subs we have episode 10, a very character and drama centric episode. The students are busy with exams after a field trip (which I’m guessing was in the manga but left out of the anime), and once back in school Mihoshi and Souma-sensei are arranging what Hime and Edogawa... | | |
| 5:30am | Shin Mazinger Z – 24: BIG FIGHT | | | | HOLY FUCK that shit does grow on treesso to speak. We finally get to the long awaited and highly anticipated BIG FIGHT and so far things look pretty bad for Mazinger Z as Kouji is unable to keep up with the best team that Dr. Hell has put together. Still while Kouji struggles it seems that every one... | | |
| 5:30am | Shin Mazinger Z – 24: BIG FIGHT | | | | HOLY FUCK that shit does grow on treesso to speak. We finally get to the long awaited and highly anticipated BIG FIGHT and so far things look pretty bad for Mazinger Z as Kouji is unable to keep up with the best team that Dr. Hell has put together. Still while Kouji struggles it seems that every one... | | |
| 8:43pm | Editorial: Empires in Anime | | | | Empires in anime are a fairly common phenomenon, especially in science fiction series. Looking at Japan’s history with being an empire and encountering others, here’s a rather too long post about how I see history perhaps influencing anime in the portrayal of different kinds of empires. This editorial... | | |
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