Google is now offering “dynamic” templates for blogger. These are new blog templates based on all the latest toys – ajax, html5, etc. I’m not ready to switch over because it’s beta and functionality is still very limited – no sidebar widgets, etc. But if you want to check it […] Read more
For an OVA I hadn’t even realized was coming until two hours ago, I’m amazed by just how good Tokubetsu Bangai Hen really was. Let’s face it, how much you enjoyed this OVA is probably going to correlate to how much you enjoy Kuro as a character. If you’re one […] Read more
The metahumor is strong with this one. AIC Build is going down a familiar path with this series, having explored some of the same otaku parody territory with Oreimo. There are risks involved in becoming heavily dependent on self-reference, but so far it’s pretty much a grand slam – in […] Read more
Must not think too much about what’s happening. Must not think too much about what’s happening. Must not… Really, this series should have been called “Guilty Pleasure” because that’s what it’s become for me. Normally I despise that term – if you like something you like it, and there’s no […] Read more
I don’t know just what to make out of this week’s Mawaru Penguin Drum – it was almost… Linear. Ironic for the episode when the subway line takes a sharp bend to the left. I enjoyed this episode a lot, I guess in part because it’s very balance and conventionality […] Read more
Now that was more like it. Building on the strong first half last week, UN-GO delivered a conclusion to its first two-parter that was exactly what I hoped this show would be – smart, funny, dark and extremely interesting. I think this episode worked on pretty much all levels. It […] Read more
Even for a series that soft-pedals the conflict as much as this one does, what passed for drama this week was really a tempest in a teapot. It looked for a while as if we might get a Miu-centric episode this week, as we found out in the beginning […] Read more
「(はっぱの水族館」 “Leaf Aquarium” So here we have the first of four planned bonus episodes of Usagi Drop, one per Blu-Ray volume. Obviously there’s not a lot to say about a four-minute mini-episode except “watch it”. This is pure slice-of-life – a few scenes taken from the early timeline of the […] Read more
This was the week Chihayafuru left the kid stuff behind and ventured into altogether more depressing territory. But I have a suspicion this was a change-of-pace and not a trend. While I’ve often compared this series to Hikaru no Go, it’s obvious that there are going to be some stark […] Read more
Aces wild! Kimi to Boku – 05 Chizuru is one weird kid. Of course they’re all sort of weird with this show, but he’s the weirdest – and also remains the only really interesting character on the show. I’ve seen the Matsuri episode done a hundred times, of course, and […] Read more