I’m back!
Pretend you care!
Well, that was a hell of a hiatus. I can’t accurately call it a break. I packed a 22 foot truck, hooked my car on the back, drove it 1400 miles (about 2200km) at 50mph (80km/h) — which, if you do the math, I shit you not comes to seven billion hours on the road — to finally end up at my new place and unpack approximately 1 ½ boxes before I had to jaunt off to Florida for work. Somewhere along the line, I got sick, and I would assume that somewhere in there I also slept. What I did not do very much of is watch anime, but I managed to get caught up somewhere in there. Here’s what happened in my absence:
Macross F got good. Like really good. Instead of nostalgia-porn for old-school fans, it’s now its own series that’s starting to get balls out. But the upcoming “Vajra Babies” spinoff, while cute, is a blatant cash-in and should not be considered canon.
Geass did its thing. No hardcore plot twists, but Shirley’s killer was quite the surprise to me. Unfortunately, now that LeDouche is trying to off Rolo, the little brother-faker has become the Scrappy Doo of the series. Just die, already.
Twenty Faces had an off week. Chiko as Encyclopedia Brown seems fun on the surface, and a beach episode never fails, uh… right? But the story was silly, didn’t focus on Chiko, and had horrendous animation.
Kaiba became confusing. If you’ve ever wondered why you should consider saving episodes at least for a little while after they’re over, try watching Kaiba with a lot of space between. A lot has been made about this series’ connotations, but in essence the plot is fairly simple. Until you forget what happened in the last three weeks.
Real Drive remain’s Masumune Shirow’s most pointless creation. But I still like it.
Toshokan Sensou finished. And… I really didn’t care. Put it next to Kure-nai on the “hey-ho wrap it up boys! Don’t forget the nice bow!” shitty endings shelf. After typing that and hearing it in my head, I realized it sounded sort of like “nice boat,” now that’s a real ending.
Golgo 13 killed some people. I didn’t even watch it! But I know!
Itazura na Kiss changed directions. It better still be good, or I will use my Ranma powers to change into a fangirl and flip out.
Pretty sure I remained the only person watching Kyouran Kazoku Nikki. Which means I am the only person who is experiencing a weekly psychedelic overload of insanity. Call me crazy, this show is dumb (by its own description, it’s “idiotic late-night anime”) but continues to entertain me.
I started Birdy The Mighty Decode. It’s the only thing that really seemed interesting for the summer, especially since most of my spring shows are continuing into this season.
Strike Witches answered a timeless question: When is something such a pile of shit that you can feel ripped off for spending two bucks? When I told my friend, frequent commenter Jason, to watch only the first 30 seconds, he got progressively more angry with me as the IM conversation went on.
9:54:44 PM jason: that looks a little bit retarded.
9:54:44 PM jason: they have plane propellers on their legs??
9:54:51 PM jason: wtf!
He didn’t even make it to the part where NO ONE WEARS PANTS. But that’s another post. No, really, it is. I cannot let these injustices go unreported.
I truly sympathise with the subbers of Kyouran; all the characters speak at a hundred miles a minute (if that even makes sense) so it would take a long time to sub. But I haven’t had a dose in two weeks and I’m starting to get the shakes. I NEED my dose of insanity. Really need it ;_;.
And you’re on Anime Nano now. Grats. (Although you don’t get to be all cool and underground anymore.
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Unfortunately I can’t comment on most of your anime-related stuff other than, 1) Holy crap, ItaKiss and 2) Why do I keep leaving Toshokan Sensou behind?
It’s true, Golgo 13 killed some people. Then he killed some more people, escaped from an island prison, defeated a supercomputer, and ruined a violinist’s solo. It was awesome.
Welcome back dad.
I love Strike Witches ):
Welcome back! Strike Witches requires a certain zenesque state of low expectations which I achieve through meditating under a waterfall for days beforehand, or by depriving myself of sleep. It has its points, but Den Beste has already pointed them out.
I was watching KKN, but my tolerance for insanity turned out to be lower than expected. Nice work on the ending sequences, though.
@omisyth so true, it’s sort of like someone ran up from out of nowhere, slapped you with a fish, a noodle, a corncob, and a chinchilla, then ran away again — all in under 3 seconds.
@CCY woot! Thanks for calling me cool and underground, even as a joke. It’s the best compliment I can hope for, considering I was designed for selling out from minute one.
@Baka-Raptor I saw the violin one but he didn’t even kill anyone in that. Lame.
@Shin Color me unsurprised
@IKnight I read that SDB post, and I’m still apparently naïve enough that I can be horrified an entire series was based off such a flimsy premise as “figures that resemble historical aircraft but with ears, tails, and panties.”
“Pretty sure I remained the only person watching Kyouran Kazoku Nikki. ”
Not so. I actually find it one of the more entertaining shows of this year. Trust. :3
And if you can watch the madcap pace of KKN (which really isn’t even that zany a lot of the time. People complaining about that are weak sauce.), you can watch Strike Witches. Blah, blah, blah, standards, needless fanservice and all of that stuff. People worry too much.
Glad your journey anime came to a happy ending, and welcome back! I’m still not sure if Ranka is definitely gonna pop an egg out, but I’m sure Ranka fans everywhere are very afraid.
Whew, you didn’t get crushed by a falling pile of boxes, I see.
Re: Kaiba: I thought “Shoot Warp” wasn’t as confusing as the previous episode, where it’s revealed that everyone and their mother is either a fake Warp, the real Warp, a future Warp, or *head explodes*. At the very least, I gotta hand it to Kaiba, it fosters the interest-piquing type of confusion where you can’t help watching the series all over again right after you finish it.
Strike Witches is… Well, I compare it often in my mind to another new show, Koihime Musou, which is pure campy fun. KM doesn’t take itself seriously: it knows it’s ridiculous and over-the-top. Strike Witches, on the other hand, has yet to realize its own sillyness. It’s as if the main writer for the show brought his retarded brother to the pitch meeting and the execs took him seriously.
Writer: “Now you see gentlemen, we’ll be aiming at a realistic recreation of World War II-era weapons, vehicles, and tone. Our heroines will also hail from a variety of nations so as to inject a much-needed dose of cultural diversity.”
Retarded brother: “NO PANTS!!!”
Writer: “… Uhm, yeah, no pants. As I was saying, our heroines will have to face an advanced race of mechanical aliens–”
Retarded brother: “AND THEY’RE ALL FOXGIRLS! BLOUGJHABABABA!”
I’m watching Kyouran Kazoku Nikki as well.
I paid a dollar to see Jurassic Park 3 in the theaters and thought I got ripped off – the air conditioning was the only thing that kept me in the seat.
‘Bout damn time. I’d been wondering where you went…forgot you were moving.
That picture reminds me of a post idea I had…muahahahaha!
Well, since you told me to pretend like I care, here goes:
OMFG(oodness)!! otou-san is back! HOORAY!
Good moment over.
Let’s be honest here, no one missed you except me and the bunnies lols.
An’ ya better start blogging about Birdy, dammit!
A little Blade of the Immortal wouldn’t hurt either…
@BigN “Blah, blah, blah, I puked off the side of the couch, actually got dumber while watching. People worry too much.”
@Kabitzin would that make her a MILF?
@Korasoff In your hypothetical pitch meeting, I’m pretty sure the main writer is actually the dumber one for thinking this could be a serious show. And you’re right, apparently they still think the thing should be played straight. So I just can’t take it.
@steelbound I can see how you’d think that’d be ok. “Oh, it’s only a buck, how bad could it be?” But at least it wasn’t full price to see Blair Witch.
@Riex I’m definitely curiously awaiting that post now.
@blissmo While we’re being honest, the bunnies are really all that matter to me anyways.
and, Jason…. what am I, your trained monkey? What’re you gonna do for me?
If you truly are my trained monkey, I didn’t do a very good job. How dare you talk back to me like that. Bad monkey!
What exactly do you think I can do for that you couldn’t do a better job at yourself?
@otou-san: Only the bunnies? Well, there ain’t any bunnies without me!! ;___;
The last few episodes of Kaiba have confused me.
@blissmo the bunnies and blissmooo of course
@lelangir that makes me feel better to hear someone say that. So… who is Warp exactly, now?
Encyclopedia Brown!!??
How OLD are you?
(From someone who’s probably older, and bought those books new while in 8th grade)
Encyclopedia Brown books actually are still being put out to this day. I don’t know which ones you were buying new (they started in ‘63), so I can’t say for sure if you’re older, but I’m not that old. Not that there’s anything wrong with that if you are… OK I’ll shut up now.