Category Archives: first impressions

Insert pun based on the word “needless”

I was never a big fan of the shounen fight-a-week genre. In fact, I haven’t really seen that much. I wasn’t even really into Dragonball. I guess I did watch a lot of Inuyasha on TV. Does Pokemon count? Regardless, I think I could probably write a script for one. Let’s give it a shot. [...]

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Better (30 years) late than never

Double Oh Nineteen hundred seventy-nine AD. The One Year War begins. Char Aznable, the Red Comet, meets the Federation’s ultimate weapon, the Gundam, for the first time. And White Base begins its long journey. At least, that’s what happened in the animated world. In the third dimension, something somewhat less earth-shattering happened: I was born. [...]

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Pervasive wrongness in the Haruhisphere

I was going to write an entire post on all the reasons why Haruhi haters are in the wrong, or at least why so many aren’t using their brains. But for the most part, my arguments were boring and I want people to actually read my blog on occasion. So I’m limiting it to one [...]

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Final(?) spring pickup: Hatsukoi Limited

Not sure what made me think Hatsukoi Limited would be a good idea to watch. Maybe it was the constant nagging mental failure upon seeing its name that made me think of Futakoi Alternative. Anyway, seeing as how we’re not getting another Futakoi Alternative, I grabbed a couple episodes of Hatsukoi (“First Love”) Limited. I [...]

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Springing ahead ’09, part two

Here goes the rest. Hard to top Mazinger, I know. At least for this old fart, but here goes. I’ve added a new portion to my thoughts, what the inevitable downfall of the series will be! Basquash! Pre-airing thoughts: I don’t like sports. Never have. To me the fact that I was always a scrawny [...]

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Springing ahead ’09, part one

Wow! Every one of my posts begins with something about how I haven’t been around, so I’ll just skip that and say hey… how about the new season? Lots of talk so far on these series, but so far I’m way more excited than I was last season. More legal streaming for US viewers, more [...]

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