Category Archives: first impressions

A man appears!

And stands… at attention OH HAI. It’s been a little while (like 2 weeks) since I wrote a post, a nice little roundup of Kannagi that no one cared about. It’s true, but I bought a house and I’m moving in. I’ve had other things on my mind. What could bring me out of such [...]

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Kannagi the dark horse

Fall’s unexpected bright spot The other day, Jason asked me what the dark horse this season was. The True Tears, if you will. Seems like I haven’t seen enough to make a real judgment yet, but to my surprise I answered pretty quickly: Kannagi. What a catch! If asked to sum it up, I’d say [...]

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Final fall ’08 rundown

Maybe! Chaos;Head Anime Diet called it Welcome to the NHK meets Higurashi meets Satoshi Kon. I think that’s a good assessment — the story concerns a hardcore hikikomori with delusions/hallucinations who sees a possible grisly murder and experiences some nice reality warping — but Chaos;Head‘s first episode feels like less than the sum of its [...]

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More fall madness

Now with less pictures, more sloth! I think I’ve just about seen the first episodes of everything I’m remotely interested in, and more, except I’m still waiting for subtitles for a head-exploding trip down memory lane with the new Hokuto No Ken. So here’s where I’m at. To Aru Majutsu no Index I’m not sure [...]

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The fall season, so far

Torawhat? So here’s what I’ve seen so far, and what I’m thinking. Casshern SINS. I was going to bust out the live action flick but I looked at the runtime — almost 2 ½ hours — and remembered it’s long and boring. The visual techniques used in it are good for novelty, but the novelty [...]

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Five shows you should be watching

Virtual Harisen time Everyone is still all hopped up on Geass — There are almost as many people blogging it as are subbing it, even though I’m pretty sure the shark is just a distant memory at this point. And don’t even get me started on Not-So-Special-A, which for some reason people seem to like. [...]

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