Category Archives: what’s on

Every answered question is a murdered child: On keeping Black Rock Shooter open-ended

When the Black Rock Shooter OVA anime appeared, I wasn’t blogging but I managed to write a little piece about it anyway. I still feel like most of my thoughts apply: at the end of the day, huke and the Ordet crew did a capable job of making a finished work of anime from nothing [...]

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What’s on: winter begins

Whoa, I got tired thinking about stuff! Making real points about things is hard work LOL!! So, yeah, here’s an early breakdown of Winter 2012′s season of animated eye sodomy.

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Kill Me Baby

“You’re just gonna use the show’s title as the post title?” Yes, because the title is great and now unforgettable to me thanks to that batshit Mr. Bungle-esque opening song. Like every comedy ever, Kill Me Baby will only appeal to some, and I’m one of them, which is unexpected. Spastic boke-tsukkomi acts are my [...]

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The Ham-Fistedness of Shakugan no Shana

When someday you look back at this moment and they ask you, “Where were you?” You can answer. You answer, and you will find comfort in knowledge: the knowledge that you did not miss this moment.

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What sucks about Usagi Drop…

is that it’s already over!   What I’m about to say has nothing to do with the Usagi Drop manga, about which I give no shits, and which I haven’t read: I wish Usagi Drop would’ve been 22 episodes long instead of eleven. I think the plot was truncated by the factors of being based [...]

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Behind the Curve

It’s been a long time since I’ve had the notion to delve deeply into the world of anime again, and now that I’m timidly taking the plunge, boy do I feel like I’ve missed a lot. I only recently discovered interesting shows like Star Driver, No. 6, and The Mystic Archives of Dantalian (admittedly only [...]

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