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Do you know? The top 10 reasons to love Revolutionary Girl Utena

Well, it’s over. Thirty-nine disorienting episodes later, Revolutionary Girl Utena has ended for me. There’s a lot to digest, and sometimes the pace at which bizarreness is thrown at you can be a little much. So not only am I confident that I’ll watch Utena again, I think right now I can only manage a [...]

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Twelve Thingies: The marathon

Part of the 12 Moments in Anime 2009, which would be a ripoff at any bakery. This is a short one, because honestly I don’t feel much like writing about Honey & Clover right now. I already did it, (warning: same pancake) and though I feel like there’s more to say, I’m not sure how [...]

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The Revolution will be televised, over and over: Repetition in Utena

As always, the shadowplayers say it best. How to make a Student Council Arc episode of Utena: Introduce a member of the council as your focus Make sure that character has a run-in with Utena Optional bitch-slap Challenge Grab the handle, close-up on the water hitting the rose ring Begin JA Seazer’s Absolute Destiny Apocalypse [...]

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Absolute beginning apocalypse: Revolutionary Girl Utena

The best part about currently-airing anime is the “water cooler” factor, the ability to talk with people about what happened this week and speculate on the coming episodes. While older titles may have more appeal in general, the shared experience factor of new series is something you just have to miss out on. But a [...]

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Learning to let go from Honey & Clover

I’m not sure what first gave me the idea to watch it, but it became apparent almost immediately that it was a good idea. Everyone I talked to seemed suddenly seized by a compulsion to rewatch at least some episodes (in ghostlightning’s case, the whole damn thing in 2 days). No one seemed to have [...]

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Even in soft focus, there’s no substitute for “being there”

Partially due to Crunchyroll availability, and partially due to JC Staff’s recent track record, I checked out Aoi Hana (aka Sweet Blue Flowers). I can’t say I’m normally into this kinda stuff — it’s not as if I’m the target demographic — but as has really been the case lately, JC Staff has taken something [...]

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