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What is it? It's an anime blog. A blog about anime (literally, "pornographic cartoons from Japan"). It's written by:-
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digiboy
Disgusting perv.
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Tag Archives: Shaft
12 Moments in 2011: The shift, part two
In hindsight, how did we really not know what was going on here? Many will say now that they did, although the evidence points to otherwise. Most certainly did expect something, but like Blair Witch, the marketing and lead-up to Madoka Magica was a huge part of the experience. Unlike Blair Witch, the end product [...]
What is Madoka?
Does Madoka Magica herald a new age of everything having to be a newer, darker, more extreme version of something we know and love? Or is it really just another mahou shoujo series for little girls to enjoy?
Being Shinbo, being squicky
You can say you were there when people first started referring to lolimoe as unripe cheese. If I have my way, of course.
Twelve Thingies: I Love You
Brought to you by CCY, the 12 Moments of Anime 2009, and a lot of staples. Whether you look at the online response or the crushing domestic sales of the DVDs, Bakemonogatari is not only one of the biggest shows of the year, it’s a huge win for SHAFT and Akiyuki Shinbo, the love-him-or-hate-him iconoclast [...]
Why Shinbo (was: Wherefore shafting)?
Few figures in animation are more divisive than Wackiyuki Akiyuki Shinbo, studio head and famously iconoclastic director at SHAFT animation studio. Some love his visually bizarre work, others loathe it for its apparent pretentiousness. Very few people tend to be in the middle. Plenty across the internet have weighed in already – and they tend [...]
12 days of memories, day 8
Anno-ism There are plenty of moments so far in the current ef: a tale of melodies sequel to get into this list (“Warum” comes to mind), but I’m not sure any of them beat the first series’ phone card scene, which Martin described in the comments of this site as “Anno-esque” (best word for the [...]