- December 31st, 2009
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There’s nothing like the end of the year to make you reflective. I had hoped to start this post off by proudly announcing that although I’d been accepted to grad school for September 2010,…
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The bad news is the first show of the winter season has arrived and it’s not so hot. The good news is the season can only go up from here. Wha- Uh- Guh- There is so much that is wrong with…
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- December 29th, 2009
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Source Rabbit Poets has come a long way since the days where I think I was the only visitor to where it is now. One year sounds like a long time, but it also feels like it passed in a flash.…
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- December 26th, 2009
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Perhaps the only thing “Endless” about Beatrice is the gallons and gallons of blood she gushes after being gashed by Battler’s truths. Otherwise, if anything, the last episode of the question ar…
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- December 24th, 2009
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So I’ll eventually get around to the real post, most likely after Christmas. But here’s my initial stream of consciousness. They’re both trolls! All these witches are trolls! Even Bernka…
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Well this is it. The moment we’ve all been waiting for. Moment #1 of CCY’s Twelve Moments project. Drumroll please… *durarara* … Haruhi’s return! She’s back! In chibi form! Althou…
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- December 23rd, 2009
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CCY has thrown down his Twelve Moments of Anime gauntlet, inviting others to join him everyday until Christmas in recalling their 12 favorite anime-related things of the year. Moment #2 isn’t re…
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- December 22nd, 2009
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CCY has thrown down his Twelve Moments of Anime gauntlet, inviting others to join him everyday until Christmas in recalling their 12 favorite anime-related things of the year. Whew, twelve days is lon…
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- December 21st, 2009
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CCY has thrown down his Twelve Moments of Anime gauntlet, inviting others to join him everyday until Christmas in recalling their 12 favorite anime-related things of the year. We’re now getting…
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- December 20th, 2009
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CCY has thrown down his Twelve Moments of Anime gauntlet, inviting others to join him everyday until Christmas in recalling their 12 favorite anime-related things of the year. Continuing the countdown…
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And so concludes the first season of Nyan Koi with the love triangle right back to where we started and Junpei having survived the harrowing trials of turning into a cat. For a shrine maiden with a…
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rabbitpoets has posted a new entry on: Rabbit Poets: Blogging about Anime
CCY has thrown down his Twelve Moments of Anime gauntlet, inviting others to join him everyday until Christmas in recalling their 12 favorite anime-related things of the year. Continuing the countdown…
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- December 19th, 2009
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Remember when Umineko was about the battle between logic and magic, between Battler and Beatrice? No? Well, that’s alright, because it’s been a while. The latest episode wasn’t bad, but I wasn…
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rabbitpoets has posted a new entry on: Rabbit Poets: Blogging about Anime
CCY has thrown down his Twelve Moments of Anime gauntlet, inviting others to join him everyday until Christmas in recalling their 12 favorite anime-related things of the year. Continuing the countdown…
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- December 17th, 2009
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CCY has thrown down his Twelve Moments of Anime gauntlet, inviting others to join him everyday until Christmas in recalling their 12 favorite anime-related things of the year. Oh, just an hour…
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- December 16th, 2009
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CCY has thrown down his Twelve Moments of Anime gauntlet, inviting others to join him everyday until Christmas in recalling their 12 favorite anime-related things of the year. NOTE: There’s a si…
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- December 15th, 2009
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CCY has thrown down his Twelve Moments of Anime gauntlet, inviting others to join him everyday until Christmas in recalling their 12 favorite anime-related things of the year. Moment #10 is a beauty.…
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- December 14th, 2009
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CCY has thrown down his Twelve Moments of Anime gauntlet, inviting others to join him everyday until Christmas in recalling their 12 favorite anime-related things of the year. Today? Moment #11. Brot…
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Wow, 2009 is closing huh? These years go by quicker and quicker. Thankfully, the year’s ending on a fun note, because CCY has thrown down his Twelve Moments of Anime gauntlet, inviting others to…
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- December 12th, 2009
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Seems like we’re barreling towards an anime-original ending. Although if I were to make a bet, I’d bet that we don’t get a "true" resolution to either the curse or the love…
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- December 10th, 2009
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I’ve gotta say, it’s nice to type in regular English. Just when I get the hang of explaining the murders (pretty easy this time around), they go and change the game up completely. But does…
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Ok, I have to get this post out the door, I’ve already spent way too much time already tweaking code. I’m not happy with it, because I had grander design plans in mind. But I eventually cu…
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- December 7th, 2009
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This appears to have been an anime-original episode. It wasn’t too bad, although pretty random. I wonder if AIC is going to try to create an anime-original ending, since the manga is still ongoi…
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- December 5th, 2009
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rabbitpoets has posted a new entry on: Rabbit Poets: Blogging about Anime
Source What with the imminent winter season preview post, the Twelve Moments in Anime project, an end of the year anniversary post, and then the subsequent winter season first impressions posts, th…
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- December 4th, 2009
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It’s weird, this arc feels like it’s being paced at a fairly leisurely level, especially any Ange or Maria background scene, but then the whole George & Jessica "Head of the Ushir…
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- December 1st, 2009
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Let it be decreed that this was the greatest pool/beach episode I’ve ever seen. If Sora no Otoshimono is fanservice done right long-term, this was fanservice done right in a one shot. Great desi…
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- November 27th, 2009
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Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving. Or at least an exciting Thursday if you’re in one of those places that doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving. This Umineko post notwithstanding, I’m basically tak…
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- November 24th, 2009
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For whatever reason I got a particular kick out of this episode. Maybe it was the cat exercise montage (classic) or maybe it was the nekko twist on the classic misunderstanding of a boy "accident…
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- November 21st, 2009
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Kingdom Hearts is back. This time to tell the story of Roxas, Axel and Organization XIII. The best compliment I can give this game is that it has made me want to unquit the abomination that was Kingdo…
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- November 19th, 2009
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No Battler, no Beatrice, and smashed rabbits makes me a sad blogger. The background on Ange and Maria was helpful, but I do miss the stars of the show. Aw man, I’m not sure if I’m jealo…
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- November 18th, 2009
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Nyan Koi’s been fairly consistent, but it’s getting somewhat formulaic and getting stuck in "pretty good" land. Or basically, it is what I thought it would be when the season beg…
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- November 16th, 2009
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A little bit of love for the relatively recently released OVA of Nodame Cantabile, in prep for covering the third and final season during the winter. It took me a couple minutes to realize that t…
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- November 15th, 2009
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(This post is spoiler free.) Source I’ve heard so many good things about Haibane Renmei that I’ve been angling to watch it for a while now. I didn’t know much about it thoug…
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- November 13th, 2009
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Holy cow, did DEEN even look at this episode before airing it? The white highlights and soft glows were unbearably bright. Half the time you couldn’t even make out the lines on the characters…
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- November 12th, 2009
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I hate talking about myself. Doing so makes me blush brighter than Hinagiku sharing a moment in an onsen. Even my "site stuff" category is very bare. In the near year I’ve been writing…
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- November 8th, 2009
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Keep the cats coming. The twin-tails were a nice cherry on top. Now, the Princess Lover style black holes under miniskirts was an unwelcome censorship. Seriously, what’s going on with that. J…
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- November 7th, 2009
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I knew she wasn’t gone. I knew I saw a fleeting moment of hesitation before her complete destruction of Battler in the third game. Hope lives for Moetrice’s true resurrection! ~Pu ku ku…
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- November 3rd, 2009
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Sorry for the delay in getting this post up. The World Series has taken up all my time lately. The latest Nyan Koi episode was good, and gives us some nice Mizuno and Junpei development, but I was sor…
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- October 30th, 2009
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rabbitpoets has posted a new entry on: Rabbit Poets: Blogging about Anime
The most important part of getting to this episode was trying to avoid even the slightest semblance of any spoilers – be it the post title, or the preview sentence you see in Google Reader. But I kn…
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- October 27th, 2009
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rabbitpoets has posted a new entry on: Rabbit Poets: Blogging about Anime
It started with Stripey’s post about what your top 5 says about you. And in my comment, I realized that of my 5 favorites, 4 came from 2007 (Code Geass, Gurren Lagann, Seto no Hanayome, Higurash…
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- October 25th, 2009
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Yuu Kobayashi scares me. At least her drawings do. Behind those hideous drawings is a psychotic mind, I’m sure of it. However, when she goes nuts voicing a character, well, let’s just say…
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- October 24th, 2009
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How is it possible that my heart is breaking so much for someone who as recently as two episodes ago was reveling in her complete depravity and lack of compassion? Also, this is now the second time th…
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- October 20th, 2009
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The third episode of Sora no Otoshimono was pretty good even though there were no flying pantsu this time around, but I’ve decided to stick with writing about Nyan Koi. Both shows have been nice…
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- October 17th, 2009
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This is the last of the fall 2009 impressions series of posts. Is calling Kuchu Buranko pretentious fair? Is calling Kuchu Buranko interesting fair? Is calling Kuchu Buranko fun to watch fair? Hmm, I…
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Several episodes ago, I wondered if Umineko would ever be able to develop their characters as richly as Higurashi had. I was very skeptical then, simply because of the much larger cast they had to wor…
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- October 13th, 2009
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I hesitated to write this post, simply because I still don’t know if I’m committing to Nyan Koi. I figured it was the default show I’d follow. It’s certainly lived up to expect…
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- October 11th, 2009
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Argh, I’m very sad to see this show end. Even though the romances didn’t pan out, I hope they’ll have a second season that’ll continue the love triangle/square and settle the f…
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- October 10th, 2009
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Geez, I don’t even know where to begin. I can’t tell if we’re getting any real clues, or the story is just meant to mess with us and throw as many random events as possible. Anyway,…
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Well, the fall season is indeed living up to the fairly low expectations I had for it. Besides Armed Librarians, the only other show I’m hoping to check out is Trapeze. Maybe I’ll also che…
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- October 9th, 2009
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rabbitpoets has posted a new entry on: Rabbit Poets: Blogging about Anime
Aroduc wasn’t kidding when he said the power of the Persona force was strong in 11eyes. It was the first thought that popped into my head when Kakeru’s sister summoned that persona in the…
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