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Robotics; Notes 12 + 13 — Feelings and Solar Coronas

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Episode 12 was painful. Drama and feelings are one thing. But all this crying over being friends with a robot that has the intelligence of a tape recorder? Give me a break. This is like having a dresser fall on you and retaining a chronic fear of dressers ten years later.

In episode 13, it finally appears that stuff is going to happen. Hidden messages in anime episodes, power outages, fires, a robot rebellion? This is the kind of thing I can get behind. Now why didn’t we have this twelve episodes ago?

Continue reading Robotics; Notes 12 + 13 — Feelings and Solar Coronas →

Shin Sekai Yori 13 – 15 —

Sorry, I fell way behind on this. It’s such a good show, but even better when you don’t have to wait between weeks.

Snow

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First off: snow is awesome. Every anime should have snow and mountains. Best setting. The only thing about Kanon that wasn’t terrible.

Snow is made even better by esper skiing. Gah I want to do this too so bad. It makes Maria’s flying look lame by comparison. Continue reading Shin Sekai Yori 13 – 15 — →

Winter 2013 — First Impressions

As usual, here’s my rankings of the season’s new shows based on the first couple episodes. You can click the links for details, so I’ll keep the discussion of each short. We’ll see how well this matches my ending thoughts.

Ongoing Series: Hunter X Hunter, Ixion Saga DT, Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Little Busters, Magi, PSYCHO PASS, Robotics; Notes, Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo, Shin Sekai Yori, Space Bros, Zetsuen no Tempest

Shorts: Ai Mai Mii, gdgd Fairies 2, Ishida to Asakura, Mangirl, Osakan Okan, Puchimas, Senyu, Yama no Susume

Unwatched Sequels: AKB0048 Next Stage, Chihayafuru 2, Hetalia: The Beautiful World
Yeah, I know, I still haven’t finished Chihayafuru 1.

18. Amnesia
Zzzzzz…. Bishies…..

17. Vividred Operation
Butts.

16. Senran Kagura
Ninjas with exploding clothes. Continue reading Winter 2013 — First Impressions →