Does anyone actually watch these five minute shows? This one was about an “elementary schooler” who looks like a grown man. He worries about his recorder test for his music class, gets mistaken for a child molester on the way to school and is arrested. Continue reading Recorder to Randsell — First Impression
It’s nice to look back occasionally and look at the previous year. How was 2011 in terms of anime?
Oretachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai
After the first episode’s panty flash from a little girl, I dropped the show and didn’t finish the episode. A few weeks later, I decided to give it another shot, and was pleasantly surprised. It’s setup with the “three” main characters gives a unique and much needed twist to the harem genre. Its jokes can be fairly witty, and the characters are not your straight-up harem tropes. And it’s pretty fun trying to figure out what’s going on. Continue reading 2011: A Year in Review
Same drill as last time.
I’ve loosely ranked the season’s shows from worst to best (rough guide: A=awesome, B+=great, B-=good, C=decent, D=bad, F=fail). The numbers in parentheses are how I ranked that series’ first episode at the start of the season. Let’s see how much things have changed.
I’ve tried to keep this post concise. Let’s begin!
Dropped: Maken-ki! (22), Tamayura ~hitotose~ (21), Kimi to Boku (20), Mashiroiro Symphony (19), ϕ Brain (18)
Fallen Behind: The iDOLM@STER, Gintama’
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19. Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon — F (17)
WTF, Japan. Continue reading A Seasonal Review: Fall 2011
Nura Rikuo continues his adventure as leader of the Night Parade of a Hundred Demons, this time going to Kyoto to take on the Nue.
This is a continuation of the first series, and to be honest, I liked the first season better. This season falls into the traps that most shounen fighting shows seem to: endless training arcs and fights. The majority of the season was a big training arc until they reached Kyoto, at which point it became an endless battle. Continue reading Nurarihyon no Mago Sennen Makyou Review — C-
I read it. It was amazing. I won’t attempt to summarize for fear of spoilers.
The chapters alternate between the viewpoints of Tengo and Aomame, the two main characters. Initially their stories seem separate, but the two narratives slowly and masterfully converge. The book is split into three parts, each published separately in Japan but combined for the English translation. The first two were fabulous, some of Murakami’s best work, A+ material. But the last third was a letdown. It consists of hundreds of pages of three people waiting around. Parts were great, particularly Tengo’s trip to the cat town, but most of the final third was just boring and I was eager to get on with things. Continue reading 1Q84 Review – A