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2012 Year in Review: Characters

January 23, 2013Year in Reviewanime, year in reviewdraggle

A while ago I reviewed the music from the past year, now I’m doing characters, and next I’ll be doing shows.

Worst Female Character

5. Inori Yuzuriha: Guilty Crown
From pop idol to revolutionary to damsel in distress to wolverine to piece of crystal. Because she’s herself.

4. Wakana Sakai: Tari Tari
St. Wakana, as I fondly called her. Lecturing all her friends, acting as if she had attained enlightenment, and treating everyone else like children. So annoying. Continue reading 2012 Year in Review: Characters →

Shin Sekai Yori 16 — Searching for Maria

January 22, 2013Shin Sekai Yorianime, shin sekai yoridraggle

Not much happened this episode— Maria read her letter to Saki as they relived their childhood, then Saki and Satoru wandered around searching for her and Mamoru. But it was still a powerful episode.

Maria’s letter elegantly explained their reasons for leaving. I didn’t like the insert song— it seemed out of place and a needless interruption. I still think Maria’s wrong that Mamoru is the weakest and can’t live on his own. He is the one who left town by himself so that he could survive.

The search portion of the episode was beautiful. Especially the sunset scene. The animators do some wacky stuff, like that episode which focused on everyone’s crotches, but they really do know how to make things look pretty when they try. Continue reading Shin Sekai Yori 16 — Searching for Maria →

Zetsuen no Tempest 14 — Crushes and Mage Abuse

January 21, 2013Zetsuen no Tempestanime, zetsuen no tempestdraggle

This episode was hilarious. Hakaze’s crush on Yoshino is funny enough on its own. Continue reading Zetsuen no Tempest 14 — Crushes and Mage Abuse →

Robotics; Notes 12 + 13 — Feelings and Solar Coronas

January 19, 2013Robotics; Notesanime, robotics notesdraggle

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?

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PSYCHO PASS 13 — You Are My Father

January 17, 2013Psycho Passanime, psycho passdraggle

Well, I didn’t see that one coming.

The reveal was rather abrupt, but after thinking about it for a while, I kind of like how they did it. Usually this would be something you said up front. If you didn’t say it upfront, you’d have a dramatic reveal, Star Wars style. Continue reading PSYCHO PASS 13 — You Are My Father →