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A feelgood after-life and meaningful ecchi in My Lovely Ghost Kana
Sometimes it’s rewarding to take a complete stab in the dark and pick up something different from what you normally read. I’m unfamiliar with Yutaka Tanaka for instance, which isn’t surprising since...
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Several girls galore (the alluring aroma of Perfume)
The PC’s on the blink again. It’ll be over a week before I can put right whatever’s wrong so in the meantime I’m working on the backup machine, my trusty four-year-old low-spec laptop. So here I am,...
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It’s time we showed REC some love
I think REC must be a forgotten gem because I’ve never read or heard much about it at all. In fact I stumbled on it purely by accident when the premise of “boy meets girl, girl becomes roommate after...
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Shiki and the disease that makes monsters of us all
Shiki was hard-going at first what with its slow build-up and all, but it got better towards the end. The new OP and END theme tunes were an improvement on those of the first half and many of the...
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Halfway through Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica: holy crap, this is good
An issue I see quite often in anime fandom is the cry of “it’s not a cartoon! It’s animation!” I’m as guilty of that as anyone, and even set out my own thoughts on the topic a while ago but quite...
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Rawr~! Godzilla is still the daddy
It’s embarrassing to admit that I consider myself a fan of Japanese cinema yet have never seen, for example, Akira Kurosawa’s Seven Samurai. It reminds me of the concept behind I’ve Never Seen Star...
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Mahoromatic, a series I hate to love
Way back when, I watched the first season of Mahoromatic because I’m a Gainax completist and later made a mental note to pick up the second season when time and finances allowed. Even then, Something...
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Strike Witches: weapons of mass distraction
TV series recommendations are dangerous things unless you have a good measure of the person recommending them to you. Since most of my friends’ tastes lean towards the awesome or awesomely hilarious...
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The curiosity of Eru Chitanda
In a recent discussion with the Metanorn boss lady over on Twitter, she echoed my own spoken opinion on moe; I hope she doesn’t mind me quoting it as being that of “meh”. I started wondering why then...
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Macross is 30 years old today
On October 3, 1982, the first episode of SDF Macross was broadcast on Japanese TV. Of course, I wouldn’t have known that; I was too young to remember. It’s strange to think though that one of my...
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