Anime
Shangri-la: In the Dark Ocean of Trees
Episode two was boring and didn’t do much to advance the story or the characters. All we learned was jungles are bad places, people still play lotto, and this is one twisted loli: I’ll give it a few more episodes. Hopefully, the premise of Shangri-la can survive the production.
Lucky Star, Moe for What?
Having finished Lucky Star recently, I get that it relies a bit on moe to carry it, but moe for what? Lucky Star offers a lot of things to go moe on, cute girls for one, that’s pretty standard, otakuisms for another (are those not cute and inept too?). For me in particular, Lucky Star [...]
Shangri-La Opener
Shangri-La seems like it could be an interesting show, but after one episode it’s way too early to tell. There are quite a few things thrown in there that are a little hard to make out what is what, but so far the star of the show is the setting. Ruins covered in vegetation make [...]
Kare Kano Revisited
When I first saw Kare Kano (His and Hers Circumstances), the unexpectedness gently blew my mind. Wait a second, how? Kare Kano is a high school romance story with quite a few expected developments, but it was the two main characters and how I could relate to it was that made Kare Kano a favorite [...]
Air Gear
Given my fondness for Ringo, it’s kind of funny that I haven’t watched Air Gear until like now. I did read the first few volumes of the manga, back when I read manga, so it’s not like it was just love of the character design. But, yeah, sometimes when going to watch a show with [...]
Welcome to the NHK, Finished
In between the crazy moments of Sato’s imagination, Welcome to the NHK lives in the sober moments of reality, when the soundtrack of lazy drums nudges the guitar along behind Sato’s wallowing, the unwarm sunlight through the window of the half desolate Tokyo train, a full ashtray, and a computer monitor as the light of [...]
Agent Aika Remastered
A look at Bandai’s Anime Legends: Agent Aika, a remastered version of the fan service classic.
