April 2008
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Yuki Nagato Swimsuit No Beach
I’m used to being surprised by something every time I open the door to the clubroom, but I wasn’t expecting this, not that I’m complaining. Miss Nagato in a swimsuit, now that’s a surprise I can live with on a daily basis. Anyway, I expected Haruhi to be doing all sorts of things around Miss [...]
5 Centimeters Per Second
I can’t shake Five Centimeters Per Second. Toono’s experience as an adult — I identify with it. Feel it as my state. The details of how we got there are very different and appear far less breathtaking, but we wind up in a similar place, going through motions, not knowing how long we’ve been on [...]
I Had No Idea Kanon Was this Funny
I avoided reading anything on Kanon when it was airing. Pretty much, I thought Kanon would be a solid tear-jerker like Air, something that had a light hearted bit thrown in here and there to provide contrast, but really just wanted to make your eyes water. So far after eight episodes, Kanon has had me [...]
Anime Blog Award Nominations
I finally got around to filling out those Anime Blog Award nominations. Looking at the blogs I nominated it’s clear that it’s very AnimeNano/AnimeBlogger Antenna centric. I rarely visit anything outside of AnimeNano/Antenna since it’s pretty much where I go to find stuff to read. I think I’m going to have to plunder some blogrolls [...]
Mushi-Shi in the Middle
I’ve been slack on writing about Mushi-Shi and highlighting the stories I thought played with human concepts in interesting ways. Maybe if I get the motivation to write an end of series post for it I will, but most people don’t come here for the text, so there’s less motivation there. Anyway, I think the [...]