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Twelve Days of Anime, Post 2: Holiday for a Witch
I’m not much of a classic Hollywood fan, but I am one of the many who has a spot for Audrey Hepburn. So in “My Romagna,” episode 5 of Strike Witches season two…as soon as Lucchini lands her kick and grabs the hand of the girl she “rescues” a grin spread across my face, because [...]
Yoshika Becomes a Runepriest + Your Main Party
If Strike Witches were an RPG, Yoshika is the party cleric, which is usually a pretty boring class if you decide to specialize in healing and buffing armor class like she pretty much does. It’s great for survival and sweet when everyone is bloodied, but seems low on the Awesome! Eila pretty much nailed it [...]
501s, 504s, Training and Broomsticks
What I find amusing about both the 501 and 504 strike witch aerial divisions is those numbers are also designations for brands of Levi’s blue jeans. Given the flight junkie thing about this show, the squadron numbers, if not just some random numbers pulled out of their pants, are more likely related to the air [...]
Sakamoto the Jedi
At the end of last season it looked like Major Sakamoto lost her ability to generate a barrier able to block Neuroi attacks. Just as long as the Neuroi or something worse doesn’t come back, she’d be fine. Bring on season 2 and the Neuroi are back. Oops. Actually, no, not oops, but a sweet [...]
Battle Athletes Victory Revisited
Whenever I start feeling a little blah towards anime, I rewatch a favorite from years past instead of trying to find something new. Being in the mood for something fluffy and ridiculous, it felt like a good time to revisit Battle Athletes Victory. It probably would sit next to all of the shows from over [...]
