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My Otome DVD vol.2
Having seen My-HiME, it’s impossible not to compare My-Otome with it, especially since in the eight episodes released so far on region one dvd, My-Otome drops plenty of HiME references and character revisions. I have a lot of fun with these references, so they’re having the intended effect. The character revision that made me laugh [...]
The Story of Saiunkoku v1
During one of Geneon’s panels at Otakon ’07, I caught the trailer for The Story of Saiunkoku (Saiunkoku Monogatari). One of the producers mentioned how addictive the show was and from the trailer it looked amusing, but something I might Netflix instead of buy what with the show apparently taking place on Planet Bishie. Then [...]
Beck and that Koyuki Jerk
Man, between volume one and volume two of the Beck anime, that jerk Koyuki got way better at guitar than I did. Me, I’m stuck with the holy rock trinity of power chord progressions, E-A-B E-A-B-A. Well, no not really, I’m a little less sad than that, but not much less. It’s fun picking up [...]
My Otome DVD vol. 1
Over the years anime studios have come up with scores of variations on the cutie weapon. My-Otome continues the tradition of girlie armaments with an earnestness that has me wanting to tell Sunrise and Bandai, please make more. I love this franchise. It feels like it does exactly what it meant to do, and that’s [...]
Black Lagoon vol. 1
From the second I hit play, I knew Black Lagoon was two-hands of awesome. I love the opening of the show. It’s got guitar on shredd, pounding drums, and some rock diva screaming into the microphone. Lately, openings have been very pop driven, glossy, and polite. An opening with shredded guitars like in Black Lagoon [...]
Finished Up SpeedGrapher
I wanted SpeedGrapher to be one of those well executed anime that had something to say about the broken side of modern life. It showed promise as an anti-cute, grim look at greed, but instead presents a far too idealized dystopia complete with a monolithic corrupt upper class, that I had a hard time taking [...]
Le Chevalier D’Eon v1 — Psalm of Vengeance
Le Chevalier D’Eon takes the story of a famous spy and tips the glass sideways to spill magic and gargoyles onto pre-revolutionary France. It is a France where power grabbing aristocrats play deadly games with each other at the expense of the citizenry, and on occaision, turns them into puppets to attack. The intrigue, mystical, [...]
