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Valkyria Chronicles 02

post from Sea Slugs! Anime Blog on 13 April 2009 11:24:38 PM. © Sea Slugs! Anime Blog

Summary:Isara is always prepared, and so the Edelweiss is already armed and loaded with shells and half a day’s worth of ragnoline. Thanks to her HS tank-driving classes, Isara is already an ace tank pilot, and so Isara drives, Welkin mans the turret, and Alicia stupidvises. The trio is easily able to elude [...]

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K-On! - First Impressions

post from Xebek?s Blog on 13 April 2009 07:00:00 PM. © Xebek?s Blog

I?m just going to flat out say that I liked this episode and have hopes of liking the rest of the series. With a show like this there is always so much crap talk going on about comparing it to other works, Lucky Star and other KyoAni work focusing on comedy shows but honestly, I don?t care about the difference in hype level and initial reactions comparing the two and whatever the hell people come up with to get attention about whining about shit. I liked the show; I found it funny and the characters charming so I?m going to continue to watch it. People need to stop dissecting shows on a level like that. If the first episode is good and charming and funny who gives a crap about comparing it to other stuff or expectations, it?s good, period.

The ED to this series, I must say, is just absolutely incredible. I?ve literally been listening to it over and over again for the past 20 minutes. Right after I finished the anime I?ve been listening to it, while writing this and everything. It?s pretty damn good and I can?t wait until the full version of the song is available.

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maria’s counterattack

post from blog?? on 13 April 2009 03:00:00 PM. © blog??

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07 Ghost Episode 1

post from Cinnamon Ass on 13 April 2009 02:49:00 PM. © Cinnamon Ass

I don’t know how many of you read the Spring previews that Anime News Network do - I suppose with the multitude of blogs doing exactly the same thing none of us are starved for opinions on anime, but for some reason I like to read them (mostly because, after a few years of doing so, I like predicting exactly what some of the reviewers will say!).

Unfortunately, this means I’m going to claim that Someone Is Wrong On The Internet. Be warned.

Zac Bertschy has been writing these things for years and is obviously about as jaded as any other number of longer-term anime watchers. Normally I actually agree with him. However, his comments on 07-Ghost - (which, I hasten to add, is not exactly the Second Coming of Anime) - annoyed me slightly.

Without plagiarising, to precis his comments he basically says that it’s shit because it makes no sense and is entirely designed for people who’ve read the manga and know what’s going to happen, so it’s filled with foreshadowing that only they will understand. (He also has some valid comments to make about the likeability of the characters, but why let validity get in the way of an argument?)

I’ve never read the manga of 07-Ghost before, but this was clearly a challenge I couldn’t resist. So I took a quick look at the first few chapters of the manga version.

Guess what? If anything, the anime version is clearer than the manga, and follows exactly the same storyline and cribs a lot of the dialogue. Those watching the anime only are in no better or worse a position than those who read the manga to start off with; any problems with the disjointed narrative have nothing to do with pleasing manga fans, that’s just the way it’s written.

So I don’t think it’s really fair to criticise a show like this for making no sense because it’s designed for those who know what’s going to happen. It makes no sense for different reasons!

Anyway, 07 Ghost on its own terms is a fangirl-friendly fantasy featuring high school boys with ropey CG magic powers and more repressed homoeroticism than you can shake your flowing bishounen locks at. The first episode introduces Teito, a competent lower-class student at an elite academy, who ends up on the run after he tries to kill the moody Amagami, who in turn appears to have killed Teito’s father some time ago in an angsty flashback; that’s pretty much all there is to it, aside from introducing some side characters who aren’t especially interesting as yet.

As far as girly action shows go, 07 Ghost is fine. There’s nothing particularly special about it; Studio Deen is not a studio that likes to take risks, unfortunately, and I’d love to see what the team who worked on Nabari no Ou could do with source material like this to make it a bit more interesting visually. Plot-wise, there’s just not much to say - no doubt Teito will be beyond special in some way and I’m sure things will get very complicated along the way, but it’s hardly impenetrable at this juncture.

I can’t really get particularly enthusiastic about 07 Ghost, although I might end up watching a little bit more of it. I think it serves its target audience well, which is more than can be said for a LOT of fangirl “action” stories, and there’s enough world-building in the first episode to suggest that some of this may have been planned relatively well.

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Hayate no Gotoku II - First Impressions

post from Xebek?s Blog on 13 April 2009 02:48:00 PM. © Xebek?s Blog

I thought this was a good start to this new season. It was pretty much what I expected it to be. It wasn?t very different from the previous season, but that?s good because I thought the first season did a lot of things really well. As long as the comedy is fresh, the method in which they do it is fine. I am curious as to how much of this episode will carry over to the next. While this series is pretty much comedy based, it?s not like some other series where each episode is completely separate, some stuff that happens does make a difference. Of course they aren’t going to change the show around too much with a big plot point like Hayate not being a butler for several episodes, but I?m sure they?ll address sit at the very beginning, if only to easily get over it. This does bring up a good point though. How much of this season will have an actual plot. There were some things for the first season that could be considered plot amongst the mostly comedy centered series. Things like the necklace Nagi?s grandfather gave him, or HImegami?s appearance had some kind of lasting affects and several episodes that would form arcs, so I?m curious as to what kind of similar things we?ll see in this season.

It does seem like they are going to introduce the nun girl that was in the Beach Special episode that was in-between the two seasons, which is nice because I had absolutely no idea who the hell she was, as I don?t have time to read manga, I?m not caught up on Hayate.

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[LianYL] A Costly Bargain

post from Riuva : Research Institute for Unicultural Visual Arts on 13 April 2009 11:05:30 AM. © Riuva : Research Institute for Unicultural Visual Arts

Look what I got today for a mere ten bucks:These didn’t exactly come cheapHow did I do so? This is what I received in my mail a few days ago:“Dear Members,It is with a heavy heart that I have to inform you that we have decided to move our business out of NUS Coop.The reason [...]

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Im not angry at all.

Oh god that last line sure was a killer. I am really liking the new Hayate anime now. It’s so much more true to the manga and there’s less random interjections and unfunny jokes compared to the last season. Let’s hope this keeps up. Also, Hocchan imitating Alexander Anderson… ©2009 Kurogane's Anime Blog. All Rights [...]

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Cyberfusion After

Ah… totally crashed out for 12 hours on my bed. Surprised it wasn’t longer considering I was awake for nearly 70 hours discounting a maybe 2 or so hours of napping over the past 3 days. Still feeling alright, thank god. I was expecting to wake up with a bad cough/cold or perhaps maybe even [...]

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