Learn Japanese Online
Learning from a blog is great, but learning directly from a tutor is better. If you are interested, follow the link to Learn Out Live and see what opportunities await you.
Category Archives: Anime
Ben-Tou Anime Review/ Impressions
Food Fight! Summary: Tasty, but pack your suspension of disbelief and a thick skin with your lunch box.
Even Gundams Get Snowed On
This is a life-sized, 1:1 model Gundam (making it going on 60 feet in height) that exists in real life in Japan. Gundam was Japan’s first “realistic” (that is, realistic style) leading robot in Japanese animation (i.e. anime). You can … Continue reading
A Short Tale of a Novel
It had taken me many years, but I finally tracked down the first novel of the Record of Lodoss War novels. I’d seen the OVA years before and was a great fan of it for many reasons. It took a … Continue reading
Sensei’s Corner, Dec. 9, 2011
Nothing Bad It’s been a while since I’ve been writing in this blog, but it’s not really because of anything bad. Actually, a number of minor and major problems have been fixed so I feel like I have the luxury … Continue reading
On Sacred Seven
Sacred Seven is a 12-episode anime by Sunrise with high quality imagery in a “tokusatsu” style, reflective of popular shows like Kamen Rider, but with the sweeping visual power anime can provide. It is a little about love, a lot … Continue reading
On Katanagatari
Katanagatari (“Katana Tale”) is ostensibly about swords, but it is really about people. It is epic in various senses. It is 12 episodes of 50 minutes. It is beautiful, yet simple; frivolous, yet deadly serious. It is an experience. It … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Culture, Folklore, Japan
Tagged anime, culture, Japan, katanagatari, review
Leave a comment
Today’s Random Anime Lesson, Oct 31 2011
When a leading male arrives in an unfamiliar town and breaks up in laughter at seeing a house, commenting about how terrible it looks and what awful taste the owner must have, it is invariably the house of his leading … Continue reading
Quick Hits: Guilty Crown ep 1
Just A Quick Word I don’t have enough time to do as much blogging as I’d like, but more to the point, I hadn’t actually watched much anime for a while. In this case, I took a look at Guilty … Continue reading
One Good Thing From Madoka Magica
Exhibit A for “Moe” After showing the Madoka Magica character Homura as a rather icy, hardcore combatant for most of the show, Episode 10 of the show revealed Homura to have had more humble origins as a clutzy, ditzy, glasses-wearing … Continue reading
Gaming: SRW Z 2 Gameplay Videos
More Videos The above is a gameplay video on YouTube showing the first stage of one of the potential main characters in Super Robot Taisen (“Super Robot Wars”) Z the 2nd, on PSP, sequel to SRW Z, on PS2. As … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Gundam, Japan, video games
Tagged 2, 2nd, gameplay, Gundam Wing, SRW, suparobo, Super Robot Taisen, video, YouTube, Z
Leave a comment