Category Archives: Anime

Early Anime Impressions: Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls

Correct me if I’m wrong, but the first two words seem to amount to hundred flowers blooming profusely. Um, well it’s essentially to the Warring States Period what Ikki Tousen is to the Three Kingdoms era of China: a bunch … Continue reading

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Early Anime Impressions: Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai

a.k.a. “The World Only God Knows” To explain briefly, the main character, known as “kami-sama” (i.e. God) is the god of romance video games, where the objective is to “land” girls through dialogue choices, or put more bluntly, through fictional … Continue reading

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Early Anime Impressions: Fall 2010, Japan

Two Episodes Are A Trend Having caught up on a fair bit of anime watching, I wanted to write some early impressions (as in, they are not first impressions). First episodes can be very misleading in some cases; two episodes … Continue reading

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Japanese Culture: Gundam Exia (From: Gundam 00)

The Gundam of Seven Swords Per my earlier interview with Velocity7, I wanted to demonstrate why Velocity7 considers the first “main character mecha” of Gundam 00 to be special and unique. After all, the Gundam franchise is long and storied; … Continue reading

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Japanese Culture: Anime Review, “Asobi Ni Iku Yo”

So, It Was Interesting Asobi ni Iku Yo (“We’re Coming Over To Have Fun”) has finished its run of 12 episodes. I have finally had a chance to see the end of the series and have some thoughts on it … Continue reading

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Gundam 00 In Depth: Ali-Al Saachez

I think I would be inconsiderate to reply to Velocity7’s answers to my “interview” questions without explaining who this guy, Ali-Al Saachez, is. Antagonist, And Proud Of It Imagine, for an instant, a war otaku who’s good at the real thing. … Continue reading

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Conversations: Gundam 00, Part 1

So Let’s Communicate Blogging is about communication. It’s essentially a conversation. But, it’s hard to have a one-sided conversation. I’ve decided to start a different kind: blogging interviews with people interested in different aspects of Japanese culture. In this case, … Continue reading

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Anime Review: Heroman

So, Did It End Well? Hell, Yeah. I’ve been bullish on Heroman for some time. The only real question was if the final episode would live up to the high quality of show that this has become, managing to evade … Continue reading

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Anime Review: Occult Academy (Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin)

Normally, I’d review an anime after it ends, but the climax of the show has come and gone with episode 12. So, I’ll proceed here and try not to do any spoilers per se. One Stop Occult Trope Shopping This … Continue reading

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Anime Review: High School of the Dead

So, The Anime Is Over. High School of the Dead ran for twelve largely action-packed episodes filled with modern horror. By modern, I mean sailor fuku, panty shots, and extreme behavior by the humans in the midst of the zombie … Continue reading

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