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April 14, 2012
I have many a faint and fond memory of Eureka Seven, but wasn't sure how to feel about news of its sequel. It ended with a quite profound sense of finality, after all. Everything that needed to be said, was, an…
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Sexuality in anime: Mine Fujiko and Faye Valentine
April 7, 2012
Like any potentially great anime, the new Lupin the Third: Mine Fujiko to Iu Onna has given us much to talk about already. It's a beautifully animated, adult series the like of which we haven't seen in TV a…
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Tag Archives: drama
Don’t forget the side characters
In alot of ways, what keeps a longer manga engaging isn’t its main characters, but the side characters. Though our initial emotional investments as readers are in the main characters, the supporting cast and their links with those main characters are what … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials, Manga
Tagged drama, Hana Yori Dango, Hate, Kamio Youko, love, Manga, Moments, Rich people, romance, shoujo, Side characters, Teenagers
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Watching people destroy their happiness in NANA
One of the saddest things about NANA is that its creator Ai Yazawa (who has been fighting against an unspecified illness since 2009) hasn’t been able to finish it. NANA is a story of dreams and ambition, and the characters … Continue reading
Is it more painful to wait? Or to keep someone waiting?
Writing, even anime blogging, can be hard. We all have ideas about what makes good writing and that’s why, sometimes, I have trouble doing it for this blog. I want to write posts that are, in their own ways, perfect. … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Reviews
Tagged aoi bungaku, drama, madhouse, run melos, Ryosuke Nakamura
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Farewell Satoshi Kon
It’s difficult to express the disappointment I felt when I learnt of Satoshi Kon‘s passing last week. Since then, many heart-felt tributes have been published and half-way through writing this, I started wondering whether it was worth posting at all. … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Editorials, Reviews
Tagged drama, dreams, magnetic rose, millennium actress, Movies, paprika, perfect blue, psychological, rest in peace, satoshi kon, tokyo godfathers
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This is the Naruto I remember
There were times when I considered dropping Naruto.
Posted in Anime, Reviews
Tagged action, drama, masashi kishimoto, Naruto, naruto shippuuden, sasuke, shippuuden
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You’re gonna carry that weight
What is the ending of Cowboy Bebop trying to say? It feels like such a waste. Spike doesn’t have face Vicious, he could just stay with Faye and Jet, leave Mars and fly away, but he doesn’t.
Posted in Anime, Reviews
Tagged cowboy bebop, drama, introspection, science fiction, Shinichiro Watanabe
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The tide of violence
I’ve read only 26 chapters of Vinland Saga so far but its quality is such that I have to admit it’s already one of my favourites. Thorfinn is the main character, an Icelandic warrior joined with a band of Viking … Continue reading
Posted in Manga, Reviews
Tagged action, drama, historical, makoto yukimura, Manga, revenge, vinland saga
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Soul and style: Toradora and Michiko e Hatchin
It’s the eve of the latest spring season, but I’m still playing catch up with a lot of last year’s finest. Last week it was Xam’d, and this week it’s Michiko e Hatchin and Toradora. I’m only too aware that … Continue reading
Posted in Anime, Reviews
Tagged action, animation, drama, high-school, Michiko e Hatchin, romance, Toradora!, youth
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Why I’m enjoying Toradora
All that should matter is empathy, and I get that from Toradora. Continue reading
Love will tear us apart
True Tears. I liked it. A lot. Continue reading
Bitter sweet school days; All About Lily Chou-Chou
Back in June, I reviewed a Japanese live action film called Linda Linda Linda. It was a great movie, so great, in fact, that it encouraged me to dig deeply into the depths of Japanese cinema. Since then, I’ve been … Continue reading
Posted in Live action, Reviews
Tagged All About Lily Chou-Chou, drama, Live action, slice of life
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Bokurano: … I really wish I could’ve died on the Earth I grew up on.
I finished Bokurano this weekend, just as planned. 24 episodes in 5 days isn’t bad at all, as I’ve never been one to enjoy marathoning through anime. After all, I ended up needing nearly 2 whole years to catch up … Continue reading
Linda Linda Linda; slice of life done good
While I’m fairly confident that I’ve built up some decent knowledge of anime over the past few years, I can’t say the same for Japanese live action. Sure, I’ve watched many of the cult classics; Audition, Azumi, Battle Royale, Ringu, … Continue reading
I’m one of his twenty faces too
When its first episode finished, I suspect a lot of people probably dropped their interest in The Daughter of Twenty Faces (a.k.a Nijuu Mensou no Musume) right there and then. Going off of first impressions, it’s not flashy at all. … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged action, adventure, drama, studio bones, The Daughter of Twenty Faces
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Impressions of Bokurano – It’s alright, ’cause there’s beauty in the breakdown
I’ve seen seven episodes, but I’m yet to pass much comment on the Bokurano anime. Given its rather controversial themes and notably downbeat tone, I’m not sure if it’s right to say I’m enjoying it. I don’t have fun watching … Continue reading
Past, present and future
To quote rubbish rockers Staind, it’s been a while. Of course I haven’t stopped watching anime, I just don’t have much to say. I could write boring episode reviews, but you know, that’s boring! More than anything I seem to … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials
Tagged bokurano, darker than black, drama, mecha, studio bones, Yoko Kanno
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Welcome to the NHK [END] – And so dies the NEET
It was cute to see NHK end with a role reversal between Misaki and Satou – there are big differences between a lazy hikkimori and having a genuinely mixed up life. In spite of his personal problems Satou was always … Continue reading