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Winter 2015 – Week 4 Anime Review
A while back, whenever Week 4 was: appreciating the change from producing episodes to producing an anime series in Shirobako, teenager mecha pilots who actually act and behave like teenagers in Soukyuu...
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Winter 2015 – Week 5 Anime Review
For Week 5: analyzing the role of the ‘colorless’ background characters in Durarara!!x2 Shou, a tribute to the border security girls running the checkpoints in The Rolling Girls, issues with how the...
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Winter 2015 – Week 12 Anime Review
This week: one of the primary reasons why Shirobako is one of my favorite anime of all-time, questioning other factors outside the arbiter’s control in assessing souls in Death Parade, contrasting the...
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Spring 2015 – Season Preview
The beginning of Spring is known for one thing in Japan and one thing only: a new season of anime. Also cherry blossoms and probably several other things, but those aren’t nearly as iconic to...
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Spring 2015 – First Impressions (Part 1)
This post reviews: Shokugeki no Souma, Re-Kan!, Owari no Seraph, Gunslinger Stratos, and Plastic Memories. This is the first blog post I will have written while I am out of town on business. Forgive my...
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Spring 2015 – First Impressions (Part 2)
This post reviews: Arslan Senki, Nagato Yuki-chan no Soushitsu, Kekkai Sensen, Hibike! Euphonium, and Kyoukai no Rinne. I’ve been home for a week, and was very, very behind on everything… not just...
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Spring 2015 – First Impressions (Part 3)
This post reviews: Ore Monogatari!!, Mikagura Gakuen Kumikyoku, Punchline, Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo, and Ninja Slayer From Animation. Given the results from this post and the information from the...
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Spring 2015 – Week 3 Anime Review
This week: concerns over the content and direction of Plastic Memories, determining a time and place for Arslan Senki, censorship in Fate/stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, and the wonderful return of...
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Spring 2015 – Week 4 Anime Review
This week: why Hibike! Euphonium, a school club anime, feels more ‘school club’ than ‘anime’, the background art as an indicator of quality and personality in Fate/stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works,...
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Spring 2015 – Week 5 Anime Review
Back during Week 5: the indecisiveness of Plastic Memories and why it doesn’t know what it wants to be as an anime, how changing the powers in Yamada-kun to 7-nin no Majo changes the series dynamic,...
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Spring 2015 – Week 12 Anime Review
Hi. I’m still alive. Last week: questioning the relevance of Isla being a robot in Plastic Memories, considering the skill of the professionals playing the instruments in Hibike! Euphonium, Joseph...
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Spring 2015 – Week 13 Anime Review
Last week: the vivid and dazzling display of emotions of Kumiko in Hibike Euphonium!, Fate/stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works demonstrating the necessity of an epilogue for an anime, questions regarding...
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Summer 2015 – Season Preview
For anime characters, summer means vacation, sun, the beach, bikinis, shaved ice, matsuri, fireworks, catching bugs, and doing all your homework on the last day before it’s due. For me, summer means...
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Summer 2015 – First Impressions (Part 1)
This post reviews: Gangsta., Okusama ga Seitokaichou!, Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace, Classroom Crisis, Gate: Jietai Kanochi Nite, Kaku Tatakaeri, and Wakaba Girl. A quick note, I’m actually caught up...
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Summer 2015 – First Impressions (Part 2)
This post reviews: Charlotte, Rokka no Yuusha, Ushio to Tora, Akagami no Shirayuki-hime, and Jitsu wa Watashi wa. Judging from how well I am receiving the anime this season, this could either be a busy...
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Summer 2015 – First Impressions (Part 3)
This post reviews:Chaos Dragon: Sekiryuu Senyaku, Joukamachi no Dandelion, Overlord, Bikini Warriors, and Sore ga Seiyuu!. Since all of the anime included in Part 3 debuted this week, as well as the...
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Summer 2015 – First Impressions (Part 4)
This post reviews: Himouto! Umaru-chan, Gakkou Gurashi!, and God Eater. Alright, this post is light, and Himouto and Gakkou Gurashi are already on their second episodes, but you can blame that on God...
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Summer 2015 – Week 3 Anime Review
This week: deliberating about the setting and what we’ve seen about the city of Ergastulum in Gangsta., curiosities about continuing delusions in Gakkou Gurashi!, noticing and appreciating the music in...
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Summer 2015 – Week 5 Anime Review
Whenever Week 5 was: zombie behavior and possible social criticisms in Gakkou Gurashi, disappointment with the setting for Classroom Crisis, thoughts on the barrier in Rokka no Yuusha, and questions...
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Summer 2015 – Week 6 Anime Review
This week: why Adlet, the strongest man on Earth, is the weakest brave in Rokka no Yuusha, questioning the origin of Yuki’s psychosis in Gakkou Gurashi, defending Haruka’s egregious probability errors...
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