The wilderness of reality
February 26, 2006 on 10:18 am | In Site News | Comments Off on The wilderness of realityI’ve been living the nightmare for the last week: my main computer broken, no internet access on the other.
Prepare for vague promises of catch-up!
Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora (Gazing up at the half moon) – episode 1
February 19, 2006 on 6:12 pm | In HanTsuki | 3 Comments“Akiko-san, the girl and Akutagawa Ryuunosuke”
Blandly designed and disturbingly blurry, HanTsuki is still a quite compelling title about two seventeen year olds who meet while they’re both hospitalised.
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Bleach – episode 68-69
February 18, 2006 on 7:22 pm | In Bleach | Comments Off on Bleach – episode 68-69
“It’s okay to live.”
Plainly the best Bleach in a long while, as it wraps up the intensely lame “game” plot, justifies it, and then introduces a genuinely interesting looking story.
Spoilers: the conclusion of the Ririn arc and the set-up for the Bound arc
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Yakitate!! Japan – episode 54
February 13, 2006 on 9:33 pm | In Yakitate!! Japan | 1 Comment“The bread battle in special localities! In the end, he’s a pop idol!”
The unwelcome return of put-upon Kawachi mingles with overwrought music and bad designs to make an okay episode of Yakitate!! Japan.
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Binchou-tan – episode 1
February 13, 2006 on 8:36 pm | In Binchou-tan | 1 Comment“Bin awakens on a Spring day”
The adventures of a tiny girl with a giant head. Dialogue not necessary.
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Angelic Layer
February 12, 2006 on 6:15 pm | In Angelic Layer | 6 CommentsAngelic Layer is CLAMP’s shounen series … for girls. Eventually the viewer will realise that it’s all an excuse to see women in outlandish outfits beat each other up, but it’s a sweet, well executed excuse.
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Clear out
February 12, 2006 on 6:04 pm | In Site News | Comments Off on Clear outI’m presently working on articles that have laid unfinished for months – some as far back as late August. Don’t be surprised to be some quite random stuff, all based on DVD, popping up here and there.
Mushishi – episode 12
February 12, 2006 on 2:27 pm | In Mushishi | 1 Comment“The One Eyed Fish”
I really don’t know how to introduce an episode of Mushishi without sounding clichéd. It never fails to impress.
Vague spoilers
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Bleach – episode 67
February 11, 2006 on 11:43 pm | In Bleach | Comments Off on Bleach – episode 67
The third “game” reveals a mystery that is directed so poorly that the answer is the most obvious thing in the world. The Soul Society material is both a Deus Ex Machina and a red herring.
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Mushishi – episode 11
February 11, 2006 on 6:22 pm | In Mushishi | Comments Off on Mushishi – episode 11“Sleeping Forest”
A slightly ambiguous episode in its dealings with the nature of Ginko himself, but an otherwise excellent story about choice and, again, fault lines.
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