Kiba – episode 21
August 24, 2006 on 6:22 pm | In Kiba | 3 Comments“An Unforgettable Memory”
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“Roia goes out of character in the pursuit of a story!”
The modeling of this episode implies to me that they’re not even trying with Kiba any more. The key audience is now clearly people who don’t know how to stop themselves, and will watch regardless of quality.
Spoilers (courtesy warning, because as if you care)
Honey & Clover II – episode 8
August 23, 2006 on 12:39 am | In Honey and Clover | 1 Comment“We had no idea”
Revenge is bitter and unsatisfactory.
Spoilers
Digimon Savers – episode 14
August 22, 2006 on 10:10 pm | In Digimon Savers | Comments Off on Digimon Savers – episode 14“Ikuto, the Digimon Boy
The forest’s keeper, Jureimon”
I think that people underestimate how much the dialogue in Digimon Savers sticks. It’s jingoistic and designed to fire you up, in a good way.
This episode offers such gems as “I want to believe in those children and their unlimited potential”, which is nowhere near as good as this:
Nothing’s impossible for a man when he’s put his entire soul into his fist!
If you can write better than that, I don’t want to know about it.
Spoilers: What is Masaru’s father’s secret?
Digimon Savers – episode 13
August 22, 2006 on 10:10 pm | In Digimon Savers | Comments Off on Digimon Savers – episode 13“Masaru’s New Power
Evolve, Rise Greymon”
Let’s go to the Digital World! With this sort of declaration made at the end of an episode, you can tell that we’re about to head into the next stage of the story.
The story that we get here is a little girl’s impassioned plea for peace, and several traditional story devices.
Where is the creator?
Spoilers
Nana – episodes 17 and 18
August 22, 2006 on 10:09 pm | In Nana | 6 Comments
The good thing about getting another dose of Nana is that you remember how much you love it. I’ll admit that it’s not a series I think about when I’m not watching it or writing about it, but if I had the time to think about every series I was watching all the time, my head would probably explode from data overload.
In these two episodes we get more great Nana stuff. While Hachi is the more open character, Nana is the one who has the more interesting back story. Hachi is a good narrative tool for blasting thedoor to that world wide open.
Spoilers
Digimon Savers – episode 12
August 22, 2006 on 10:08 pm | In Digimon Savers | Comments Off on Digimon Savers – episode 12“I will protect Chika! Piyomon’s Resolve”
With the introduction of an ultra villain Digimon, Digimon Savers proves that it loves me. I call it the “Aww yeah” factor.
Mild spoilers
Coyote Ragtime Show – episode 6
August 16, 2006 on 11:48 pm | In Coyote Ragtime Show | 3 Comments“Fierce Fighting”
Coyote Ragtime Show is the best anime ever. It awakens in me the primal hollerer, in a fashion akin to that of Black Lagoon. My hollers are directed not just at the ingenuity of the situations but also at the sheer, unbridled, unrealistic adventure on display.
Kiba – episode 20
August 16, 2006 on 11:46 pm | In Kiba | 5 Comments“Reunion”
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“Noa versus the Squid Faces! Old friend or new foe?”
How many times can one character die? As many times as narrative dictates, apparently. A vaguely interesting story of the value of religion among beasts, and an incredibly obvious hint of what is to come for Roia, are contained within this not exactly tour de force of an episode of Kiba.
Spoilers
Ouran High School Host Club – episode 18
August 16, 2006 on 11:44 pm | In Ouran High School Host Club | 2 Comments“Chika-kun’s ‘Overthrow Honey’ Declaration”
If I’ve read this right, then cake is more important than blood. Okay, fair enough.
It’s another Honey episode and one that tries to tell us about being true to ourselves, which is something I already learned a few years ago when I decided that there should be no such thing as a “guilty pleasure” and that I should not be ashamed of myself.
Great twincest, bizarre moral. We should stop looking for meaning in these episodes.
New Giant Robo anime in 2007?
August 16, 2006 on 7:59 pm | In Anime News | Comments Off on New Giant Robo anime in 2007?Giant Robo is easily one of my favourite anime series, so I was surprised today when, courtesy of Big Big Truck, I saw a link to this site:
In 2007, the “LEGEND” will come out.
I personally feel that Giant Robo has one of the most satisfactory endings ever, a series with a second half composed entirely of guts and adrenaline, and I have no idea what could possibly happen in this.
I am expressing a definite interest in these developments.
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