True to his words in episode 1, Taichi got the entire class to ignore Chihaya. She doesn’t mind the mistreatment and tells Taichi that he shouldn’t be mean to Arata. She blurts out how great Arata is at karuta and could beat the entire class. Taichi takes on this challenge and says that it shall [...]
Last Exile: Fam of the Silver Wing is the sequel to 2003’s Last Exile, which won my bronze award for being significantly better than most anime, but still not within spitting distance of some of the titans of the industry. While the first series focused on the journey of two friends as they delivered a [...]
This is not a preview. At least, not in the traditional sense. I’m trying to break away from the standard season preview format. This is not quite where I want to be, but a transition. This post is more about the shows specifically each of us is willing to stand behind or at least is [...]
Thank you all for reading and commenting for the Summer 2011 season!
In recently watching Blood-C Episode 11, and reading some viewer reaction to it, a certain fact became abundantly clear to me. That fact is that “Anime creators and writers have not adapted their storytelling approach for the TV Tropes era”. This is something I’ve suspected for awhile now, but Blood-C’s latest episode turned my [...]
Apologies for the lateness. The last few weeks of school orientation have been insanely busy, plus I came down with a cold which has not helped things at all.
I literally have nothing to say.
Finally, in the penultimate episode, the plot is kicking into high gear. By kicking into high gear, I mean blaming it on the formerly ambiguous villain, who’s now straight on campy and evil to a bizarrely enjoyable degree. The plot’s thin as can be and almost nonsensical and too convenient with its twists and turns, [...]
Hey, at least it’s not the obligatory beach episode…
