Even so, the circus will come for you…
I will not spoil the ending of the Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei manga. If you are interested in spoilers, you can check out THIS thread or the following hilarious threads from when the final chapter was released: 1, 2, 3. Even better, try finding the final chapters online (I suggest starting from chapter 280 (not every chapter is translated anyway)).
I just want to say that Kouji Kumeta is a bloody genius. Continue reading
Merry Christmas!
I have always found learning new things a lot of fun, especially if it is stuff I have wanted to learn for a long time. Japanese was one such thing I had longed for and this fall I finally got the chance to start studying it. Continue reading
What the hell do you expect me to write?! Continue reading
Madhouse also delivers the best faces.
One minute.
One whole minute of flawlessly executed anime fighting.
One wonderful minute of holding my breath in pure awe.
This marks the moment when Hunter x Hunter (2011) started doing The Right Things™ Continue reading
It is fairly unusual for me to notice the music in anime unless it really stands out. This is not a bad thing in itself, because not noticing it can be a sign of it blending in very well with the anime itself. Sometimes the music can also stand out so much it actually becomes distracting (which is my biggest concern with the Hunter x Hunter (2011) remake).
But every now and then we have anime with such gorgeous music that I directly look up the soundtrack. It is the kind of music that stands out without detracting from the experience. The music may not always be put to good use by the studio at times, sadly, but it still remains kickass in its own way.
This year had some great new anime OSTs I wish to share with you, one track at a time. Continue reading
This year the way anime is created has changed. The Kickstarter Kick-Heart managed to gain $201,164 (of a $150,000 goal) with 3,232 backers in total. That is an average of $62 per person!
2012 marks the year of the success of crowd-funded anime. Continue reading
Love this duo.
Do you remember Binbougami ga!? You probably did not watch it while the few who did usually proclaimed how utterly dull it was. I was originally one of the persons who did not watch it, the reason being how, well, utterly dull it seemed to be.
But for some reason I became more and more interested in it, surely the catchy opening and ending song helped with that, and shortly after it had finished airing I sat down and watched it. And boy did I fall in love with it quickly. I ended up breezing through all thirteen episodes in only three days, which is a rare feat for me.
What can I say? Binbougami ga! rocks! Continue reading
If you have read the Sword Art Online posts you may have noticed there being someone called Myst writing together with me. He is the writer of the anime blog Through the Frozen Glass and a great guy you should totally follow. I mean, just the thing that he lowers himself to blog Sword Art Online together with me says something about how nice he is! Continue reading
Can you name all the series in here?
Shaft may be my favorite anime studio, but it has been rather quiet from them lately which is weird considering how they usually create new series all the time. Continue reading
Last year we had Kimi to Boku, something as unusual as a slice-of-life series about boys, and not girls, doing absolutely nothing except living their lives (or, cute boys doing cute things). With no real expectations, especially since it was done by the hit-or-miss studio J.C. Staff, it completely caught me off-guard and blew me away. Continue reading
