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Kill La Kill: Giving The Demon Its Due (Initial Thoughts)
Having traveled far, with a small hill of defeated enemies behind her, sailor fuku sporting toughie, Ryuki Matoi may very well have found those responsible for the death of her father in the brutal...
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Nagi No Asukara 5, renounce love, Seitei Souther!
Just watched Nagi No Asukara 5 on Crunchyroll, this is really, aahhhh, saudade…so lonely and sad…I totally know this feeling, like I wrote before. And a girl can’t date anybody outside the clan, which...
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Comtemplation on the last film of Miyazaki
I watched the last Miyazaki film, Kaze Tachinu or The Wind Rises, it is about the designer of the legendary zero fighter of the Japanese Empire, Horikoshi Jiro. I went to the earliest one in the...
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White Album 2, SPEED serenade “White Love”
Ohhh, this anime is so bad, because they depict exactly what I wanted to do in high school. Yes, that’s why it hit the nail in my heart. As high school graduation memory, I also wanted to travel to...
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For the Ugly Polyp Who Dreams of Being a JELLYFISH PRINCESS
Jellyfish princess is a tale involving twists, turns, odd trysts, and a really peculiar love triangle. A strong theme of overcoming the past as well as overcoming escapism gently tugs at viewer’s...
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Madoka movie part 2, David Bowie-sque labyrinth, 17 forever
Sunday night, The Day of Infamy, aka, Pearl Harbor (Dec 7th in American time), Gautama Buddha’s pari-nirvana day, and also the day John Lennon was killed. Yes, December 8th is very historical day....
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Bridging The Gap: Kill la Kill & The Fabric Of Exploitation
Dear Diary, Perhaps it is time to up and say that all this fighting and stripping might represent a shift in personal priorities. Not so much in the minds of those behind Kill la Kill per sé, but...
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My Mental Choices are Completely Interfering with My Critic Skills
Choose! Article is a tearful piece of boredom. Article is a hysterical waste of laughter Sometimes life is stranger than fiction. I woke up this morning around 10:00 AM, realizing that I’m three...
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12 Days of Christmas: animepiphany, Nanasaki’s strip tease
Ohh, Xmas season, where I came from, this is the day when riajuu make themselves perfected by ultimate skinship, cuddling between the sheets beside X-mas tree… Ahh, watching White Album 2, and that is...
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12 Days: Where’s More of Gintama?
Yes I am cheating on this post with an image from season 5′s conclusion and Kondo’s heavily censored a** saying “sorry.” But where’s more of Gintama? I expected or wished for the anime to continue...
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12 Days of Christmas: Season of White Album
Yes, Xmas season, when you go to Starbucks or Walmart or K-mart or any capitalist markets, you hear Xmas songs. Yes, Sinatra, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby. George Michael, Mariah Carey. Those romantic...
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White Album 2: final episode
Most shocking scene that we otaku went, “gyaahhhhh!!!” After all, White Album 2 the animation just ended. So, the anime only covered “introductory chapter” of the game. That’s just high school part....
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Ready to be pushed BEYOND THE BOUNDARY (境界の彼方)?
Death escapes those who wish for it most. The worst comes when you know you are a monster of the most horrific form and yet cannot control yourself nor cease your own existence. Beyond the Boundary...
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Space Dandy = Mind Candy
The first episode of what looks to be the leading candidate for the butt of all anime jokes in 2014 has hit the airwaves. The most recent episode is available from Funimation’s website, as well you can...
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D-fragments, waterboarding is torture
Just watched D-FRAGMENTS, and full of torture.The game making club at hig h school. These club members are crazy. They try to recruit new freshmen, but if freshmen find out this is a dangerous club,...
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Man With A Mission: Live at the Roxy, December 2013
Official photo by Nobayuki Kobayashi. In the rather plastic world of Japanese pop music, the relatively new band Man With A Mission stands out. Rather than opting for boy band flash and glitter, or the...
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Interview: Man With a Mission
Official photo by Nobuyuki Kobayashi The Japanese band Man With a Mission, best known for their work on the OP of Log Horizon, “Database,” answered a few questions I posed to them by email. Here are...
View ArticleKill la Kill : A World Laid Bare (and ready for change)
Doctrines have been questioned, true faces revealed, and all bets are off.. You know the more this viewer wishes to resist the caffiene-injected, nonsensical, and often audacious nature of Kill la...
View ArticleThrough Older Lenses: Ghibli Night At The Egyptian
Imagine the saucers I had for eyes upon the discovery that Hollywood’s fabled Egyptian Theatre was hosting a multi-week tribute to the films of Studio Ghibli, and that two longtime favorites were...
View ArticleKill la Kill: A Final Stretch (Beyond Gainax)
Twists at breakneck speeds, revelations abound, and allegiances reversed. There seems to be no stopping the heartpounding freight train that is Kill La Kill’s final stretch of episodes. Common cause...
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