Yeah, whoops! The holiday week and my wife taking vacation days caused my scattered brain to lose track of days… So, don’t want to lose the momentum which means really quick thoughts this week.
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Midseason comments – Fall 2021 – Weeks 5/6
This season has had its share of surprises… both good and bad. Either way, it’s mid-season and that means it’s time for the mid-season gut check! What’s worth keeping, what’s being dropped?
Hit the jump and find out!
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A new record! Fall 2021 – Weeks 3/4
Something of an unusual occurrence this season, and a second that almost happened… Plus it’s week three, that infamous week, and time to take a look at which shows are keepers, which are losers, and which are on probation.
All that and more after the jump!
Fall 2021 – Week 1 & 2 / First Impressions Part II
Late…. sorry… But there’s a lot of ground to cover here, so let’s just hit the jump and get right to it. There’s a LOT to talk about.
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Fall 2021 – First Impressions – Part I
Sloow start this season… as you might have guessed from my anticipation post, there’s just not much to choose from. But four shows is enough to get started with, and I don’t want to delay this post too long…
So hit the jump, and let’s run em’ down!
Anime Playlist – Yuuki Yuuna franchise
Should be working on X or Y, but my brain wants to work on Z – an anime playlist post. Specifically, on the Yuuki Yuuna franchise. Fine, fine, it’s one I’ve been especially meaning to get to sooner rather than later… So, hit the jump and let’s get it going!
Looking back – Fall 2014
Just for fun, each season I’m going to look back four years to see what I was watching back then and talk about what I thought of it then and now. Since its Fall 2018, that means it’s time to look at Fall 2014 and cringe (or not) at what I watching way back when.
Hit the jump and let’s travel back in time to Fall 2014!
Anime OP AMVs, crossovers & parodies…
I know, I know. A couple of weeks back I said that “it’s unusual to use the music from one anime to make an AMV for another”…. But there’s actually a special case where that’s less unusual. Combining the OP track from one anime with footage from a second anime to create a crossover or parody opening sequence.
And why does Renge feature as my introductory image? You’ll have to hit the jump to find out!
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Worth Reading – 2/7/2018
I know, I know… back in my anniversary/State of the Blog post I said that Worth Reading was temporarily suspended. But the blogging community insists on publishing Really Cool Stuff, and I just can’t resist sharing. So, I’m starting to collect links again but rather than publishing on a fixed schedule (which was a PITA anyhow) I’ll publish whenever I have “enough”. Enough time to edit and write, enough material to make it worth your while to read.
All that being said, let’s take a look at what’s Worth Reading:
- Recently I came across Jakitauji (Yes Kitauji?) by Jakiba, and a pair of interesting entries:
- Set as Completed: Princess Principal – a fun little review of one my favorites series from 2017.
- Why Anime? – a very personal discourse on why she watches and blogs about anime.
- John Samuel of Pirates of the Burley Griffin took a major vacation trip last year, and visited a number of interesting place… including tank museums. He’s taken his photographs of tanks and produced a series: Meet the Cast: The Tanks of Girls und Panzer. Check them out: Ōarai, St. Gloriana & Saunders, Pravda, and Kuromorimine.
- Stop Calling Everything a Madoka Rip-off! – a strong compare-and-contrast of Madoka Magica and YuYuYu by Zeria of Floating into Bliss. I happen to agree with her, while the two have surface similarities because they’re in the same genre… The similarities end there.
- At littleanimeblog, Dominic posted a fascinating look at drug use in Japanese society and its portrayal in anime: The High Life: drug use in anime.
Living as I do in an area with a large number (and a long history, not all of it happy) of pan-Asian immigrants and first and second generation residents… I take it for granted that Asian ingredients are easily available. Within two miles (give or take) of my apartment there’s five pan-Asian grocers, one of which is a full size grocery store with Asian, Hispanic, and Western (American) departments. (I’m a geek, I actually opened Google Earth, drew a circle, and counted.) There’s easily another half dozen or so in the central and northern portion of the county. (I’m not so familiar with the south end.)
- So I found this account on NPR of how a Toyota factory in Lexington, KY spurred local demand for Japanese grocery products pretty interesting… Especially since the demand isn’t just from immigrants and temporary residents.
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Yes, yes, I should be working on today’s post today… But this happened yesterday, and for whatever reason my mind still refuses to focus this morning. So I thought I’d use my morning blogging time somewhat productively and edit and publish this post.
So, it’s official, today’s normally scheduled weekly post will be delayed until tomorrow.
Now off to housework and errands, will get back to writing and editing this afternoon. One of the errands is to the grocery store mentioned above as they carry some better-than-average instant ramen, and we’re getting low. Time to stock up again.
Thanks for reading! Drop a line in the comments and let me know what you think!
My notes & votes – the Crunchyroll Anime Awards 2018 – part 3/3
It’s that time of year again! Crunchyroll is asking us, the users and viewers, to choose what anime are worthy of awards in a large span of categories. I thought I’d write up what I’m voting for and why for your amusement. This post covers the third group, which we’ll be voting on next week (02/05-02/11).
Hit the jump, and let’s dive right in!
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