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Check-out Station: Farewell Fall 2010 season! (I stayed a bit too long.)
Fall 2010 of the anime season was the first (and probably only) season of material I tried to follow almost completely as it aired. Some may call it ambitious, I call it a f*cking chore (sorry, I watched Zero Punctuation before writing this so I may be a little “snarky” i.e. a bitch!). But regardless I had a lot of fun, watched plenty of quality anime, and some horrid ones as well. And normally I do goodbye post for every series I complete. And normally I’d have time to do that. But, and let me count, ….. ELEVEN anime means nearly eleven posts (obviously several are still ongoing) and I just don’t have the time. Not to mention the then ongoing series that completed at or near the end of the season. So I decided to roll everything up into one fat, American mega post and give a mini-Check-out for each and every one of these series. Here we go! Read more…
DonKangolJones’ Images of the Week
Another successful week of absorbing the drippings on Japan’s animated culture, another week of joy. And I think one thing is truly clear. Panty and Stocking rule the day (I mean week)! Read more…
Katanagatari ep10: who would’ve thought a blade-less sword could be so beautiful?
First of all, it appears Kyotoryuu, Shichika and all is a deviant blade. Not really a big surprise in my book given that it’s been pretty well hinted at for awhile now. I’m with Shichika for now, “so what? Who cares?” He and Togame are near the end and they can’t afford to be reflective now. Though it is kinda funny how Togame ended up starting from number thirteen to one and so on, as opposed to the one to twelve she thought. Read more…
Check-in Station: Katanagatari ep9 (have your fun now…)
Probably the funniest and lightest episode of the series so far. Though I wouldn’t go so far as to call it fluff. There’s some substantial material here. Interestingly Meisai gets brought up twice in conversation between Shichika and Zanki. It may be Shichika comparing the two somewhat similar characters or perhaps him showing a little regret over slaying her. More importantly for now, Zanki brings up the thought of Kyotouryuu being a curse. Something I’m hesitant to dismiss. Read more…
#Katanagatari ep8: Mecha vs. Shounen
As usual, there is plenty to touch on in an episode of this series. First of all, Shichika and Togame have become really flirtatious. Though I question whether my description of it is accurate. Flirting? They seem to be in love, as what I used to think was mere flirting feels more like cuddling and play between lovers. Read more…
DonKangolJones’ Images of the Week (August 8th)
I haven’t done my Images of the Week updates in awhile, so I’ve got quite a bit of catching up to do. But the time off did give me a little time to think. I’m still gonna shove my collages into this post with some small descriptors. But the title image will be the image I pick as the cream-of-the-crop. The very best, or at least, my favorite image from all the material in the week. Or in this case, pretty much the past month. Enjoy. Read more…
#Katanagatari ep6: this show has the best eps w/ the WORST previews! #anime
Seriously, I want to yell at whoever green lit these decisions to show so much material in a preview and strangle them. I don’t care if it is a troll or not. Stop it!
As for the excellent, excellent episode. It feels good to catch onto the major point of a story before they reveal it to you. Points like having the super strong amateur best Kyottoryu, then seeing a body switcher. The great feeling from knowing in the background is this overwhelming, paralyzing presence (feeling was promptly destroyed in the previews). Enjoying the dialogue and bits of gold in it between our persevering couple. Great episode. Even better that the loli was super cute without being annoying.
I’m still worried about this show trolling me though.
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