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After watching two volumes of a highly melancholy, depressing anime, I’ve come to the conclusion some things just shouldn’t be made into anime, let alone get twenty six episodes.
Some anime have a point to the melancholy drama, and get to it fairly quickly, but they don’t drag it out over every episode. I don’t want [...]
For those who haven’t been paying attention or who don’t own an idiot box, aka TV, Speed Racer, the live action movie, is being released in theaters nationwide May 9th, 2008. I’ve yet to decide if this is a good thing, an okay thing, a “meh” thing or a bad thing.
The first time I saw [...]
Con season is almost here and I couldn’t be more far from “Yippee!” It’s come to light recently we won’t be attending any anime conventions this year thanks to a deer and our Civic tangoing after dark 10 miles past Carbondale. While we really would love to attend every single con in the continental US, [...]
There are series which are whispered about at cons. Behind closed doors at secret panels, anime are discussed which are so horrendous, so abysmal, they affect the fabric of space time. Those are the unmentionable series, the ones so bad, the mere utterance of their names brings chaos and destruction. Then again, these are probably [...]
Fanservice. That titillating spice in anime which can either add some zest to a series or make it unpalatable. I notice it far more than David does, who thinks fanservice has become cliche. I personally believe fanservice isn’t cliche, but my definition of the term may be different from other people’s:
Rachel’s Definition of Fanservice
Fanservice is [...]
Like most people, I have pet peeves. For example, I dislike tailgaters, chewing gum-spitters, and drivers who text behind the wheel. On the internet, I have a few pet peeves as well. Some of which are flamers, trolls, and my biggest pet peeve ever, spoilers! I hate spoilers. They can be anywhere, in any [...]
Most of us have done it. Many have read a manga, fallen in love with it and gotten excited over the announcement our manga was being made into an anime. Score! Then we scurry to buy the DVDs when they’re finally released, and painstakingly collect each $24.99 volume. After the set’s complete and we’ve [...]
Seriously, what’s keeping more people from donning a costume and going nuts at a con? Fans of anime can be pretty die-hard; wearing t-shirts, cat ears, and carrying around merchandise like badges of honor. Why don’t they take the extra step and immerse themselves in a character? Hell, I wanna know why I don’t cosplay! [...]
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