January 6, 2008 – 12:00 am
I always thought that Raptors on the Rush was a bit like a nerfed Command and Conquer 2 Orca assault: expensive, a bad idea, and subsequently embarrassing. But it turns out J. C. Staff didn’t try too hard when writing and drawing this flashback. Well, who knows how bad the war was at that stage. [...]
January 5, 2008 – 12:32 am
Forget the Weighted Companion Cube; it’s obvious from the above that several Mojos are infinitely more useful. A few Portal style signs are needed to spread the word. I tried, but all I ended up with was a black and white trace, minus the missile label. But I don’t see how the ability to launch [...]
January 4, 2008 – 9:00 pm
And now for some cynical comments concerning Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei. I’m sure Nozumu Itoshiki would approve. If you were to condense everything down – the teacher does spew a lot of hot air – you’d be left with rants. It could be long, it could be short, but it’d be a pretty good rant most [...]
January 3, 2008 – 5:52 pm
Genshiken 2 is like a compilation of how things work, and not just things that you’d rather not know about. Sure, there’s some self-deprecating humour in the “Dude, we’re such losers” vein, but thankfully that’s kept to a minimum. I think we’re a self-deprecating lot to begin with, so while we’ll nod and grin (awkwardly?) [...]
January 1, 2008 – 6:20 am
For fans of Dennou Coil, or The Animatrix, or both, here’s a bit of trivia. Dennou Coil’s character designer, Takeshi Honda, also did the character design for Beyond. Not only that, they have some similarities in their premise. I haven’t seen The Animatrix at all, but it sounds similar, anyway, with children exploiting glitches in [...]
December 29, 2007 – 3:12 am
“So class, what morals did you learn today?” Also my immediate reaction after finishing the series. ef – a tale of memories. From the beginning, Yuko was the personification of the small miracle that is personal triumph, while Yu was the jaded cynic. The outcome, punctuated by Yuko’s appearance, was inevitable. But for me, the [...]
December 26, 2007 – 5:31 pm
What follows is a high level overview of the events covered or hinted at in Dennou Coil. I have never written a “documentation” type entry before, so this may come off as dry (or drier) in tone. Why documentation? Because it’s just that interesting to me. Dennou Coil has a very rich backstory, sometimes delivered [...]
December 23, 2007 – 3:47 pm
I was always kind of fuzzy about how kids “broke” their glasses and how it would cost an arm and a leg to “fix” but now I see. Things went too quickly to notice that in addition to a download progress bar, there’s a billing meter, and it goes up crazy fast. Even if you [...]
December 23, 2007 – 5:38 am
Are those supposed to be clarinets? If they are, that’s a point for irony considering they did Nodame Cantabile. Looking back at the year, J.C. Staff really nailed down slice of life. The only series that prevented a clean sweep was the second season of Zero no Tsukaima, which was a sore point indeed. Even [...]