| Anime | Rating | Comment | ||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: May 08, 2011 |
6.75 (above average) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Nov 09, 2011 |
6.25 (average) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Apr 03, 2011 |
7.75 (good) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Feb 20, 2012 |
7.00 (above average) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Nov 09, 2011 |
7.50 (good) | |||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Apr 03, 2011 |
6.00 (average) | |||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Apr 04, 2011 |
6.75 (above average) | |||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Apr 03, 2011 |
6.75 (above average) | |||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Apr 03, 2011 |
7.50 (good) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Apr 04, 2011 |
6.75 (above average) | High marks for art, ambition, enthusiasm, no fear for gore and good atmosphere in the 1st chapter and oneshot. Cut for too much fanservice (though boys would love this of course) and confusing storyline and fight scenes. I honestly can't tell what is going on in the fight scene in the 9th chapter, as prettily colored and detailed as it was (and hentai fanservice ish everywhere). There probably is a good story here but the explicit fanservice seems to be drowning it out. Still, hope the rest of it will carry the plot forward. Not that I'll be reading it with all the scanlations missing from chapter 2 to 8.. | ||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Nov 09, 2011 |
8.00 (good) | The pace, humour and the medley of erm, interesting characters is what keeps Durarara! alive and kicking. Narita Ryohgo knows how to keep readers entertained indeed and very much in suspense. Got to love the interactions ( Bratty Masaomi/(happily) suffering Mikado/clueless Anri. Hyper Erika+Walker. The weirdness between Mikado and Izaya. Oh Shizuo/Izaya rage. wahaha) and how the nicest voice-acting actually belongs to the headless character lol. What is interesting that despite all the action and showdowns that have occurred so far, one gets the feeling that there is more to come and more to be revealed about the characters... Yeah, coincidences go a bit far even with all the mastermind-ing but still. There's got to be a valid explanation and it can't just be hitsuzen lol. Definitely a great drama to watch. | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Apr 03, 2011 |
8.75 (very good) | |||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Mar 23, 2011 |
6.25 (average) | |||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Apr 04, 2011 |
6.50 (above average) | Very short; including the 3 cover pages, it was only 5 pages long. Oddly meaningful though, a set of panels, snippets of dialogue, and one man's monologue on the meaning of Eros. Could be fun to play with. (Misleading cover is misleading though. XD) | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Apr 03, 2011 |
6.00 (average) |
This could have been better. There was an eerie, morbid feel to the concept and the pale, white-haired children with
blue eyes who can't - mustn't - possess a grip on the corporeal world on Earth(?), moving through passages of
memory, time and dimensions, searching, searching for something or someone. There is darkness to the story, and souls
are revealed to possess more danger and power than initially thought ... BUT somehow my favourite character turned into a total drama, angst freakazoid. D: And the story was there, just presented with a touch too much angst and sci-fi. D: Animation is a tad flat, I feel, I think the angst and concept could have been carried forth better with a different style of art, though it did work somewhat in the beginning.. Everything IS explained properly though, towards the end so that's a plus. Don't expect complete satisfaction though; remaining bittersweet is somewhat crucial to the story. :sigh: I can't remember the 'sweet' part of bittersweet here... | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Apr 03, 2011 |
5.25 (moderate) | |||
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Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children Seen: completely Last Updated: May 08, 2011 |
6.75 (above average) | |||
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Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within Seen: completely Last Updated: Apr 03, 2011 |
6.00 (average) | |||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Nov 26, 2011 |
8.50 (very good) |
With each episode just over 1 minute, this anime is both snappy in dialogue and utterly random. The animation is of
top-class quality, with stunning 3D graphics depicting the futuristic empire of Merkur and its Robot Duchess Drossel Von
Flugel.
Every episode features a comical but fast-paced conversation between Drossel and her butler-like robot mentor, Gedachtnis. Drossel, robot though she may be, is quite the 'princess', with her high-and-mighty ways, her habit of posing dramatically, and her sporadic displays of carefree childishness. On the other hand, Gedachtnis is lovablely servile yet comically jaded towards some of his mistress' antics. Together, they make a strangely entertaining comedian duo. All through out their banter, there are dropped hints of Oh!Plot - dystopia and warring humankind closing in on the kingdom.. But enough of this Serious talk! Not like Drossel can be bothered, there are better things to do - Oh heck, MONKEY! :D Fireball also has a prequel, Fireball Charming. Warning - It's even more random, and Drossel's 'ojou-sama'ness is taken up a notch. Ah beauty. | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Apr 03, 2011 |
5.00 (moderate) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Nov 09, 2011 |
6.25 (average) |
Reading the translations for the Drama CDs, the script really isn't too bad. The voice actors have pleasant,
attractive voices in the first track, so far. And it's historical! With English pirates and Spanish marines and a
lone Japanese teenage boy dropped in from the 21st century. And actually mentions icons like Mary, Queen of Scots,
Queen Elizabeth, Sir Francis Drake and Duke of Santa Cruz like they exist in the present setting.. And has beautiful
illustrations by Kaoru Yukufina! Er, wait how does that cover for a drama CD? Ah well.
Not sure of it yet, but premise sounds promising. Hopefully not just another BL with pirate-y kinks. Er. | ||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Jun 19, 2011 |
6.00 (average) |
It's kinda stiff.. And sounds a little pretentious. Like typical manhwa, it has the 'good guy/girl is poor
but tough dude/tomboy, potential love is rich, damn spoilt but that's ok because he's actually misunderstood
(omg >_>) and so is the main chara" ... I almost feel like stopping already lol. But I'll finish it,
it's short anyway. Art's not bad, and maybe the Kng won't be so emo brat later. And all the bad guys so
dumb and crude. Is this possible for a manhwa though? :x 2nd chapter is better, you can feel more sympathetic and more anticipative.. Not sure when updates will come though. | ||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Jun 19, 2011 |
7.00 (above average) | Looks good! It's like an American-ised shoujo manga, art isn't bad, panelling's good, pace is good. Normal Penny has a vendetta against jerks, and starts a club for it. Somehow, she becomes popular! Sounds awfully like a feel-good American story, but hey. Shoujo could be worse. And it's entertaining enough. | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Apr 03, 2011 |
7.25 (above average) | |||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Apr 03, 2011 |
6.50 (above average) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Nov 09, 2011 |
6.75 (above average) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Apr 03, 2011 |
5.75 (average) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: May 08, 2011 |
7.25 (above average) |
omg Gakuen Babysitters is sooo cute. The adorableness.. urgh... My brain cells XD. But it's so cute that I
can't stay away. And sweet, and funny. It's not very deep, and there's way too much 'lucky
coincidence' but the toddlers and their babysitters interact so adorably. Brotherly love, brotherly jealousy,
children's tempers, going through the pain and strangeness of losing parents, the gruff older brother who secretly
cares for his little bro... Sure, it's not deep. And after the first few chapters, it decides that the teenagers
don't need that much focus after all, and it's starting to be all about the kids and their day care life...
But it's so addictive and sugary. Argh. An instant cure for depression, some of the chapters. Certainly a helpful read after the horrors of watching Amnesia gameplay D: | ||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Oct 09, 2011 |
1.50 (very poor) |
...My eyes, my mind. Dying. So much lame and fanservice. Oshino Makoto is le geek, with a childhood sweetheart who
conveniently leaves the scene in 5th grade. Now nerdy Oshino has been hired as a substitute teacher in his
grandmother's all-girls school where dum dum dum, he's for some reason, pursued by at least three ladies - A
desperate-to-be-laid schoolgirl, his cousin who owns the school and oh hey, a fellow teacher who is ALSO his childhood
love. No points for guessing which is the canon pairing. And asdfghjkl; too much ecchi shoved into our faces.
Seriously someone tell these girls to dress up.
I'm not pleased. :< I honestly wouldn't even touch this if it didn't need tagging.. Well as it is, I couldn't finish so sorry, I'll leave the other 4 'mysterious' characters for proper fans to tag. cannot take no more. T_T <--bleed from eyes | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Dec 08, 2011 |
8.00 (good) |
It was shaky at first, and the deliberate stereotyping and 'TV-Trope'-ing is like woah overload, but now
I'm too busy stifling my laughter to care. :'D This is Entertainment, folks.
It's Kino no Tabi characters thrown into an alternative universe, conveniently converging at a high school, with
their personalities tweaked for er, viewing pleasure! Most of all, it's author-san Sigsawa breaking the 4th wall over and over again! Like, for serious, read it. /D Too bad we don't review light novels lol. Get a Penguindrum-style anime please, Gakuen Kino. | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: May 28, 2011 |
7.50 (good) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: May 08, 2011 |
6.00 (average) | |||
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Seen: first Last Updated: May 21, 2011 |
6.50 (above average) | |||
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Seen: first Last Updated: May 08, 2011 |
7.00 (above average) | |||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: May 20, 2011 |
4.25 (below average) | Urgh. This had kinda glaring plotholes, even if it was funny a few times and had reasonably nice art.. But it's really ultimately kinky porn. :< Bleh. Non-con and cliches, plotholes, characters who can't make up their minds... The prequel at the end wasn't too bad, but still. Gives homosexuality a bad name really. ^_^; | ||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: May 20, 2011 |
6.75 (above average) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: May 08, 2011 |
6.00 (average) | |||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Nov 09, 2011 |
6.75 (above average) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Nov 09, 2011 |
7.75 (good) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Nov 09, 2011 |
8.00 (good) | |||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Apr 03, 2011 |
7.75 (good) | |||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Dec 07, 2011 |
5.00 (moderate) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Dec 07, 2011 |
3.25 (poor) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: Nov 09, 2011 |
6.00 (average) | |||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: May 08, 2011 |
7.50 (good) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: May 12, 2011 |
7.25 (above average) |
1st to watch this? Okay.. Golden Days. Soma Mitsuya visits his ill grandfather at the hospital. He is yet again in a
crisis with his overprotective mum who wants to shelter him all the time, berating him to never walk alone and such,
even stopping him from playing the violin. All in fear.. of what? Frustration mounds; his grandfather's condition
suddenly worsens; then an earthquake strikes and Mitsuya somehow finds himself transported to 1921! ...Okay, this isn't easy to describe. But trust me, the story's got atmosphere and the people that Mitsuya will meet in 1921 will grow on both him and you. Storyline actually exists too! :o lol --- EDIT: Tip: Read this as far as you can. Then go to the beginning, and read the 1st chapter again. It's somewhat... revealing. :o And you pick up little details, at least I do. I love Mitsuya more than ever. ;_; Made to be in pathetic situations yet utterly UNpathetic. | ||
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Goshimei Bushou Sanada Yukimura - Kageroi Seen: partially Last Updated: Jan 02, 2012 |
5.75 (average) |
...Potential, but the character development(?) could be a little less messy. xD It's basically another take on the
Sanada Yukimura 'legend', this time with him being somewhat of a government 'hostage' and having far
too much time to waste while cooped up. Thinking Sengoku Basara's Yukimura, all red enthusiasm and energy? This
one's a direct opposite - cold and somewhat lacklustre, lying around reading books, spearman form wasting away to
the max - oh gawd, he's so weak. So why is Lord Hideyoshi ordering him to take care of the latest serial murderer
in Edo? Add shota ninja Sarutobi Sasuke to the mission and the fact that they do NOT get along, and - you've ruined Yukimura's perfectly sedate life - ...you get a kinda slightly boring mess. lol It's a little funny if only to go "lol, wut" at the "I ish srs" take on the historical characters (whai shota ninja //shot). Needs more work to appeal though. xD Art style reminds me a lil of Karakara Kemuri but it's a tad amateurish with angles. An all right read, but it feels like some of the hinting and building up fell a bit flat ultimately. Apparently, the oneshot got serialised. I have no idea how that would turn out... xDD | ||
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Seen: completely Last Updated: Apr 03, 2011 |
7.75 (good) | |||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: May 12, 2011 |
4.75 (moderate) |
Concept sounds interesting, new girl in school, likes Goth and Sports, wants to do both. Pilot chapter falls into the
same traps Western cartoons do though, setting up the main character to be perfect (smart, an athlete, instantly popular
in class and too nice) with the convenient ooh-old-classmate, and an instant antagonist (bitter, mocking,
'bullying', basketball top gun). I don't quite FEEL like continuing with the classroom scene pages...
*flips* Character designs are nice enough, but scenes with emotions aren't pulled off all too well.. *one-on-one
match* How did she get away with such a clear foul? :S Only good bit was the 'embarrassing' scene.
It's a shoujo trying to do sports. :s I'll just stick with I'll - Generation Basket; far more convincing. Can't really stand the convenient plotbunnies, urgh. | ||
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Seen: partially Last Updated: May 08, 2011 |
4.50 (moderate) | |||