Archive for June 2009
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Attitudes to Slice-of-Life Comedy Anime
There’s been a lot of disparity in reactions to the slice-of-life moe comedy genre of late sparked by the recent end of K-On!. A lot of its defenders have fallen back on the idea that “it is what it is”, while its critics have argued that that’s no excuse for mediocrity. My own opinion is [...]
Is Higurashi moé’s Greatest Triumph?
It’s an overblown question because the answer is almost certainly “no”. Nor do I mean to imply that Higurashi is the best moe anime ever made, because there’s probably an anime franchise called “ARIA” which lays a better claim to that (and then there are all the anime that are only considered partly moe). But [...]
Don’t Say ‘K-On!’
I’ve found myself recently fascinated not so much by K-On! itself, but the fan-produced stuff that it has spun off from it. In particular, I’ve gone nuts for this video:
So, Who’s Watching Cross Game?
The title of best anime of the current season is basically a two-horse race, IMO. And while Eden of the East seems to be reasonably widely recognized, Cross Game has flown under the radar. In a lot of ways it’s a show that hearkens back to an older style of romance, and the thing that [...]
The future of streaming for FUNimation
Several years ago, the music industry began a series of very public law suits against various internet pirates for the distribution of their music. A massive dialogue ensued and has since generated enough content to fill hundreds of encyclopedias. Without the legal high ground, some pirates generated clever reasoning for their positions; some began flawed [...]
