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 [...]
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). [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
