Archive for July 2009
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My Paradigm
In his latest article, Sorrow-kun addressed the issue of dialogue in anime. As a non-native speaker, he said, he had to rely on translators to understand what was going on at all times. It’s inevitable that non-Japanese anime fans have to place their trust in translators, as without them, anime-watching becomes an utterly pointless exercise [...]
Bakemonogatari and Other Anime With Great Dialogue
Anime isn’t exactly a medium renowned for great dialogue. There are probably several reasons for this, most of them stemming from the fact that creative dialogue isn’t really seen as a requirement in most series for conveying story. Most series tend to take a very straightforward approach to explaining plot points, a consequence [...]
Impressions of Evangelion 2.0
A few hours ago I got myself a cam-rip of the movie and I’ll say that it certainly was different. Due to the sub-par video and audio as well as the fact that there were no subtitles, I will not be seriously reviewing what I’ve seen since I don’t think that it’s is a fair [...]
Summer 2009: First Thoughts
It’s still early days, but I genuinely think that there’s much more of interest on offer this season than there was last season. Maybe it’s little more than a matter of perception, but what this season has which last season failed to offer are sequels from proven franchises. It’s not a brilliant thing, [...]
Visual novel review: Ever 17 – The Out of Infinity
Title: Ever 17: The Out of Infinity
Genre: Drama/Action
Company: KID
Platform: PC
Release Date: Aug 29 2002
Synopsis: It’s 2017 and Kuranari Takeshi is visiting a futuristic underwater theme park called “LeMU”, where he’s to meet up with his friends. However, an accident leads to a breach in the upper levels of LeMU, and in the ensuing chaos, [...]
