Archive for July 2010
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Summer 2010: First Thoughts
This season, we’re doing something a bit different with our seasonal First Thoughts article. A handful of our staff have contributed their impressions on the shows they’re following so far. It’s an intriguing season to date, but for mine, it isn’t nearly as promising as the others that have preceded it this year, and I’d [...]
The Nihon Revue, Episode One
That’s right, kids— The Nihon Review now has a podcast! It’s called The Nihon Revue, and features the ever-so-charming Sorrow-kun and everyone’s least favorite blogger (yours truly) doing what The Nihon Review does best: reviewing anime. For our pilot episode, we have for you five of last season’s hits. Most of these shows have finished [...]
The Gap
Long time no see. I’ve been on an extended break from the anime fandom since mid-June, mostly because of a little thing called the World Cup. Now that I’m back, I’ve realized that, much to my horror, that I am experiencing something absolutely unprecedented: The current anime season is so god-awful that I’ve actually run [...]
Looking at Minorigate and the Tokyo Loli Ban through Anime Expo 2010
I went down to Anime Expo this past weekend, surviving almost a week of no sleep and irritable fans. Amongst the many stories worth blogging about, perhaps what seemed most surprising to me about Anime Expo 2010 was the powerful presence of visual novels. While other blogs, such as AnimeDiet, have covered extensively some of [...]
Ambition and Profit in Anime – What do We do About “Failed” Experiments?
When omo, writing for his site Omonomono, gave his final impression of Angel Beats, he talked about seeing it fall under its own weight, and likened it to what a “failed” attempt to make ef – a tale of memories might look like. It got me thinking about the concept of ambition in anime, and [...]
