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2nd Anime Oscars?
More mock awards on the anime blogosphere (as if there haven’t been enough), this one being a sequel of the one I did last year. Just like the last effort, this set of awards will be structured to (somewhat) resemble the real Academy Awards, cheekily timed to coincide with yesterday’s ceremony. Again, these [...]
AnimeSuki 2009 Choice Awards: Picking Winners
This is happening a lot quicker than it did last year. This time last year there was a massive gap between the end of nominations and voting, which didn’t start until the 25th of Jan. This year, voting is going to be over before the 20th. Personally, I think it was better [...]
AC’s Top 20 Anime of the Decade
This has been a decade of mixed reactions for some people. A handful may see it as a period of renaissance, paying tributes to giant robots and classic mecha of the 80s and 90s in the form of instances such as Tengen-Toppa Gurren Lagann and Gundam SEED. Others see it as the period of the [...]
NHRV Editor’s Choice Awards – April 2009
Today, a new tradition at The Nihon Review is starting: the NHRV Editor’s Choice Awards. Every six months from now on, in the months of April and October (to coincide approximately with the start of a new major season), each of the NHRV Editors will pick one anime that has recently aired and been [...]
A (weak) Attempt to Justify the Ending of Clannad After Story
A lot has been said about the ending of Clannad After Story (not surprisingly, since it’s probably in the top two or three most popular shows currently airing), but most of it has been negative. I’d say the reception has been mixed on the generally staunchly pro-KyoAni AnimeSuki Forums and almost universally negative on [...]
