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The Rise of the New Guard?
Over the past few years, we’ve seen the meteoric rise of several fairly small-name animation studios such as A1 Pictures, Brains Base and, most famously, Kyoto Animation, among others. Certainly, KyoAni has enjoyed unprecedented attention both domestically and abroad with very well-received series such as Lucky Star and Haruhi. There has been talk on the Internet of [...]
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 the way Kyomi [...]
Looking Back, Looking Forwards: This Decade in Anime
As this decade draws to a close, we celebrate the last ten years in anime. Certainly, the industry has progressed far in the last ten years: anime has become more popular, both domestically and worldwide; it has matured significantly as an art form, featuring cutting-edge CG technology and beautiful, streamlined animation; and it has become [...]
Want to Make an Awesome Anime? Just Add Baseball
I’ve taken a slightly looser attitude towards picking up and dropping shows of recent times, so in the last few seasons I haven’t been so rigid about locking in my season line-ups within the first couple of weeks of the season starting. Last season I subbed out Pandora Hearts and Shangri-La from my line-up for [...]
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 [...]
