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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 [...]
Anime Oscars?
Like I mentioned earlier, I (sadly) have more than a passing interest in these types of awards. The 2008 Tokyo Anime Fair Awards were just announced to, as far as I can see, reasonable disinterest. I can see the logic behind the choices behind these awards, even if I don’t particularly agree with all of [...]
AnimeSuki 2008 Choice Awards: Picking Winners
I’ll admit it, I do have more than just a passing interest in these types of awards. Obviously one affords as much credibility to a set of awards like these as one agrees with the results, and it always surprises me just how much people RAGE when they don’t, c.f. SaiMoe and its multiple incarnations. [...]
2008′s pleasant surprises
It’s hard to make head or tail of 2008 as a year at this point, and that’s something I don’t intend to tackle until our annual review (coming to a NHRV near you soon). And while the year didn’t deliver any titles that I’d call an outright masterpiece (which is pretty disappointing), there were a [...]
