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One Year Out—Reflections on the Industry
It’s been a year since my last post on antiotaku, and while I still think it was wise to end the blog when I did, I had a…
The Road Goes Ever On and On
Four weeks ago, bear informed me that he would be retiring from anime blogging. With that knowledge, I had to make the decision whether to try to keep…
Farewell
I mentioned in my final post on Usagi Drop that one of the strengths of narrative is the ability to give a greater understanding to lives and situations…
Summer 2011 Season in Review – Blown Away
American TV has slowly started experimenting beyond the standard “debut every series in September and see what sticks” model, but it’s still the case that fall is the…
Usagi Drop Episodes 10 and 11 – An End Has A Start
As winter comes, there are a lot more sniffles around the office where I work. I’ve had a sore throat the last few days, the lady in the…
Gundam AGE Episodes 1, 2, and 3 – The Next Generation
It’s difficult to just talk about a Gundam series absent any deeper context. As one of the two most venerable mecha franchises in anime history (the other being…
Maken-Ki! Episodes 1 and 2 – Worst of All Possible Worlds
When I got down to looking over the offerings for this fall season, there were three works in particular that I singled out as pathetic pieces of trash…
Tamayura: Hitotose Episodes 1 and 2 – Still Life
Slice of life shows can sell themselves in one of two ways. The first way is through humor, trying to create funny situations out of normal events. Usually…
Un-Go Episodes 1 and 2 – The Truth Will Out
Well, having taken a season break after wrapping up their lovely but ultimately flawed Gosick, it looks the animation studio Bones is ready to try their hand at…
Mashiroiro Symphony Episodes 1 and 2 – Reluctant Opposition
I wrote yesterday about a series that I went into with extremely low expectations, and how I was thus pleasantly surprised when it turned out not to be…