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1. WTF 2. I'm going to start watching anime again.
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Did Kill La Kill Save Anime?
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Welcome to Anime Rants! Today I’m trying something a little different: DnD Alignments for anime characters. I love analyzing characters using the MBTI personality model. The DnD Alignment…
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Madoka Magica 10: Groundhog Day
After last week's sorta meh episode, we get another Madoka of awesomeness! This time, we get to see how Homura came to be a mahou shoujo. Apparently in…
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Supplimental Episode X: Kill La Kill Anime
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OSMcast! Kill la Kill 4-14-2014
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God, I love (name of video streaming service that can pay if it wants to be advertised here)! When I signed up, I got to watch all of…
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Goodness, I forgot how badass Mami is in this series.
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I honestly have always found the twist in this episode to be more meaningful and more unnerving than the last one.
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No matter how much I could emotionally prepare myself for this, it all still hits like a truck.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Ep. 4
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Ep. 1
If there’s an anime that I’d love to see for the first time again, it’d be this one.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Ep. 2
Almost every time Mami fights in this series, it’s a delight to watch.
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It all still hits like a truck.
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If there’s an anime that I’d love to see for the first time again, it’d be this one.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Ep. 3
I don’t subscribe to the three episode rule but if any show perfectly exemplifies it, it’s this one.
Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Ep. 6
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica – Ep. 11
The beginning of the end.
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