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My favorite pixiv illustrations
フライヤー by ながれぼし Anime fan art is not hard to come by. However, exceptional fan art could be if you don’t know where to look. I first heard about the Japanese fan art site, pixiv, in late ’08. It is...
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First impressions of the summer 2010 anime I’m watching
Not many summer shows looked particularly appealing to me this year. So far I’m watching four and may pick up another one or two if the desire arises. Here are my thoughts after watching the first two...
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Who are your “redeemed” anime characters?
Good character development is one element we love to see in anime. If done well, it can take a seemingly unlikable or uninteresting character and pleasantly surprise us by turning them into something...
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Another look at the trend of frequently changing anime OPs and EDs
Earlier this year, I wrote a post about how many recent anime series have had openings and/or endings that change frequently in song, animation, or both, sometimes as often as every single episode....
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My top 10 anime endings
*Notice: For some strange reason, commenting on my blog was not working from roughly 1pm yesterday to 1pm today (PST). If you left a comment on the blog during that time, your comment has been lost. I...
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Digimon: from Adventure to Xros Wars
Back in the late 90s/early 2000s when Pokemon was at the height of its popularity, many similar “monster collection” anime and game series were brought over from Japan in the hopes of cashing in on...
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My picks for the fall ’11 season
The list of anime scheduled to air in a few weeks for the fall 2011 season has been out for a while, but I’m just now sitting down and deciding which ones I’ll be watching. Nine anime I’m currently...
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First impressions of the fall ’11 anime I’m watching
Almost all of the seasonal anime I had been watching since spring ’11 ended this season, so I had room to pick up quite a few fall ’11 titles. There are a lot of sequels I’m interested in this season,...
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Are you ever too old for kids anime?
Kids anime like Sailor Moon, Pokemon, and Yu-Gi-Oh! was the first kind of anime I watched and my gateway into becoming the major fan that I am today. Many of us share a similar story in that watching...
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First impressions of the winter ’12 anime I’m watching
As always, here are my first impressions of the winter 2012 anime I’m watching upon seeing two episodes of each… Another A horror/mystery anime with character designs by Noizi Itou? Sounded good...
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