Real men begin a concert by hanging themselves.

Actually, the title is a lie. This is not a Behind the Music spoof but more an analysis of the show’s leading character, Souichi Negishi, and his more famous Death Rock alter ego, Johannes Krauser II. If you don’t like it, get lost before I summon Krauser-sama from the depths of Hell to murder you and do other bad unspeakable things to you. Mwa ha ha ha ha! Rock on!

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I’m not a rabid Ali Project detractor as is the fashion these days, as I actually used to be a big fan of the group, but even I have to admit the quality of their music has dipped drastically over the years. I remember hearing for the first time “Copperia no Hitsugi” back when I watched Noir and thinking Ali Project was abso-frickin-lutely fantastic. The unique vocals and chaotic, striking chords made the song memorable and gave Ali Project a flair all their own. They were definitely out of the ordinary in a good way.

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Sproing? Yes. Sproing is the correct response.

Time skips in anime are nothing new. They advance the story a specified period of time and make characters older when necessary. In the case of Phantom though, a certain character somehow time skipped more than everyone else in the show’s alloted two year time skip. This post contains spoilarz (o-em-gee) for Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ episode 21. Don’t enter if you don’t want to be spoiled.

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Love blossoms when you least expect it… Or so I’m told.

One of the many inevitabilities with watching anime is that much like real life, you’ll eventually fall in love. The concept of love is a strange thing isn’t it? It’s something we’ve constantly tried to define throughout our relatively short history on this planet. It’s a concept so abstract it still can’t be properly define, but the concept of love is a gender and culturally universal theme we love to explore, bad pun totally intended. While hard to define, it’s something we intrinsically understand when we see and experience it.

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Please be gentle. It’s my first time… Asking for recommendations.

After slogging through a lengthy backlog over the summer, I’ve hit a wall and can’t quite decide what to watch next. If left to my own devices I’ll probably just pick up more moe drivel, so that’s why I’m asking Wolf Hurricane’s kind readers to tell me what to watch next. There are times when even veterans don’t know what to watch and need a helping hand. Just be sure to wash said hand before helping me — I don’t know where it’s been. If you need an idea of what I’ve seen and liked so far, I’ll pimp my MyAnimeList page for you, with the ulterior motive of feeding my e-peen. Yes my e-peen, grow. Grow!

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I was nosing through the university video library the other day and was pleasantly surprised to find they have a healthy collection of anime, including a few titles I hadn’t seen. A size-able chunk of these shows I knew immediately, old hat favourites like Ranma 1/2, Patlabor, Evangelion, GitS, Rurouni Kenshin. But then a thought occurred to me: If I had never seen an anime before, how would I begin to approach this cartoon menagerie?

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Greetings again, everyone! After a lengthy summer driving around the United States in a truck, I’ve finally returned to the promised land of milk, honey and reliable internet access. I apologize for my absence but look forward to being able to resume, in a trice, my writing for Wolf Hurricane, particularly You Might Like It. But until then, I have a request for the good readers of this site.

If there’s anyone out there with experience in Nintendo DS Homebrew who’d be willing to give advice to a total noob on the subject, and perhaps do some troubleshooting down the road, shoot me an email at onepreacher@gmail.com. Any knowledge on the subject is more knowledge than I have–I just want to put Nethack on my DS, really!

And I brought cake!

Hayate’s best reference joke in a long, long time.

Hayate no Gotoku!! has been stagnating since the Hinagiku birthday episode, and it’s been even longer since HnG has done what it does best, a proper reference joke. It’s all well and good that season two’s plot has been moving at a steady pace, but the plot alone isn’t strong enough to keep the show going by itself.

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Pen + Eyeball = ???

Ah, our troubled stationery wielding princess, Senjougahara. Even though your arc is already over you continue to capture our hearts in each episode with your backhanded compliments and snide remarks towards Ararararagi.

What started as a mere infatuation on both sides is blossoming into a genuine (and very unique) relationship. The Love-Hate relationship between Senjougahara and Araragi has been clicking on all cylinders so far. More importantly it’s been genuinely convincing and entertaining. On one hand, Senjougahara is smitten by the dense but altruistic boy that saved her from the dire fate she resigned herself to. On the other hand, she’s an insecure, possessive girl that flips faster than an American SUV speeding down a Japanese mountain pass as evidenced by *ahem*

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KyoAni, you won the game. You are boss.

Thank you for Endless Eight in Haruhi S2. It was an epic trolling we won’t soon forget. Love it or hate it (hopefully the latter), Endless Eight will live in infamy among Haruhiists and the anime community at large. Fool us once, shame on you. Fool us twice, shame on us. Fool us six times, we look like f***ing morons for putting up with this bullshit. Analysis and ranting ahead mateys.

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