I’ve really, really been meaning to get back into the whole blogging thing (especially since I’m paying for this webspace here) since Spring ’11 is in full swing, and it’s shaping up to be a damn good season from the few eps I’ve caught here and there. Unfortunately my time for anime has been almost non-existent lately due to being swamped with stuff to do in the real world. It’s a sad world when Meultima, self professed gamer and all-around weirdo, is watching more anime than me. What a twist I say, good sir!

Anyway I’ve got a ton of stuff to talk about and dissect when I’ve got the time, hopefully before the end of May the way things are going for me… lolol and all that. A giant Madoka analysis should be the first order of business. After that I’ll discuss the Spring season in earnest when I eventually catch up on those. It would help if I wasn’t more than a month behind on all the current stuff, but slow and steady is the way to go rather than marathoning a bunch of stuff and getting burned out. After tackling those two topics it’s all up in the air. Here’s one final note before I leave.

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“Just become a magical blogger!”

February 3rd marks the official beginning of the Year of the Bunny Girl Rabbit in the Chinese Lunar Calendar. We the staff (which is mostly just me actually) wish all the best to everyone out there. Don’t blow off your fingers with illegal firecrackers now, you hear? Now if you’ll excuse me, I must spend some time with the bunny girls for a bit…

Image by Kanna Asuke

Blog co-author Meu dug up a couple old links for me recently, that being my vintage 2008 Top 20 Anime Girls List as found here and here. It was nostalgic to examine but severely outdated, so I figured it was time to give the old list an update. Click the jump to see my picks.

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It’s been a while since I’ve written anything seriously (more than a year actually), so I’ll be finding my proverbial sea legs as I go along here. Even though I’ve been away from the blog far too long, I’ve still been keeping up with anime when possible. Though I missed coverage of 2010 as a whole, it had its fair share of good shows. Spring ’10 was surprisingly weak with Angel Beats utterly stomping the competition for best Spring show. Summer fared better with a strong lineup overall headlined by Amagami SS and Seitokai Yakuindomo. Fall had a plethora of good (but not great) shows. It’s hard to pick just one or two as the best since there were no clear standouts in my opinion. At a glance I’d have to say Star Driver and Panty and Stocking won the battle of the Fall shows.

Agree or disagree with what I think? Leave a comment and pat me on the back or trololol me a new one.

PS: Winter 2011 doesn’t look that good, but if I skip it I’ll have nothing to talk about…

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Sorry for the lack of updates lately, but I just haven’t been very motivated to write lately. Anyway, I actually hate Maria but couldn’t resist using that line for the title since it was from one of Umineko’s more memorable scenes. Halloween itself doesn’t have the same luster it used to when I was young, but it’s still a fun holiday in and of itself. My days of going house-to-house for free candy are gone, but the consolation is cheap bags of candy (and cavities!) the day after, so it’s not a bad trade off. At any rate It beats prowling the streets at night, getting the proverbial candy crap shoot. When will people learn that NO ONE likes the vile, nasty poison that is candy corn? That stuff is nastier than a sweaty otaku’s armpit in summer.

Anyway, I’m going to stay in and watch animu and stuff. If you have plans for today, be safe since people can go a bit crazy. Also, don’t follow any strange witches home. You might find yourself stuffed with candy… And not in the good way. Or maybe it is the good way if that’s what you want — I’m not one to judge.

PS: This goes against everything I stand for but… ううううううー！

Put ya Nekomimi Modo on!

Two episode impression

When the words ‘cat’ and ‘anime’ usually cross paths, the result is more often than not a cat girl of some sort. I’m the odd man out when I say they’ve always weirded me out, even before furry awareness hit our stream of consciousness. Ugh… Creepy… Disgusting… Cat girls. At any rate, anime do feature cats in some way or another with regularity, but very few have actually put them in a starring role. There’s Chi’s Sweet Home and Nyan Koi… And that’s it. Before I get distracted even more, let’s move on to the Nyan Koi impressions.

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This isn’t the real title screen, but this one is more interesting.

Two episode impression

I’ve been craving a good reference-laden comedy for a while. Hayate S2 and Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei are still fresh in my memory, but neither really satisfied the craving. Hayate S2 had small flashes of reference-comedy but was otherwise a shadow of the first season with regards to referential humor. Zetsubou Sensei has been slipping since the second season and just doesn’t have the same impact it used to. Seitokai no Ichizon (The Student Council’s Judgment) bills itself as a reference-comedy series, but is it a contender or a pretender?

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Kobato, Dobato, Kobato, Dobato.

Two episode impression

I’ve never liked anything CLAMP, and it doesn’t look like Kobato is going to change that opinion.

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Mamiko Noto plays a shy, submissive girl? What a twist.

Two episode impression

School-life romance shoujo aren’t my thing. I don’t know what compelled me to pick up Kimi ni Todoke, seeing as it falls precisely into that genre, but I’m glad I did because this is a bloody brilliant show. Wow, just wow.

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Come for the boob armor, stay for the Mugi Elf.

Two episode impression

Umm, I wanted to write something about Seiken no Blacksmith (The Sacred Blacksmith), but Cecily’s boob armor distracted me and made me lose my train of thought. Boob armor. Boob armor. Boob armor…

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