Love Live! School Idol Project: Another Video?

Yes, it’s true. This is #4, folks. Not that I’m complaining about seeing cute anime girls rockin’ some J-pop. I’m not. It’s just that this the fourth video/preview, and judging by the plot-like bits they’ve interwoven into each preview, the anime` does exist and has gotta be close to being done by now. Come on [...]

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Full Moon Wo Sagishite Guide

Full Moon Wo Sagishite (Looking for a Full Moon) is one of the exemplars of the magical girl genre, right up there with Hime-Chan’s Ribbon. It undergirds the usual transformation/maturation motif with doom, because the main character, Mitsuki, is fated to die in one year. Plus, it features enough romantic complexity and humor to make [...]

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How They Killed K-On! Season Two

While I was never a huge fan of K-On!, I did enjoy most of season one. Some episodes were good, others were lame, and there was a subplot that I hated (you can guess which one), but on the whole, the series worked. There was something endearing in the struggles of a group of high-school [...]

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Skip Beat Bored Me Into a Stupor

Skip Beat has been hailed in various corners (well ok, at least over on the fansub.tv forums) as being the next best thing since sliced bread. Having watched the first four episodes and eaten quite a few slices of bread, I can’t agree less. Skip Beat (official site, fan site) is a shoju series, and [...]

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