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Un-go 5 ~ people live with things they don’t talk about hidden in their heart
Episode 5 of Un-go is fascinating on a number of levels. Like much of the series so far, it seems to be less interested in telling a mystery story than in developing a critique of society, or perhaps...
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Cardfight Vanguard 44 ~ Shadow Paladin
Cardfight! Vanguard has gone in an interesting new direction lately. We might say that Aichi has been seduced by the dark side. Last episode we saw that, just before the National Tournament, Aichi’s...
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Mawaru PenguinDrum 18 ~ maybe she’ll love me even more for the pitiful child...
Episode 18 of Mawaru Penguin Drum continues the nearly unbroken string of impossibly brilliant artistic experiences this show has presented us. I said, when commenting on the first episode that this...
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Chihayafuru 7 ~ quit griping and play a game
In Chihayafuru episode 7, the hunt for club members continues. This time Chihaya has her eye on a boy that doesn’t know it yet, but he desperately wants to be saved. In addition to giving us more of...
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Paranoia Agent ~ final thoughts
Paranoia Agent is a Madhouse production TV series from 2004, and an important part of the artistic legacy of Satoshi Kon, who passed away at the age of 46, in 2010. Paranoia Agent is a 13 episode...
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Hyouge Mono 9 ~ the stone frog cries
Things have been building up to the events of episode 9 of Hyouge Mono for a while. Lord Nobunaga Oda arrives at the Honnou-ji and a tragedy results. Lord Oda meets with the courtiers to convince them...
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Hakuouki ~ Aika Yoshioka OP Collection
- Image source - I enjoyed the first two seasons of Hakuouki, a series based on an otome game about the Shinsengumi (a group of samurai in the Bakumatsu period, about the same time as the American...
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Tamayura hitotose ~ road of aspiration
Episode 7 was one of my favorite episodes of Tamayura ~ hitotose yet. It had some of the classic elements that make Junichi Sato’s Healing series so effective. There was a light tone, minimal plot...
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Chihayafuru 8 ~ you’ve still got a ways to go
Episode 8 of Chihayafuru brings an unexpected twist. A person from Chihaya’s past appears, and Arata’s long shadow continues to cloud the hearts of those who once had the courage to oppose him. Get...
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Un-Go 7 ~ there is no mystery, so why must I solve it?
Episode 7 of Un-Go continues from the introduction of the “novelist” who writes stories in reality. The great detective, Shinjurou Yuuki, has been selected to play a part in his next story. As the...
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Chihayafuru 9 ~ you just happen to be a pushy person
Episode 9 continues the excellent string of successes that has made Chihayafuru such a treat to watch. After finding the fifth member of the club, the big question was, “where is this show going from...
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Chihayafuru 10 ~ a woman must always move with grace
I truly do love this show. Chihayafuru episode 10 had so many things going on, from the tension around the central love triangle, to personal triumphs and sorrows, all within the larger context of the...
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Phi Brain 11 – Puzzle Guardian Barrier
Episode 11 of Φ Brain (AKA Phi Brain, Kami no Puzzle) does a good job of explaining just what this show is about. It describes the eternal struggle between those who would protect the world’s treasure...
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Hyouge Mono 10 ~ I shall join ye in death
Episode 10 is not only another good episode of Hyouge Mono, it is also a critically important one, full of character study, and significant events. In other words, reading this review will expose you...
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Chihayafuru 11 ~ I didn’t think she would fall apart
Chihayafuru is the show that keeps delivering flawless episode after flawless episode. In Episode 11, our protagonists are up against their toughest challenge yet, a team that habitually wins the Tokyo...
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Chihayafuru 12 ~ the weight of Tokyo
Episode 12 was a nice little interlude on the way to the National Championship at Omi Jingu. It showed the team looking forward to the Nationals, while those around them were mostly indifferent to...
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Winter 2012 Picks and Predictions
In all honesty, the up-coming Winter 2012 season hasn’t grabbed my attention. Typically by now I would be looking forward to some show, and this post would be about those few shows that really caught...
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Un-Go ~ final thoughts
This is a brief spoiler-free review of Un-go, a Noitamina show from Fall 2011. Un-go is a short series (12 episodes, including an unaired “Episode 0″ that was shown in theaters) produced by Bones....
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Seasonal Greetings
I hope everyone is staying warm and in good cheer. Tonight is known in these parts as Christmas Eve, and I already had a fun afternoon with family, as I went to the theater to see my nephew act in a...
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Winter 2012 Season Observation ~ by January 7, it will be half over
You can file this one under what I did while I was waiting for the final episode of Working’!! to download. Including Black Rock Shooter (whose February premiere pushes it off the right of the chart),...
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