07 Tuesday Feb 2017
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Nozomi Cover Art – Dirty Pair OAV Series
I’m starting to think that nostalgia has given Dirty Pair, particularly the OAVs, a better reputation than it deserves. Fair Warning: Episodes 3 – 6[1] aren’t particularly good truth be told.
Episode 4 Who Cares If They’re Only Kids! Playing War Games Warrants a Firing Squad?! is the second relatively poor episode in this run, and it suffers from a number of problems. Continue reading
25 Sunday Dec 2016
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In her reply here to my questions re the Sunshine Blogger Award, Inrosegalaxy included this intriguing music video by Two-Mix for their 1997 single White Reflection. Before I comment on it, here’s the video itself:
24 Saturday Dec 2016
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anime, board games, Gall Force, games, Hibike! Euphonium, Kimagure Orange Road, Kimi no Na wa, Robotech, Rocket Girls, Sound! Euphonium, Your Name
I’m surfacing after an intense but successful project[1] and finally noticing some blogger awards that have come my way. These are basically a fun way to prompt posts with a bit of a Q&A format, so here goes.
The first order of business is to thank the lovely Artemis over at Otaku Lounge.
The “rules”[2] here are basically: Continue reading
15 Thursday Sep 2016
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Anime has a time honoured tradition of omakes, or extras. These are usually short pieces bundled with releases or broadcast after episodes such as the Kero-chan checks of Card Captor Sakura fame.
There are omake, there are omake, and then there is Ten Little Gall Force. Continue reading
11 Wednesday Mar 2015
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I signed up for ask.fm recently, and it’s certainly been a useful distraction when I’m on the bus or otherwise bored. One thing that I quite like is that this fellow is posing an “Anime Question of the Day”. My response today is long enough to be better presented as a post here[1]. Continue reading
Pirates of the Burley Griffin 