A last morning in Takayama before heading to Kanazawa. Continue reading
Autumn Colours – Day 8 – 18/11/2018 – Japan Unmasked 7 – Kanazawa
19 Monday Nov 2018
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in19 Monday Nov 2018
Posted anime, Autumn Colours
inA last morning in Takayama before heading to Kanazawa. Continue reading
21 Thursday Sep 2017
Posted anime, Anime Reviews, reviews
inSakura Quest is another “young people working” anime from P.A. Works who previously delivered the Hanasaku Irohaand Shirobako. Stacked against those Sakura Quest is a very slow burner that pulled an emotional reaction in the finale but not before. Continue reading
26 Friday Sep 2014
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inI admit it: choosing “Oh what a lovely trainwreck” in the How Low Will GLASSLIP Go Poll was unwarranted optimism on my part.
I should have chosen either “What were they thinking? Were they thinking at all?” or “Oh well, we’ll still have Nagi no Asukara and Hanasaku Iroha”. Continue reading
10 Wednesday Sep 2014
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inWhen I wrote my first thoughts I was still cautiously optimistic that GLASSLIP would recover from its directionless wander into an actual story.
I also recommended following Pedantic Perspective for a good set of episodic reviews[1].
One out of two aint bad I guess. Continue reading
09 Saturday Aug 2014
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inGLASSLIP is in many ways a typical P.A. Works[1] production: pretty to look at, filled with engaging characters that you rapidly connect with, blessedly devoid of fanservice for the most part[2].
There’s only one problem: the first half of the series seems to be missing. Continue reading