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Tag Archives: Hanasaku Iroha

Autumn Colours – Day 8 – 18/11/2018 – Japan Unmasked 7 – Kanazawa

19 Monday Nov 2018

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Autumn Colours

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Angel Beats!, Hanasaku Iroha, Kanazawa

A last morning in Takayama before heading to Kanazawa. Continue reading →

Sakura Quest (2017)

21 Thursday Sep 2017

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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Hanasaku Iroha, Sakura Quest, Shirobako

Sakura 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 →

GLASSLIP (2014) couldn’t even manage an ENTERTAINING trainwreck

26 Friday Sep 2014

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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GLASSLIP, Hanasaku Iroha, Nagi no Asukara

Source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/glasslip

Source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/glasslip

I 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 →

GLASSLIP (2014): Second Thoughts, or how low will it go?

10 Wednesday Sep 2014

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

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GLASSLIP, Hanasaku Iroha, Nagi no Asukara

Source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/glasslip

Source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/glasslip

When 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 →

GLASSLIP (2014): First Thoughts

09 Saturday Aug 2014

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

≈ 8 Comments

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GLASSLIP, Hanasaku Iroha, Nagi no Asukara, PA Works, Tari Tari

Source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/glasslip

Source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/glasslip

GLASSLIP 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 →

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