01 Saturday Jul 2017
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Wow.
Just wow.
How is it possible for an anime that started so intelligently to veer off course so much and then end so epically badly?
How is it possible to so thoroughly sabotage the core themes of the opening episodes so much? Continue reading
05 Sunday Jun 2016
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Kei and Yuri – Nozomi Cover Art – Episodes 23 – 26
Dirty Pair episode 23 Something’s Amiss…!? Our Elegant Revenge is a fun episode with plot elements that a more recent series would make a lot more out of.
The episode opens with Kei and Yuri in the middle of an infiltration operation at the top of a skyscraper. Security is tight and the druglord Mahogany is completing an expensive research project to bring a new illegal drug to market.
Yuri is about to spike the project with a well-placed bazooka shot when Kei calls her off. Apparently pressure has been put on the 3WA to back off from Mahogany, and the operation is cancelled. Continue reading
23 Saturday Nov 2013
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Sourced from: http://www.crunchyroll.com/strike-the-blood
There are many, many, reasons why I should not like Strike the Blood. However, Strike the Blood has also steadfastly avoided the error that caused me to rant so much about Sword Art Online, and I am prepared to forgive a lot for that. Continue reading
11 Monday Jun 2012
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Bodacious Space Pirates, Card Captor Sakura, Key The Metal Idol, Kiddy Grade, Scrapped Princess, Solty Rei, You're Under Arrest
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At 22 of (presumably) 26 episodes Bodacious Space Pirates is still much better than it has any right to be, but is now entering risky territory. Continue reading
15 Thursday Dec 2011
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Phantom Quest Corp is a short 4 episode OAV series about a company that hunts the paranormal. Continue reading
Pirates of the Burley Griffin 