Carole and Tuesday (2019): Final Thoughts

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Carole and Tuesday, GLASSLIP, Nagi no Asukara

The second half of Carole and Tuesday was finally released on Netflix in Australia on Christmas Eve and… wow. In a sense Carole and Tuesday reminds me, in a good way, of Nagi no Asukura and, in a bad way, of Glasslip.

Rin-ne (2015): First Thoughts

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Inuyasha, Nagi no Asukara, Ranma 1/2, Rin-ne, Rumiko Takahashi, Shirobako, Urusei Yatsura

Source: http://www.crunchyroll.com/rin-ne

Whatever else can be said about Rumiko Takahashi[1], you know what you’re going to get when a new Takahashi anime adaptation appears[2].

In other words: light entertainment, some comedy, a romance that probably won’t go anywhere, and probably a new character every week. There’s nothing wrong with that so long as that’s what you’re in the mood for, and don’t make the mistake of expecting anything else[3].

2014 in Review

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Akatsuki no Yona, argevollen, Board game, Bodacious Space Pirates, BTOOOM!, Encouragement of Climb, Feminism, gamergate, games, Girls Und Panzer, GLASSLIP, Hamatora, Hanayamata, Locodol, Log Horizon, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Nagi no Asukara, Say "i Love You", Shin Sekai Yori, Shirobako, Sword Art Online, Taisho Baseball Girls, The Pilot's Love Song, Tonari no Seki-Kun, Yama no Susume, Your Lie In April, Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Yuki Yuna wa Yusha de Aru, YuYuYu

Here’s the final “in review” post for 2014 with the top 5 for the month, the quarter, the year, and all time, plus some bonus commentary on best/worst of the year.

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

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GLASSLIP, Hanasaku Iroha, Nagi no Asukara

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”.

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

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GLASSLIP, Hanasaku Iroha, Nagi no Asukara

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.