Twenty-two volumes are behind us and this ultimate shoujo soap opera manga is still doing what it does best: veering from one crisis to the next in a constant stream of incidents that string this story out to 36 volumes.
Archive for June, 2007
Dissecting the humor of that masterpiece called Lucky Star
Published by June 27th, 2007 in anime. 8 CommentsBy now it should be obvious that Lucky Star is a comic masterpiece, a work that skillfully combines the elements of moe and slice-of-life comedy to create a distinctly mood-enhancing blend. “Mood-enhancing” is not an overstatement: as one commentator has noted, the series verges on being an iyashikei, or “healing” anime: one that allows viewers [...]
In the wake of stories I’ve seen recently about “Otaku Hunting” and the more sordid side of the maid phenomenon, comes an article in the Japan Times about the increase of crime and general seediness in Akihabara. This is sad. I have yet to visit the Great Otaku Land and by the time I ever [...]
Summer is officially here, so I’m looking at the various season previews that appeared earlier this week. This feels good, because I am so far behind with watching the Spring shows (excepting Lucky Star) that a fresh start seems really appealing right now! As far as posting goes this summer, I don’t know that I’m [...]
“I want to feel cute and be who I really am.”–Hinamori Amu Super Condensed Description: Amu, a seemingly tough loli with a Goth fashion sense, is quite intimidating to her fellow (elementary school!) students but is still admired for her coolness factor. Deep inside she wants to be a cute and girly shoujo, and finally [...]
So to add to the boxes I discussed yesterday, here’s the Higurashi (“When They Cry”) box. I’m not really sure why they went for the images they did for this, though. While the gothloli images are cute, they don’t really represent how the characters appear in the series. I mean, what if the Haruhi box [...]
The Haruhi Box arrived yesterday and its certainly a lot more complicated than any other DVD box set I’ve seen. Looks like you’re supposed to display it on its side with the DVDs and CDs lying flat, but isn’t that supposed to not be a good idea for discs? Anyway, its cool to have a [...]
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