Monthly Archives: July 2008

Genius Party 7 – Baby Blue

By jiff | Published: July 29, 2008

Genius party is a series of short films by several Japanese directors widely revered as ‘geniuses’ (hence the name). The seventh one is titled Baby Blue, and Shinichirō Watanabe, renowned for his series Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo, is the genius director. The brilliant Yoko Kanno, who worked [...]

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[LWC 53] Afro Samurai Revisited

By lelangir | Published: July 29, 2008

↩[LWC 52] Introduction Perhaps Japan is rather ethnically homogenous, or I am under the impression of such a fact. So then maybe the lack of blacks in slice of life anime is justified not because animators envisage an utopian, ethnically homogenous Japan, but rather, they are correctly portraying the racially monolithic high school demographics. However, this does [...]

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To Love-Ru Episode 17 – Old School Building Horrors

By Shokkeru | Published: July 28, 2008

Yay! It’s Oshizu! Okay enough of that. This episode is based off one of the chapters from the manga where Rito and the gang enter the old school building. After encountering all sorts of spooky stuff, they encounter a friendly ghost by the name of Oshizu, a young girl who died in that area many years [...]

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Pale Cocoon OVA: Teh buny has landeh on THAT

By phuzybuny | Published: July 28, 2008

Pale Cocoon by Yasuhiro Yoshiura. A 23 minute philisophical science-fiction OVA. Almost every frame is a work of art but the main point of this OVA is to make the audience feel what the characters feel. Hundreds of years have passed since humans have ruined the Earth. Forced to retreat to an artificial surface network and [...]

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CLANNAD 24 – Tomoyo or Nagisa?

By Lupus | Published: July 28, 2008

The character most prominent in my mind after watching CLANNAD 24 is Tomoya. Is writing for Impz finally having an effect on me?

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World Destruction Ep 3: Prison Break, WDC style + More pity for the bear

By Reverse Vampire | Published: July 28, 2008

Look at my butt! And are these handcuffs too large for my size? The first thing we all knew, all three World Destruction Committee members are thrown into jail by a Wolfman miser and his minions. But good to say, our destroyers are attempting prison break, WDC style along with a few friends that are [...]

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Xam’d: Lost Memories ep 1: “Xam’d at the Dawn of War”

By Extrange | Published: July 27, 2008

“…What? Do I have something in my face?” Gentlemen, I like BONES. Gentlemen, I like BONES. Gentlemen, I love BONES. Everything that BONES studio did in the past is godly for me (well, all except the plot of Full Metal Alchemist but that’s another story.) I mean, having the BONES logo on it it’s the same as saying it [...]

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