Monthly Archives: March 2009

Gundam 00 S2 – 25 (End and Junk): The Luckiest Man on Earth

By Crusader | Published: March 29, 2009

Long has Patrick dreamed of this day… Fellow Earth Federation citizens! I appeal to you all. Celestial Being is exhausted! It is low on troops! Low on ships, weapons, and even ammunition! Why then should we surrender? Dear fellow citizens, our true enemy is no longer Celestial Being but our own weak leaders. Hiding behind some [...]

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Spring 2009 Preview Updates

By Calawain | Published: March 28, 2009

With the Spring season rapidly approaching, here are a few updates to our massive Spring 2009 Preview. Cross Game: Website, Airdate, Seiyuu, Studio Fullmetal Alchemist: New PV Hayate no Gotoku!!: Trailer 1 (embedded on the title page) Ristorante Paradiso: Trailers 1&2 (click the link for “Special”) Saki: Trailer 2 Sengoku Basara: Trailers (2 TV commercials and 2 PVs), Airdate Senjou no Valkyria [...]

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Mecha is magnificent, but it is not war. (A response to ‘War Sucks!’)

By Crusader | Published: March 26, 2009

A Zeon worth fighting for. Well now that work is out of the way and I am currently waiting for orders during Spring Break I am finally able to fully address IKnight’s “War Sucks!” post in a fuller manner. IKnight raises an important distinction between the war sucks theme and the prevalent misnomer that it essentially [...]

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Minami-ke Okaeri 11: The Joke So Nice, They Used It Twice

By Haesslich | Published: March 25, 2009

Yes, they really were BOTH laughing in that daydream. Just like a certain stripping senior… Once again, as seems to be par for the course, Minami-ke Okaeri manages to lurch along from amusing to ho-hum all within the same episode. The twist this time is that we get an episode that focuses more on Riko for [...]

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Maria+Holic, Episode 11- God Defeats Priest

By Calawain | Published: March 24, 2009

Unfortunately this brings us to the penultimate episode of Maria+Holic. On the other hand it was blessedly hilarious and somewhat insulting to Catholic priests (something I don’t really have a problem with~). Of course it shouldn’t be too unusual that a Catholic priest would go for an underage male right?! Hohohoho.

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Gundam 00 S2 – 24: Ich hatt’ einen Prinz Ali

By Crusader | Published: March 23, 2009

Now that Prince Ali is in Future Century otherwise known as Valhalla, he decided to enter the Gundam Fight… In the first place, I deny everything but what I have all along admitted, the design on my part to free the slaves… The word of God teaches me that all things whatsoever I would that [...]

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White Album – 11: Miss Rina Keeps Rolling Along

By Crusader | Published: March 20, 2009

First to fight for the right, And to build up women’s might, And Miss Rina Goes Rolling Along Proud of all she has done, Fighting till the battle’s won, And Miss Rina Goes Rolling Along. So with the end of finals and the agonizing wait for final grades White Album was much more enjoyable this time. No Rina’s M-16 guitar was [...]

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