Author Archives: Lupus

Light Novels Reviews – GoMetal Spice and Dragon XXXVI

By Lupus | Published: July 7, 2008

ToraDora manga. Don’t let that look fool you – she’s called the Palm-sized Tiger for a very, very good reason. It’s holiday time, and I’m in Hong Kong, enjoying a well deserved break after a particularly stressing exam period. Within 3 days of my arrival, I’ve already purchased over $1000HKD worth of light [...]

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Toshokan Sensou and LOL LOGIC

By Lupus | Published: June 5, 2008

In the world ofToshokan Sensou, foliage stops bullets. I have a rule, called “Ridiculous Leap of Logic Rule” (RiReRoRu for convenience’s sake), that I use to judge TV shows and movies. If, in the course of watching a TV show or movie, I’m forced to make a leap of logic so great that it’d start [...]

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Auto-Mario does Nico Nico Medley

By Lupus | Published: May 13, 2008

This is just incredible. And, as far as I can tell, absolutely legit. Dark grey blocks make Mario run until he bumps into something; green Yoshi blocks make him jump, and pink Yoshi blocks do the same but make a sort of twit-twit sound; he bounces off note blocks, with a different sound [...]

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Will the ‘Real’ Fatina Please Stand Up?

By Lupus | Published: May 13, 2008

It seems there’s still some confusion about what Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk’s OP means. Is it a hint as to the real nature of the world: are they all actually just playing an MMORPG? I think that’s a brilliant idea, but unfortunately I’ve decided that it’s nothing more than a [...]

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Anime Review: Shigofumi

By Lupus | Published: May 5, 2008

What is it about episodic anime that I like so much? Even discounting the comedies, few shows in my all time favourites can maintain a storyline for more than a few episodes at a time (in before ADHD accusations). Mushishi is one that springs to mind constantly, each episode a sublime story of [...]

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No, no, that’s not where you’re meant to look

By Lupus | Published: April 23, 2008

I certainly hope there isn’t any romance here. *because I can’t get [blockquote] to do anything in this theme, I’ll rely on list instead for quotes in the rest of this post. JPMeyer thinks defining genres in anime and manga by their characteristics is silly: I always laugh whenever people try to do a semantic or syntactic approach [...]

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Anime Review: Dennou Coil

By Lupus | Published: April 3, 2008

In my experience, there are two types of animated shows suitable for very young children. The first are the ones that are targeted solely at children, characterized by their episodic nature and anvilicious Aesops. Then there are the family shows, which, whilst entertaining to a child because of the tightly spaced, easy to [...]

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