Category Archives: Assorted Anime Reviews

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Winter Season Mini Review (First Impressions)

By Shokkeru | Published: January 12, 2010

Shokkeru here. Back after a long hiatus with a mini review of various shows of the Winter Season. Keep in mind that these are merely my impressions based on the first episodes of these series. Today’s Menu: Baka to Test to Shokanju Dance in the Vampire Bund Durarara!! Ookami Kakushi Seikon no Qwaser

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First Impressions (Liveblogging format) – Baka to Test to Shoukanjyuu, Ladies vs Butlers, and Sora no Woto

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: January 7, 2010

Winter seasons this year is, shall we say, not the most widely anticipated season ever. But with that said, there are some shows that looked like they could have promise back during preview time. With a couple first episodes out (and the Baka to Test Christmas Special short), I thought I’d take a look at [...]

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T.H.A.T Winter 2010 Anime Preview: Extra Belated Edition!

By Calawain | Published: December 15, 2009

Welcome to another edition of our seasonal anime preview. A bit later than we normally put it out, but hey, at least this way most of the shows have trailers to link to. A Message from the NKVD: Well its time once again to point out this is a preview, and not a review. That [...]

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Week 1 Bites

By Calawain | Published: October 10, 2009

With the rest of the premiers for this season done, here’s some quick thoughts on some shows we didn’t have a chance to do a full work-up on.

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First Impressions: Miracle Train and Nyan Koi

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: October 4, 2009

Two more first episodes down, but unfortunately I’m not much more excited for the new shows this season than I was before. Miracle Train isn’t quite the comedy I had figured it would be, but it’ll probably sell to fangirls like pocky to con-goers. Nyan Koi on the other hand could have some potential if [...]

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First Impressions: Seitokai no Ichizon

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: October 4, 2009

No plot, lots of references. That’s the short of it. But who needs plot when you have, at my count, 7 references, 8 meta-jokes, and 3 self-depreciations before the OP? The basic setup is the student council meetings each day after school, made up of four girls fitting various anime stereotypes (with some sort of [...]

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End of Summer Season ’09 – 5 Paragraphs About 5 Series

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: September 29, 2009

. With the summer season over and the fall coming up shortly, some reflections on the series this blogger has watched (and in one case, dropped). Done in a short format, your own thoughts and comments on these or other summer series are very much welcome. While two of these series have yet to have their [...]

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