Category Archives: Dropped

Animes no longer being blogged or very slowly blogged

Merry Kurushimimasu: Trends and Moments That Made Me Suffer in 2009

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: December 31, 2009

(NOTE: Meant to get this published while I was out of town last week, but site issues kept me from accessing the draft to publish it. But it’s still technically the holidays, and it’s in before the year is over, at least going by US EST) In accordance with Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei vol. 4, this [...]

Also posted in Anime, Editorial, Gundam 00, Inuyasha Kanketsuhen, Minami-ke Okaeri, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei | 21 Comments

First Impressions: Darker Than Black

By Calawain | Published: October 10, 2009

I want no part of Hobo Hei, where’s the collarbones? The highly anticipated sequel to a widely popular dark action show with dead people all over the place. So, how do you follow-up an adrenaline-filled finish to season one? Can you top the emotion and the suspense? The choice was clear, let’s open [...]

Also posted in Darker than Black | 16 Comments

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 [...]

Also posted in Assorted Anime Reviews, Bakemonogatari, Canaan, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Sora no Manimani, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 | 14 Comments

Hayate no Gotoku 2, Episode 13- The Heady Feeling of Freedom

By Calawain | Published: June 29, 2009

I’ve been waiting quite a long time for them to animate the scenes shown in this episode, and I will say I was quite pleased with the results. I still don’t plan on blogging this regularly, but as I said in the last season preview, I did mention the possibility of making some noise [...]

Also posted in Hayate no Gotuku | 10 Comments

re: ghostlightning (in other words, notes on Dobashi)

By lelangir | Published: June 8, 2009

Future otou-san ghost had much to say about the paucity of testosterone in our much loved Hatsukoi Limited.

Also posted in Anime, Current, Hatsukoi Limited | 9 Comments

when a maaaan loves another maaaaaan~

By lelangir | Published: May 11, 2009

Also posted in Anime, Current, Ristorante Paradiso | 17 Comments

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 [...]

Also posted in Minami-ke Okaeri | 11 Comments