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To Aru Kagaku no Railgun 10-11: Kuroko’s Longest Day (Sugoi Late)

By Crusader | Published: January 3, 2010

I am curious as to what “this and that” entail…

After watching Kuroko be awesome and showing her prowess that marks her as and heir of Alphard and Liang Qi it was time to try and get back into the swing of things since training has tapered down somewhat, still I’ll try and keep it short. As alwaysKuroko is just delightful when she operates as a one woman army to confront all the level uppers. It was rather sad to see Saten open Pandora’s Box on her pals but she knew of the dangers, sadly she wanted powers that she had yet to earn. Nevertheless I liked how they have foreshadowed it for some time. I cannot help but admireUiharu’s attempts to console Saten and applaud her not passing judgment when Saten was in need of someone to listen to her. Nugi-onna also had a sad story to tell and certainly I find the idea of human experimentation to be quite distasteful, but for me at least it didn’t feel too tacked on one since she wasn’t harping about it too hard.Biribiri had a fine boss battle, and certainly Nugi-onna was a worthy foe. I felt kind of sad for Nugi-onna as she had it pretty rough as a teacher, I admit I smiled here and there when she was picking at her food and was being mocked for her modest bust. The funniest part was when that kid was trying to make a pass at through various degrees. The Anti-Skills were rather laughable as police force, me thinks theLAPD is a bit better equipped… Still next episode promises one ugly looking boss with tentacles…

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Kimi ni Todoke episode 12 – Sherlock Yano

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: January 2, 2010

SENSITIVE INTELLIGENCE REPORT – RESTRICTED DISSEMINATION

SUBJECT: 1. ATTEMPTED FALSE FLAG OPERATION BY KURUMI.

……………2. COVERT INTERCEPT OF KURUMI BY AYANE.

DATE: LATE DECEMBER 2009 TO EARLY JANUARY 2010.

1. OTHER EFFORTS HAVING BEEN FRUSTRATED, KURUMI UME ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE IN AN ELABORATE FALSE FLAG OPERATION INVOLVING KURONUMA SAWAKO, SANADA RYUU, AND KAZEHAYA SHOTA. CENTRAL TO THIS OPERATION WAS A NOTE, FALSELY ATTRIBUTED TO SAWAKO AND LEFT IN RYUU’S SHOEBOX. WHILE THIS PART OF THE PLAN WAS LEFT TO WORK ITSELF OUT, KURUMI BEGAN FEEDING FALSE INTELLIGENCE TO KAZEHAYA WHILE ALLIED ASSETS WERE SEPARATED FOLLOWING THE SPORTS EVENTS. HOWEVER ALLIED ASSETS ENDED UP DISREGARDING BOTH THE FALSE FLAG LETTER AND DISINFORMATION, WITH KAZEHAYA PERHAPS SLIGHTLY SHAKEN BUT ULTIMATELY UNAFFECTED.

2. PRIOR TO INITIATING THE FALSE FLAG OPERATION, KURUMI WAS SPOTTED AND CONFRONTED BY ALLIED AGENT AYANE. USING A CONTROLLED LEAK OF ACTUAL INTEL, AYANE PUT KURUMI AND HER ORGANIZATION ON NOTICE REGARDING HOW WELL WE HAVE BEEN INVESTIGATING THEM. KURUMI APPEARED VISIBLY SHOCKED THAT HER PAST AND CURRENT ACTIONS WERE SEEN THROUGH SO EASILY, THOUGH THE METHODS OF OUR UPCOMING COUNTERATTACKS WERE LEFT OUT. THIS AMBIGUITY SHOULD SERVE TO DETER SOME FUTURE ATTACKS.

Posted in Kimi ni Todoke | 6 Comments

Kampfer 10-11: Akane’s Mad Maths and Best Friend (Decidedly Late)

By Crusader | Published: January 1, 2010

Ain’t teamwork a beautiful thing?

It has been a while since I last posted about this series, so this pretty much a catch up for me after Calawain lamented the failings of Natsuru Boy-type. While Boy-type is clearly inferior in every way it was wonderful to see how Shizuku and Akane operated though I am glad that Akane is making a little headway. Sakura is much more delicious when she is evil with her White Kampfer harem in tow, the only worthy contribution she has made was bash Natsuru Boy-type in front of Natsuru Girl-type. The final battle was kind of meh, but it did provide for the harem end, or rather the anyone but Sakura end that I had wished for. As the saying goes be careful what you wish for because it might come true…and in this case a total Dark Sakura victory with her as mistress of a Red, White, and Blue Kampfer harem would have been preferable, but it just was not to be. I suppose that while the premise has been done to death the characters have made it much more fun than I would have otherwise expected.Shizuku has won my respect as the greatest, but my sympathies remain with poor Akane who has tried ever so hard and was willing to kiss Shizuku again. Mikoto was a late addition, but I liked her well enough seeing as how she actually watched Macross 7. The last power up was pretty much Women’s Armor taken a few steps overboard but I confess that I was grinning through it all, mostly out of disbelief that they actually went that far. In the end I suppose all is well since Shizuku is willing to kiss girls, and Akane and Mikoto are willing to go for Natsuru Girl-type and jump at opportunities to do so. Also Dark Sakura is still out there with her White Kampfer yuri harem, so her total victory might one day come. I look forward to the bonus episode, and hope to have some time to help Calawain with the last post and final thoughts.

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An Ode to This Glorious Year of Yuri

By Crusader | Published: January 1, 2010

The dream that will come true someday
(Becomes) a mere unheard whisper
That is lost within the light shone by the night
Soon enough, her eyes will open if it is fate
At least yes, only now…

So with this year about to conclude it is worth mentioning what a glorious year of Yuri it was and how it was a decent year for a few select heterosexual couples. While there are cretins who chafe about the lack of quality series their numbers are few and they are stupid for having such narrow tastes. It gloriously began with Mariaholic with Kanako concocting glorious fantasies of a Yuri world and ruined Shizu for marriage though her final victory was thwarted by a most dangerous and skilled trap. Despite the lack of Best End for Kanako I do hope that one day she will mature into a powerful master of the Yuri and claim the yuri harem that her loli angel had prepared for her. Sadly it was also a winter of despair as the hateful Saji and those CB terrorists brought ruin upon Soma and Louise and forced them into tyrannous hetero pairings with loser animu males. Skip Beat! had Kyoko confess her undying love for Moko despite persistent speculation that Kyoko has even a drop of affection for Shotaro.

Posted in Canaan, Kampfer, Maria+Holic, Railgun, Random Stuff, Saki, To Aru Kagaku no Railgun | 10 Comments

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 holiday season I have decided to celebrate Kurushimimasu in place of Christmas. While many out there in the blogging community have posted their best moments and the things from the past year in anime that have made them thankful, in the spirit of Kurushimimasu here’s my listing of anime-related things that made me suffer and/or despair. So, it’s time to hang my disappointments and frustrations from the Kurushimimasu Tree and indulge in some bitterness and you are all welcome to join me in the comments section with your own contributions to celebrate the holiday. It’s the things that I’ve been irked by from the past year and had to endure hearing about or watching, and while it may seem harsh try to remember that it’s all in fun. Merry Kurushimimasu!

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

SDF Macross: Do You Remember Love (plus promised Macross Meal culinary tribute)

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: December 30, 2009

I hope everyone enjoyed the Christmas holiday, and after my week off (and the site undergoing work), it’s time for the Macross movie, Do You Remember Love. In it the series has been altered (in ways that change the story and aren’t canon) and shortened into movie format. The familiar characters and mecha have gotten a pretty impressive visual makeover too, even by today’s standards. There’s only so much you can pack into the short span of a movie, but even so DYRL was a lot of fun to watch. While I enjoyed the series much more because it included more background, character development, battles and the post-war situation, DYRL was definitely enhanced my viewing of the series as well as being sweet, sweet mecha eyecandy. Some parts of the story were very different, and some things changed a lot. For one, I actually liked DYRL Minmay through almost the entire film. Shocking, I know. Many things are different, but at it’s core it’s still the same Macross, so let’s remember love and take a look at the SDF Macross movie adaptation. Warning: this was a two hour long movie with a lot packed into that time, so there are a lot of images in this post.

Additionally, I’ve followed through on the idea I had back at near the start of blogging the series about making a Macross Meal. So after the recap/commentary on the movie, a short feature showing my culinary tribute to Macross. HAVE SOME PINEAPPLE SALAD!!!

Posted in Anime, Retroblogging, SDF Macross | 17 Comments

Armored Trooper VOTOMS 03-04: New Friends, Old Enemies

By Crusader | Published: December 30, 2009

He thought someone was making fun of his weight...

With the balance of power shifting with the new era of peace it seems the Thieves that stole the bald lady have been using them gold bricks they also nabbed to get high positions in the local police. The Boone family is out hunting escapees so that they can’t finger them in court since their corrupt union with the cops has come to an end. Chirico finds himself with three aspiring managers for the battling circuit, its good to see that Chirico is already finding employment rather than going into a breadline or causing trouble. Unfortunately the Boone Family has Chirico as the last person on their hit list. Despite being out numbered Chirico and his new pals fix up a Scopedog for to face the Boone Family, and while Vanilla lacked faith the Scopedog made a glorious slaughter of biker malcontents though the police showed up for some crime fightan. The battle was brief but plenty of criminal scum were killed though the Police helicopters actually contributed a lot to the burning corpse count. Despite having minimal damage the heat seemed to be a greater hazard than in most mecha with Chrico getting roasted alive in the inferno, thankfully Rochina sends a team to put out the fires. Gotho seems to be rather surprised though since Uoodo doesn’t have a fire department, but makes no further inquiries. i really like how despite the fact that Chirico took no damage that he still felt the heat from the fires around him, it’s rare to see that even with no damage there are other ways of killing the pilot. I confess I am loving this gritty feel, even if Chirico is super human this is still very much real robot and has a more hard sci-fi feel to it than most.

Posted in Kampfgruppen of Shame, Retroblogging, VOTOMS | 2 Comments