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VIII: Shambling Monstrosity
The Shamblo owned much of the latest episode of Gundam Unicorn. I like good mobile armours, I think because they’re usually bestial, and it does the soul good to see a small humanoid figure (the...
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IX: Redlaughter
One of the best bits of Redline was the bit during which it looked really good: if you have a copy to hand, that’s from about the first minute to around the ninety-eighth minute. But it was also pretty...
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X: The Bungler Who Descended Into the Darkness
Freighting the smallest actions with importance, and making them take up lots of tense viewing time, is Kaiji‘s stock-in-trade. The second series started well with a willing surrender to excess, as...
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XI: Others
I don’t have an image from Dennou Coil, and I’ve chosen not to find one. Because I don’t have copies, legal or illegal, of any of its episodes. Thing is, you see, I’ve been watching it at an anime...
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‘Mantles and sabres are so passé nowadays’
Writes ak of Mouretsu Pirates‘s first episode: And of course the fact that Space Pirate Captain Harlock was referenced is good: the “password” that Ririka trades with her old friend is the very first...
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XII: Thank You for Blogging, Thank You for Reading
I usually end my twelve Christmas posts by thanking the bloggers and readers of the anglotakusphere. You guys are great! Well, all the bloggers could stand to proofread and redraft a bit more and a lot...
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Mecha Declaration of Year Start
I don’t normally follow anime as it airs, Gundam and, lately, Precure excepted. (I’m looking forward to Smiley’s Precure. Apparently the Cure colours will be grey, brown, and grey-brown.) Following a...
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Two Quintessences?
Suite Precure wrapped up last Sunday. It was an acceptable installment for the franchise, with some nice silly concepts and a handful of good fights. It played the revelation of the third and fourth...
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Brief Praise of Stock Footage
I’ve said this a couple of times, but because it suits my prejudices I think it deserves its own post. Recycling material is fine so long as the material is good. And often it is good, especially when...
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Nostalgia and a Parlour Game
‘Give me,’ says Ghostlightning, ‘something you really want to see’. This exercise sounds amusing. First, though, let’s question the rules. I have a hard time thinking of television I’d like to see,...
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