I didn’t blog any of the episodes, but I watched the whole season of Lucky Star. As an amalgamation of a slice of life comedy, an infomercial for The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi, and a quiz of otaku culture, Lucky Star was a lot of things to a lot of people. Overall, I [...]
I am going to start by saying that there has to be a second season of this. I am just going to put my fingers in my ears, close my eyes, and chant that a second season is coming. Otherwise, the pacing of Zombie Loan makes absolutely no sense at all. What [...]
When I first heard about the drama drama of Hitohira, I was completely unenthusiastic about it. The last thing I wanted to see was some bumbling shy girl powering up and becoming a star under the spotlight. Fortunately, Hitohira was a rather nuanced story that focused more on relationships and moving forward in [...]
Phantom of Inferno is a non-H visual novel (choose your own adventure) released in the US by Hirameki Intl. The American release is a DVD-game, in that it can be popped into a DVD player and you select choices at junctures with the DVD remote. I think the original version was a PC [...]
From the first strum of the orgasmo-harp, OtoBoku caught my eye and it has been an interesting journey ever since. Like many series that are based on H-games, OtoBoku was well served by having a smaller number of episodes, although I hear there may be an extra episode just to wrap things up. [...]
It’s been a while since I finished a 26-episode series, but Utawarerumono more than exceeded my expectations. At first it seems like some kind of bizarre Gundam-Harem RPG silliness with a title that’s hard to remember, but the series actually gets fairly deep. Moreover, the harem never truly develops as Hakuoro keeps everyone [...]
Well, it’s finally over, and what a ride it has been. The face-off between the Amaterasu and Conquistador quickly escalated into something much bigger on the galactic scale, due to various political machinations. Thankfully, after piling on oodles of tension and heart-wrenching drama, the writers did an admirable job of bringing a satisfying [...]
