Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Pure boyish exuberance is the only way to describe Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann; even given its parent company's predilection for unsatisfactory endings the series manages to be satisfying, smart and...
View ArticleSunday afternoon project: Conway's Game of Life in PHP
As a way of spending my bank holiday Sunday afternoon, I decided to embark on a small project; I didn't know what the project would be when I first began browsing through Wikipedia but eventually I...
View Article3 Episode Taste Test: Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
How do you make a series laden with references to violence, sex and bodily excretions starring two thoroughly unpleasant women entertaining? If Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is any indication,...
View ArticleScotland Loves Anime 2012: Day 2
Continuing the "What the devil am I watching?" theme, day two of the Glasgow leg of Scotland Loves Animation started with After School Midnighters which had more than a touch of Pixar envy to it....
View ArticleScotland Loves Anime 2012: Day 3
The final day of the Scotland Loves Animation festival started off with the first Tiger and Bunny movie at half past noon, however a special ticketed question and answer session with the K-On director,...
View ArticleScotland Loves Anime 2012: Day 3, Naoko Yamada Q&A session
The brief question and answer session after the screening of the K-On movie yesterday was preceded by the announcement that a further, dedicated event would take place the next day. Free but ticketed,...
View Article4 episode taste test: Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo
“A four episode taste test? And for a last season series? I haven't been this disappointed in you since that lazy two episode taste test for Katanagatari! UNFOLLOWED.” It breaks the mould yes but not...
View ArticleNo Gods or Kings. Only Man. : A review of the Sasami-san@Ganbaranai anime
Sasami-san@Ganbaranai (Sasami@Unmotivated) is very SHAFT. A useless description as everything the studio produces is by definition very SHAFT, but as an adjective it encapsulates the studio's infamous...
View ArticleWe all live in a blue submarine : A review of the Arpeggio of Blue Steel anime
Oh lord he we go, girls as the personification of wartime machinery. Memories of Strike Witches’ different fighter planes come rushing back as the quiet, long-haired Iona - the “mental model” of a...
View ArticleOpening move
Ninety seconds. Just under 2,200 frames. That’s how long the majority of anime openings have to stick in the mind, set the scene and contribute to the microcosm that history has created for them....
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