darker than black review

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also known as: darker than black – kuro no keiyakusha
# episodes: 25, apr 2007 – sep 2007
anidb rating: 8.34 (1798 votes)
my rating: 8.00
thoughts
the first thing that struck me about this anime was – yeah, i know it’s not that uncommon anymore nowadays – that it has superb artwork. i liked the way they used cg [...]

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Megumi Anime Released

The real life anime story of North Korean abductee Megumi Yokota which I have covered here has been released.

Click here to go to the official website and follow the viewing instruction for each language version. Note that the other language are not so brilliant dubbed versions of the original video.

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kimikiss pure rouge review

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# episodes: 24, oct 2007 – mar 2008
anidb rating: 7.56 (279 votes)
my rating: 7.50
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i have to say that this series started off with a bang, but ended with a sputter. in the first few eps, mao-neechan came back from france to stay with her childhood friend kouichi as her parents were still overseas, and this [...]

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Real Life Story – Kidnapped Megumi Yokota Anime

The Japanese goverement has made a 30-minute anime, based on the manga “Megumi”, the story of a Japanese girl abducted by North Korea in 1977, as part of its efforts to raise the world’s awareness of the abduction issue, government officials said Wednesday.

The Japanese government will also start distributing, from April, an English version of [...]

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Cosplay Awesome

Cosplay isn’t something that any Tom, Dick and Harry could do. First and foremost, you need a good costume. It’s certainly not something that you could just buy anywhere, most of the good cosplayers make their own costume, and they make it nicely. Next, you need to have the character, or at least a certain [...]

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clannad review

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# episodes: 22, oct 2007 – mar 2008
anidb rating: 8.64 (333 votes)
my rating: 9.50
thoughts
another fabulous production by kyoani – have never been disappointed with their works, actually! lest i start sounding like a fanboy, let me justify why i felt clannad was really really good.

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Lame Ending

I DON’T BUY IT! NEVER!
I don’t care that Mao was my favorite character in the show! So you’re secretly in love with this girl in class for the past year. And finally, having found out that the girl too was in love with you, and you got together. Had some really great times together, you [...]

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britney’s anime mv

no fear of heights, indeed – a reference to ghost in the shell?
titled “break the ice”, this anime music video featuring an animated britney spears had just been released a week ago. the animation was done by a south korean company but directed by a guy called robert hales. personally i think the song’s not [...]

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product placements in anime

guess who’s paying (part of) the bills for this anime?
it struck me while watching darker and black recently that product placements is getting more and more common in anime. do not confuse product placements with product plugs – the former involves financial support of the anime/film by said sponsor, while no financial support occurs in [...]

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sayonara zetsubou sensei review

(this screenshot never fails to make me break out in hysterical laughter =)
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also known as: szs
# episodes: 12, jul 2007 – sep 2007
anidb rating: 8.22 (901 votes)
my rating: 9.00
thoughts
sayonara zetsubou sensei is something only a true anime maestro can enjoy – in terms of the use of references, szs makes an anime like genshiken look [...]

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