Yeah, sorry for the lack of updates of late. I meant to post every now & then, but things kept coming up and I never really got around to it. Well, things, and the fact that I just haven’t been in a writing mood. My class schedule was wiping me out; near the end of the term, I was so drained I was falling asleep behind the wheel driving home at the end of the day. Anyway, rather than take the time to individually update you on everything I’ve been watching of late, I’m just going to go through and hit the highlights really quickly. Expect individual updates to come later; I’m about to start a shitload of new shows, and I plan to start fresh in covering them here. For now though, enjoy the scraps.
Oh, by the way, I encourage you to pick up the most recent issue of Protoculture Addicts. Issue #85 with The Place Promised in Our Early Days on the cover. Why, you ask? Well, I just happen to have a two-page spread on the Boogiepop and Others movie published inside (pages 46-47, to be exact). My first published article, you’ll have to pardon me if I’m still a bit proud of it.
Anyway, onto things…
Continue reading ‘General Bullshit Update’
Okay…yeah, I know, I said I’d do this earlier. Well, I think I did. If I didn’t, I certainly planned on it. Either way, it shouldn’t have taken this long. So, the second of Adult Swim’s two movie premieres was the first Inu-Yasha movie, Affections Touching Across Time. In a way, watching this movie was very much a complete opposite of my experience with Metropolis. With Metropolis, I expected greatness and was disappointed by extreme mediocrity. Here, with the first Inu-Yasha movie, I expected mediocrity—an extended filler episode at best—and came away very pleasantly surprised. Yeah, it was still basically an extra-long filler episode, but it was a damn good one. Also went a ways in dispelling my long-held belief from watching the TV series that anything involving moth demons sucks (okay, so maybe that still applies to the TV series, but whatever).
Continue reading ‘Adult Swim Movie Special #2: Inu-Yasha: Affections Touching Across Time’
Not Adult Swim’s best weekend ever. One show stayed strong, two took a turn for the iffy, and the one that sucks…actually didn’t suck so bad. No, really, s-CRY-ed was actually decent this week. Meanwhile, Inu-Yasha kept on getting better, Champloo tried drama, and Paranoia Agent lifted Millennium Actress.
Continue reading ‘Adult Swim Saturday - 6/25′
Well, this was an interesting week for Adult Swim. Inu-Yasha got better, Champloo sported big gay foreigners, Paranoia Agent lacked Li’l Slugger, and s-CRY-ed…well…s-CRY-ed still sucked, but what do you expect, really? And luckily, since I’m not playing some mad catch-up game, I’ll be able to go a little more into detail on each one. Except s-CRY-ed. I kinda tuned that one out and started reading MariMite manga. Hey, can you blame me though?
Continue reading ‘Adult Swim Saturday - 6/18′
Now that classes are out of the way, I’m finally able to get down to watching the massive backlog of anime I’ve accumulated over the past three months. First up are Adult Swim’s two feature film specials, Metropolis & Inu-Yasha: Affections Touching Across Time. And since it aired first (and it’s the only one I’ve watched thus far), I’ll be starting with Metropolis specifically. Before I get down to business, I’m only giong to say that it’s a shame I couldn’t get the ball rolling with a more positive review.
Continue reading ‘Adult Swim Movie Special #1: Metropolis’