14Jul/101
Review: Shiki 01
Posted by Taiga
Gastly used Mean Look!
First of all I should probably say 'Hello again' and 'Sorry', since I've not posted since Christmas and even then only to wish the season's greeting. I apologise to all you fans of me out there (none of you, I suspect) and hope you enjoy this, my comeback review!
The few of you that know me may realise that the imagery present in the trailer for Shiki immediately appealed to my tastes, and unless I watched at least some of it my brain would fall out. Luckily for me, the first episode aired a few days ago and I managed to watch it. What I had been expecting was an anime packed with wonder and the Higurashi-style creepiness I love. What I had not been expecting was a documentary on a stuck-up schoolgirl and her over-inflated ego. Granted, the creepy was still there in small portions, but not nearly enough for my fix.
You can read my first impressions in full after the usual jump.
24Dec/0933
Merry Christmas from Project Haruhi
Posted by Taiga
As we know, Haruhi celebrates all festivals no matter their origin! It has just turned midnight for me... so here I am wishing all of you a Merry Christmas on the behalf of Project Haruhi and our members.
7Oct/094
K-On Dethroned!?
Posted by Taiga
Previously posted by Ryoko, we saw K-On! enter the record books with 33,000 Blu-Ray and 8,000 DVD sales for volume one alone. Today we hear of this record being broken by another anime, Bakemonogatari, with over 29,000 Blu-Ray and 15,000 in DVD sales. This lands it at 44,000 total sales to K-On's 41,000.
Bakemonogatari is an anime by Shaft, now rather well-known for it's artsy style and 24 minute slideshow for episode 10. Apparently the latter wasn't enough to label it a lost cause.
As Bakemonogatari is not the moe-blobbery of K-On! and many other recent anime, we can only hope that it's popularity will serve as a shoe to the hindquarters of the anime industry. So far this information has only been found on Sankaku Complex, so it should be taken with a pinch of salt; but if true then more reliable sources will be available soon.
-via Sankaku Complex [NSFW]
6Aug/096
Endless Eight: Not So Endless After All
Posted by Taiga
(hover over images for my comments)
As previously stated, this week marked the end of the traumatic Endless Eight arc. A belated blessing, but a blessing all the same. Having watched the episode in Japanese (it's worth mentioning, for the sake of clarity, that I don't actually KNOW Japanese), here's what you'll all have been waiting to finally see:
WARNING, THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS
If you're bothered by episode spoilers, I suggest not reading beyond this line. Though, doubtless, most of you will be wanting more substantial proof that the arc has, indeed, ended.
23Jul/090
Endless Eight Is Endless… And Probably Eight
Posted by Taiga
Today sees the seventh episode of Haruhi's second season newest series. It also marks the sixth episode of the Endless Eight arc, with no ending in sight. It seems the rumor that it was going to end with the sixth repetition was, in fact, nothing more than a rumor. The arc is set to continue above and beyond six episodes... the likeliest result being eight. While it has been speculated for some time, many of us have been been hoping otherwise.
Originally discovered via 2chan, confirmed at Random Curiosity.
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