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Katawa Shoujo: Review
Last time, I covered the bigger picture surrounding Katawa Shoujo, namely visual novels and eroge, and touched on the themes and impressions I got. This time, I plan to take a closer look at the plot...
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Anime Review: Usagi Drop
Family, as far as relationships go, is in that strange limbo between loving and obligated. Most of your family you don’t get to choose (unfortunately), and despite differences there’s that ever present...
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Anime Review: Zero no Tsukaima
Fantasy is a genre that rarely sees much innovation. It is the great irony that this area of fiction known for far-reaching adventures and fantastical imagination involving new races, creatures, magic,...
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So, installed Windows 8 yet? Maybe you’ve got a fancy MSDN subscription, or maybe you’re a TechNet chap. Or maybe you’re still running the Release Preview. How are you liking it so far? Personally, I’m...
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Anime Review: Nichijou
Let’s get this out first thing: Nichijou is like the spiritual cousin of Azumanga Daioh. There, I said it. Comparing the two is not only unavoidable, in my opinion, it’s also a pretty big compliment....
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Anime Review: Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
If I could describe this series in one word it would be frustrating. On it's surface you'll be roped in, as I was, by the high production quality of the art, which is mostly a traditional anime style...
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Anime Review: Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai
As far as pitches go, "guy finds out his younger sister is secretly an erogeotaku" is certainly one that piqued my initial interest. It's obvious wish-fulfillment to the target audience, but the show...
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Anime Review: The World God Only Knows
As a medium, anime sits nestled between two potentially very powerful qualities. As half art, in the traditional sense, it can choose to venture into the highly symbolic, expressive, and deeply...
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Anime Review: School Days
Got a friend who’s not into anime but you kinda wanna show them something to change that? Well, you could always show them School Days and then you wouldn’t have a friend anymore to worry about.I’m...
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Anime Review: Hanasaku Iroha
It’s series like this that give me a stark reminder: stop wasting time watching bad anime. With all of the junk released every year it is an even more important lesson to learn, lest I find myself...
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The Brony Talk
Hey, internet. It’s time we had a chat. It’s about ponies. No, no, this isn’t some birds-and-the-bees talk where I show you that mrhands video. It’s about smaller ponies. Little ponies.I’m sure you...
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Anime Review: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Once in a while, an anime series will get popular. Like, really popular. Often it is one of those never-ending serials like Naruto or Bleach, following in the footsteps of early sensations like Dragon...
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The Developer’s Duty
Android has an file system browser app. Windows Phone and iOS do not.Some sing the praises and many wish for the other two to implement a similar built-in app. Often they denigrate Microsoft and...
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Anime Review: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Is this what we would get if Christopher Nolan attempted a magical girl anime? It is heavily influenced by its pedigree and yet it stops to ask itself constantly “How would this actually work?” It...
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Anime Review: Lucky Star
Never has there been a series that set out to be as pointless and pandering as Lucky Star. It has the slice-of-life comedy of four school age girls approach like Azumanga Daioh and Nichijou, albeit...
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Anime Review: Toradora!
The tiger and dragon stand together as equals. Thus does this too-often generic feeling rom-com begin. While funny and sweet and dramatic at times it feels held back by a lot of typically dumb...
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Anime Review: Tari Tari
It’s Glee meets Japanese animation, or perhaps who put K-On! in my Hanasaku Iroha? Three girls and two guys, for various reasons, come together to form a choir club and along the way learn a lot about...
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Anime Reviews: Papa-Kiki, Chuu-Bra!!, RecoRan
Instead of my usual droning thousand word essay I’ve bundled several shorter reviews this time. Mostly because these shows weren’t really deserving of a full review.Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! (or,...
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Anime Review: A Dark Rabbit Has Seven Lives
Within the first few minutes I knew this would be something good. You ever notice that? When a show strides in and gives you that wink and he’s just so… confident and sexy… and… uh, we’re talking about...
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Anime Review: Mysterious Girlfriend X
On an impulse, guy tastes the new girl’s drool on her desk after she slept through class. Several days later he develops flu-like symptoms that won’t go away only to find, as said girl will later tell...
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