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Anime Reviews: Dragon Half, Gunsmith Cats, Time of Eve, Little Witch Academia
Wherein I review a pair of old-school series, a new-school series, and an OVA that wonderfully mixes old and new styles.As part of a little “classics” journey to watch some things I missed back in the...
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Anime Review: Ixion Saga DT
Anime centered on MMORPGs aren’t anything new, especially in the wake of the highly successfully Sword Art Online and the less recent but still very influential .hack franchise. So it was with a little...
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Anime Reviews: AnoHana, HenNeko, Little Busters!
Three mini-reviews for series that probably deserved full reviews, but for various reasons I’ve just got less to say.Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae o Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai (loosely officially...
View ArticleRepository Pattern Hell (Part 1): Disillusionment
The older I get the more I dislike the oft venerated Repository Pattern— at least as it is usually implemented and suggested. In fact, I’ve gone through just about every attitude, from ignorance,...
View ArticleRepository Pattern Hell (Part 2): Wish List
It’s cathartic and whiny and all to bemoan the repository silliness as I have, but what about a real alternative? What is one supposed to do? Is there a better way? I’m glad you asked that!While I...
View ArticleRepository Pattern Hell (Part 3): Enlightenment
Modern object relational mappers have come a long, long way since the dark days of writing DataTableAdapters, CRUD stored procedures, or worse inlining dynamic SQL strings. In fact, they are so good...
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Anime Reviews: Aiura, Ishida & Asakura, Sparrow’s Hotel
Three more short reviews for three short yonkoma-based series.Aiura is a series I almost forgot to review because it was so short. Is it forgettable? Well… I guess so. That’s kind of a bummer since it...
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Anime Review: Ano Natsu de Matteru
Classically animated in style but with plenty of modern technical prowess, this series takes us through “that fateful summer” as our protagonist meets, falls for, and inevitably gets tangled up with a...
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Anime Review: Ore no Imōto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai.
Thus continues the tale of our violent model-by-day otaku-by-night heroine and her frustrated and confused brother. Kirino has returned from America ready to get back into her semi-secret hobby. What’s...
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Anime Review: Gurren Lagann, WataMote, Mondaiji
Yet another triple batch of mini-reviews!Okay, seriously, I can’t review this one. It’s been months and months now and I don’t know why but I have struggled to find anything to say at length about...
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Anime Review: The World God Only Knows: Goddesses
When I last spoke of TWGOK, I labeled it “the Bruce Springsteen of anime”. My reasoning was simple. In full disclosure I am not a Springsteen fan (not out of dislike merely ignorance), but to me...
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Anime Review Retrospective: To Heart
It’s been well over a decade since I was a fairly hardcore To Heart fan. I had the whole series, the omakes, all of the soundtracks and singles, and even the making of interviews and stuff. I still...
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Anime Review: Ore no Nōnai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Rabu Kome o Zenryoku de Jama...
Cheesecake shows like this are a guilty pleasure of mine. They are the empty calories of anime, and just like a Twinkie they’ll leave you feeling disappointed with them and yourself. For all of the...
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Anime Reviews: Kotoura-san, Teekyu 2 & 3, RecoRan Mi
This time around I review three very different comedies.Kotoura-san is bright, colorful, fun, and sweet. It’s all around a decent show, though I wish it had more confidence. It seems scared to lean...
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Anime Reviews: Arata: The Legend, Kanamemo, Morita-san wa Mukuchi
I hope you like images because I’ve got over a dozen this time spread out over three more reviews. (Dial-up warning!!)Arata: The Legend is Fushigi Yuugi for boys. Oh wait, shit, it’s actually by the...
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Anime Review: Arakawa Under the Bridge
It’s difficult to place this show. On the surface it is an episodic wacky slice-of-life comedy. Only it eschews most of the cliché settings in favor of taking place under a bridge and starring a dozen...
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Anime Reviews: Servant x Service, GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class, Dai Mahō-Tōge
Comedy’s the name of the game today, boys and girls, in yet another triple batch of mini-reviews.Servant x Service is basically Working!! if it was set in a government welfare office instead of a...
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Anime Reviews: Shin Sekai Yori, Day Break Illusion, Love Lab
All three of these probably warrant longer reviews but… I procrastinated so long I’ve forgotten too much to say more. I’m ashamed to say it’s been since sometime last year when I finished watching...
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Anime Review: Kokoro Connect: Michi Random
I’m only a year late to the party, especially considering my undeniably positive review of the TV-aired portion, but the additionally adapted LN of Kokoro Connect released in OVA form is definitely...
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Anime Review: Bungaku Shoujo
The synopsis of this movie is woefully inadequate. No, really, go read it. It’s bland sounding other than the eating paper thing. Normal high school student joins literature club. May have had issues...
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