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いい最終回だった。(It was a good final episode.) – Koyasu-san. Well, it wasn’t actually the final episode. But the first arc was over. Yes, the fallen angel arc. The episode was titled, “元カノ、倒します！(I gonna defeat my ex-girlfriend!)” That was...

Imagination is probably not going to be limitless, since ideas are recycled and presented differently. This is an example of how similar and different two titles can be. 崖っぷちのエリー or 毎日かあさん. One is a Japanese drama, another a Japanese an...

While Chihaya aims for the Karuta Queen, Kana-chan is the Oppai Queen. But she is himote (非モテ “unpopular”) despite her oppai? Unbelievable. Why? "I'm so unpopular." But a lot of otakus on niconico are going crazy over her oppai, especially when it...

The current season show Ano Natsu de Matteru (I’ll be Waiting That Summer), with its emotionally believable depiction of teenage awkwardness and first love, reminded me of one adolescent summer of writing, filmmaking, and hopeless crushes. This is th...

Yes, Episode 5 is a NTR episode! The Swiss way! Kagura, a wild man, a beastlike villain, chooses his soul mate by body odor. Nioi fechi (匂いフェチ “odor fetish”). But biologically, smell is an important factor for choosing a mate. In Switzerland, pe...

Report by guest correspondent Sh1zuka. First of three articles. AnimeUSA 2011, held from November 17 – 20, 2011, is a cozy and moderately small anime convention held at the Hyatt Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia. This year’s registration rate was...

Renai-kinshi (恋愛禁止 “romance prohibition”) = brahmacharya (celibacy). Aquarion EVOL has so much yoga references, and its worldview is based on karmaic religions, with aparigraha (non-possession, renouncement), especially brahmacharya (sexual renou...

Ahh, Rihoko arc! Viva Shinshi (紳士 “gentleman”)! Yes, Hentai-shinshi (変態紳士 “pervert gentleman”). He did it again! Man, I laughed so hard. This episode 3 is kami (divine)! Gentlemanship excels! Just genius. Tachibana must be the chosen one! And w...

ミコノさん、あなたと合体したい！Mikono-san, I want to unite with you! Ah, Mikono Suzushiro of Aquarion Evol. How cute… She is purely cute and innocent. Her hairstyle is irresistibly attractive, exposing unaji (nape), yes, that is the traditional Jap...

For some reason, probably having to do with prolonged illness and the boredom that goes with it, I’ve watched nearly everything this new season has to offer so far. I’ll start with the shows I regard as the ones with the most potential of actually be...

Zekkōmon, ぜっこーもん！The technique used by Obocchama-kun, passed down to Amata! Obocchama-kun is an anime from the late 80s, written by Kobayashi Yoshinori, who is famous for a right wing manga Gōmanism Manifesto. It’s about an eccentric rich elem...

What an amazing new anime! Papakiki, or Papa No Iukoto Wo Kikinasai (パパのいうことを聞きなさい！”Listen to what Daddy says!”) Obey what Daddy says! Honor thy father! That’s a commandment. Kikinasai is an imperative form of a Japanese verb, kiku (to...

The OP is just awesome! Rinne No Lagrange: Flower declaration of your heart, a robot anime, written by Production I.G, general-directed by Sato Tatsuro, who did Martian Successor Nadesico. He also directs Mōretsu Pirates. But Lagrange seems very good...

Kokuhaku (告白 “love confession”), the divinest moment! Ahh, Amagami SS+ plus! The divine anime arrives in 2012! So divine! My God! Kokuhaku! Tachibana is so hentai shinshi (変態紳士 “pervert gentleman”)! But he now has a girlfriend, a smart and act...

Initially, I had been looking to avoid any posts on this subject after reading endless posts regarding the news in the wake of Bandai’s shuttering of new acquisitions of physical media, and now its backing out of several other regions, including Fran...

All Yamada wants to do is lose her virginity, and eventually sleep with 100 men. While the goal is definitely not as becoming as her gender, her antics of reaching this goal is quite funny. Since she has such high standards and is generally quite sca...

    2011; what it mean to me? Well to look back, dig deep, and investigate would mean having to consider something that wasn’t a list of some sort. And while something like a list surely would offer up some kind of marquee-type value to the  site, I...

I would have missed the IFC Studio Ghibli retrospective in my New York visit if omo hadn’t invited me to join him and his friends to tonight’s showing of Porco Rosso, and for that I thank him—because it gives me a chance to talk about one of Hayao Mi...

Chihayafuru is about Hyakunin Isshu karuta, which is all about jisaku-poemu (自作ポエム “self-produced original poetry”). It’s full of that! Yes, jisaku-poemu is what guys write to girls in modern days by email or texting, and girls get kimoi (freake...

Just finished watching Haganai (I don’t have many friends). Yozora got a hair cut really short, and she looks good! But story-wise, it wasn’t that interesting if I was watching it on TV, since there’s no simultaneous feedback from otakus. I enjoy the...

2-D Xmas. Ah, Xmas EVE!And this year marks Taisho 100! Yes, 100th year anniversary of the Taisho period. It was referred in Steel Angel Kurumi. That’s how I know the Year of our Lord 2011 is the Year of the Emperor Taisho 100. And Taisho 100 Xmas! Ye...

Ahhh, already over? That was really short. Just saudade… Ah, a heart-warming anime in the barren land of Siberia. It was so touching, felt skinship at the spiritual level. The title of the final episode was named “A Brand New Year,” and the final epi...

Mugi is as surprised as we are. Five years ago today, Ray and I started a little anime website called “Scattered Cels.” It became “Anime Diet” in the spring of 2007, hardly missing a beat in the transition, and we’ve been writing, con covering, and g...

Legend of the Millennium Dragon (Onigamiden) Dir. Hirotsugu Kawasaki (Spriggan, Naruto) Produced by Studio Pierrot Released by Sony Pictures, 2011. 98 minutes. SRP $45.99. Buy from Amazon! Onigamiden—known in English as Legend of the Millennium Drago...