Author Archives: Calawain

Yoku Wakaru Gendai Maho, Episode 00- Hot Blooded Washbins

By Calawain | Published: July 5, 2009

This episode is technically episode 00, a prequel of sorts one supposes. Unfortunately the only raws available were from a weak online streaming, so the video quality was a bit lacking. However, it is slated to be broadcast next week so there should be some decent quality then.

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Suzumiya Haruhi 2, Episode 14- And Various Things Happened

By Calawain | Published: July 3, 2009

We got some new swimsuits and summer outfits, and then same stuff happened as before. I think this was the first time I’ve ever been bored watching an episode of Haruhi. Not even joking, I’m completely out of interesting things to say about the same events we’ve experienced multiple times already…

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Hayate no Gotoku 2, Episode 13- The Heady Feeling of Freedom

By Calawain | Published: June 29, 2009

I’ve been waiting quite a long time for them to animate the scenes shown in this episode, and I will say I was quite pleased with the results. I still don’t plan on blogging this regularly, but as I said in the last season preview, I did mention the possibility of making some noise whenever [...]

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Suzumiya Haruhi 2, Episode 13- Fabulous Boy

By Calawain | Published: June 26, 2009

The numbering convention for this new season irritates the hell out of me. That being said I was happy we finally got into a bit of story here and more Nagato. This likely means new episodes for at least another 2 weeks to resolve this storyline if they plan on animating most of it. Good [...]

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Suzumiya Haruhi, Episode 11- LF Plot, PST

By Calawain | Published: June 20, 2009

May I try some of your tasty beverage? After a couple of weeks of repeats we finally get a new episode of Haruhi V2.0, although it had little to do with plot advancement in a significant way. In the most widely circulated guess as to the order of airing of new episodes, it looks like [...]

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Japan's Top 10 Waifus (and Husbandos)

By Calawain | Published: June 13, 2009

Recently, ANN of all places posted this interesting article of a survey conducted in Japan on which anime characters the respondents wished to marry. Most of the characters on the lists shouldn’t be particularly surprising, and its somewhat tilted toward currently running shows, but it’s amusing nonetheless.

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Episode 10- HHUUGGHHEESS

By Calawain | Published: June 9, 2009

=( We all knew it was coming, but alas it still brings a tear to the eyes.

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T.H.A.T. Summer 2009 Anime Preview

By Calawain | Published: June 6, 2009

Are you ready for your swine flu vaccination? Welcome to the 2009 Summer Anime Preview. I hope everyone is enjoying the time off, because I have none -_- (damn Bar review). Regardless, enjoy our seasonal preview, the format is the same as last time. Much of this info is pulled from Fansub Wiki, AniDB, AnimeNfo, [...]

Posted in Assorted Anime Reviews, Season Previews | 45 Responses

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Episode 9- Sad Boy In Armor

By Calawain | Published: June 2, 2009

Personally, I much prefer sad girls in snow to a sad boy in armor. Emo+lack of fighting=boring episode when you’ve already seen the melodrama before. I like that there was a lot of Winry, but other than that the episode was pretty forgettable. It was one of those inbetweener episodes after something exciting happened and [...]

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Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Episode 8- Metal Combat

By Calawain | Published: May 24, 2009

I haven’t dropped it yet! Two weeks ago I was out of town for a few days, and last weekend I was studying for finals (plus the episode was dull) so I skipped them. I’ve also started work on the summer anime preview, so there’s always that to anticipate sometime soon.

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