Author Archives: ExecutiveOtaku

The Song of Noe: A Mock Epic Poem

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: February 15, 2012

So this is actually the last post in the Valentine’s Day shipping series, but I didn’t want to post it on Valentine’s Day itself. As anyone who’s watched True Tears knows, it’s a bit of a downer. So I thought I’d save this for the day after the holiday. But now, gather, ye brothers and sisters [...]

Posted in Assorted Anime Reviews, True Tears | Tagged | 28 Responses

EO’s Fighting Ships vol. II – More Favorite OTPs, Successful and Otherwise

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: February 14, 2012

In time for the end of Valentine’s Day, I present to you another installment of the ongoing Valentine’s Day shipping series. The follow-up post to one I wrote around two years ago, EO’s Fighting Ships, I present to you seven more ships, successful and otherwise, that have earned themselves a place in my mushy, shipper’s [...]

Posted in Assorted Anime Reviews, Bakemonogatari, Honey and Clover, Kannagi | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 19 Responses

Amagami SS+ episode 06 – The Ai Arc, Redeemed

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: February 12, 2012

Wow, it’s like the writers who were on their games for other arcs weren’t told to come up with something in ten minutes for the Ai arc this time around. I get the feeling that this is how her arc should have played out from the beginning, without the writers being under the influence of…something. [...]

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Winter 2012 Season Shipping Report

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: February 11, 2012

With Valentine’s Day coming up, I thought I would once again make some themed posts for the holiday. While not the very-much-facetious-even though-some-people-thought-it-wasn’t harem finder service from last year, I’ve decided to pursue another romantic theme. Shipping. Many are the joys of deciding upon or instinctively taking to certain pairings of characters. The thrill of battle [...]

Posted in Amagami SS+, Ano Natsu, Assorted Anime Reviews, Gundam AGE, Moretsu Space Pirates, Nichibros, Nisemonogatari, Rinne no Lagrange | Tagged , , , , , , | 33 Responses

Amagami SS+ episode 05 – This Again…

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: February 3, 2012

Nanasaki Ai: the most boring Amagami girl…in the world. /Clarkson, cue the music. So we’re back to Ai, my least favorite girl and arc from Amagami SS. Last time her arc was so horribly written and planned, I wasn’t sure if it was written or planned. At all. Fortunately with Ai’s afterstory arc in Amagami [...]

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Amagami SS+ episode 04 – At Last!

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: January 28, 2012

There is justice in this world!  I don’t know if AIC planned SS+ from the beginning and just wanted to trolls us, or if the continuation was decided upon later, but I’m glad to see such a glaring wrong righted. I could always do with more, but Rihoko’s belated BEST END was very sweet and had [...]

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Amagami SS+ episode 03 – Redeem Yourself, AIC

By Crusader and ExecutiveOtaku | Published: January 21, 2012

This is your second chance, AIC, don’t screw it up. Now we’re on to the second afterstory arc, Rihoko’s, and here we should, no!, we must get the proper ending the arc and Rihoko deserved the first time around! While the Rihoko arc was still fun and cute and enjoyable, it lacked the GOOD END [...]

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Amagami SS+ episodes 01-02 – She Who Was Last Shall Be First

By Crusader and ExecutiveOtaku | Published: January 17, 2012

That’s what I was wondering when they announced a new Amagami so soon. But everything went better than expected. So after trying the first two episodes of the many good shows this season, in the end I had to come back to Amagami. It seemed odd to make another adaptation so soon after the original aired. [...]

Posted in Amagami SS+, Anime | 19 Responses

(Belated) Secret Santa Anime: Strike Witches

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: January 11, 2012

Every year Reverse Thieves runs an Anime Secret Santa deal. You sign a contract to become a magical girl and you’re anonymously given another blogger to recommend three shows to based on what you think they’d like (that they haven’t seen.) Everyone is paired up this way, and it’s a lot of fun both to [...]

Posted in Anime, Editorial | 16 Responses

Fall 2011 Season First Impressions

By ExecutiveOtaku | Published: October 23, 2011

Seasonally appropriate. [Ok, I just chose this one for Yuuko <3 -E0] Hello all! It’s a bit late for our usual season preview since I’ve been a bit under the weather lately, but it’s not too late to talk about the first impressions we’ve had from the first episode or two of the new season. [...]

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