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Chaos;Head, Episode #01 – "Dark moe extravaganza"

By Maipeisu | Published: October 11, 2008
This show is mine, betch. Well, where to start? I have so many good things to say about this episode and I am so excited to follow this series that I haven't a clue where to begin. I watched it in several five minute snippets while rushing back and forth from the kitchen to cook my [...]
Posted in Chaos;Head, Current | 27 Comments

Shikabane Hime: Aka, Episode #1 – "Undead girl with big guns… like, actual guns"

By Maipeisu | Published: October 8, 2008
Wag your fingers, scoff if you will, but my habitual expectation from modern Gainax is nothing short of a visual tour-de-force, the kind of show that makes an English-speaking fan like myself wish he was fluent in Japanese so he wouldn’t have to peel his eyes away from the intoxicating animation sequences for a single [...]
Posted in Assorted Anime Reviews | 10 Comments

Natsume Yuujin-chou, Episode #13 (END) – 'Curtain call'

By Maipeisu | Published: October 4, 2008
Not all unpleasant, eh? Well, friends, we have finally arrived at the end. It feels like just yesterday that I picked this series up, so it is hard to believe that some months have already passed me by. Time has flown; and true to the adage, dare I say -- it has been a lot of [...]
Posted in Current, Natsume Yuujin-chou | 16 Comments

Natsume Yuujin-chou, Episode #12 – Five Day Mark

By Maipeisu | Published: September 29, 2008
Use the Fly Honey, Ness! Pretty dank contrast to the usual festivity of THAT's front page, wouldn't you say? Episode 12 is finally here (don't blame me, blame the subbers if you must), and for a penultimate episode, it most certainly doesn't disappoint. Perhaps the writers were very insightful, and realized that they had mixed in [...]
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Natsume Yuujin-chou, Episode #11 – "WHITE PIGLET!", or "Falling down and a falling-out"

By Maipeisu | Published: September 20, 2008
Nyanko doesn't approve! Since Nyanko-sensei is responsible for like ninety percent of the lulz in NYC, it should come as no surprise that an episode *about* Nyanko-sensei would turn out to be MEGA-LULFEST. Prepare to laugh your ass off. The fat cat commits one too many atrocities (namely, eating all the shrimp in the fridge) and [...]
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Natsume Yuujin-chou, Episode #10 – The beautiful koto player and the umbrella holder

By Maipeisu | Published: September 12, 2008
So surreal... Following a few daring plunges into a sea of pathos we are back to the familiar, peculiar kaleidescope of musings and sentiments that make NYC (Natsume Yuujin-chou) a decidedly relaxing experience. That is to say, the latest episode is nothing out of the ordinary (as far as NYC goes), but it is not boring [...]
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Natsume Yuujin-chou, Episode #09 – Takashi's long-lost, FABULOUS, shotacon aniki

By Maipeisu | Published: September 7, 2008
Takashi: I'll press charges. Well I must say the good folks at Brains Base (ブレインズ･ベース) have really raised the bar on this series. This week's ep was every bit as entertaining as the last, but in a different, lulzy, furikuri sort of way. Takashi finally meets (or more like, "is molested by") another person who [...]
Posted in Current, Natsume Yuujin-chou | 9 Comments

Random Fandom – "Gothic Lolita"

By Maipeisu | Published: September 2, 2008
CHARLES IS DEAD! ALL HAIL HARUHI-SAMA! Is it me, or have my fellow bloggers seemed rather busy over the past couple of days? I'm wondering if it's had anything to do with Labor Day, or perhaps the beginning of the Fall semester (for college students at least.) I've definitely got my hands full this week, what [...]
Posted in Random Stuff | 16 Comments

Tooryanse – Cultural tidbits

By Maipeisu | Published: August 31, 2008
It’s no secret; I love anime. I mean, if I didn’t love it, I damn sure wouldn’t be here, right? But sometimes I need to take a step back and ask myself why I love it so much. More specifically, why is anime so frigging addictive? What is it about Japanese animation, compared to Chinese [...]
Posted in Editorial, Thematic Studies | 18 Comments

Natsume Yuujin-chou, Episode #08 – "…Better to have loved and lost…"

By Maipeisu | Published: August 28, 2008
I realize I bash this series sometimes, but it really does have a lot of substance. Looks like I'll have to eat my words this week ^^ Takashi-kun's latest adventure moved me nearly to tears. He meets another masked lady-youkai (a firefly, this time) hunched tightly against a man sitting at a lake. She is stunned [...]
Posted in Current, Natsume Yuujin-chou | 16 Comments

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