Archive for April, 2007

Blog stagnancy

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

I still can’t help but think, ‘what if Maison Ikkoku was remade with KyoAni and CLAMP designs?’

I’ve stopped writing about articles regarding anime for the past weeks because summer classes have already started. This means that the subjects taken in the summer period are representative of those taken in regular classes – the same topics […]

Bokurano [First Impressions]

Sunday, April 15th, 2007

I stole this image from Bateszi.
I never expected much out of Bokurano’s first episode mainly because it was GONZO handling it. Seeing what they’ve done with NHK ni Youkoso, however, gave me hope as to what they’ll be doing in this series. Though NHK occasionally suffered from bad animation, it held itself integrally plotwise, and […]

Maison Ikkoku - again?

Saturday, April 14th, 2007

Awesome. Just awesome.
I don’t often exhibit brevity in my posts, but the Maison Ikkoku manga was awesome, even more than its anime counterpart. The transition from friends to true lovers was more visible, and it helped that there was a confirmation of love for both parties. Of course, if you’ve read the manga, you’d know […]

UNDERAPPRECIATED ANIME: Maison Ikkoku

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

Even when I was still in high school, there was something in Maison Ikkoku that I found to be highly inviting. I was just a budding anime fan back then; still, there was something inexplicable in that series that drew me to it. I decided back then to download it, but it would have had […]

The Code Geass finale and some impressions on summer

Sunday, April 1st, 2007

After all those rigorous final examinations, I feel happy and relaxed to have returned home. Quite a euphoria has filled me; I am in a death wish to view the entirety of Shuffle! Memories in all its ‘depth’ and ‘glory (fanservice).’ More than my rants, however, I’m very happy that the Spring season is filled […]