Tag Archives: 2011 anime

First impressions of the summer ’11 anime I’m watching

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Yumeka

Unlike the spring ’11 season where it took me a while to decide what to watch, this summer I feel like I’ve decided on too many to watch XD Here are my opinions on what I’ve seen as of now…

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Double Noitamina review: [C] and AnoHana

Posted on June 27, 2011 by Yumeka

The two spring ’11 Noitamina anime (with unnecessarily long names) – [C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control and Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Boku-tachi wa Mada Shiranai – have recently come to an end. With only … Continue reading →

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The final message of Madoka Magica

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Yumeka

And so ends arguably the most popular anime to come out in recent years. Even though I rarely write more than one post in less than a day, after watching the last two Madoka Magica episodes, I just couldn’t keep … Continue reading →

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First impressions of the spring ’11 anime I’m watching

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Yumeka

After eight anime I was watching finished airing this spring, I’ve so far picked up six spring ’11 shows to replace them on my “watching” list. As I mentioned before, for some reason I was having a lot of trouble … Continue reading →

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Bakuman review

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Yumeka

Bakuman is one of the few weekly shonen series that’s devoid of intense, bloody battles and characters with fantastical super powers. Rather, Bakuman tackles the shonen theme of plucky young boys trying to achieve their goals in a more realistic … Continue reading →

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A certain magical Index that’s lacking

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Yumeka

About a year ago I watched To Aru Kagaku no Railgun and found it very well written and enjoyable. I knew it was a side-story of another series, To Aru Majutsu no Index, which I hadn’t yet seen. Since I … Continue reading →

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Wandering Son review

Posted on April 1, 2011 by Yumeka

One of the more unique and less flashy anime to come out this past winter ’11 season, Hourou Musuko, a.k.a. Wandering Son, tells an intriguing story about adolescence and transsexualism…

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Can’t decide what to watch for spring ’11

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Yumeka

I haven’t had as much trouble deciding what seasonal anime to watch as I’m having with this upcoming spring 2011 season. There’s only a few that I definitely want to watch and a bunch of others that sound good, but … Continue reading →

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“Why do humans care so much about where their souls are?”

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Yumeka

みんな仲良しであれたら by 明 There have already been many posts about how Mahou Shojo Madoka Magica is subverting the magical girl genre and keeps shocking us with events completely unbecoming of what was originally expected of it. I was naive at … Continue reading →

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First impressions of the winter ’11 anime I’m watching

Posted on January 21, 2011 by Yumeka

As usual, here are my initial impressions of the anime I’m watching this season…

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