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My top 5 anime of the season

Posted on August 11, 2011 by Yumeka

For lack of a better post today, I decided to try something new and pick my current five favorites amongst the seasonal anime I’m watching (with inspiration from kevo’s ongoing “Anime Power Rankings” project)…

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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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Digimon: from Adventure to Xros Wars

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Yumeka

Back in the late 90s/early 2000s when Pokemon was at the height of its popularity, many similar “monster collection” anime and game series were brought over from Japan in the hopes of cashing in on this current fad. While the … 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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What are the most “least known” anime that you’ve ever watched?

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Yumeka

Ever since the flourishing of anime online in the past five or so years, which allows fans around the world to follow Japan’s otakudom in real time and know every single anime that comes out each season, it’s hard to … 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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