The rumors of my demise are greatly exaggerated.
More seriously, though, it’s true that I have not blogged anime in a really long time. My last post on here, in fact, was to the effect that I was totally swamped by that oftentimes elusive, oftentimes painfully-in-your-face thing called “real life.”
But enough of that.
It’s time for a casual and relaxed account of my 2009 anime experience thus far.
Maria+Holic 1-2
I have another five episodes to watch, but haven’t gotten around to it yet. This has nothing to do with the death of subtext; this show is the most blatant thing ever. I think it has more to do with the Shaft style. Bitches need to know when to cut back. I don’t want to watch ef a third time.
Maria-sama ga Miteru Season 4 1-4
Episodes 1 and 2 were awesome; 3 and 4 were terrible. I have 5 and 6 with me but haven’t watched them simply because I don’t have the time. I do want to, and quite badly at that. This show is part of the definition of lolikitsune; it won’t remain unwatched for long.
Aria the Animation 1-3
As one of my New Year’s Resolutions, I restarted Aria. It’s so good.
Toradora 15-18
Slowly, slowly plodding through this. It reached a point where I said “indeed! This IS H&Cesque!” because all the characters seemed to have their own depth and they were all good in very human ways. The only problem is that these characters are like, the pre-H&C good humans, and as such their trials and tribulations all seem painfully immature. I’ll be honest: I’m tired of the mediocrity.
Cowboy Bebop 23
I want to finish this show someday. That’s all I can say.
Aria the Animation 1-3
One of my older brothers (who had seen no Aria previously) decided to try the show out. It’s so fucking good.
Xamd 20-26
The show really petered out in the end. It did the Darker Than Black thing, where there’s lots of unexplained nonsense—and, instead of leaving it unexplained, the creators try to put it all together and come to a conclusion. Like in DTB, this resulted in a lot of stuff not making sense. Shows need to know when to just leave well enough alone.
That said, emotional captain was emotional, cool animation was cool, fun show was fun. I just have no idea why Nazuna got on that bus in the first episode.
Munto TV 1-4
It’s just the OVAs all over again so far, right? Not too big a waste of time, and I’m looking forward to the new material.
Suzumiya-chan 1
I vomited, and couldn’t finish the episode.
Churuya-san 3
I vomited, and couldn’t finish the episode.
Clannad After Story 14-18
Good stuff. Unfortunately, no, this does not redeem 36 episodes of garbage. A couple good moments do not a good show make. No matter what anyone says. I’m not going to argue this at any length right now because I have better things to be doing with my time than engaging in internet debates, but let it be known that that is my opinion. I think the movie did a better job overall. Of course, AS 18 made me want to become a dad, but that’s just because I’m a moron.
Aria the Animation 1-3
Saki, the one-time anime-lover, decided she wanted to give my favorite show a try. I accompanied her. She liked it enough to watch more than one episode. Woot? Incredibly fucking good show.
Aaaaand that’s pretty much what my animescape has been since getting into the UC Berkeley dorms. What, you want more from me? A convention report on AODSF2009? It sucked! Anything else? Satire? Humor? What are those?! I hear the ABAs weren’t happening a second time! I don’t need no fucking awards.
I just want love.
Oh, I watched Coraline, and it scared me shitless more than once. I’m so easily creeped out :(
Nazarielle said:
Who the hell starts college in Winter? Seriously, you, lelangir, and CCY all seem to have started in the Winter, just now. Who the hell does that?
ghostlightning said:
Good to see you. You’re just missed.
digitalboy said:
You are like the 5th person to say they were scared by Coraline. I have no concept of this. I found nothing creepy in it whatsoever. Amazing movie, not creepy.
lolikitsune said:
@Nazarielle: CCY started in the fall. I started in the winter because I was only admitted for the winter (I wasn’t cool enough or something). Dunno about lelangwhore.
@ghostlightning: thanks, GL. I miss you and everyone else, too.
@digitalboy: it had elements that I personally find disturbing. That’s all.
lelangir said:
@Nazarielle: I’m a sophomore lol, and I started in August, but late January has raped me due to outside research projects which have been DEVOURING a lot of my time.
Baka-Raptor said:
No ABAs? Have I been commenting on other blogs for nothing?
Loz said:
So Ghostlighting, have you watched Aria the Animation? I hear its pretty good…
Zeroblade said:
Yay for spreading the Aria love <3
Omisyth said:
Fuck you. Why’s Chiruya your background again?
I like the fact that Shaft toned down on the mad cinematics for Maria. It’s a little crazier than ef, but not as crazy as Zetsubou Sensei. It’s juuuuuuuuust right.
Nazarielle said:
@lolikitsune: Ah, sucks to be you. Don’t you wish you were coal like the rest of us?
@lelangir: Oh ok, well, you made it sound like you had just started or something. Oh well~
lolikitsune said:
@Baka-Raptor: yes, yes you have.
@Loz: I believe ghostlightning has finished the first season.
@Zeroblade: we’ve known each other / for so long
@Omisyth: after SZS, ZSZS, ef 1, and ef 2, I’m ready for something even calmer than ef. Maria+Holic fails to deliver; it feels hectic and in-your-face, it’s too much for me. Maybe I’m just getting old. Damn hyper kids.
As for Churuya, the 4koma are only funny insofar as they gave rise to an awesome parody format. You think I like her? “Why do I have her as my background?” I drowned the bitch. Drowned her in the Neo Adriatic Sea.
@Nazarielle: meh it’s not that bad. It means I’m fucked for housing next year, but that’s about the extent of the negative effects on my college life I think. And school housing is too expensive, anyway. I’m probably going to do a roomshare via craigslist.
All in all, my college experience has kicked ass. Now to go write my Rhetoric paper…
Nazarielle said:
@lolikitsune: What are you majoring in and/or what classes are you taking this semester?
lolikitsune said:
@Nazarielle: no major yet; I’m an undeclared Letters & Science student which basically means that I’m doing fuck all with my life. This semester I’m taking PoliSci 2 (Intro to Comparative Politics), Rhetoric 20 (Interpretations of Lies and Liars), Philosophy 25B (History of Modern Philosophy), and History 4B (History of Medieval Europe).
Zeroblade said:
Wow, that’s quite an assortment of classes.
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