we're finally notdotq anymore

Fuck profanity, I want to live.

… it looks like the gig’s up.

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A while ago, on IRC, I mentioned this. A few comments on YouTube contain the term now. And finally, after several weeks, there is a site. Click the image to enter.

Someone was bitching at me about anime blogging the other day. A friend, even. And he likes this blog. Maybe.

Anyway. I don’t have much to say… been doing the same old anime-watching-reduction thing. But I finished some stuff recently, so I guess I can do some recapping.

Kyou no Go no Ni—awww, what a touching story. Actually, I don’t really know about this little OVA thing. I feel like it would have been better if they’d stuck to dumb ecchi, or if they’d tried to make it cute and sweet from the beginning. The abrupt change from panchira jokes to “become a better man and marry me” was … abrupt. Anyway. I enjoyed it. Took way too long to get out. Stupid semi-annual OVAs.

Elemental Gelade—I gave this a 10 on AnimeSeen. I enjoyed it a lot. Yes, the ‘quality’ on an objective scale is not too high. Production isn’t far above Naruto and I can’t tell whether those backgrounds are a stylistic thing or just cutouts for convenience’s sake. But what this show has going for it are a good cast, a plot similar in spirit to Scrapped Princess, Cisqua (who fucking rocks beyond belief), and Pirate Ren in the last 2 minutes of the show (I’d hit it. I really would. Oh my god she’s hot).

Genshiken OVA—it was really just more of the Genshiken show, in OVA form. And it was fun, just like the show. The OVA had a bit too many lesbian undertones, though :\

And now, for some stuff I definitely haven’t finished…

Lucky Star 11—alright. Alright. I’m sorry. There it is. I’m admitting my mistake, just as predicted by the comment-leavers on my first Lucky Star post. Yes, I enjoy the show. I skip the OP every time and enjoy the jokes, and the dad is awesome. Kona’s dad that is. And yeah, I mean it. He’s awesome. It’s always the dads—Bleach, Shuffle!, Tsubasa Chronicle, Romeo x Juliet… it’s always the dads.

Nana 43—sooooo goooooood. Nobu’s going for suicide girl. I hope she goes for him, too, in a Higurashi no Naku Koro ni kind of way. Bad jokes aside, this show really is good. Thank you, Ureshii, for making me ureshii.

Other than anime, I’ve been spending my summer break doing stuff like writing and making maps for Warcraft III. Sleeping a bit here and there, not sleeping a bit here and there, hanging out with friends, and generally having a ball. I feel super good these days, and my first ‘job’ type thing’s coming up—a paid internship at the local lab. Should be good.

If you all wanted me dead in that last poll of mine, sorry?

If you wanted me to keep blogging in spite of my misanthropic/elitist/judgmental ways, well, you have your wish I guess. Though posts like this are about all I can manage right now.

Oh, and proof that Pirate Ren is the hottest thing since Nagato Yuki sucked herself off:

Please… let me back into your life!

Episode seven of Lucky Star has shown me the way!!
What do I do best?
KYOANI KYOANI KYOANI
What is my game?
KYOANI KYOANI KYOANI
Do I love KyoAni?
GUNG-HO GUNG-HO GUNG-HO

More seriously though, wow, the Marimite thing really shocked me. In the like, “wow, this is actually funny. In that they’re parodying Marimite.” And then five seconds later they’re actually discussing Marimite. C’mon KyoAni, I love you, but don’t beat the horse, k?

(this post will be edited with MOAR fanboying once I get past … er, yeah, this is within the first 2.5 minutes of the episode, OP included)

EDIT 1: Miyuki is playing the Rosa Foetida role with the tooth getting pulled

EDIT 2: Konata watches Strawberry Panic (in other words she’s a complete fucking moron, but I love her for it)

EDIT 3: Tsukasa presses cellphone buttons and moans

EDIT 4: Konata’s ringtone is Hare Hare Yukai. This is slipping back into the storm drain

EDIT 5: Konata luvs girls wif glasses.

EDIT 6: was that manga Loveless?

EDIT 7: the guy on Lucky Channel… was Yumi

EDIT 8: this show is fucking awesome

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pg5lhX1Hcy8

Oh sweet mother of anime blogging.
I laughed my ass off.

I’m pleased to say that the legendary director change is finally taking effect. I know I said some pretty harsh things about Lucky Star before, but actually… it’s just good!!

The show revitalizes itself with calming Kokoro Library slice-of-life…

… touching heart-felt moments of Azumanga Daioh proportions…

… sexy high school girls in swimsuits…

… and even ghost stories! Ah, ghost stories bring back memories of seventh grade. Those were good times. I can just remember the trips to that forest-type place, the squeaky mattresses, the raccoons, the ghost stories… ah, youth.

They even stepped up the animation!
Kyoto Animation, you are my god.

Majime na Lolikit
EDIT: PIP SAID MY HIDDEN MESSAGE WAS DUMB SO I’LL MAKE IT A BIT MORE BLATANT.
LUCKY STAR, AND ITS HAPLESS RETARD-FANS: IMAGINE THAT THIS HERE BELOW SCREENSHOT OF AKIRA IS A LIKENESS OF ME. WHAT AM I DOING IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION?