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Anime review – Steins;Gate
A little bit of Otaku spoof, some time travel, some mad scientists, maid cafes, and cosplay, Steins;Gate has it all. And then the writers take the expected anime tropes, and bash them to hell....
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Beck: Mongolian Chop Squad
I’d gotten interested in the Anime BECK for one reason: the anime was directed by Osamu Kobayashi, who also directed my favorite anime series ever: Paradise Kiss. Yes, Paradise Kiss was a manga first...
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Steins;Gate – a few episodes later
There’s not been a ton of good, accessible anime out these last few years. seriously, how much Bleach and Naruto do I really need (well, none, actually)? then I discovered Steins;Gate. Available to...
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Steins;Gate – 2011′s Must See Anime!
Three weeks in a sultry August, anything could happen. And it does, over and over and over again. Starring Okarin, a college student who styles (and LARPs) himself a mad scientist, his hacker buddy...
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Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
Think anime is all mechas or outer space bounty hunters or weird jokes you won’t get or Tokyo getting exploded? Think anime isn’t for you? think again. Take Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo,...
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Summer anime watching
A lot of anime gets watched in this house. 300 channels of cable TV, and I’d rather watch Crunchyroll. I got hooked on anime when I was in high school, watched a boatload through my early to mid 20s,...
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Anime Midwest recap (part 1 of ?)
This about summed up the weekend. Last weekend, hubby and I drove to Chicago for Anime Midwest. Over 6000 people converged on the Hyatt Regency and neighboring Expo center for autograph sessions and...
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Anime Midwest recap (post 2 of ?)
Just joining us? You’ll want to read this post first. Oh, and if i have misidentified characters, let me know in the comments so I can fix the captions. Google image search only gets you so far…....
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Anime Midwest photo dump continues (post 3 of ?)
In the last two posts, I mostly showed photos of Japanese manga, anime, live action tv, and video games. There were plenty of people cosplaying western comic book, movie, and video game characters as...
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Final Anime Midwest post – The Panels.
So I recently posted about a bazillion photos (part 1, part 2, part 3. that’s almost a bazillion, right?) from Anime Midwest. Yes, the people watching and cosplay was the highlight of the weekend, but...
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