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First Taste of Spring Anime 2009

By usagijen ⋅ April 13, 2009

Can't decide what to watch? Let our mini-review of the pilot episodes help you! [Latest additions]: Guin Saga, Sengoku Basara, Hanasakeru Seishounen [Animes reviewed]: Eden of the East, Natsu no Arashi, Queen's Blade, K-ON!, Asura Cryin', Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~, Arad Senki, FMA, Saki, Basquash!, Pandora Hearts, 07-GHOST, Ristorante Paradiso, Higepiyo, Marie and Gali, Shangri-la. Check back to this post soon for the next batch that includes: Crossgame, Tears to Tiara, Valkyria Chronicles, Hatsukoi Limited, and Charady no Joke na Mainichi.

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Fuwa Fuwa Time! ~Me, Myself, and Moe~

By usagijen ⋅ June 8, 2009

It took me five episodes to warm up to K-ON, unlike the hordes of people going "I LOVE YOU, K-ON!" "Mio

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ZOMG Darker than Black Was Brought Back From the Dead

By usagijen ⋅ June 4, 2009

It's only been a few months (barely 2 months) since the epic Darker than Black Rewatch Movement, and now THIS. Talk about some amazing coincidence. Could it be as issa-sa has said, that the Reappraisal Movement brought Darker than Black from the dead?! Well that's what we'd like to think, but considering that rumors of this sequel have been circulating ever since that Bones Leakage... bummmer. Would've been a totally EFFIN' coincidence if the rewatch happened without the rumors. But anyways.

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Cross Game: These are the Moments…

By usagijen ⋅ May 24, 2009

There are poignant moments in Cross Game I feel like capturing in some way, in any way possible, such that I will NEVER EVAR forget them even for the years to come. Time is fleeting, and unless we do something to capture the momentous events in our lives (or even the mundane, taken for granted [...]

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Rating Your Love (for Darker than Black, and others)

By usagijen ⋅ May 16, 2009

I think I spent more time than necessary figuring out just what rating I'd give Darker than Black. Having been fascinated with it from start to end, and having found the coherence and thematic focus of the series to be AMA~ZING!, on top of the brilliant storytelling (guess I can proudly say, "yes! I can see what you're talking about, Owen/Hige/0rion&Guff/other DtB fans!") and the excellent portrayal of the characters (Without doubt, Hei is

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