Sixten on Azumanga
Sixten agitates for Azumanga with an essay. It’s good effort, although I see that nailing the secret is hard. He comes very close with the “transition between funny and heartful”. Little Snow Fairy...
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Wonderduck redecorates
Wonderduck has a cell (sorta) from ep.20 of Azumanga Daioh framed and on the wall. Well, I lose again.
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Glycosaka
Thought that Danny Choo might have gone to TAF in the past and so I visited his website, unreadable as always. While scrolling in futile attempts to find a search box, I came across a post with a...
View ArticleMeanwhile, in broadcast
Saw Moero Amazon posting that Azumanga is in reruns at AT-X, which seems like a more successful blueprint for the ailing Anime Channel: AT-Xで再放送が始まったので視聴。何回観ても楽しいなぁ。 Indeed, it never gets old. I even...
View ArticleInterview at Sea Slugs
Kabitzin (and Ender) interviewed me yesterday. I am flattered. The Sea Slugs were on my reading list for a long time. Also they spared no effort to gather all those links (I sent several, but not all)....
View ArticleBigN on Azumanga
Seen at Drastic (there was no attribution, so I presume BigN himself wrote it): 20. Was anyone else tired of the comparisons between Lucky Star and Azumanga Daioh? Is the latter really a paragon of...
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Stellviablogging ahoy
Due to certain circumstances (mostly Jeff’s C&C), I’ve been stelivablogging a lot receintly, more than the show deserved, in fact. Nonetheless, there’s more. Using the no-blogging breather I also...
View ArticleTatsuo Sato had a finger in Azumanga
While away from the anime blogosphere, I looked at acquiring Shingu at RACS, and saw this: Created by acclaimed director Tatsuo Sato (NADESICO / THIS UGLY YET BEAUTIFUL WORLD / AZUMANGA DAIOH), with...
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Bugfox on Azumanga
Seen at FunBlog: It’s not the greatest anime ever made, but I think it is pretty good; indeed the best example of its genre. I suppose, this is something. Meanwhile, look at this: Anyway, RTWT. The...
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Hidamari Sketch
Hidamari Sketch and Manabi Straight aired in the same season. Many expected them to compete head-to-head, but the two turned out nothing alike. Manabi has a great plot, larger than life characters, and...
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