Category Archives: Episode Reviews

Yakking about a single episode, usually in depth.

Sword Art Online, Reflections from ep. 17

Posted on October 27, 2012 by Ubu Roi

I started to type this as a brief comment over at Brickmuppet’s place, but there’s a minor glitch in which it thinks I’m banned. It’s happened before; not worth bothering Pixy about. And then I got wordy…. Suffice to say, … Continue reading →

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Aesthetics of an Antihero (rogue hero, maverick hero, whatever)

Posted on July 6, 2012 by Ubu Roi

SubDESU is not exactly covering themselves with glory here; some of the translations were pretty….stilted. But beggars can’t be choosers and its not like I”m going to learn Japanese. Anyway, this was fairly average. Definitely not as fun as Campione, … Continue reading →

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Campione, Ep. 1

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Ubu Roi

When last I left you, I had read the first published novel (third story) of Campione! and was downloading the first episode. As I suspected, it was the first story chronologically (third novel). It was also a slam-bang barrel of … Continue reading →

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Well this sucks… [updated]

Posted on June 16, 2012 by Ubu Roi

I’m stuck somewhere with (only) wifi/iPhone access until tomorrow. And CR’s iPhone app is glitching, so I can’t watch Moretsu Space Pirates. Grrrrrr. Well, I finally deleted CR’s iPhone app and reloaded it, which solved the problem — mostly. Unfortunately … Continue reading →

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Guilty Crown — the Stupid, it Burns!

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Ubu Roi

I pretty much gave up on it when the stormtroopers showed up to stomp/arrest little miss secret agent/idol singer, but couldn’t be bothered to search the room or even question the male lead for the macguffin. Hello? Right there in … Continue reading →

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Maken-ki

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Ubu Roi

You remember the old days, back when the number of panty shots found in Najica Blitz Tactics was the exception? Now it seems odd that of the three shows thought most likely to contain fanservice galore at the beginning of … Continue reading →

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Mashiro-iro Symphony

Posted on October 6, 2011 by Ubu Roi

Well, since everyone, including Crunchyroll now, is too busy subbing Fate/Zero, it seems no one but a Dutch group is translating Maken-ki, one of the three series expected to delver loads of fan-service this season. If fan-service is all one … Continue reading →

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