Category Archives: Series Reviews

Where I chose to pontificate on the quality or meaning of an entire series. May overlap Fansub and DVD review categories.

Zettai Karen Children — Anime & Manga (updated)

Posted on December 26, 2010 by Ubu Roi

This isn’t one of my better series reviews, as I think I’m still too close to the show to distill the essentials out in a compact fashion. Still, letting it sit and mulling it for two weeks didn’t help, so … Continue reading →

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Looks Like We Got a Cling-on, Captain

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Ubu Roi

So I was just preparing to write a post (not about Railgun, as I promised) when I noticed a Twitter pingback from someone called “otakusphere.” I checked it out… looks like another one of those stupid machine aggregators trying to … Continue reading →

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Some Random Thoughts

Posted on April 12, 2010 by Ubu Roi

(edited for spelling and clarity) Lately, its not been that I have had nothing to say, I simply haven’t had the motivation to say it. Wait, I said that already. Ok, fine, so here we go on another stream-of-alleged-consciousness post … Continue reading →

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Omamori Himari, quick note

Posted on March 1, 2010 by Ubu Roi

I don’t have time to do this series justice, but it’s turning out not to disappoint. The art & animation could be a little better, but they didn’t do what I feared most, and turn it into a totally brainless … Continue reading →

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Full Metal Pain

Posted on February 9, 2010 by Ubu Roi

So I’ve spent a couple of days reading a very bad Engrishy translation of the last few FMP novels, and I have to say that this has become another “I hate my characters” type of story by the author. While … Continue reading →

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UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Ubu Roi

Ok, this show has convinced me that I need to go back to the doctor. I’ve never seen so many nicely shaped, thoroughly uncovered breasts in my life — and not cared. I mean, really, what’s wrong with me? Do … Continue reading →

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Negima?!

Posted on September 24, 2009 by Ubu Roi

A long rambling post in which I discuss things related to the Negima?! TV series… A year or so ago, during TJ Han’s Animé Demotivational Poster Contest, someone suggested that the appropriate picture would be Negi’s entire class, and the … Continue reading →

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