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Ubu Roi’s Worst of 2006

Posted on January 4, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Well, 2006 was a totally insane year, which makes it about average, I suppose. For me, it marked the year I got back into animé seriously; although I bought some over the past few years, it wasn’t until last year … Continue reading →

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Worst Honorable Mentions, 2008

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Ubu Roi

Ok, to keep everyone entertained while I’m out of town, here’s the honorable mentions. To distract you from the total lack of humor inherent in this post, I have provided several NSFW posts of Minato Nagase from Akane-iro, below the … Continue reading →

Posted in Anime Industry, Art and Craft, Cheesecake, Random Nonsense, Stupid Memes | 2 Comments

Wuxia, Xianxia, and Other Stories

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Ubu Roi

So rather than anime, lately I’ve been spending a lot of my leisure time reading Chinese web novels, Korean, and very occasionally, Japanese light novels. For some strange reason that I’m nonetheless grateful for, there’s an entire cottage industry around … Continue reading →

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Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius (the ending)

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Ubu Roi

Sequel to this post. Well, I finished the game as published, but that’s not the whole thing. About the time I was discovering it, the game’s publishers were turning it into a franchise, complete with novelization and alternate retellings. If … Continue reading →

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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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Well, I guess that’s good news…

Posted on October 26, 2010 by Ubu Roi

There will be a “Worst of 2010” post this year, as I’ve just completed the first draft of it. My snark-o-matic was on 11 tonight, though I don’t know if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. Thanks to … Continue reading →

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Where’s the Desire? (Survey time!)

Posted on March 25, 2010 by Ubu Roi

I just haven’t been feeling like blogging for some time now. I’ve got something like seven partially written articles & reviews, and couldn’t even work up interest in my usual “Worst of” posts this last January. About all I can … Continue reading →

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