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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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Yousuga no Sora

Posted on December 15, 2010 by Ubu Roi

Once again, what started as a comment over at Chizumatic takes on a life of its own. As Muon and Jordi note, YnS is following the omnibus format. In each of them up to this point (except the maid’s arc, … Continue reading →

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Princess Resurrection OVA

Posted on December 12, 2010 by Ubu Roi

So it seems an actual OVA was produced for this series recently. I downloaded it and gave it a watch, but I can’t say as I recommend it. The first thing that hit me was that the art was terrible. … Continue reading →

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Ohhhhhhhhhh,

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Ubu Roi

shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii- I should have seen that one coming. I forgot that Fate’s other name was Tertium And now we’ve got everything that implies… three times over. Kotaru, Sayo, Yuuna, Beatrix, and Chachamaru are down and the casualty count’s about to … Continue reading →

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Stupid, stupid, stupid!

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Ubu Roi

I swear, I get more senile every day. I totally forgot that new registrants would have their messages held for approval — so Wonderduck was actually the third contestant to claim the poster! And I already declared him the winner … Continue reading →

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MT Bad News, Good News, sorta…and a Gift from Mahou Meido Meganekko!

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Ubu Roi

About a month ago, I started getting really peeved at Megatokyo’s schedule. It’s been my favorite for a while, having passed Sluggy Freelance a few years back. The story’s in a critical moment right now; low on action compared to … Continue reading →

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Donneybrook

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Ubu Roi

— neither side is walking away from this one without casualties… Continue reading →

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