Category Archives: Fansub Review

Review of a fansub. Note that this is effectively also a sub-type of the general Fansub category, although I can’t indicate both.

What a Season — It Was (updated)

Posted on February 5, 2011 by Ubu Roi

So little time… so much change of opinion. As I said about ten days ago, there were no less than eight shows I was following from the new season, though I forgot to mention that I’m still following Index II … Continue reading →

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What a Season!

Posted on January 25, 2011 by Ubu Roi

I was responding to a post by Steven when I realized the following: …I know you disagree on a couple, but I’m still enjoying five – um, six – no, seven — OMG, eight (!!!!) series this season: Fractale Gosick, … Continue reading →

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Freezing on the run

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Ubu Roi

Wherein I type my impressions of the new Freezing anime, as I watch it. WARNING: Quite NSFW below the fold!! No spoiler tags.

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Who needs a brain to watch anime anyway? (Rio review)

Posted on January 4, 2011 by Ubu Roi

Ok, I was really bored, since we’re between seasons, and all that. But still, I can’t do it. I just can’t finish watching the first episode of Rio – Rainbow Gate. It’s not only mindbogglingly stupid, it takes itself seriously. … Continue reading →

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Yosuga no Sora, the ending

Posted on December 28, 2010 by Ubu Roi

Well, YnS finally has run its last, and we definitely got the trainwreck, nobody-lives-happily-ever-afterward ending. It’s not “Nice Boat” but it’s sure as hell not rainbows and unicorns, either. However, there are some serious disputes on various blogs over exactly … 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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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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