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.

Progress is Slow (Astra, updated)

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Ubu Roi

Well, from the comments on the prior post, I can see that I’m not the only one who has issues with Funi’s player. Sometimes it just doesn’t work; other times I can get an episode to run, but only one. … Continue reading →

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Have a Post (or, I Hate FaceBook, so I Actually Posted Here for Once)

Posted on September 15, 2015 by Ubu Roi

Not much to tell. Playing lots of Everquest lately; Sony sold it to DayBreak, who started a pair of new “progression servers”, starting over from the original game and releasing the updates every six months. That means I can now … Continue reading →

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And That’s a Wrap…

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Ubu Roi

A belated wrap-up of the Summer 2014 anime season. Or at least the portions that I watched. Overall, this wasn’t a bad season at all, with six series I could at least tolerate enough to view to the end of … Continue reading →

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Update on the Season (and me)

Posted on May 11, 2013 by Ubu Roi

Well, I’ve had a lot of time to watch anime this season, for reasons I’ll go into later. Not that I’ve taken major advantage of it; this season is definitely sub par. Does it still reek? I’d have to say … Continue reading →

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Infinite Stratos, yet again (Update)

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Ubu Roi

I’m probably spending more time talking about this show than it’s worth, especially given that it’s not a top-of-the-line show, but there are a few things to be said for it — as well as against it. In the main, … Continue reading →

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Ozma

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Ubu Roi

So, now that 5 of the 6 episodes are out, I finally got around to watching it on Crunchy. And unless this series utterly fubars the last episode, it’s going to get a B+ from me. Even if the ending … Continue reading →

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Home Stretch, Fall 2011

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Ubu Roi

So here we are with just a few weeks left in the season, and I’m still following a number of shows. Now why would I do that? Well, probably because I want to….but lets look at why. Unless you have … Continue reading →

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