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.

Amaenaideyo, Season 1 Review

Posted on March 24, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Loser guy with secret power lives under the same roof with (multiple) total hotties, who consider him a pervert and often abuse — what? You say I should have stopped at "Loser"? … Continue reading →

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CCS: 45 Down, One To Go

Posted on February 11, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Well, here I am with one episode to go out of the first CardCaptor Sakura series. I have to say, I did not expect that. I thought of it…. But I went, “yeah, right! There’s something unusual there, but not … Continue reading →

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Slow Posting Again (Updated with some CCS)

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Yeah, yeah, you’ve heard it before. Work’s a bitch; I’m coming home brain dead. We’re trying to do 15% more job on 40% less employees. No, automation doesn’t make up the difference; in our case it’s backfired and made things … Continue reading →

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Double Disappointing Day

Posted on January 22, 2007 by Ubu Roi

Bad enough the Saints got waxed in Chicago, but the new Dresden Files series on Sci-Fi just sucks. They totally got him wrong, they got Karin Murphy wrong, they got Bob wrong…. it’s just a similarly themed show with none … Continue reading →

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Haruhi Dethroned?

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Ubu Roi

A week ago, I’d have named the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumaya as the top anime of 2006, bar none. I may have to eat those words, and it’s not because these girls wear their garter belts on the outside. I … Continue reading →

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Last of the Third

Posted on December 23, 2006 by Ubu Roi

This review is one of several that I started a few weeks ago, but never finished. As it happened, I procrastinated so long, that the series got close to ending, so I decided to hold off a little longer, until … Continue reading →

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Oh, The Horror!

Posted on December 17, 2006 by Ubu Roi

As in science-fiction horror. A while back, I watched Divergence Eve, which I found to be a great story, somewhat lessened by its unnecessary and excessive fanservice. Well, today, I lucked on the second half of the story, Misaki Chronicles, … Continue reading →

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