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A gentleman takes off his hat indoors, Moffle.
Kawasumi Ayako is in three shows this season. She returns as the regal Saber in ufotable's adaptation of Fate/stay night, she's back as the not entirely forthright LRIG Hanayo in selector spread WIXOSS, and she voices a surly (male) mascot in Amagi Brilliant Park.
Saber, that outfit's wearing you.
Ayako's Saber remains basically the same as her previous turns as Saber (excepting the farcical Carnival Phantasm), meaning she's generally pretty good and has some neat battle cries, but doesn't otherwise offer a lot of range since Saber is fairly taciturn. Her Hanayo has been largely absent from the initial episodes of selector infected WIXOSS. The show has thus far been churning through apparently endless amounts of grief involving other (read: inferior) characters. This basically leaves Moffle in Amagi Brilliant Park—an amusing character with occasional mugging, but Moffle is no Nodame, I'm afraid. These days, however, I'll take what I can get.
Posted in Amagi Brilliant Park, Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, selector spread WIXOSS | Tags: AYAKO DOCTRINE, Girls With Guns, J.C. Staff, Season Introduction, Spoilers, TYPE-MOON, ufotable | Permanent Link
Rin, Saki, and Natsumi realize by now that Yuka
with an idea can be a dangerous thing.
I've already explained why Natsuiro Kiseki is my favorite show from spring 2012. However, I didn't mention how shabby the animation looks at times. I'm really surprised to see such lapses from Sunrise, but the show is otherwise so good I'm willing to ignore those faults.
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Posted in Accel World, Acchi Kocchi, AKB0048, Aquarion Evol, Detective Conan, Fate/zero, Gundam SEED, Haiyore! Nyaruko-san, Hyouka, Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine, Medaka Box, Natsuiro Kiseki, Queen's Blade: Rebellion, Sakamichi no Apollon, Sankarea, Smile Precure!, Tasogare Otome x Amnesia, Tsuritama, Upotte!!, WORSE THAN COSPRAYERS | Tags: All-Time Babes, Dropped Shows, Fan Service, Gainax, Giant Robots, Girls With Guns, Gundam, Mahou Shoujo, Mecha, OP ED, Otaku Virtues, Retroactive Continuity, Sex, Shounen Jive, Sunrise, TYPE-MOON, ufotable, war, War Is All Hell | Permanent Link
I'm still waiting for ufotable to animate a show entirely via claymation.
It surprises me not at all that the sixth installment of Kara no Kyoukai is excellent—the first five were excellent as well. However, Kara no Kyoukai 6 is awesome in ways I wasn't expecting.
Wait, why is Shiki dressed like a nun?
Sure, the music is top notch. The score she is producing for this title may be some of Yuki Kajirua's best work. That I already knew. Likewise, the fights are of the caliber a fan of these films would come to expect. What I wasn't expecting was discovering Azaka is a character from seemingly a completely different show.
Kara no Kyoukai ~Only Love~
Much of Kara no Kyoukai 6 feels like parody because the tone is so different compared to the first five. Plus there are those eerie Marimite vibes. And Azaka's moe blob imouto roots. The Hell did that come from? And also Azaka kinda talks like a cross between a Kugimiya Rie stereotype and genki-time Mimiru from .hack//SIGN.
Azaka bursts in on Shiki and Mikiya. Don't you ever knock, sis?
"GEH," I shit you not. It works, though, and ufotable wisely minimizes Azaka's and Mikiya's screen time together to duck those very moe blob pitfalls in the most lighthearted installment of Kara no Kyoukai yet. Alas, now my wait begins anew for the seventh movie.
Posted in Kara no Kyoukai | Tags: Kajiura Yuki, Moe Blobs, Movies and OVAs, SD, TYPE-MOON, ufotable | Permanent Link
I really hope Datsun Nissan taps ufotable to create a commercial for the new 370Z.
Dokkoida?! ED.
2x2=Shinobuden ED.
Coyote Ragtime Show ED.
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight ED.
Kara no Kyoukai public service message.
Nissan 300ZX commercial (not made by ufotable, as far as I know).
Posted in 2x2=Shinobuden, Coyote Ragtime Show, Dokkoida?!, Futakoi Alternative, Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight, Kara no Kyoukai, ufotable, Videos | Tags: TYPE-MOON, ufotable | Permanent Link
Shiki and Touko.
Just so you know, Kara no Kyoukai IV is fully awesome and I will spoil the shit out of it if you don't go and watch it RIGHT NOW.
[Spoilers: Shiki gets better.]
I WARNED YE.
Seriously, though, Kara no Kyoukai is great and you should watch it.
Posted in Kara no Kyoukai, RECOMMENDATIONS | Tags: Kajiura Yuki, TYPE-MOON, ufotable | Permanent Link
I should have noticed earlier that the very first image in Kara no Kyoukai is an eye.
I like how Shiki essentially has no possessions.
It's quite a contrast to Tohko's wall-to-wall clutter.
Posted in Kara no Kyoukai | Tags: TYPE-MOON, ufotable | Permanent Link
Why are all Shikis so stabby-stabby?
All y'all failed to tell me ufotable is animating episodes of Kara no Koukai. And that Kajiura Yuki is composing the music. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? I'm so there.
Nice glasses.
I fully support Girl Shiki's decision to wear combat boots and a red leather jacket with her kimono.
Yellow raincoats, not so much.
That extended fight scene in the first episode gave me End of Evangelion flashbacks. I could almost hear Sakamoto Maaya saying ERSTE in my head. Moreover, the music backing that fight is exactly the kind of thing I miss so much in My-Otome 0~S.ifr.
So that's what happens when you take Asuka off the meds.
Through the first three 50-minute installments, I have to admit Kara no Koukai is a little heavy, but that's to be expected given the subject matter and source material. It's good to indulge in moments like these to balance out the brain-sapping boobery of, say, Kanokon.
Posted in Kara no Kyoukai | Tags: Kajiura Yuki, Neon Genesis Evangelion, TYPE-MOON, ufotable | Permanent Link
Futakoi Alternative mugs.
As spotted on Koshimizu Ami's blog. So much nicer than my own Futakoi Alternative mugs.
[Edit: Pity Kadowaki Mai didn't cross-post the picture on her own blog.]
Posted in Futakoi Alternative, Seiyuu | Tags: Kadowaki Mai, Koshimizu Ami, ufotable | Permanent Link
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