April 2007

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How I learned to stop worrying and love the Harem

How I learned to stop worrying and love the Harem

This is one of those articles where I can’t think up an interesting topic and I’m writing purely to keep up with my self-imposed schedule, so excuse me if it seems uninspired.
I recently watched Amaenaidayo, a rather generic fanservice anime with a mind-numbing plot and cliched characters and, shoot me, I actually thoroughly enjoyed it. [...]

Disagreeing with reviews

Disagreeing with reviews

I haven’t done an NHRV related article for a while, so I figured now was the time.
I think we have a great staff with mature opinions and appreciable anime knowledge, but, as is the case with any review database stitched together by multiple people, there are going to be disagreements. I’m the strange one [...]

A 'Bokura ga Ita'-related aside

A ‘Bokura ga Ita’-related aside

Friendly shout-out to all Bokura ga Ita fans (I like to think I’ve converted a few around these parts): check this out.
It’s a vocal album with (I think) all of the OP and ED pieces from the anime, and some of the songs (particularly Sasaki Nozomi’s works) are outstanding. I think all Bokura ga [...]

Spring 2007: First thoughts

Spring 2007: First thoughts

Spring is traditionally the strongest season of the year, and I can’t see any indication so far why that won’t be the case again this year. There’s a real plethora of entertaining titles out there, and while we haven’t had an entry of the calibre of Suzumiya Haruhi (which really took the anime watching [...]

I don't understand how people can comment on anime they haven't seen

I don’t understand how people can comment on anime they haven’t seen

Here’s an interesting phenomenon that has, for various reasons, been brought to my attention: people commenting on anime series and episodes they haven’t seen. It’s something that really makes no sense to me, for reasons that are (I would have thought) obvious. People claim they are able to get enough of an understanding [...]