http://sorrow-kun.nihonreview.com Conceited boastings of the moé-obsessed self-appointed manager of The Nihon Review. Fri, 22 Jun 2007 01:24:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I now write at the new blog, the joint-staff blog project, Behind The Nihon Review. Go there instead. http://sorrow-kun.nihonreview.com/20070622/new-blog-behind-the-nihon-review/ 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, ... http://sorrow-kun.nihonreview.com/20070422/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-the-harem/ 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. ... http://sorrow-kun.nihonreview.com/20070415/disagreeing-with-reviews/ 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. ... http://sorrow-kun.nihonreview.com/20070409/a-bokura-ga-ita-related-aside/ 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 ... http://sorrow-kun.nihonreview.com/20070408/spring-2007-first-thoughts/ 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 ... http://sorrow-kun.nihonreview.com/20070401/i-dont-understand-how-people-can-comment-on-anime-they-havent-seen/ Surely with a contentious post title like this I've grabbed everyone's attention. I had a chance recently to revisit Air. It's an incredibly bizarre series, purely because of the way it divides audiences. Anime has always had its fair share of love-it-or-hate-it anime, the most famous is probably Evangelion, ... http://sorrow-kun.nihonreview.com/20070326/two-years-later-and-air-is-still-kyoto-animations-best-animated-series/ Since I don't really take a great interest in the Anime-Reactor.net community, I can't say I know a great deal about the process by which these awards are decided, so there's no real point in me commenting on that. These awards are just as weighty as any other community ... http://sorrow-kun.nihonreview.com/20070318/animereactor-community-awards-2006-results-and-discussion/ Warning: This post contains Death Note anime spoilers (up to ep 20) Under normal circumstances, I probably wouldn't write a half-way-through "review" (and this isn't a review, since I'm purposely keeping it too informal for it to be labeled such) about a currently-airing anime such as this. But I know ... http://sorrow-kun.nihonreview.com/20070311/is-death-note-on-its-way-downhill/ Warning: this post has Kanon 2006 spoilers. I think I'd probably surprise a few people after a certain post I made on the ASuki forums, but I actually think the "horse race" mentality in harem/dating-sim anime has its place... sometimes. For those who don't know what it is (which isn't ... http://sorrow-kun.nihonreview.com/20070304/my-thoughts-on-the-horse-race-mentality-in-dating-sim-anime/