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First Reactions: Muromi-san Episode 2
Choosing the new show to blog for Saturdays was tough. It’s too good of a slate to take nothing from it. But I’ll still be blogging Space Brothers once the new-timeslot recaps finish up, and I don’t...
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Introducing Unnecessary Terminology: Pacing and Energy Level
Arata Kangatari’s 7th episode was delayed this week thanks to a pan-Asian Table Tennis tournament, so I was going to write a post celebrating rapid-fire tennis comedy Teekyu. But a certain phrase kept...
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Animetics’ Drunken Vegas-style Summer 2013 Anime Preview
We at Animetics believe that ordinary anime seasonal blog previews are kind of boring. Thus, we made Spring’s preview into a wager-based game. Now, the winner of Spring’s game coolly makes odds for...
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Sell Me in 20 Minutes: Dangan Ronpa, Go-Home Club, and Servant x Service
After sampling a bunch of try-hard comedies, it’s time to get to the real meat of Thursday’s crop. Or at least the stuff that was top-3 on himawari douga when I kicked up the streams. Dangan Ronpa had...
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Sell Me in 20 Minutes: Teekyu 2 and Blood Lad
We’re a little past the halfway mark in Summer 2013, and with one more week of new material still to air, things are looking fairly positive. Sunday carries a (literally) shorter slate, but not one...
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Anime ONA Slaparound: Kyousogiga 2012
In 2011, Toei Animation and Banpresto collaborated to fund a mediocre 20-minute ONA based on an awesome trailer. In 2012, Director Rie Matsumoto returned to the fray to do it right, cranking out a new...
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Midseason Update: This Summer in Redline Quotes
Redline is the best anime movie I have ever seen. By which I mean it is the best anime I’ve ever seen and the best movie I’ve ever seen. While this summer season is certainly one for the books, it’s...
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Charactology: The Animetics Non-Answer to “Who Was the Best Anime Character...
There are times when we at Animetics like to slow down, get serious, and look at the finer points of what defines excellence. This, much like our seasonal anime previews, is not one of those features....
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Charactology 2012 (Group 1, Match 2): Koyomi Araragi or Shinjou Kanae
(Check out the stickied post for the full bracket.) The first match ended in a tie, something I forgot to make a rule for. I’m going to say higher seed wins by default if that happens again. Anyway,...
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Midseason Update: This Fall in Kaiji Quotes
In Fall of 2007, I was very much a beginner at anime. I’d explored the discount stores in my neighborhood and encountered some very interesting, engaging titles, but I wasn’t any kind of plugged in to...
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