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Bridging The Gap: Miyazaki Steps Down From Directing (Thank you..)
I promise to be brief. Personally speaking, the best one can wish for in regards to those who inspire and imbue us, is for them to seek (and hopefully find) truest happiness. Already several glances...
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‘Dickwolves’ cheered at Penny Arcade Expo
Life, it may be said, is lived in fiction. If you got up and went to a job today, odds are that you did it for the money – itself a fiction, but backed by the government, which is another fiction. Your...
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Servant x Service, Imouto, ED song.
Ah, girls are really cute in Servant x Service. I want this anime to last longer. Only 13 episodes? That’s too short. I love the comedy, and I love all the female characters in it. And with a good...
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Silver Spoon, Dona Dona, Farewell, Buta-don!
Ahhh, so sad. Hachiken’s pet, Buta-Don, a pig that he raised, was sold. Dona Dona, sang by Joan Baez, but now the concept of this song turns into Silver Spoon Episode 10. Yes, NHK choir had Dona...
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Silver Spoon final eposide, full of responsibility
Ah, already over? How can that be? The final episode already… Darn, so sad. Saudade. This type of slice of life occupational anime ended? Ahh, too sad, I really liked Silver Spoon. Mikage,...
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Why the world don’t need Fist of the North Star.
So many gruesome anime are getting more attention like Attack On Titan, which I’m watching on Crunchyroll, yes, this kind of splatter anime was since Fist Of The North Star, aka Hokuto-No-Ken (北斗の拳)...
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Servant & Service, final episode, full of responsibility again
Thus closed Servant x Service. I feel so sad this series just ended. It was an unusual anime, because most anime settings are in high school, or few middle school, but mostly the time frame is focused...
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Maid cafes in Akiba, Nietzsche would be dancing in his grave!
In America, simply no girl smiles at you. The only place where girls smile at you wholeheartedly is Starbucks. That’s why I always to go Starbucks, and see a girl smile at me, and have a very short...
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Through Older Lenses: The Promise Of Twilight Q (1987)
Oh, for what could have been. Anthology series are often such a rare recipe for even mild success that it’s a surprise to many when they do pop up. And in Japan, when such a concept is applied to...
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12 Days of Christmas: No Katsucon Cosplay Photograph
My first memorable anime related moment from this year would have to be Katsucon. I already wrote about it here so I won’t repeat myself. Instead I am taking this chance to mention something that...
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Bridging The Gap: Kill la Kill & The Fabric Of Exploitation
Dear Diary, Perhaps it is time to up and say that all this fighting and stripping might represent a shift in personal priorities. Not so much in the minds of those behind Kill la Kill per sé, but...
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12 Days of Christmas: Love Lab and Soul Sistaas
Not sure if many people actually watched Love Lab, which I feel is one of the funniest anime comedies this season, if only for the timing, the silliness, and the batsu (punishment) game like effect...
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12 Days of Christmas: Echoes of Reality in “Silver Spoon”
What a series…Okay, Silver Spoon is definitely not a revolutionary anime, but it is a simple coming of age tale. A slice of life story that I would have definitely have enjoyed if I were 10+ years...
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12 Days of Christmas: Coppelion’s Countdown to Mediocrity
Spoilers for the early part of Coppelion. It was about time for a good anime that reflected on the aftermath and tragedy of Fukushima. For the first few episodes, Coppelion, whose manga actually...
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12 Days of Christmas: Otakon Cosplay Fail?
This anime moment is not exactly a fond one. It was Saturday night at Otakon and I was hanging out with Linda at Jenag’s and Hazu’s hotel room where a who’s who of anibloggers were throwing a party....
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12 Days of Christmas: Passion Supports Yowapeda
Yowamushi Pedal has been my top anime for the fall. This is a sports anime on bicycling, so there are the typical themes of competition, the underdog and of course a fiery passion. The protagonist,...
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12 Days of Christmas: The Ink Orgasm of Evil
For those of us whose first exposure to Aku no Hana/The Flowers of Evil was the odd, willfully different anime adaptation, this bravura scene–which occurred in Episode 7–seemed to have come out of...
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12 Days: Where’s More of Gintama?
Yes I am cheating on this post with an image from season 5′s conclusion and Kondo’s heavily censored a** saying “sorry.” But where’s more of Gintama? I expected or wished for the anime to continue...
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12 Days of Christmas: WHATTA TWEEST, Gen Urobuchi
And finally, to close the 12 Days series for 2013 here at Anime Diet, we bring you this year’s works written, co-written, or story supervised by Gen Urobuchi–and their increasingly cheesy 3/4 mark...
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Karuta Forever: At a Real Life Karuta Demonstration
I was reading about a reporter’s visit to Chernobyl a few weeks ago. It’s fascinating for many reasons, especially given the fact that one probably wouldn’t have the opportunity to experience it. I...
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