Author Archives: hikago

About hikago

Meido is love. Nekomimi is <3.

MM 05 – This Never Happened

When words are not enough.

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On Summer Wars

I remember the venerable Zaitcev asked me if I was going to compile my thoughts on the movie soon after it came out but I wasn’t able to form my ideas at the time.

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MM!

Wherein I enjoy what I did not expect to. Continue reading

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OreImo

Watched the first two episodes — art was nice but isn’t enough to grab me; let’s not mistake animation and art, guys. I do like the coloring, and Kirino (the little sister) is consistently well animated (unlike the rest) and … Continue reading

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IkaMusume 01

Fun, more so if you didn’t watch Keroro. Ikamusume’s idiocy was a wonder to behold and I hope episode 2 can step it up and continue to entertain.

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Hyakka’s Jubei

Is fucking badass. Continue reading

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Parallels in Marketability

Wherein I draw poor comparisons and wish for free candy. Continue reading

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The Wilderness Downtown

Found via a friend, an interesting experiment in visual media, dynamic rendering, and GIS: http://thewildernessdowntown.com/ (I’d recommend opening in a separate browser as it is resource intensive — minimize impact of crashing xD) A great example of taking several pre-existing … Continue reading

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Poke-rei

The joke’s been done time and time again but I just felt that this scene really took off with it. Continue reading

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Shukufuku no Campanella

Relentlessness has a great three part write-up on Campanella from the standpoint of someone who actually played the damn thing… Why bring this up now? Because… Continue reading

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