Tag Archives: Indoor cats

The visual and assumed complexity

Posted on January 3, 2012 by hikago

You know the Rorschach test. Everyone sees something different. The more random visual distraction you present, the number of possible interpretations exponentially increase.

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AnoNatsu

Posted on December 29, 2011 by hikago

I thought it was just me being a “indoor cat” when AnoNatsu’s promo images immediately evoked mixed memories of the Onegai shows. But apparently the creator and character designer for Teacher and Twins really did team up for AnoNatsu. Now … Continue reading →

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Infinite Stratos 09 – Death’s Cold Hand

Posted on March 15, 2011 by hikago

Some characters die in long allegories, others in blazing glory — their very souls reflected in those fleeting last moments. Yet here we have a cold and distant death, placed off-screen: not once mentioned or alluded to, though the consequences … Continue reading →

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Infinite Stratos

Posted on January 13, 2011 by hikago
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MM! 12

Posted on December 17, 2010 by hikago

Despite the naivety of montages and insert songs, there was some eloquence to the finish. We didn’t really go anywhere, but went quickly at it — each episode providing the full symphony of human emotions to the viewer. Disgust, love, … Continue reading →

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On Angel Beats Character Designs

Posted on November 24, 2010 by hikago

<Moogy> the characters were just kind of whatever maeda felt like making them in each episode <hikago> come on guys, that’s just the characters /transcending/ their writing :V

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OreImo

Posted on October 13, 2010 by hikago

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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The moon in arm’s reach

Posted on July 16, 2010 by hikago

Been a long time reader of Ani-nouto so was a bit surprised to see Author with some strong bias towards loving Amagami, and the consequent strong objection to “the haters”. Continue reading →

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Nurarihyon no Mago Initial Thoughts

Posted on July 6, 2010 by hikago

Honestly a rather underwhelming first episode, I will admit the source manga did not come into its own until somewhere during the “Tanuki arc” when Rikuo mans up. Not to excuse the first episode for sucking, but it wasn’t unexpected either. Continue reading →

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Aniblog Tourney Thingy What

Posted on April 19, 2010 by hikago

Via Zait who quoted from a comment on Kuro’s blog (meta meta meta): Continue reading →

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