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Lovely Complex Let’s clear up something first. When I rate a show 10/10, it doesn’t necessarily mean that I think it’s perfect. 10/10 means that I enjoyed a show so much that I am willing to overlook completely any flaws that it may have. As the score goes down, it means then that the flaws are...

Consider my disposable income for September/October, well and truly disposed of.

This news heartens me as much as it disheartens my credit card. In my mind I am doing cartwheels on the ceiling.

This time it was Amazon.co.uk's turn to receive my attention and my hard-gotten gains: Cowboy Bebop Collectors Edition, Part 1 (Blu-ray) Kids on the Slope (Blu-ray)

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day It was the cover that made me buy this title. That’s right, for all the airs that I put on suggesting that I my anime purchases are the product of much research and deliberation, sometimes I will nab a title blind for as superficial a reason as an appealing...

Journey to Agartha If nothing else, this is a joy to behold. On blu-ray the picture quality is gorgeous, with vivid colours and little details that invite further appreciative scrutiny with subsequent viewings. Sound too is crystal clear, the soundfield vast and expansive while remaining...

Sekirei: Pure Engagement I ended up enjoying the first season of Sekirei more than I expected, enough for me to purchase the second season. Season 2 continues this trend, with great character designs, adequate animation and a solid, less fragmented storyline. It still has its flaws. The fights...

Well, colour me interested!!

How are they going to do this? Full-season sets or half-season sets? 151 episodes is a long way to go halfsies.

She's being put in either a Scorpion Deathlock or a Half Boston Crab, so yeah the wrestling action looks well-researched and authentic.

Yume de Aetara I recently watched an anime called If I See You in My Dreams. The OVA was passable, the TV series that followed it was terrible. I had bought them for a really low price, and it was a case of getting what I had paid for. Animation wasn’t up to much, not even on the OVA, and it...

I just had my performance assessment interview with my boss in which I received a high score and a glowing review.

I find myself more curious as to how it performed in the USA, what with its loose depictions of gun control to a post-Columbine, post-Virginia Tech, post-Sandy Hook audience.

Clannad After Story Talk about having the rug pulled out from under you! I was expecting more of the same zany dramatics from the first series. Well, the dramatic bits were still there, dialled this time up to ionospheric levels, but the comedy has been equally toned down. Or at least that’s...

This month's media purchases include: Rumbling Hearts: Complete Series (DVD) Haibane Renmei: Complete Series (DVD) Velvet Kiss, volume 3 Toradora, volume 4

Thank you, Dark Horse!! The Shinji Ikari Raising Project, volume 13 finally has a release date.

Clannad It never ceases to amaze me, the different spins on the (high) school romcom. Over time I’ve encountered titles dealing with conventional couples (His and Her Circumstances), less conventional couples (Shukisho!), interplanetary couples (The World of Narue), conjoined couples (Midori...

In other news, this morning's episode of The Daily Show with John Stewart gave its take on the city of Detroit filing for bankruptcy. The interesting part for me was about the city's declining infrastructure, declining population, and escalation in crime. It also mentioned how the city would be...

Rightstuf's most recent announcement: Put me down for Cat's Eye, and here's hoping they can license Sei Jushi Bismark, uncut and in Japanese, for their next retro release.

I am more interested in when Viz will release the fourteenth and final volume of the Neon Genesis Evangelion manga, which incidentally concluded last month. I do suspect that the release date will coincide with whatever date Funimation releases Evangelion 3.33 on blu-ray. So that's two Day One...