So, after my pledge of a few days ago to no longer 'save' anime as if it were a commodity to be hoarded, I chose a lineup featuring Rie Kugimiya as seiyu. For those not in the know (and I'm pretty sure that means everyone who could possibly be reading this), Rie Kugimiya is a voice actress who has been dubbed the Queen of Tsundere for her work in ( Read more... )

I sometimes wonder why I keep writing these anime reviews, especially since they're often a pain in the ass to remember and I'm habitually behind on them. Partly I think it's just because it's a routine. After all, it's a concrete way of marking down events in a period of my life where not much really makes an impact. After all, you could probably ( Read more... )

So last night I was still feeling the bittersweet afterglow of watching a couple of Toradora AMVs and stumbled across a spanner which wedged itself in the works of my mental locomotive.

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On one hand, I'm just baffled that I wasn't cynical enough to see it myself. On the otherhand, every single time I see this heartwarming scene I'm going to be ( Read more... )

Seeing as it's only a few days until Christmas, I've had a song running through my head lately from Toradora. It's been on my mind since I've been reading a fan-translated version of the visual novel the anime was based on. Toradora is still my favorite anime series I've seen this year and it's a perfectly fitting mix of bittersweet for this time ( Read more... )

As I mentioned before, Japanese songs are pretty hit or miss for me. I got lucky and there was one from Toradora I really liked and I figured I'd link it. It's called Vanilla Salt by Horie Yui, the seiyu who also had the role of Naru from Love Hina and Tohru from Fruits Basket, two of my favorite characters of all time. She also sings Yakusoku, the ( Read more... )

I've been on a pretty incredibly streak lately when it comes to anime. I've chosen to watch some real gems that have changed how I feel about the entire genre, in a more positive direction. Mai-Hime changed how I felt about magical girl anime and I just finished watching Toradora and it's left what I had previous thought of as an average anime Rom- ( Read more... )