I was initially tempted to answer this one with AIC.
( And now it is time to be snarky! )

Back from WorldCon and getting back into the swing of things. Unlike seawasp I probably won't do catchup posts (especially as there may be some long posts coming*). Today I'm talking about my favourite OAV series.
( So what is an OAV anyway? )

Now this is a tough one.

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Ah so many targets, so little ammunition. Much as I love good anime there is much not to like. There are many more, to use a term I picked up from rdmasters, 80 percenters: shows that could have been good but squandered their potential for one reason or another. From failures to edit, to excessive fan service, to appalling characters who should never have ( Read more... )

This was a topic suggested by seawasp but to be honest it is one I'm somewhat ambiguous about. I suspect seawasp has something definite in mind so I'm looking forward to his entry.

So what is a five-team (or as TV Tropes would have it a Five Man Band) anyway?

( Work with me here, I'm making this one up as I go along... )

This is a tough question to answer. Soundtracks and BGMs have always been a strong feature in anime with a wide range of styles. Some of my favourites are the eerie and haunting soundtrack that Kenji Kawai produced for the Vampire Princess Miyu OAVs, the Bubblegum Crisis soundtracks, almost anything by Yoko Kanno, and the classically themed ( Read more... )

Scratches head in confusion. When did these posts turn into essays?

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With a journal called  (and themed) "Pirates of the Burley Griffin" and a default icon sourced from Arcadia of My Youth it shouldn't come as a surprise that I have a fondness for Romantic/Heroic Space Pirates as a genre. From the noble Captain Harlock and the impossibly elegant Queen Emeraldas to the feisty crews of the Sol Bianca and the Outlaw ( Read more... )

This is another topic that I very nearly dropped from the list, mostly because it has been a long time since I had an anime wallpaper.

I can vaguely remember using a version of this Silent Mobius image once upon a time:( Read (or view) more... )

When this topic made its appearance in the list my first thought was to pick Bubblegum Crash or any one of a number of other dreadful sequels out there. There were also several instalments of Tenchi Muyo and/or El Hazard contending for the (dis?)honour. However I disqualified those on the grounds that I don't actually like the franchises as a whole ( Read more... )