The Animanachronism

‘You see, if you take off the ‘But there’re no mecha!’ goggles, it’s not as bad as you think!’

It wasn’t love at first sight, although our eyes did meet across a crowded blog. Given Kimikiss’s looks, perhaps it never could’ve been ‘at first sight’: while she has her charms, when she walks she treads on the ground (unlike certain others). Although she does pay comendable attention to her characters’ hair.

Perhaps it was simply coincidence that got us talking, or perhaps it was my desire to find material to prevent this blog from being entirely about Gundam. In any case, talk we did, and she certainly gave our conversation an action-packed beginning. We went out for a few episodes and gradually settled into something steady. There’s a lot I like about her, and we seem to get on well. Perhaps it’s my taste, but whenever she puts on a gently meditative piano melody I find it hard to say no. (more…)

Shamelessly swiped from Beta-Waffle¹

In my last entry on GAR, I suggested that, through a (usually unconscious) process of emulation, watching an anime laden with GAR can be good for one’s character. In the process of replying to those who kindly commented, I began to feel the need for (yet) another GAR entry rather than my usual ‘epic-length’ ['Of arms and the GAR I sing'] reply-comments. Sadly, therefore, this is less a coherent argument, and more a set of musings. (more…)

‘Gee, thanks . . .’

I’m working on some further work on the comments on my last GAR entry, but in the meantime I was prompted to write this by commenting on concretebadger’s defence of the tsundere. I mentioned the Loli Trinity,¹ and began to cast my mind back to watching Zero no Tsukaima. (I hear there will be a third series. I may even deign to watch it.) After a little thought, a few amusing parallels began to emerge. (more…)