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Disaster Report: TRY KNIGHTS

You know, I've largely dedicated this column to document anime failures of the past but there are plenty of modern shows that are equally br...

Renaissance Josei

Range Murata, Last Exile, Shangri-La, and PSE Pro #01 Skipper and Scooter

Range Murata is a well known Japanese artist and illustrator. I first became familiar with his work in the early 2000s when I started watchi...

Tokyo Excess

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My Break-up Letter with Last Exile

The first time I watched Last Exile, I was blown away. I was in my mid-20s, and I picked up the show mainly on a whim. But I…

In Search of Number Nine — An anime blog

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What is your personal anime golden age?

For me, a personal anime golden age is any consecutive run of 3 years in which the highest number of your favourites are gathered. 3 years may seem…

Bateszi Anime Blog

Anime Series Like Appare Ranman

After drifiting in the sea between Japan and America, socially awkward genius Appare and cowardly yet wise samurai Kosame hit land. Without any money, they decide to enter…

Recommend Me Anime

Interview: Last Exile and BEM Character Designer Range Murata

Click to ReadInterview: <i>Last Exile</i> and <i>BEM</i> Character Designer Range Murata

Biggest In Japan

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State of the Proxy December 2019

So I’m trying to find the patience to go through the rest of fall 2019 anime. Sometimes I watch older anime (with some that I haven’t seen yet),…

Cute Proxy's Anime Rants

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Disaster Report: Dog & Scissors

So stop me if you’ve heard this one before: there’s a story about a teenage boy.  He’s not particular good at social graces, lives alone fo...

Renaissance Josei

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Single of the Week: "Tabi no Tochuu" by Kiyoura Natsumi (Spice and Wolf OP)

Like Serial Experiments Lain and Last Exile , this is an opening I came across coincidentally. I have yet to see the anime Spice and W...

Cely_belly nonsense | Anime blog

OtakuGeneration (Show #431) Dai-Guard

  Shownotes :: (show 430) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Gintama, recorded live September 2nd, 2013. This week we watched Gintama. Join…

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OtakuGeneration (Show #430) Gintama

  Shownotes :: (show 430) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Gintama, recorded live September 2nd, 2013. This week we watched Gintama. Join…

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Single of the Week: "Cloud Age Symphony" by Shuntaro Okino (Last Exile OP1)

"Cloud Age Symphony"  is a hypnotic, techno song featured as the opening to the anime Last Exile , a pretty well rated anime that I have ...

Cely_belly nonsense | Anime blog

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Anime Review: Last Exile: Fam the Silver Wing Episode 2

Anime Review: Last Exile: Fam the Silver Wing Episode 2 What this is about: Separating the anime wheat from the chaff! Reviewing every subtitled anime show from 2010…

This Euphoria!

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Genki Leads: Part One: Empty Minds and Moral Action

As Last Exile -Ginkyoku no Fam- winds up for its last chunk of episodes, climax and everything, I’ve noticed that Fam has gotten more and more on people’s…

Transistor Glamor

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The YokoyaM@ster

 The IdolM@ster #18I was wondering whether or not Makoto Kobayashi was involved in the newest Last Exile anime out of Gonzo, because I didn’t catch his name in…

It can't be helped.

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Swing and a Miss

  Last Exile -Fam, the Silver Wing- #1 Thanks to Animax Asia (here’s your clue to finding out where I am) seemingly being Gonzo’s number one fans, and…

It can't be helped.

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Madoka Penguindrum: Conflating reality into fiction, conflating fiction into reality.

As an unrelated note, I’m sad to say the notes for Last Exile S2 were left in California, so I’ll be unable to do either of the posts…

Transistor Glamor

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Last Exile -Fam, the Silver Wing- World Premiere: Part One – Spoiler-free Impressions

So I was quite fortunate to be able to attend Anime Expo 2011. Particularly, I managed to get a half-decent spot to view both the World Premiere of…

Transistor Glamor

OtakuGeneration (Show #295) Last Exile

  Shownotes :: (show 295) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With the Last Exile, recorded live February 2nd, 2011. This week we…

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OtakuGeneration (Show #278) Shikabane Hime

  Shownotes :: (show 278) :: () :: () :: () :: () With Shikabane Hime, recorded live October 3rd, 2010. This week we talked about "Shikabane Hime"; well…

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OtakuGeneration (Show #204) Death Note

  NOTE: This was also cross posted in the otakugeneration LJ community. Shownotes :: (show 204) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Death Note,…

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OtakuGeneration (Show #13) with Matt Palmer

  NOTE: This was also cross posted in the otakugeneration LJ community. Shownotes :: (show 013) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With Matt Palmer…

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