Posted 1 April 2010
From Twitter:
3.31.2010 2:53:46 “I’ll read one or two chapters of a Kozue Amano manga before bed” = STUPID PONTIFUS, STUPID
Actually I’ve had a strange relationship with Amano’s manga so far. I love it for being the basis of what is probably my favorite anime series in terms of raw enjoyability (which series that would be should be pretty obvious by now) — but, at the same time, I find the Aria anime generally more enjoyable than its manga precursor. So I suppose I have, semi-consciously and based on inadequate evidence, made Amano into a pretty good writer whose writing might benefit from a little editorial intervention (but whose fantastic art, unfortunately, has not been reproduced in the transition to animation).
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Posted in Amanchu!, Aria (Anime) | 11 Comments
Posted 22 January 2010
Here’s something that occurred to me the other day when I was stumbling as usual through the fiction-writing process: speculative slice of life anime and manga, even those with some emphasis on festivals, rarely include an event analogous to Christmas as manifest in the United States. This is not to say that gifts aren’t given and received in fantastical and science-fictional slice of life franchises — they are, and pretty commonly — but few such franchises seem to present a holiday whose focus or impetus is the giving and receiving of gifts.
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Posted in Aria (Anime), Haibane Renmei, Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou | 4 Comments
Posted 24 December 2009
[Read the previous moment here or start at the beginning]
Today’s post isn’t as…revelatory as 2008′s Moment the Second, I’m afraid. It is, rather, a humble post about a humble character from the humble show that changed everything (for me, anyway).
That’s right — Aria. You knew it’d show up somewhere among my chosen twelve of 2009. Last year, Aria the Animation occupied no less than three spots, specifically eleven, eight, and one. This post is related to last year’s eleventh, actually, though I didn’t plan it that way.
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Posted in Aria (Anime) | 6 Comments
