The following are a bunch of shows that wouldn’t really fit anywhere else, or stuff that I got lazy of thinking of categories to pigeonhole them in, and therefore making this quite the mixed bag. Some might say I already ruined the whole category thing by throwing in Blue Drop there with my previous post. I digress. With this are reviews of Shugo Chara, Bamboo Blade, Moyashimon, and Ghost Hound.

Shugo Chara! was an embarrassing affair, a show that I found a whole lot more engaging and entertaining than its intended audience, i.e. my little sister, found it to be. Maybe the magic didn’t really work, pun unintended, because she wasn’t as familiar with Japan’s school life, acting nonchalant for the most part, not laughing where I expected her to, or being as interested overall like I was.

For the record, my sister turns 12 mid-December. Yours truly turns 21 late November. What this all really means is that my liking for the show isn’t unlike the horde of male otaku during the recent Shugo Chara event. Although I’m pretty confident that my fondness for the show stems from more than just a fetish with creepy undertones, of which I don’t have, in case you were wondering.

So the responses to yesterday�s full-frontal assault GITS-style on the blogosphere were mixed, interesting, and nothing less of what I�d expect from you guys. Among others, Mike shows his true elitist colours. Roxas made a pie-chart. DS talked about illusion of depth. JP Meyer pulled an Abyssal One, sounding a lot like Riful in the process. lolikit gave a free striptease.

In other news, Dennou Coil 08 was terribly bittersweet. It�s a very well-layered confection of light-hearted fun alternating with melancholic undertones, and the way it bounced back and forth between both in the episode only endeared me more to it. There�s something to be said for the magic in how it does so, and the way it handled the material this time was nothing short of superb.

are summer festivals like the cue for adolescent Japanese males to go gaga over their female childhood friends? because Bokurano�s Moji did this too

I don’t have any real issues with Hayao Miyazaki’s work for the record, they’re pieces of art blah blah critically acclaimed blah blah but it just doesn’t resonate with the average anime viewer. How many of you reading this actually like his work enough to put it at your #1 spot(s)? It’s give or take to me, good thing the latest film he’s working on is purportedly his last.

you know what they say about seeing what you want to see? this isn’t a shop, which makes it even funnier than the Kanon one, displayed after the cut

Note to self: watch the damn thing as soon as it comes out. This would’ve been up way earlier had it not been for the other series I’ve been trying to sit through. See previous post for details. Also, there’s a spoiler after the cut — hell, just assume all Bokurano posts from now on will contain spoilers. It’s that kind of anime, the type where something happens every episode.

Maybe watching this while waiting for Triad to sub StrikerS (yeah, I prefer Hallaoun and Raging Heart, thanks) won’t be such a bad thing after all. Episode 2 of Bokurano was, as TJ Han put it, definitely one of the top 5 WTF moments so far. Yes, that link’s also a spoiler, and no, this goes before the cut. Click at your own risk.