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Tsukihime, far side route: here’s to Akiha
Looking at the screencaps I took while reading my way through Tsukihime it struck me how many of them featured Akiha. As a general rule I screencapped whenever I felt a given moment was especially...
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Kara no Kyoukai: Satsujin Kousatsu (part 2)
I found myself staring dumbly at a blank screen for quite some time before being able to type a single word about this film. My feelings mirrored the closing phrase of Takami’s Battle Royale, “…but of...
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On wartime anime and re-watchability
Being the dutiful fan I am I prefer retail copies of DVDs over downloading as long as they’re available in English but when I’m paying for something I want to be confident it’ll be worthwhile. Keeping...
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I want to know where this road goes
Something very important was supposed to happen this week: Mahou Tsukai no Yoru would’ve finally seen its official public release. Sadly it’s been postponed to “sometime this winter” and of course...
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Yukikaze, Unlimited Blade Works and playing to the strengths of the medium
Maybe I’m stating the glaringly obvious here, but since it wasn’t obvious to me until recently I might as well set out my thoughts on it. I’m not saying that the Unlimited Blade Works is a great movie...
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Fate/Zero? I’ll drink to that
After my review of Fate/Zero‘s opening episodes over at UK-A I was a bit shocked at how opinion on Google+ was so critical of the storytelling approach, to the point where I felt I was in the minority...
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Relighting the fire with nerd fuel
It’s pretty bleeding obvious that my writing schedule has repeatedly derailed (my music and creative writing projects are at least progressing though). I don’t have one particular reason why it’s...
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Kara no Kyoukai revisited, part 1: “like suicide”
The process of adapting a novel for the screen fascinates me, if not as much as the writing process itself. On those rare and wonderful occasions where there’s no “…the book was better…” sensation, the...
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Kara no Kyoukai revisited, part 2: “undisclosed desires”
The second chapter of KnK may seem like one of the weaker sections since it’s so heavy on exposition and concepts that don’t gain much from the transition from print to screen; even in novel form it...
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Kara no Kyoukai revisited, part 3: “comfortably numb”
Although I was intrigued by the first two Kara no Kyoukai movie outings I wasn’t totally sold until I’d seen the third one. The brutal and shocking opening scene made me sit up and take notice, but the...
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