Sometimes you can forgive yourself when you miss a news story, other times you want to hit your head against the wall with a sledgehammer. That sentence made no sense. Her Senjougharaness is now available in figure form!
Friday 02nd April 2010
Sunday 21st March 2010
It’s been almost five months since I last watched an episode of Bakemonogatari, so I figured I’d rectify this situation on this lovely Sunday afternoon.
Thursday 15th October 2009
News stories are spreading like some sort of fire (a wild one I presume) that initial sales of the Bakemonogatari DVDs and BluRay discs have not only outsold the disastrous and missed opportunity that was the second season of Haruhi, but even K-On! In real terms outselling Haruhi didn’t surprise me, but beating the K-On with its huge impact on popular culture (sales of musical instruments, shimapan bowls and whatnot) was quite an achievement.
Saturday 10th October 2009
If I could come up with a witty opening line to discuss an episode of Bakemonogatari where something advertised didn’t happen and instead we were treated to a cute date episode, I’d probably put it here. In lieu of this, the above sentence will have to suffice. Forgive me for sounding distracted, I’m wearing a jumper and it’s actually quite warm out today.
Wednesday 30th September 2009
Despite the internet only being down at our home for a relatively short period of time, it managed to get me completely out of sync with Bakemonogatari Ghost Storyness. Episode 12 is already out, and I only just finished with episode 11!
Wednesday 16th September 2009
Bakemonogatari continues to be a series that defies all accepted conventions and refuses to be pigeon holed. I don’t know how you would literally pigeon hole a series, I assume you’d simply slip the optical disk into a letterbox and be done with it without much trouble at all, in which case the analogy in this example is flawed. I talk myself into corners without anyone else assisting.
Monday 07th September 2009
You all remember that computer game Lemmings? I’m talking about the original one that was released for the Amiga and DOS. We had the original version and I remember this one level that had dark green trees and spooky music, both of which weren’t featured on any other level. In a spooky way (well, it is a Ghost Story!) this episode of Bakemonogatari kept reminding me of it.
Tuesday 01st September 2009
Currently I’m watching both K-On and Bakemonogatari at the same time. Both and at the same time, you’d better believe it! If I needed further contrast between the two, Bakemonogatari delivered it yesterday with the closing episode of the Suruga Monkey story arc. This episode was intense!
Friday 21st August 2009
After the relatively slow pace and harmlessness of the Mayoi Snail story arc of Bakemonogatari, this first episode of the Suruga Monkey arc seemed to return to the more surreal, darker theme of the earlier episodes that I’d expected the entire series to be. Perhaps it’s an alternating thing; heck as long as they don’t pull an Endless Eight I’ll be happy.
Wednesday 19th August 2009
Sitting down and reviewing an anime episode I’ve timed takes the same amount of time as three to four regular posts here, even if they’re something obscure like a fun fact nobody cares about. Busy, but back to business. That sentence had some fancy alliteration.
