Anime Diet

All roads lead to Moé.（全ての道は萌えに通ず。） あぁぁ、ユミナお姉ちゃん！あぁ、なんたる素晴らしさ！なんて清楚で美しく、おしとやかで、慎ましく、優しく、おくゆかしく、柔和で、簡素で、清貧で、ことば優しく、笑顔で、慈愛に満ちあふれている聖女様なんでしょう！まさに和顔愛語を体現してる聖女さま〜！そんな聖道の聖女様がバザールにおいて邪道な暴走族の「よろしく」Tシャツをピックアップしてるのです。なんというセンス！そんなユーモアたっぷりのユミナたん（笑）！今では死語となった日本語表記、その表音文字たる漢字は「イデア文字」となってるそうです。それがユミナお姉ちゃんの宗教の神聖文字なのでしょう。ちょうど、カトリックがラテン語を使い、仏教徒がサンスクリット語を使うように。それで、「夜露死苦（よろしく）」だなんて、よくそんなイデア文字が残ったものです。神聖文字なのに。

Good artists copy; great artists steal. – Attributed to Pablo Picasso What is the difference between copying something and stealing it?  To copy is to mimic, to ape, at all steps being cognizant of the fact that the thing you are copying is not your own.  To steal is to take something and make it [...]

When thinking family as a unit comprised of varying components, functioning as best they can with their respective abilities and personality quirks, it isn’t hard to think of how cool it would be if this were so on a regular basis. Or at least, when the world needs it most. Which is all the more [...]

The Anime Diet State of the Union Address – By Ray Hu, representing all for this moment in time. February 26, 2010 My fellow Otakus: As Anime Diet enters its third year, I’m reminded of the tracks that we have carved in the history of anime fandom. As fellow anime lovers, or otakus, if you [...]

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Having seen the anime series a good number of years ago (before this website began), and thus knowing at least the eventual outcome of the first season, this is a tough volume to review in the usual way. For the most part, it’s very similar to the first few episodes of the series, so here [...]

Sora no Woto, at its three-quarters mark as of episode 8, is fulfilling the promise that was evident from its very first episode, one background detail at a time.

OK, the latest Tsundere Banana is out. I think I won’t post too many show notes because people are smart and they can look it up. I will have links like below. I will respond to each comment individually. I know that’s not the normal but each one of you offers a unique response (trust [...]

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Just as Half Life had its head crabs, Alien Nine, a bizarre attempt to fuse the school slice-of-life genre with bloody alien hunting antics, has the ‘Borg. I suspect the name is no accident.

The story in the Welcome to the NHK! manga has now fully departed from that of the anime, and the bleakness is almost stifling. Still, it really gets some parts of human nature right: the infinite capacity for self-deception and the power of indiscipline. Note: Over a year ago, I reviewed volume 1, volumes 2 [...]

アニメ・ダイエット代表のマイケルとレイの強い推めで『N・H・Kにようこそ！』をみました。これがなんとあまりにも面白く、２４話一気にみてしまった！！！あぁぁぁぁ、そしてこのシャンソンはすばらしい！！！『N・H・Kにようこそ！』の挿入歌はなんとすばらしいこと！！！まさに神曲だ！アニソンは世界でもっとも崇高な芸術でありまする！シャンソンがまさかアニソンになるとは！アニソンはまさに文化の総合、そう、ピカソがかつてアフリカ芸術を取り入れてキュービズムを大成したように！あぁ、おフランス、行きたい、住みたい！フランスといえばカフェ（喫茶店）の発祥地、サロンなど革命の原点となったところでありやす！そして、フレンチ・メイドの原点でもあるのです。そこにフレンチ・メイドのコスチューム（メイド服）を着たウェートレスがいればもうメイドカフェとなるのです！

They were being driven to a prison, through no fault of their own, in all probability for life. In comparison, how much easier it would be to walk to the gallows than to this tomb of living horrors! -Nellie Bly Finally strapped myself in, and took a nice deep dive into the hellish wonders of [...]

My roommate, having exhausted some of the current shows this season, was looking for some other anime to watch. Some time ago, when we were trawling through the anime section of Best Buy, I saw Maburaho and suggested that he might like it. Well, last night, we decided to finally check out the first three [...]