Author: gendomike

Michael lives in the Los Angeles area, and has been into anime since he saw Neon Genesis Evangelion in 1999. Some of his favorite shows include Full Metal Alchemist, Honey and Clover, and Welcome to the NHK!. Since 2003 he has gone to at least one anime convention every year. A public radio junkie, which naturally led to podcasting, he now holds a seminary degree and is looking to become Dr. Rev. Otaku Bible Man any day now. Michael can be reached at mike.huang@animediet.net. You can also find his Twitter account at @gendomike.
Posted in Anime Reviews

Shigofumi 8 – You Give Writing A Bad Name

So we get Fumika’s origin story. Is it possible for an episode to have both visceral, emotional power and be so outlandish (and still unexplained…

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True Tears 8-9: As the World Turns

This show continues to delight in the quality of its character interaction and writing, scored to some of the most appropriate BGM I’ve heard in…

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The Catchup 3: Kimikiss Pure Rouge 17-20

Oh, Mao. You were my favorite girl in this show. How could you have become so dislikable?

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The Catchup 2: Shigofumi 4-7

This is a show, in the end, that doesn’t fail to surprise–even if not all the surprises are (in my opinion) welcome. As the mystery…

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The Catchup 1: True Tears 4-7

This is the first in a series of aggregate episode reviews to make up for not having blogged regularly for such a long time…first up…

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Anime Diet Radio Episode 18 – Don’t Try This At Home

[display_podcast] Anime Diet Radio finally graduates and comes into its maturity in this, our 18th and our first Jeremy-less episode in a while. (He had…

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