Adziu's small corner

From episode one, Nichijou struck me as a cross between Azumanga Daioh  and Pani Poni Dash . Just look at the design of the Professor/Hak...

I didn’t think I was going to bother with Toradora!  Another moé anime with loli ovretones, I thought, about a mismatched pair of teenager...

It’s been a long while now since I stared Basilisk , which was back when it started. I watched three new anime that day, and of them,...

Note, 10.2.07 Ehhh? What is it with Di Gi Charat and King Crimson? First a reference to the inside cover of the first album, and now th...

At first I really did not know what to make of Macademi Wasshoi! – a pretty, fast-paced and pervy comedy series from Zexcs, the studio res...

When I first entered the anime fandom, it was very popular to detest Dragonball Z . All those prolonged fight scenes and stupid cuts of ...

I started watching Durarara!! when it began to air, back in the beginning of 2010, and was being hyped up as the next big thing – which,...

In the near future, insects have grown resistant to pesticides. What will mankind do? Well, the answer is simple – they must turn to moé-mo...

It wasn’t until 1999 that I saw the original Vampire Hunter D film , but for all its schlocky 80s-ness, I found myself rather enjoying it....

I was still fairly new to weekly anime and the fansubbing scene when I watched Midori no Hibi , back in 2004. Fresh from Azumanga Daioh an...

I think few people knew what they were in for when they started Fire Candy , the mangaka included – something that’s more or less admitted i...

I loved the Eden of the East anime series , but with a proviso – that the unfinished story would reach a satisfying resolution with the tw...

MariMite , that most unlikely of cult hits about the meaningful relationships between earnest young girls in a Japanese Catholic unisex scho...

Let’s face it – Da Capo wasn’t a very good anime. Revolving around a magic cherry blossom tree that granted the subconscious wishes of the ...

I had mixed feelings all the way through Beck . In the end, I can only say I really enjoyed a handful of the episodes. In general, having tr...

I must admit to being a little suprised by Allison and Lillia . I really expected it to be my sort of anime. It had a nice, simple yet prett...

I was expecting all the wrong things from Alien Nine . A lot of the anime and manga I love subvert expectations. Princess Tutu begins as a ...

For all the adult nature of much of the anime business, and the easy availability of manga and anime with homosexual themes, if a show is go...

I suppose one could call it ‘the nipple factor’. With the exception of R.O.D. the TV , every show that has female nudity and actually includ...

Well, since it’s been well over a year now since Mai-Otome: Sifr came to an end, and it looks like the planned follow-up has turned into S...