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Legend of Korra Episode 10: Old Dogs

Legend of Korra Episode 10: Old Dogs

I’m pretty sure somebody at Nickelodeon took a peek at my mind to see what I would want in an episode. This week’s was packed with non-sexual fanservice splattered all over. I knew Wan Shi Tong would appear somewhere in the season, but Iroh’s return instantly brings this episode several levels higher than the rest of this season. It even surpasses the Wan two-parter. Yeah, Iroh’s my favorite character, so this is too heavily biased. For people who couldn’t care…

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Valvreck The Fornicator Chapter 17 — “New Skin For The Old Ceremony”

Valvreck The Fornicator Chapter 17 — “New Skin For The Old Ceremony”

Last time on Valvrave: Marie died’ya know! …yup I’m not coddling you, she’s dead. Bye bye. This week’s episode begins with the grieving of the high schoolers over Marie’s lifeless husk of a body. Meanwhile Haruto and L-Elf try to get answers from the now very chatty Pino. We learn that once the Valvrave completely sucks up the pilot’s blood and ragging libido, the brain will go next. And shocker of shocks, Haruto is dead man walking! Yay for that….

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Valvreck The Fornicator Chapter 16.5 – Daring to be Stupid

Valvreck The Fornicator Chapter 16.5 – Daring to be Stupid

The first season of Valvrave was one of the bombastic, reprehensible, and bizarre shows to air this year. Despite the story having more holes than a spider’s nest, the show’s drive to be serious in light of rampant fanservice and bizarre character interactions made it quite memorable. As if someone looked G Gundam and believed that was too subtle, we were given a hodgepodge of anime tropes molded into something claiming to be a show. But that’s not to say…

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En el Kill la Kill, Capítulo 5: Trigger Warning: Friendship

En el Kill la Kill, Capítulo 5: Trigger Warning: Friendship

Sorry this one is so late. I’ve had a very interesting week, and personal issues prevented me from working on it much until today. Part 6 should still be posted today or tomorrow, on schedule. Also, I no longer think mini-recaps of the episodes are necessary, so I’ll try to avoid them from now on. You should be watching them before reading my ramblings anyway! Let me tell you two useful pieces of information. One: This episode is goddamn amazing….

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Batman: A Little Brave & A Little Bold – Issue #5

Batman: A Little Brave & A Little Bold – Issue #5

Issue #5 or “The Owl Laughs At Midnight!”   When we last left our cornered caped crusader he was surrounded by the police after returning from his doppelganger’s devious dimension filled with villainous villains. Though we spent the previous episode with Batman in Owlman’s twisted world where the villains had beaten the heroes, the biggest issue to deal with is that the world’s worst villain from there is now running free in Batman’s world. Not only that, but he’s turned…

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Legend of Korra Episode 9: A Dinosaur’s Story

Legend of Korra Episode 9: A Dinosaur’s Story

After a week delay, blogging on an episode feels kind of rusty. So to get back to speed, Korra almost died, Varrick lied, Unalaq’s plotting on dry ice, and Tenzin sighed. That Wan episode really raised my expectations for Korra, so getting back to the main plot now feels like seeing them erode back to before. Sure, Korra’s kept her cool and Varrick’s still a character, but it still feels like we’re back to square one now that Korra finally…

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Valvreck The Fornicator Chapter 16 – Memories Don’t Fade

Valvreck The Fornicator Chapter 16 – Memories Don’t Fade

So last week Valvrave suddenly and rather abruptly stopped being utter shit. Naturally of course it should turn back into shi-SURPRISE! It doesn’t. So yeah remember Marie Iobi? She was that annoying character that hung around background just to deliver punchlines to stupid jokes. Well it turns out SHE’S THE MOST IMPORTANT CHARACTER ON THE SHOW ™. She was apparently the test case for VVVI, however instead of needing a constant supply of blood and sex, she just loses her…

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Batman: A Little Brave & A Little Bold – Issue #4

Batman: A Little Brave & A Little Bold – Issue #4

Issue #4 or “The Red Hot Revenge of the Red Hood!”   Welcome to another week of our Batman bonanza! In this special issue we will see a truly momentous moment when our hero Batman travels to a whole new world that is very similar to what he knows but is still different in a few crucial ways. This is also an important episode because it is the show’s first two-part episode and that it introduces a very important character…

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En el Kill la Kill, Capítulo 4: The Best Looney Tunes Short In Decades

En el Kill la Kill, Capítulo 4: The Best Looney Tunes Short In Decades

All that awesome fighting and hot-blooded shounenjo rage is great, but the fourth outing takes Kill la Kill in a different direction, and it’s wonderful. In my eyes, this episode embodies everything cartoons should be. The budget really shows. Trigger has no money. But what they do with that lack of money is glorious. This isn’t some halfhearted Studio Deen production. Despite all the stills, the motion tweens, the background-less moments, and some Inferno Cop-style picture sliding at one point,…

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Valvreck the Fornicator Chapter 15 – The Sound of Munition

Valvreck the Fornicator Chapter 15 – The Sound of Munition

I, in my position as a snooty stuck-up asshole critic, have a firm conviction that (with a few exceptions, I’m looking at you Master of Martial Hearts) every awful anime has at least one certifiably good episode, because eventually the writers have to cut the crap and just make a show. So far Valvrave had not yet demonstrated such a characteristic… until this week…. wow. We begin episode 15 with another time skip to the mysterious future year of GC…

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