Beta-Waffle Seventh Anniversary

Posted by DiGiKerot in Free Talk at September 5, 2012 on 9:46 pm


Oh my, doesn’t time fly when you.. aren’t updating much. I mean, by gum, this was the first time I’ve drawn anything vaguely-proper in about five months (apologies for any cack-handedness and lack of ambition as a result of that). I suppose I should really force myself back into some kind of regular update pattern.

But probably not drawing, because throwing this together just reminded me that it’s still murder on my spine. Not the same degree as murder as it was a few months ago, thankfully, but, alas, I’m still not up to putting up with that three times a week. It’s better excuse than last years explanation for not having updated regularly, which is that I’d just been playing Xenoblade for an indecent number of hours (a lot more fun that suffering a back injury, let me tell you!).

Anyway, that’s probably enough for the token seventh anniversary update. I’ll try and update more frequently going forward – honest!

(P.S. For the readers residing in Blighty, Scotland Loves Anime tickets for both this years Glasgow and Edinburgh events went on sale this week. As per usual, I’ll be dragging myself to both events to see all of the weekend films at least, even those which I’ll end up seeing twice. Also, the full schedule for the London Film Festival was released today, and includes three screenings of Mamoru Hosoda’s Wolf Children mid-October. Clashes with Glasgow SLA, unfortunately, so I’m going to have to wait a whole additional week until Edinburgh for that one!)


Mikan Watch #71: Joshiraku

Posted by DiGiKerot in Mikan Watch at August 22, 2012 on 7:46 pm


From episode 4 of Joshiraku, except that it was in the episode preview part which means that it’s technically from episode 5.

This submission, like so many others, came via Author, although he did actually send me this the best part of two weeks ago. Yay for procrastination! I should really get around to clearing out my own queue of these things before I forget about them…


Mikan Watch #70: Tari Tari

Posted by DiGiKerot in Mikan Watch at August 9, 2012 on 7:43 pm


From… I think it was episode 5? I can’t quite remember – somehow I managed to not watch last weeks episode until this weeks was already available, so it’s all kind of blurred into one.

I can’t really say I have much to say about Tari Tari. It’s a pleasant show. It’s rather less blunt about it’s drama than Kokoro Connect, and comes across as being a little less methodical about it (at least, it doesn’t have characters pretty much pointing out that others are sorting out characters issues in order). Not that I wouldn’t cut Kokoroco some slack on both matters due to it’s rather more supernatural setting, nor that it particular bears any real comparison to Tari Tari beyond a certain amount of tonal similarity, but since I’m short of anything in particular to write about here I’m perfectly happy to clutch at straws.


AKB Extenderized!

Posted by DiGiKerot in R2(J) DVDs at July 25, 2012 on 7:31 pm


The first home-release volume of Kawamoris latest sci-fi classic, AKB0048, was unleashed upon Japan… well, it was last month at this point. I literally just got my shipping notice for volume 2 today, but my volume 1 was waiting upon the latest Precure movie and K-On! before shipping, meaning I only got ahold of it yesterday. Let me tell you, as sweet as K-On! is as a show, more than any other disk media release I own the LE would make a pretty great blunt weapon. It’s got some serious heft behind it, and you could do someone some serious damage with properly (or improperly) wielded.

Anyway, to steer back towards point, the first episode of AKB is presented on BD in it’s directors cut form!
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Mikan Watch #69: YuruYuri

Posted by DiGiKerot in Mikan Watch at July 2, 2012 on 6:38 pm


From episode eight of the original series, somewhat hidden on the far left hand side there.

As if proof of the force being strong in this one was required, I pretty much just clicked on this episode randomly on Crunchyroll whilst pondering how far through the show I’d actually watched, and *BAM*, within thirty seconds this revealed itself.

As for the show itself, it’s one of those things I didn’t feel particularly strongly about either way – it didn’t present itself as a particularly offensive way to waste some time, but I didn’t particularly love it either. I suppose that’s why I only managed to make it up to episode six or so – I probably just forgot to watch it one week and didn’t care enough to catch back up on it. Suppose I might check out at least the OP of the second season just to see what the OP is like, though it is another one of those shows utilising unpronounceable sequel identifiers.