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12 Days, 12 Moments 2010: Amazing Grace
I begin this year’s 12 Days, 12 Moments series—an annual blogospheric fest where we post the most striking moments in anime for the year—with a musical interlude. Sora no Woto means “the sound of the...
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12 Days, 12 Moments 2010: Shizuo vs., Like, Everyone
For my next moment, I turn to one of the year’s most original shows, Durarara!!…and a scene from its 16th episode which alone could qualify for my annual Kickass Award. I refer, of course, to Shizuo’s...
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12 Days, 12 Moments 2010: Male, Female, and Hideyoshi
Today’s moment is brought to you by the gender benders at Silver Link and director Shin Oonuma, who together have brought to us one of the comedy hits of the year: BakaTest. And one of the most...
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12 Days, 12 Moments 2010: Nino’s Dress, Swaying in the Wind
Arakawa Under the Bridge, SHAFT’s quirky, surreal comedy series, is not a very serious show at the end of the day. Yet little moments such as the one here give the series a magical whiff of beauty and...
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12 Days, 12 Moments 2010: Koi Koi!
Yes, I know Summer Wars technically came out in 2009, but since I watched this fine film this year, I’m including my favorite moment from it as part of this series. It’s a moment that brought hot,...
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12 Days, 12 Moments 2010: My Soul, Your Beats
Angel Beats was a show that aspired to greatness and ended up being merely good. What Jun Maeda fails to grasp with his reach in storytelling, however, is partly made up for by his OP, which is one of...
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12 Days, 12 Moments 2010: Knees
Or, how Amagami SS found more erogenous zones than just the usual T&A. Among the many objections one can have about anime fan service, one of the most compelling aesthetic reasons is that so much...
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12 Days, 12 Moments 2010: Endless Pleasure Sticks
Or, what better phrase than Otou-san’s “endless pleasure sticks” to describe the fine, long-legged ladies of two mid-year shows, Occult Academy and Ookami-san and Her Seven Friends? I rarely Photoshop...
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12 Days, 12 Moments 2010: Do the Censor! (Seikon no Qwasar 1)
This moment is more like a phenomenon, really. The example I’ll be using is taken from Seikon no Qwasar episode 1, but it now seems to happen across a number of anime series this past year. I mean, of...
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12 Days, 12 Moments 2010 DOUBLE FEATURE: Ginga! Bishounen! Tauburn!! and Poop...
Two moments today, since I missed last night’s due to travel! Today we enter into the current, soon-departed season and talk about Takuto’s fabulous transformation sequence in Star Driver, and the...
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