Leg jiggling like a frog—to aru majutsu no index 1

With dialogs like this, how can you not go crazy with this show?

The writers must have been on crack when they wrote the script, which I am not complaining at all since I have not been so cracked up by a show’s dialogs or tossed around by its wackiness as this. Every minute of the episode, I don’t know what to expect next. The plot twists and turns, my head spinning as to where this show is going. One moment he seems to be saving a helpless girl from some delinquents, the next he is actually saving them from her. Another moment he is turning into microwave dinner, the next he is equal with a level-5 psychic, whatever that means!

When arranged marriages become cool—akane iro ni somaru saka 1

If only this scene is more than just alluding to the one in School Days...

This show is the summation of every Otaku’s daydreaming: the main character Jun’ichi has

Macross Frontier 19: cliché galore

how original

As the remaining quarter of the show ushers in, so is the remaining quarter of Ranka’s blood at the verge of entering center stage. But for someone who seems to have everything already, something catastrophic needs to happen to force her to turn to the monstrosity hidden in her.

So, what did the writers use for this plot device?

Four Memorable Insert-Song Scenes in Anime

The post at anime diet asked which is better: anime or manga, and I commented that anime offers something that manga cannot: Music. Now this post is not so much about rather or not anime is indeed better than manga (it is) as it is about reminiscing a few of the best scenes in which our experience of it, was greatly enhanced because an insert theme song was supporting it like wind lifting a bird soaring higher and higher.

The past episode of Macross Frontier with Sheryl’s concert leading to the end credit is one recent example. Searching through my iTune library, I found a few other scenes that had captivated me due to the background theme song.