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Whisper of the Heart is a quiet and charming film which happens to be my favourite film, animated or not – a position its held ever since I first saw it as a young teenager.  Years later, having become a jaded unviersity engineering student, a quick revisit to this delightful story never fails to bring back that shiny eyed enthusiastic adolescent within me.  Whisper is a film about all the great things about life succinctly rolled into one sweet package shown from the perspective a young girl at the age where she truly begins to experience them for the first time.  Friendships, family, dreams, ambitions – it’s the …..

Though this will probably end up sounding like a primarily negative-sounding review, I do think that Elfen Lied is an anime built on a premise that had promise.  There are a few interesting moments scattered across its thirteen episodes, as well as the best opening music I’ve ever heard.  However, just like that brief praise will be drowned in my criticism of this series, those powerful moments are drowned in such a great deal of excess that…

Musically speaking, that is.  This list is subject to change at a later point when I suddenly realize I completely forgot something.

#5 – Honey and Clover

The strange thing about this choice is that I think that I would have found this song irritating if I had heard it out of context.  Yet with Honey and Clover as a backdrop, everything about it seems to be a perfect fit, even Yuki’s slightly neurotic high…

Originally an update/reply to Author in my previous post, I’ll extend it in it’s own posting.

In his post, he responds to someone called “Theowine” which sounds suspiciously close to my own name and links to some of his suggestions.  I’ll take the bait:

Kimi ni Todoke: As said before, it’s good, probably the best show this season.  The main character is likable, and if the male lead started to have some flaws, it could get even better.  I suppose…

There’s two reasons that I haven’t posted anything in half a month.  The first is the easy answer: exams.  It’s midterm season here, and engineers are packed with some form of work every second of the day.

But beyond that explanation…. …what to post about?  Am I missing some excellent series this season?  Or it really as bleak as I think?  As everyone said before it aired, Kimi ni Todoke is one of the better shows airing, but even then…