From 433102f424c6a9d6d6a5fd771b0244c836bb48fa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dakkar Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2023 12:45:24 +0000 Subject: update most links https, re-point some dead ones --- src/anime/london/document.en.rest.txt | 198 +++++++++++++++++----------------- 1 file changed, 99 insertions(+), 99 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/anime/london/document.en.rest.txt') diff --git a/src/anime/london/document.en.rest.txt b/src/anime/london/document.en.rest.txt index 6379c29..e2ca20a 100644 --- a/src/anime/london/document.en.rest.txt +++ b/src/anime/london/document.en.rest.txt @@ -37,61 +37,61 @@ What we watched April 2nd 2011 -------------- -* `Freedom `_ +* `Freedom `_ May 7th 2011 ------------ -* `Fractale `_ up to episode 5 -* `Puni Puni Poemi `_ -* `Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt `_ episode +* `Fractale `_ up to episode 5 +* `Puni Puni Poemi `_ +* `Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt `_ episode 6 (`review `_) June 5th 2011 ------------- -* `Fractale `_ from episode 6 to the end -* `Oruchuban Ebichu `_ episodes 1-2 -* `Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt `_ +* `Fractale `_ from episode 6 to the end +* `Oruchuban Ebichu `_ episodes 1-2 +* `Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt `_ episodes 7-8 (`review `_) July 2nd 2011 ------------- -* `Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica `_, up to +* `Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica `_, up to episode 3 (`review `_) -* `Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei `_, first episode -* `Meitantei Holmes `_, first episode -* `Robot Carnival `_ +* `Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei `_, first episode +* `Meitantei Holmes `_, first episode +* `Robot Carnival `_ August 20th 2011 ---------------- We were only two, so we watched some random stuff that nobody would miss. -* `K-On! `_, first 2 episodes (`review +* `K-On! `_, first 2 episodes (`review `_) Four high-school girls forming a band. More or less. Klutzy main character, plenty of moe. These first episodes are mostly showing the setting and the characters. -* `Super Gals `_, first 2 episodes +* `Super Gals `_, first 2 episodes Gals in Shibuya. Funny with slightly jarring serious moments. I seem to remember the manga mixing them better. * `Charming Figures of the Magical Girl Trio - `_ (OVA) + `_ (OVA) 20 minutes total, of which about 5 are actual new animation, and the rest are collages from three mahou shoujo series. If you have never - seen `Creamy Mami `_, `Persia - `_, and `Magical Emi - `_, this will make no sense at all. If you + seen `Creamy Mami `_, `Persia + `_, and `Magical Emi + `_, this will make no sense at all. If you have seen them, it will just be a bit boring :) -* `Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt `_ +* `Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt `_ episodes 9-10 (`review `_) This one keeps getting more and more surreal. @@ -99,18 +99,18 @@ We were only two, so we watched some random stuff that nobody would miss. September 17th 2011 ------------------- -* `Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica `_, up to +* `Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica `_, up to episode 5 (`review `_) The main character is still not a Magical Girl, people keep getting hurt, and I trust Kyuubee less and less. -* `Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei `_, up to episode 3 +* `Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei `_, up to episode 3 Against all odds, Itoshiki & Fuura manage to do some good deeds. People still behave in incomprehensible ways. -* `Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt `_ +* `Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt `_ episodes 11-13 (`review `_) Episodes 11 and 12 are the usual randomness. Episode 13 would be a @@ -120,15 +120,15 @@ September 17th 2011 October 15th 2011 ----------------- -* `Space Battleship Yamato `_ +* `Space Battleship Yamato `_ This is a live-action movie, not an animation. It tells more-or-less the same story as the first season of `the anime series of the same - name `_. The acting is rather average and the + name `_. The acting is rather average and the pacing is horribly slow. The visuals are quite well done, though, and the aliens look alien enough. -* `Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica `_, up to +* `Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica `_, up to episode 8 (`review `_) I'm not going to put plot spoilers here, but I have to say that we @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ October 15th 2011 by assuming that Kyuubee is way more evil than we thought he could be. Right on the money… -* `Jungle wa Itsumo Hare nochi Guu `_ episode 1 +* `Jungle wa Itsumo Hare nochi Guu `_ episode 1 10 years old slapstick-comedy series, I had forgotten the sheer craziness of it. @@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ October 15th 2011 November 13th 2011 ------------------ -* `Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica `_, to the end +* `Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica `_, to the end (`review `_) Oh my. They won. Kyuubee was even more of a bastard that we could @@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ November 13th 2011 this series! * `Gamera: Guardian of the Universe - `_ + `_ Yes, really. Not anime, not even old enough (it's from 1995!) to excuse the ugly props and the confusing story line. Also, the @@ -162,22 +162,22 @@ November 13th 2011 December 17th 2011 ------------------ -* `Eve no Jikan `_ +* `Eve no Jikan `_ Very nice mini-series, from the same author as Pale Cocoon (see below), on the possible social consequences of the introduction of Asimov-style humanoid robots. The episodes of this series were watched thanks to `crunchyroll - `_, an ad-supported streaming + `_, an ad-supported streaming service for recent anime titles, with English subtitles. -* `Detroit Metal City `_, episodes 1 to 4. +* `Detroit Metal City `_, episodes 1 to 4. Shy, melodic-songs loving boy becomes the frontman for a death metal band. Bad things happen. Hilarity ensues. -* `Pale Cocoon `_ +* `Pale Cocoon `_ Short OVA, about the reconstruction of history through restoration of ancient archives. A few centuries in the future. Not a totally @@ -186,18 +186,18 @@ December 17th 2011 January 21st 2012 ----------------- -* `Detroit Metal City `_, episodes from 5 to +* `Detroit Metal City `_, episodes from 5 to the end. More bad things, more hilarity. Worthy of been watched. Once. -* `Eve no Jikan Gekijouban `_ +* `Eve no Jikan Gekijouban `_ Summary of the series, with some added details, and an almost-explanation of some unclear points, *during the ending credits*. -* `Meitantei Holmes `_, episode 10 +* `Meitantei Holmes `_, episode 10 Yes, a random episode. And we chanced upon the one from which most of the scenes in the opening titles are taken. @@ -211,8 +211,8 @@ forgettable. Nothing interesting happened. March 3rd 2012 -------------- -* `Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Jo `_ and - `Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Ha `_ +* `Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Jo `_ and + `Evangelion Shin Gekijouban: Ha `_ We watched the first two movies of the new Evangelion. The story matches quite closely the anime series from 1996, especially at the @@ -223,15 +223,15 @@ March 3rd 2012 March 31st 2012 --------------- -* `Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho `_ +* `Kumo no Mukou, Yakusoku no Basho `_ Movie written and directed by `Makoto Shinkai - `_. + `_. Alternate history SF, with dreams and quantum mumbo-jumbo. As in other works of his, the main focus in on the characters' growth and interactions. Slow and short on explanations, but worth the time. -* `Kachou Ouji: Hard Rock Save the Space `_ +* `Kachou Ouji: Hard Rock Save the Space `_ first episode A salaryman with an exceedingly sad life get accosted by strange @@ -241,13 +241,13 @@ March 31st 2012 April 21st 2012 --------------- -* `Dai Mahou Touge `_, all of it. +* `Dai Mahou Touge `_, all of it. Another "magical girl". Heavy violence: if the main character can't win by magic, she wins by beating her opponents into a pulp. Not recommended for the faint of heart; others will laugh. -* `Higurashi no Naku Koro ni `_ first 8 +* `Higurashi no Naku Koro ni `_ first 8 episodes. An isolated village, mysterious murders and disappearances. The @@ -261,12 +261,12 @@ April 21st 2012 May 20th 2012 ------------- -* `The Sky Crawlers `_ +* `The Sky Crawlers `_ Movie clearly directed by Mamoru Oshii, about life and war. *Very* slow, but with interesting insights. -* `Higurashi no Naku Koro ni `_ episodes 9-13 +* `Higurashi no Naku Koro ni `_ episodes 9-13 One more run through the events, with even more differences. Is the main character completely crazy? @@ -274,11 +274,11 @@ May 20th 2012 September 22nd 2012 ------------------- -* `Karigurashi no Arrietty `_ +* `Karigurashi no Arrietty `_ -* `Re:Cutie Honey `_ +* `Re:Cutie Honey `_ -* `Higurashi no Naku Koro ni `_ episodes 14-15 +* `Higurashi no Naku Koro ni `_ episodes 14-15 Some back-story. I still can't understand where the whole thing is going. @@ -286,18 +286,18 @@ September 22nd 2012 October 20th 2012 ----------------- -* `From Up On Poppy Hill `_ +* `From Up On Poppy Hill `_ The latest Ghibli movie, see also `my review `_ -* `Hells `_ +* `Hells `_ Shinichi Hiromoto wrote this complicated and meandering story of a schoolgirl in Hell. It's got some attempt at ideas about consensual realities, but it's confusing and it feels way too long. -* `Dragon Half `_ +* `Dragon Half `_ Very funny adaptation of Ryuusuke Mita's manga, too bad they ony made two episodes. @@ -305,18 +305,18 @@ October 20th 2012 March 31st 2013 --------------- -* `Loups Garous `_ +* `Loups Garous `_ Very confused story, badly developed, with random mixing of unrelated events. -* `Sora no Woto `_, first 2 episodes +* `Sora no Woto `_, first 2 episodes Switzerland, after a *very* long war, a military post is held by young girls, who play music. Not sure where it's going, but it's very pretty to look at. -* `Idol Defence Force Hummingbird `_ +* `Idol Defence Force Hummingbird `_ Military defence has been outsourced to the private sector; only the idol/showbiz companies were willing to take it up. So we have idols @@ -326,13 +326,13 @@ March 31st 2013 October 26th 2013 ----------------- -* `Penguindrum `_, first 16 episodes. +* `Penguindrum `_, first 16 episodes. A complicated story of siblings, identity, destiny, and penguins. I wrote `a review - `_. + `_. -* `Kill me baby `_, first 3 episodes. +* `Kill me baby `_, first 3 episodes. Very random slapstick comedy: a stupid schoolgirl, her assassin classmate, and a visiting ninja. Short sketches, easy laughs. @@ -340,26 +340,26 @@ October 26th 2013 December 7th 2013 ----------------- -* `Zettai Bouei Leviathan `_ +* `Zettai Bouei Leviathan `_ Bog standard RPG converted to anime. Easy watching with some laughs. -* `Kill me baby `_, episodes 4-8. +* `Kill me baby `_, episodes 4-8. February 15th 2014 ------------------ -* `Wolf's Children `_ +* `Wolf's Children `_ Very nice story about raising children and chosing our own life. -* `Kyou kara ore wa… `_ +* `Kyou kara ore wa… `_ Comedy / farce about high school thugs. I watched it for the first time years ago, and it still cracks me up * `Saint young men - `_ + `_ Jesus and Buddha living together in a rental flat in Japan. Funny, but we lost all the Buddha in-jokes, and the pacing of the story @@ -368,24 +368,24 @@ February 15th 2014 October 4th 2014 ---------------- -* `Mai Mai Miracle `_ +* `Mai Mai Miracle `_ -* `Ouran High School Host Club `_, the first +* `Ouran High School Host Club `_, the first two episodes -* `Kyou kara ore wa… `_ episodes 4 and 5 +* `Kyou kara ore wa… `_ episodes 4 and 5 February 28th 2015 ------------------ -* `Patema Inverted `_ -* `The woman called Fujiko Mine `_, first 7 +* `Patema Inverted `_ +* `The woman called Fujiko Mine `_, first 7 episodes (`review `_) March 21st 2015 --------------- -* `The woman called Fujiko Mine `_, final 7 +* `The woman called Fujiko Mine `_, final 7 episodes * some shorts from the `Anime Mirai @@ -395,26 +395,26 @@ March 21st 2015 April 25th 2015 --------------- -* live action `Yatterman `_ +* live action `Yatterman `_ May 30th 2015 ------------- -* `Gatchaman Crowds `_, all of it; see also +* `Gatchaman Crowds `_, all of it; see also `my review `_ June 20th 2015 -------------- -* `When Marnie was There `_ -* `Marvelous Melmo `_, first 2 episodes +* `When Marnie was There `_ +* `Marvelous Melmo `_, first 2 episodes October 24th 2015 ----------------- -* `Hinata no Aoshigure `_ 20 minutes short +* `Hinata no Aoshigure `_ 20 minutes short about 10-year-olds in love -* `Princess Tutu `_ first three episodes; very +* `Princess Tutu `_ first three episodes; very weird but very engaging story about a duckling who falls in love with a boy dancer, gets transformed into a girl who becomes a magical girl… it all makes more sense in the series, I promise. @@ -422,12 +422,12 @@ October 24th 2015 February 27th 2016 ------------------ -* `Gatchaman Crowds Insight `_ +* `Gatchaman Crowds Insight `_ March 13th 2016 --------------- -* `Now and Then, Here and There `_ one of the +* `Now and Then, Here and There `_ one of the bleakest series I've even watched. Content notes for kidnapping, child soldiers, war, rape, graphical violence, discussion of abortion, drowning. I think that covers it. @@ -435,45 +435,45 @@ March 13th 2016 May 21st 2016 ------------- -* `Kyousougiga `_, all of it; see also `my +* `Kyousougiga `_, all of it; see also `my review `_. June 18th 2016 -------------- -* `Katanagatari `_, first 2 episodes: slow, +* `Katanagatari `_, first 2 episodes: slow, boring, cheaply animated, 50 minutes episodes. We gave up. -* `Ano Hana `_, first 4 episodes: we really +* `Ano Hana `_, first 4 episodes: we really liked this one! August 20th 2016 ---------------- -* finished `Ano Hana `_, it's a really good +* finished `Ano Hana `_, it's a really good story. -* `Punch Line `_ first episode: overly messy +* `Punch Line `_ first episode: overly messy and complicated setup, most reviews say "it gets decent after six episodes"; I'm pretty sure we're not going to watch the rest -* `HaNaYaMaTa `_ first episode: cute story of +* `HaNaYaMaTa `_ first episode: cute story of unlikely friendship November 19th 2016 ------------------ -* `Bakemono no Ko `_, very nice movie by +* `Bakemono no Ko `_, very nice movie by `Mamoru Hosoda - `_ -* first three episodes of `Baccano" `_: lots + `_ +* first three episodes of `Baccano" `_: lots of characters, lots of plot threads, quite difficult to follow, but promises to be good December 17th 2016 ------------------ -* `The Tatami Galaxy `_, first 5 episodes: +* `The Tatami Galaxy `_, first 5 episodes: very weird time-loop story, it gets a bit too repetitive if watched all at once, so we stopped halfway through -* `Expelled from Paradise `_ movie about +* `Expelled from Paradise `_ movie about uploaded humans, fake utopias, the nature of consciousness; as usual with Nitro+, I find the questions much better than the answers (also, the CG animation is terrible) @@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ December 17th 2016 January 28th 2017 ----------------- -* `Flip Flappers `_, first 9 episodes: +* `Flip Flappers `_, first 9 episodes: oneiric magical girls, many episodes are clearly spoofing other animes or tropes; I've finished watching it on my own, it turns very Akira-like by the end. @@ -489,31 +489,31 @@ January 28th 2017 February 18th 2017 ------------------ -* `Gunbuster `_, all 6 episodes: epic +* `Gunbuster `_, all 6 episodes: epic giant-robots series, early Gainax. March 17th 2018 --------------- -* `Madoka Magica: Rebellion `_, the third +* `Madoka Magica: Rebellion `_, the third movie of the series. June 16th 2018 -------------- -* `The Great Passage `_, all 11 episodes: +* `The Great Passage `_, all 11 episodes: very nice story of friendship and teamwork between people compiling a dictionary November 17th 2018 ------------------ -* `Girls' Last Tour `_, a few episodes; two +* `Girls' Last Tour `_, a few episodes; two your girls drive a `kettenkrad `_ through an immense deserted city -* `Nagi no Asukara `_, a few episodes; +* `Nagi no Asukara `_, a few episodes; love polygon with sea-dwelling people April 13th 2019 @@ -523,20 +523,20 @@ April 13th 2019 sport anime, with a strong focus on the characters' personalities. The art style is also quite peculiar, like sketches and watercolors -* `Chio's School Road `_, first +* `Chio's School Road `_, first episode. School girl who plays video games way too much, has surreal and awkward adventures on her way to school -* `Joshi Kausei `_, first two +* `Joshi Kausei `_, first two episodes. Extremely short episodes (3 minutes each), no dialogues, slice of life -* `HINAMATSURI `_, first five +* `HINAMATSURI `_, first five episodes. Telekinetic girl teleports into the house of a yakuza member, making his life even more complicated. Sweet and funny. May 18th 2019 ------------- -* `Carole & Tuesday `_ first 3 episodes. Two +* `Carole & Tuesday `_ first 3 episodes. Two girls trying to live and make music on Mars (we're not sure why it's set on Mars). Cute, written and directed by WATANABE Shinichirou, director of Cowboy Bebop. @@ -544,25 +544,25 @@ May 18th 2019 June 15th 2019 -------------- -* `Carole & Tuesday `_ episodes 4 to 6. Not +* `Carole & Tuesday `_ episodes 4 to 6. Not much plot here, we're still not clear why it's on Mars July 20th 2019 -------------- -* `HINAMATSURI `_, all remaining +* `HINAMATSURI `_, all remaining episodes. Too many plot threads half-forgotten, but still funny. September 14th 2019 ------------------- -* `Carole & Tuesday `_ episodes 7 +* `Carole & Tuesday `_ episodes 7 to 13. Things are happening, lots of drama, many new songs. November 16th 2019 ------------------ -* finished `Carole & Tuesday `_, things *did* +* finished `Carole & Tuesday `_, things *did* happen! .. _DM: https://s.thenautilus.net/@dakkar -- cgit v1.2.3