GURREN BASARA

DESCRIBING THIS WITH ANYTHING OTHER THAN CAPITAL LETTERS WOULD BE SHAMEFUL. IT’S THAT DAMN MANLY. ALL HAIL MASTERBLASTER8000.

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5 Misleading OPs And What They Mean To Me.

When originally trying to compile this list, I came across a problem straight away: coming up with enough openings to fill out a Top Ten List. I thought of the unoriginal idea ages ago due to one irritating opening, but never put it into practice since I just hadn’t seen enough shows yet. And still haven’t, apparently. So instead I decided to flesh this filler out look at the positives and negatives of misleading openings in general, with these 5 examples.

Of course, there are spoilers for all the shows mentioned here so CLICK AT YOUR OWN RISK.

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The Unpopular Sleeper Hit: Pandora Hearts

Pandora Hearts is a show which is testament to the saying “never judge a book by it’s cover”. It’s proved to be quite the sleeper hit, though “hit” may not be the right way to describe it as it hasn’t gained that much popularity. But nevertheless, it’s one of the best shows of the season.

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Haruhi Returns AKA /a/ Breaks AKA Fansubbing Breaks AKA Google Breaks AKA It’s Only The Beginning.

And lo! did Kadokawa claim that they shall run reruns of Haruhi and thou, loyal fan, would watch despite all false hopes and deception! However, the insidious tricksters thought of yet another plot: to secretly infect the internet with Haruhi once more!

And alas, did new Haruhi air! And alas, alas did it infect!

From the sanctity of /a/; to the sacred art of fansubbing from the likes of gg and CoalGuys; to the godly Google itself – the virus spread faster than anyone could have predicted!

EVEN THIS BLOG HAS BEEN ATTACKED BY THE INFECTION.

ALL SHALL PANIC, THE END OF DAYS IS UPON US.

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Characters Vs Plot: A Full Metal Alchemist Comparison

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At Low On Hit Points, Michael wrote about how the original adaptation of FMA packed a better emotional punch than either the manga or Brotherhood, and I’m pretty much inclined to agree. However, I don’t think that that means the manga or the second adaptation are necessarily worse than the original show, since they each target different aspects of the basic concepts in the series.

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10 Common Anime Tropes That I Dislike

Why do anime creators keep doing this?

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WILDER, WILDER.

Perhaps it was wrong of me to think this but I expected that there would be more actual music in K-ON.

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