Memories of Eternity

Third Time’s the Charm

Published on 2011-09-01 11:33:21

Time flies. It’s scary, it really is. One thing I’ve always noted about Honey and Clover–my favourite anime, if you’re new to this blog and don’t know me–is how terrifyingly quickly the years fly by. The fall festival leads to Christmas which blends into the snowy winter months and before you know it you’re watching [...]

I’m making a note here

Published on 2011-07-12 21:49:58

Did you know that my last entry was my 200th post? I didn’t. Funny that I should unconsiously stop blogging right at the 199 mark. Anyway, this post is more for newcomers who don’t know me and stumbled onto this blog from the splash page (which is up and almost complete). I already sketched out [...]

Anime North 2011

Published on 2011-05-27 13:05:31

No points for guessing who’s going. Right. I’ll be at AN as always, though I don’t have anything too exciting planned. If you’re in the Toronto area and you plan on going to the con, feel free to say hi–I have these really tiny 18+ eroge stickers on my bag that no one will ever [...]

Introducing the Memories of Eternity Podcast with Episode 0: Winter 2011 Impressions

Published on 2011-02-14 15:47:03

[fuyouchu] Download Welcome to the first episode of the Memories of Eternity podcast! I believe I’ve mentioned this idea in passing before but it took a little while to get the ball rolling. The format is pretty much stolen straight from wah–each episode will have a (usually different) group of people chatting about whatever issue [...]

Joining The Nihon Review

Published on 2011-02-14 00:05:09

[koi] (Random picture to catch your attention and stop the post from getting lost on the front page) As you might have heard on Twitter, I’ve been accepted as a staff member for the fairly reputable review site, The Nihon Review, alongside episodic blogger Shinmaru. This is a fairly big move for me since I’m [...]

Let me tell you a story about five girls and a few cups of tea

Published on 2011-01-26 22:49:19

I avoid writing these subjective, meandering articles whenever I can–if I have nothing of substance to say, why publish a post about it? Still, there are exceptions to every rule, and K-ON!! seems to have forced my hand. I’ve written about it twice (disclaimer: old posts are embarrassing and bad), and in that time I’ve [...]

An Amagami Retrospective

Published on 2011-01-19 21:45:21

In dire need of an imouto route. Contrary to what some believe (possibly even the popular belief), dating sims are an intricate art. They’re not about the (nonexistent) ero-scenes or other forms of sexual titillation, and they demand more depth from their characters–even if it’s an illusion of depth–than your average moege. They are, after [...]

Tinkering with Tamayura

Published on 2011-01-10 21:29:29

Tamayura turned a few heads when it was released toward the end of 2010, though most of those heads belonged to viewers who already adored director Junichi Sato’s work on the Aria franchise. The two anime are similar in the ways that count for the genre–Sato manages to build an aura of magic and childlike [...]

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya: The Goddess’ Belated Second Coming [part 2]

Published on 2011-01-03 12:03:34

Note: This is the second half of an article that wound up being too long for one post. You can read the first half here. Picking up from where I left off, Kyon and Yuki’s nighttime stroll is one of my favourite scenes in The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, and it succeeds at doing something [...]

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya: The Goddess’ Belated Second Coming [part 1]

Published on 2011-01-02 12:25:07

Nagaru Tanigawa’s Suzumiya Haruhi franchise needs no introduction and it won’t get one. The same goes for KyoAni’s movie adaptation of the fourth book, Disappearance; it hasn’t received nearly universal acclaim for nothing. Instead of informing you that the film is good, as you’ve no doubt already discovered for yourself, I’d rather dig into it [...]