Mega Megane Moé

The “12 Days of Christmas” series is a joint feature by some members of the Anime Blogging Collective recognizing twelve moments, twelve series, or just twelve things about anime that we’ve enjoyed over the past year, that really make us enjoy loving what we do, and that is being an anime fan. Feel free to [...]

Azumanga Daioh is a show about everything and nothing. It’s so unfunny at times it’s funny and sometimes it tries to be so funny that it’s not. Whatever it may be, it’s certainly one of the bigger-name shows, being the benchmark to which many slice-of-life/4-koma anime have been compared to. Rightfully?
Probably. I can certainly say [...]

Unable to screenshot the pictures or anything, but here’s the facts in today’s shortpost:
The famous Lucky Star coronet eating scene (”What end do you eat it from?”) in episode 1…has a twin brother. *dramatic revelation music*
Set the stage: Azumanga Daioh episode 16, the 2nd Culture Festival. Osaka and Chiyo, on their break, are eating taiyaki.
Osaka: [...]

So, as you may recall from a few days ago, I watched the first episode of Azumanga Daioh, and didn’t think very highly of it. I thought it a pointless, plotless anime with overused and overstretched gags that were occasionally funny but mostly predictable.
Now, if you will direct your attention to the title of the [...]

I think that shall be the new title for Azumanga Daioh around our household, “What”.
It’s similar to the ol’ “Who’s on First?” skit. For when I sat down to watch the first ‘episode’ – which, apparently, consists of a bunch of 5-minute skits piled together, not unlike Monty Python or most other 4-panel animes, my [...]