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megane power rankings
Jul 22nd
Ja**n M**o who now?
About time I lived up to my name here at Mega Megane Moe (lit. I like glasses a damn lot) by providing an easy-to-use compendium slash ranking of all the people with glasses that I know from modern anime. Ever wanted to watch an anime just for the cute characters with glasses, while ignoring plot, character development, or anything else useful? Now you can!
But seriously, it is a little weak point of mine, so I don’t mind doing something silly and filler-ish like this. And, to one up any other people who might also do equivalent rankings on a not-at-all consistent basis, I’ve even included a little picture of each character for reference
And that’s not all! I don’t just cover the grace of anime fanboys ever, the holy meganekko (glasses girl), but also the glasses guys for the fangirls. Or for the guys who want a self-insertion fantasy. Or, for people who just like glasses, damnit.
Note that the qualifications for these rankings are simple: one, I’ve watched the show they’re from, and two, I remember their name. This means such characters as That One Classmate From Tokimeki Memorial With The Glasses That I Think Was Cute aren’t eligible. Additionally, they have to actually wear the glasses for a reasonable span of time, or, barring that, at least indicate that they should wear glasses. Thus, I can’t slot in Mai Kawasumi, who slapped on some specs for about 5 seconds in Kanon, into these rankings.
Finally, note that these rankings reflect somewhat on my enjoyment of the character but also on their glasses-worthiness as well. That is, even if a character is ranked relatively low, that’s not to say I don’t like them; sometimes that just means that I don’t think that the glasses are important to their character. Those who embody the spirit of meganekko will gain bonus points, similarly.
That said, 7 guys, 16 girls: let’s go.
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[Rapidfire] Fanime, blogroll upkeep, Toshokan Sensou
May 3rd
The feature that everyone expected to be dead – probably including myself – returns for a second edition of quick ramblings about nothing in particular.
It’s pretty much as the title says in terms of the three topics – a call to arms about the upcoming anime convention in San Jose, new enlistments in the integrated blogroll, and a rave about the strangely delicious mix of books and guns, so check it out.
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The Hook: OP/EDs that will have you biting the bait again and again
Apr 9th
A long, long time again, in a blog post much removed from today’s, I talked a bit about how the OP of a show was something quite vital to the success of a show; maybe it was the show that made the OP, or the OP that made the show, but either way, if I liked one, I probably liked the other.
And usually the music side of not only this, but both bookends to a show, the opening and ending sequences, is focused on when reviewing these sections. It’s logical enough, given that, like many a person has learned from dating in real life, as pretty as something can look, if you can’t stand it when it opens it’s mouth, it’s a bad sign.
Unfortunately a lot of opening and ending sequences are pretty much the same as every other one in the history of the planet (or, perhaps, anime). Show a quick shot of all the characters in the show, perhaps hint at some plot spoilers to come, pan up to the sky, call it a wrap. For an action show, flash through some fight scenes; for a harem/visual-novel show, show a bunch of scenes of the heroines looking alternatively enthusiastic and pensive.
Usually, after the tenth or so iteration of the same thing over and over, it gets boring.
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Haruhi Season 2 possibly dated, other news
Mar 31st
Been doing some news compilation over the last few days, nothing really worthy enough to deserve its own post but something I found out recently made it all worth it…apparently we might be seeing more Haruhi sooner than we think! Full story after the jump, along with some other noteworthy stories. Read the rest of this entry »
Trendspotting Shortpost: Late-blooming glasses girls
Mar 26th
Ma~i.
She says ‘Pooh bear’ to glasses. Ahaha~
Mao, Chairman of the People’s Republic of Kouichi.
Mao and the Great Leap Forward into glasses land.
Tomoyo Before.
Tomoyo After. See what I did there, etc.
Hiromi, basketball player.
Hiromi, grabbing-undies-off-clothesline service gymnast.
Is this some sort of moe sandbagging or something? Hold back on some of the niche appeals, grab a person’s heart through genuine character development, and then, bam! Megane in the closing episodes of the show. Who do I have to thank for this idea?
-CCY
(I feel like I’m missing a few from recent visual novel shows, but this should be plenty disturbing.)
(Clannad and KimiKiss reviews coming up eventually…seriously…)