Random Curiosity

「こちらコミック アース・スター編集部」 (Kochira Komikku a^su . Suta^ Henshuubu)
“This is Comic Earth Star’s Editorial Staff”

Mangirl! is a series funny shorts about four female manga editors, with the operative word there being “funny”. I found myself chuckling multiple times during this first episode, and they even managed to fit something like story progression into only three minutes! Colour me impressed.

「山だけはダメ！」 (Yama Dakeha Dame!)
“Anything But Mountains!”

Cute girls climbing mountains – that’s the premise behind Yama no Susume, and it’s exactly what you’re thinking it is. So why am I bothering to intro it? Because shorts are often ignored merely because they’re shorts, but if you like slice of life, this is a good one you may enjoy checking out.

Even now, the time I’ve spent blogging at RC feels surreal.

On behalf of myself and all the writers at Random Curiosity, I’d like to wish you all a Happy Holidays. I hope you’re all able to spend the day with loved ones.

Merry Christmas! …I’ll take three. Of each.

Is there a better way to spend Anime Eve than brawling over half-priced bentos? If so, I don’t know what it is. I’m sure I don’t need to tell all of you how ridiculous and fun this series is, but I’m going to do it anyway!

I’m dreaming of a white Christmas…

With the end of our Twelve Days of Anime fast approaching, we thought it’d be nice to take a break from all of these random shows to talk about something a little more season appropriate – Christmas!

Yes! There is a live-action version!

…aka Paradise Kiss – the Live-Action film! Yes, for those folks that don’t follow dramas and live-action remakes, there is a film for Paradise Kiss and it is based off of the popular anime/manga created by Yazawa Ai.

Future-Hero Space Pilot Looking GAR

I thought about many weighty topics for this post. I considered revisiting my article earlier this year on the subject of gender roles in anime, which judging by the sheer volume and ferocity (in both directions) of the feedback I received, was surely the most provocative anime-related piece I’ve written. I thought about something historical, looking at anime over the last four decades. But in the end, given that it’s the holidays and I’m a little tired of controversy, I thought it’d be nice to simply say a few words about a series that meant an awful lot to me as an anime fan.

“This is my town!”

At first glance, Tekkonkinkreet might not seem like an appealing movie with its very peculiar art style, but it is in fact my all time favourite anime movie!

Also, Stilts’ newest fetish. Zephyr’s too. We’ve got problems around here, folks.

Twelve Days continues with a special collaborative post on a more traditional topic. Today, we discuss that one 2012 anime moment that we found particularly awesome (or in other words, made us go WTFBBQ). And as with any post of this nature, note that there will be various spoilers throughout this post, so exercise extreme caution upon viewing.

Treasure Every Meeting.

You guys might be excited to watch Evangelion 3.0, but while you’re waiting, why not check out this other work by Hideaki Anno and Shiro Sagisu? It’s not a mecha psychological show…but there’s definitely lots of introspection to dig into. Post kept as spoiler-free as possible.

”What do we do with all this money, Issac?” “We make a sequel, Miria!”

You’d think with a premise like prohibition-era-mafia-meets immortal-alchemists-in-a-pulp-epic more people would’ve watched this show. Welcome to day 9, and by the end, you’ll be wanting a fedora.

Who

Maybe it’s the season, or the unusual plethora of romance anime I’m watching this season (or the constant repetition of “The Last” by WongFu Productions), but I finally decided that this post would be all about the who, what, when, where, and whys of my anime history, represented by different anime that defined a particular point in time.

Memento Mori – “Remember you are mortal.”

RC’s Twelve Days of Anime continues with Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo as I delve into one my favorite movies and its commentary on life.

It’s not tea but it has a loli with a hammer for some reason.

Welcome all, to our very own Random Curiosity Twelve Days of Anime series of posts. As the guy who proposed, organised and hunted down the rest of the team to make sure these posts were finished on time, I have the dubious honour of introducing our very own twelve day lead up to Christmas!

「約束のチケット」 (Yakusoku no Chiketto)
“The Promised Ticket”

You can consider this an unpaid commercial for the best series almost none of you are watching.