irrelevant fall impressions + raping tokyo tower

Tora Dora 1
Ryuji sure is l33t at cleaning

Shikabanehime Aka
Oozes Gainax style. So Shikabane is a made up word right?

One Outs 1
These Akagi-type shows seem to benefit from the hyperbole narration. I was admittedly pumped up towards the end.

Toaru Majutsu no Index 1
Pretty. Generic.

Kannagi 1
Mahou shoujo lyrical Nagi. Didn’t Hayate like puns as well or am I making that up?

DMC 7
Negishi types like my dad.

Detroit Metal City Episode 5

I don’t have anything mildly interesting to say about this episode instead I’ll leave you with a somewhat relevant passage from Chuck Klosterman’s Killing Yourself to Live

Sid Vicious was not the original bassist for the Pistols; he joined the band after they fired original member Glen Matlock. The only thing everyone seems to know about Vicious is that he could not play bass at all. Ironcially (or perhaps predictably), Sid’s inability to play his instrument is the single most crucial element in the history of punk; he is the example everyone uses (consciously or unconsciously) when advocating the import of any musical entity that his not necessarily musical. The fact that he could not do something correctly—yet do it significantly—is all that anyone needs to know about punk rock. That notion is punk rock, completely defined in one sentence.

So yeah Krauser SAIKO!

dunk shoot: 3 in 1

• Just watched the first 2 episodes of Detroit Metal City and it had me rolling. The art direction reminded me of Gag Manga Biyori with the panels and whatnot and upon further inspection the director, Nagahama Hiroshi was one of the episode and animation directors for Gag Manga Biyori 2.
• I’d love to be able to read this
• Being out of touch as I am I didn’t realize that there was anymore of Takehiko Inoue’s Slam Dunk but in 2004 as part of a 10 year 100 million books sold thing he drew a small mini comic that takes place after the end of the series. Thanks to the folks at Fruity Explosive Translation it can be found translated here.

The MAD after the jump