Year in Review: Conclusion
Covering a few personal and not-so-personal bits about this 2008 year in review.
Xam’d Episode 21 - Domestic Violence
As expected from the last episode, the focus is on Sentan Island.
Heh.
Year in Review: Sunshine & Kisses Drive to Origination, Shrine Maidens Lost Memories in Coded Euphoric Frontier
Running for your lives.
With style.
Year in Review: Type Moon Redemption
Heaven’s Feel is now fan-translated, so that rounds out the entire original Fate/stay night game.
Kara no Kyoukai (the prose) rakes in a professional, English translation and release. Even if it’s just for one chapter, with full book(s) on the way.
More Ciel figures than ever! And Over Nine Thousand things from Fate/stay night; Unlimited Merchandise Works.
Studio ufotable continues to churn out amusing stop-motion animation. And feature films. I want Blu-Ray!
Wait, there was a Tsukihime anime? Hey Kyoto Animation, you know there’s some eager fans looking for anime studios to butcher their games! Hmmm.
Ever since its not-so humble beginning, Type-Moon somehow has a significant hold on the balls of the Japan fan creation scene. Channeling that sort of fan frenzied, raw energy into expressions is the essence of doujin works; but to do so in a professional, well-understood package is a major feat. Through both failure and mediocrity, the boys of Type-Moon will eventually awe us with something. I hope.
(What’s that 428 game and CANNAN thing? Besides that they look delicious?)
The demarcation between doujin and pro is a curious, multiple-dimensional one. It makes a curious subject for a Zepy rant? Someone, please.
But the fact that there’s all this Type-Moon crap to talk about, in 2008, means Type-Moon has gone pro for nearly 5 years, and all 5 years are full of … stuff. They’re on a roll. And at least they haven’t really failed the audience this year even if they didn’t totally floor them either. Getting their current library out to those who hasn’t seen it seems still to be the first order, but they’re also transitioning well into totally new crap. Like the 428 game and anime.
Year in Review 2008:
- Introduction
- Kurenai
- Miyuki Sawashiro
- JAM Project & others
- 12 lists of randomness
- Type-Moon
- 9 TV series of 2008
- Conclusion
Year in Review: She’s Going the Distance, a Great Feat of Strength
Going to mention a list of 12 lists of 12 items each. So a nested list. All 144 items. Annotated for the most part. Don’t ask me why I use these pronouns the way I do…
