{"id":10177,"date":"2013-07-19T17:30:41","date_gmt":"2013-07-19T22:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/wp\/?p=10177"},"modified":"2013-07-19T17:30:41","modified_gmt":"2013-07-19T22:30:41","slug":"briefly-noted-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/briefly-noted-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Briefly noted"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Stella Women\u2019s Academy, High School Division Class C3<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, is Gainax’s shameless attempt to capture the Girls und Panzer<\/em><\/strong> audience. It’s slightly more realistic: set in a high school that’s larger than some colleges, the girls fight with airguns rather than tanks. The first episode wasn’t bad, and the animators pointedly did not show any pantsu. I’ll probably continue watching. Update<\/strong>: In the second episode, one of the characters steps out of the shower wearing just a towel, and later bounces a bit; this is a Gainax show, after all. Still, it’s mild as fanservice goes. Stella etc.<\/em><\/strong> promises to be a pleasant entertainment featuring a bunch of (mostly) non-neurotic eccentrics, but it’s not another GuP<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

By the way, if after watching Girls und Panzer<\/a><\/em><\/strong> you’ve got the yen to drive a tank, you can<\/a>, if you’re in Georgia. (Via Borepatch<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

The Brickmuppet endured the entire first episode of Watamote<\/em><\/strong> and wondered where the punch line was<\/a>. I only made it half-way through; this just isn’t my kind of humor.<\/p>\n

Thomas McDonald<\/a> has begun a series of posts<\/a> on Tarot<\/a> cards<\/a> from a Catholic perspective. When I learned that il sole penetra le illusioni<\/em><\/strong> was a mahou shoujo series based on Tarot decks, I was curious to see how much the writers got right (very little). The show looks like it’s intended to be a dark fantasy in the vein of Madoka Magica<\/em><\/strong>, but between the bad botany and the middle-aged transvestite, the staff didn’t quite nail it. Still, parts of the first episode were odd enough to be intriguing, and I might watch the second episode. Or I might not.<\/p>\n

The first episode of the current iteration of Genshiken<\/em><\/strong> was largely about a girl who was actually a boy. Never mind.<\/p>\n

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