Category Archives: Entertainment

Nagato 1: Precious Place

Posted on June 27, 2020 by

The junkyard presents two articles about the Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-Chan episode Precious Place. The view from 5930 miles away: Anyone coming to the first episode of this new series without having seen The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya will find … Continue reading →

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XIII

Posted on June 25, 2020 by

Roger has been reminding me that it’s been too long since I gave some game reviews and with our Covid lockdown still limiting my driving where I no longer get to listen to my audio stories, I thought, why not?  … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: What Are Little Girls Made Of?

Posted on June 24, 2020 by

We start this episode, What Are Little Girls Made Of?,  on a mission to reunite nurse Chapel with her former fiancé, Roger Corby.  Ok, maybe the mission was to see if anyone was alive on planet Exo III where Corby … Continue reading →

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To the Last Man

Posted on June 23, 2020 by

If Torchwood has a failing as a show, it was that it never settled on a specific genre to work with, dabbling instead with every genre under the sun.  In To the Last Man, we have another time travel/ghost story.  But … Continue reading →

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My Love Story!!

Posted on June 22, 2020 by

Some of the best series I have ever watched have been recommendations from friends. This one was suggested to me by Daz, who runs the nicest and happiest anime group on Facebook and also contributes reviews to this blog, and … Continue reading →

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Another Episode 0

Posted on June 20, 2020 by

“The Other” The view from Igirisu: This OVA episode takes places before the main series but it is essential to watch it afterwards, as it gives away information about the nature of Mei’s relationship with Misaki (as will this article … Continue reading →

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Star Trek: Mudd’s Women

Posted on June 17, 2020 by

The episode opens with the Enterprise in pursuit of a ship through an asteroid field.  It is not the Millennium Falcon!  I think this is the first time since we’ve had an episode that the crew was not already on … Continue reading →

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Sleeper

Posted on June 16, 2020 by

I’m tired of the up and down quality of Torchwood.  We had a really action-packed episode just one story back, packed with silly mistakes, but then episode two comes in with a slower character piece that is intensely good.  It’s … Continue reading →

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Shakugan no Shana: Season One

Posted on June 15, 2020 by

This is not the kind of series I often go for, but it was a good price in a second hand DVD shop so I thought it was worth a try. What tends to put me off this kind of … Continue reading →

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Another Episode 12

Posted on June 13, 2020 by

“Stand by Oneself” The view from Igirisu: Watch this episode right to the very end. There’s a little coda after the end credits that shows Teshigawara and Mochizuki leaving a recording for future students. I think the only explanation for … Continue reading →

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