Riuva : Research Institute for Unicultural Visual Arts

I’m so detached from this blog and the entire anime scene right now. Before I knew it, everything here has changed. I actually had to google “jpmeyer hinano” to locate their new blog! Whatever happened to MinaideHazukashii? I kinda enjoyed typing in the long URL.

Many readers have left, mostly given up hope on any possible updates. For those who are still desperately checking back weekly for a new post, thanks for the support and I shall give a brief explanation on the dead silence that has been plaguing this blog.

Wonderful pose

That’s what I thought of when I see this figure. This figure in my opinion, has a very good pose. Back then, we had the awesome Saber Lily by GSC which cost like $120 SGD? (I managed to resist the temptation somehow) but now… they finally got my achilles heel with this figure. And from mikatan’s blog, there will be more information on the blog tomorrow, probably putting a price tag(Can I hope for this figure to be below $100 SGD? ;-;) and more wonderful pictures.

God bless my wallet…

Season Greetings from the Love Plus Girls.

Hope you guys enjoy this day with your 3D/2D waifus. And don’t forget that it’s the season of GIVING!!!

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It’s all the rage now, to make lists of the decade’s anime. I’m late to the game yes but I totally did a list, only for it to disappear when I pressed refresh out of reflex. Anyway, my list is better than the other people’s because while I have rather decent taste in anime, I’m also lax enough with standards to like stuff that aren’t excellent and I like all genres except for BL. I’ve tried my best to divide the shows into genres, but sometimes it’s not possible, because then half of the shows would be scifi. So I just put them in the genre I felt suited them the most. Remember, an underlined entry means it’s uber awesome and must watch, we were totally blessed with it. A struck-out one means I liked it but thought it sucked at the same time. Note that the list might be a little inaccurate in terms of time, since I got the dates from Wikipedia.

Romance/Harem - I don’t watch that many of these, but there were some really good ones.
Boys Be - I don’t think it’s 2000, probably ended then. But heck.
Ultramaniac - surprisingly sweet.
Midori no Hibi
Honey and Clover - everyone knows this is probably the best one ever made.
Inukami - crass, crude and totally funny as hell.
Magikano - another one that breaks lots of conventions.
Ouran High School Host Club - the best reverse harem show. The only one we like actually.
Clannad and Afterstory - only for Kyou and Tomoyo. FUCK YOU NAGISAAAAAA!!
Kimikiss - Pretty designs, nostalgia-inducing.
Nodame Cantabile - Classy and entertaining.
Kannagi - Brilliant dialogue and humour.
Special A - It’s surprisingly sweet.
Toradora - Probably best high school romance show so far, for me.
Bakemonogatari - Maybe this shoudn’t be in this genre. But excellent, except for the crappy coloured frames.
Hatsukoi Limited - It’s like an upgrade of Kimikiss.