Why Avatar Should NOT Have Won at the Golden Globes

Folks who know me are probably aware that I was furious that Avatar won the "Best Picture - Drama" and "Best Director" Golden Globes over The Hurt Locker; and here I will tell you why I was (and still am) quite upset over Avatar's wins.

First of all, let me set the record straight: Though it may seem like it, I do not hate Avatar. On the contrary, I actually liked the film quite a bit, though really just because of its groundbreaking technical merits. The problem I have is that it stole two awards from much more deserving films. My love for The Hurt Locker notwithstanding, I am going to give you three reasons why Avatar should not have won Best Picture. You can continue reading after the jump.

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Durarara!! | BroEl's First Impressions

Given the fact that this will be the only series I will be following this season, it appears as if I will be doing my own first impressions of this series as well.  Upon hearing that this series was done by pretty much the same talents that brought us Baccano!, it was an absolute must that I check out this series.  Heck, it's an absolute must for anyone who liked Bacccano!

Mikado's comments upon hearing of the Russian-African-American who works for a Russian Sushi store in Tokyo.  One of the series' most amusing moments, amongst many.

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Durarara!! | First Impressions

Durarara!!, a series that I have been looking forward to for months now, is finally here. Does it live up to the hype? Well, it's a bit too early to tell, but I do like what I am seeing so far. Especially from the Headless Rider. Man alive, she is so badass.

I wouldn't want to be this guy. A face full of rubber? OUCH!

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So-Ra-No-Wo-To | First Impressions

The winter anime season is officially underway now that I've watched the first episode of So-Ra-No-Wo-To, and I am pleased to report that I was pleasantly surprised by it. It's nothing extraordinary, mind you, but still very charming all the same.

Any girl with a love of caramel is A-OK in my book.

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A Somewhat Belated Winter 2010 Anime Preview

This is a little bit late, but I still thought I'd let you fine readers know what new anime I'll be checking out this season.

THE LINEUP

Considering how many anime interested me in the Fall, this Winter lineup is downright shameful. In fact, there are only four (maybe five, and that's a BIG "maybe") shows on this list that interest me, and only one of them is a must-watch. The rest are series I'm checking out just for the heck of it.

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Jay Gee's Top Anime of 2009

BroEl's Top Anime of 2009

BroEl posted his own version a few days ago, and so I thought I'd write my own take of this topic as well using the same categories. Nothing against his list, but I thought I'd also share what I think were the best of 2009. Some of the titles may even overlap.

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BroEl's Top Anime of 2009

Jay Gee's Top Anime of 2009


This was a tradition I decided I'd start last year with a note I wrote on Facebook, and with the growing success of this blog (and much, much more of a presence by me too boot) I've decided to move it over here.  Basically I've come up with what I think are the 5 best anime series of the year in 3 categories, those being series released in Japan, series released in the U.S., and series I personally watched over the course of this past year.  The first two were meant to avoid any confusion, considering anime does indeed release on two different fronts and all, and the last was one I personally decided to add as a nostalgic reflection back to my anime experiences over the past year.  I'll also write a short (or at least attempted to be short anyways, heh heh ^_^' ) review of my thoughts on the series, and will also be adding honorable mentions to each category as well.  Also added this year, being on this blog and all of course, will be ANN's plot summary and pictures to go along with the series being mentioned, so as to give you more of an insight to what I'm talking about.


I'm also going to try and play less favorites this year and try to focous more on what I really did think were the best series.  Of course favorites will still play a huge part in it, as they always do in lists like this, but I did feel like last year I got a bit too biased with my list in that sense, and I ended up not giving nearly enough credit to series that I really do feel like credit was due.


So, without further ado, let's get this party started!!

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