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Title: Burrowowl
Writer(s): burrowowl
URL: http://burrowowl.net/
Feed: http://burrowowl.net/wordpress/category/cartoons/feed
Indexed since: 07/20/2006
Description: Musings of a mildly-jaded computer/anime/d&d geek

10 Latest Entries from Burrowowl:

Burrowowl

09/29/2008 03:39 PM EDT

Code Geass Concluded >>

As hoped, after fifty episodes, Code Geass is done. Lelouche vi Britannia’s struggle is over, and we have our winners and losers. There are certainly some plot threads that were left unresolved — the interaction between Lloyd and Rashata comes readily to mind — but not many, and none that were prominent to [...]
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Series: Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch

Burrowowl

09/22/2008 01:40 PM EDT

This has got to end >>

Fourty-nine episodes into Code Geass and I just can’t wait for the final episode. Not out of a great burning edge-of-my-seat anticipation of the latest cliffhanger. No. At this point I’m watching with the morbid curiosity of a driver that slows down and glances over at the upended sedan in the median. That guilty [...]
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Series: Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch

Burrowowl

08/28/2008 12:33 PM EDT

It’s like Lost, but with a plot >>

It’s been a while since I’ve commented on any anime. That would be because I’m really only following Code Geass at the moment. This past week saw the twentieth episode of its second season, and I am convinced that the writing staff has been smoking crack. The number of paper-thin plot devices characters has [...]
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Series: Code Geass Hangyaku no Lelouch

Burrowowl

05/24/2008 10:29 PM EDT

Back to Madame Mirage >>

The release schedule was a little halted, but the Madame Mirage plot arc has reached its natural conclusion with issue six. The Kenneth Rocafort artwork held up nicely throughout, and the tale is wrapped up nicely with a rather predictable but well-executed climactic showdown and denouement. A trade paperback version is slated for later this year, [...]
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Burrowowl

05/13/2008 12:42 PM EDT

Dying webcomics >>

Back when I first mentioned the Order of the Stick here, I lamented that far too many of the truly funny comic strips online have kicked the bucket or degenerated into something completely devoid of entertainment value. Add to the list Chainmail Bikini. It never strayed from its core concept, following a group of [...]
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Burrowowl

03/10/2008 12:31 AM EDT

Madame Mirage >>

When I first saw a piece of cover art for Madame Mirage, I thought is was some kind of Carmen Sandiego bit. Brunette with a wide-brimmed hat, champagne flute in hand, surrounded by tuxedo-clad assailants. How will Carmen get out of this predicament? I was wrong, of course. The two have little in [...]
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Burrowowl

12/30/2007 08:43 PM EST

Where’d the Anime go? >>

Poking around on some of the anime blogs that I view from time to time, I see that we’re heading into a new season of shows soon. It occurred to me that I hadn’t picked up any of the Fall 2007 series. Why was that? In the interest of concision: they sucked. Maybe they didn’t suck, [...]
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Burrowowl

10/11/2007 03:07 AM EDT

Bure bure bure bure >>

Sayounara Zetsubou Sensei is the tale of a teacher who lives a life of despair. Each episode is generally split into one or two short stories about an interaction between Itoshiki Nozomu and one of his homeroom class students, each of whom has some terribly-exaggerated characteristic, ranging from the perpetually-optimistic Fuura Kafuka to the [...]
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Burrowowl

10/01/2007 04:15 PM EDT

A Path for Others to Follow >>

Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann drew to a close this weekend, bringing to a climax Simon and the Dai Gurren Brigade’s quest for self-determination in the defiance of fate. Gainax did a laudable job of building up to a predictable but appropriate finish, avoiding what many feared would be a fall-on-their-face failure of a series conclusion. There [...]
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Series: Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann

Burrowowl

09/24/2007 05:31 PM EDT

For what reason does your drill exist? >>

Why does Simon’s drill, the metaphor for his determination, strength, and courage, exist? Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is a kid’s show, aired on Sunday mornings in Japan. Clearly Simon’s purpose is to be brave, honest, and strong without being mean, foolish, or petty, all qualities that we hope to cultivate in ourselves and in [...]
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Series: Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann

Burrowowl

08/20/2007 04:27 PM EDT

Evolution of a title screen >>

I’ve been following Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann since it originally aired, going so far as to watch the raws before any proper translations are out, I just haven’t been posting about it all that often. 21 episodes in, this series maintains an excellent quality that goes beyond the actual animation production values, its genre clichés, [...]
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Series: Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann

Blog info for Burrowowl

10 Latest Entries from Burrowowl:

Burrowowl

Code Geass Concluded >>

Burrowowl

This has got to end >>

Burrowowl

It’s like Lost, but with a plot >>

Burrowowl

Back to Madame Mirage >>

Burrowowl

Dying webcomics >>

Burrowowl

Madame Mirage >>

Burrowowl

Where’d the Anime go? >>

Burrowowl

Bure bure bure bure >>

Burrowowl

A Path for Others to Follow >>

Burrowowl

For what reason does your drill exist? >>

Burrowowl

Evolution of a title screen >>

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