http://www.animenano.com/ An anime blog aggregator and community. en-us Continuing my library binge of manga, here's my review of Lovely Complex volumes 4 and 5. The bad news: Otani can't come up with a new name besides "Jumbo-gal" to call Risa, and Risa can't come up with something other than "Shrimp" to call Otani. Mon, 04 Aug 2008 02:40:34 -0000 http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/2008/08/03/love-com-vols-4-5-manga-review/ I haven't marathoned an anime in a long time. After being repeatedly disappointed by with a lot of the things that I marathoned like Kanon and Da Capo, which I never got past episode 4 of each. I'm not sorry, but harem anime are crap in my books ~but their art is lovely. I really prefer something with a little more common sense or a lot of comedy apart from the blood and guts every once in a while.I've been meaning to watch Lovely Complex for months now. But the premise of tall girl and short guy kinda put me off. Well... I watched and loved Toshokan Sensou already so I figured I should finally watch this already.The story revolves around Koizumi Risa who is taller than the average Japanese female at 5'8" and Otani Atsushi (LOL! Same given name as that short guy the sexy beast Dojo!) who is shorter than the average Japanese male at 5'1". Both have spontaneous and fun-loving personalities who always speak their minds. They fall in love with each other but are hesitant because of they're uneasy about the height different. Risa gets over it faster and confessed to him but he took a little more time getting over the fact and they finally get together. The series spanned through the three years of high school. In between, they are surrounded by their friends some want nothing more than for the two of them to get together and a handful wants to break them up.I love this show! It is freaking awesome! I can't believe I sat through True Tears (I had to admit, it was good but was kinda meh... story-wise) rather than watch this show that time. The story is nothing extraordinary - no on is super rich or super talented or super anything. Actually, it's incredibly ordinary, but the consistency in the characters' personality with the right injection of comedy totally made it worth it! It had the best depiction of boy-girl friendships I've ever seen in anime where the characters are not in elementary school. But the thing I love love love about this show is: common sense. It goes through the motions of misunderstandings and awkward situations, but they don't last very long because the characters are actually willing to listen to explanations when they are being made. They don't stop at, "I will never speak to you again no matter how valid your explanation is!"The art style is suited for the anime... it's not going to win any awards for pretty animation (Also, when I started, I thought Otani looked a lot like that moron Yano from Bokura ga Ita so I had a big prejudice against because he's a moron. I got over that fast because his personality shone more his appearance). The two OPs and EDs are nice, though it's not something I'd listen to regularly - reminds me of perky teenybopper music. I like the BGMs though... well, I am a sucker for BGMs.The only complaint I have about the show is the sequencing. I sat through 17 episodes of getting together and only 2 or so of Koizumi and Otani as couple??? I mean, that's it? The only problem they encountered as a couple before they had a happily ever after is that other short guy in the restaurant that Koizumi worked in? Well, I heard that there are actually more things that happened to the pair as a couple in the manga, but I haven't read the manga. I certainly wouldn't have minded if they had more episodes just to make the part of them being a couple more stable.But other than that, I don't really have any complaints about the show. This is one of those shows where brains is not really a requirement to watch and appreciate the show, which was a relief for me.. Sun, 27 Jul 2008 12:50:20 -0000 http://hikikomori-chan.blogspot.com/2008/07/lovely-complex-simplicity-at-its-best.html The adventures of short-lad and jumbo-gal continue in Love*Com Volume 2! Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:11:26 -0000 http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/2008/07/24/love-com-vol-2-manga-review/ I wasn't kidding when I said Lovely Complex has no bad episodes. This means is one can pick any episode at random and be assured a pleasant viewing experience. Mon, 30 Jun 2008 13:37:06 -0000 http://karmaburn.com/?p=201 Josh’s Anime Blog Podcast Episode #75 is now online! In this podcast, I review Air: The Movie. This week’s Podcast Stats: Time: 19:24 Download Size: 13.3 MB Opening theme: “Kimi + Boku = Love?” by Tegomass First opening theme to Lovely Complex Ending theme: “If Dreams Came True” by Eri Kawai Ending theme to Air: The Movie You can listen to my podcasts in the [...] Sun, 08 Jun 2008 21:07:00 -0000 http://www.joshsanimeblog.com/2008/06/08/joshs-anime-blog-podcast-episode-75/ You gotta love the pacing of Itazura, we’re in episode 8 and we are already into the college arc. Its definitely similar to Lovely Complex in that sense. But that’s where the similarities end, Itazura is no Love Com. Its not as funny, engaging and Ootani while dense wasn’t a masochist like [...] Wed, 28 May 2008 01:16:12 -0000 http://koibitoanime.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/highlights-lowlights-%E2%80%93-itazura-na-kiss-ep-8-for-the-love-of-a-masochist/ Kimi + Boku = Library War Love? Instead of part 3 of Spring 2008 First Impressions which I promised once I got to Toshokan Sensou (which I obviously have), I'm holding that back for a while and branching out to give this awesome show the love it deserves in an individual post of its own! I do want to do my own small part pimping out this show but usagijen has done a mighty fine job so far and Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:03:29 -0000 http://tondemo-nothing.blogspot.com/2008/04/toshokan-sensou-its-like-lovely-complex.html Well, there’s nothing particularly bad about Itazura na Kiss it’s just not for me. If you remember from my initial review, I was hoping for another Nodame Cantabile/Lovely Complex. Itazura na Kiss definitely has a degree of comedy to it but it focuses more on the love story aspect than those series. It’s a shojou [...] Sat, 12 Apr 2008 20:07:10 -0000 http://nobiai.wordpress.com/2008/04/12/itazura-na-kiss-first-look/ At PopCultureShock’s Manga Recon blog, Katherine Dacey talks to Christy Lijewski and Tokyopop editor Tim Beedle about the second volume of RE:Play, artistic and musical influences, and more. And with a slim week ahead, she devotes Manga Recon to the short list of new releases and two movies based on manga, Lovely Complex and Nana. Johanna [...] Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:56:05 -0000 http://www.mangablog.net/?p=1435 TallRisa is Tall!!! Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:12:48 -0000 http://www.basugasubakuhatsu.com/blog/2008/02/17/love-com-lovely-complex-the-movie-dvd-review/