Best. EPISODE. EVER. Mecha, fighting, yuri, cosplay, S&M, drunks, and yaoi are all jam packed to make episode 8 of Moyashimon one of the best episodes of anime this week, if not the season thus far! Screenshots after the jump… I’ll leave what actually happened up to your imagination. hehe
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This show reminds me of two things. Firstly, student life sometimes quite literally stinks. I’ve actually seen student flats/houses that look every bit as bad as what was on offer here (”Have a whiskey glass of coffee…sorry, I’ve run out of clean mugs.” or “Yeah, feel free to crash on a patch of carpet you [...]
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Synopsis: Prof. Itsuki gives Misato and Kawahama a bill for the destroyed room's repair. Tadayasu has fallen asleep in Kawahama and Misato's room. Misato awakens him and Kawahama. Kawahama sneezes and spews rhinoviruses into the air. Rhinoviruses are the cause of common cold. Tadayasu sees a tub of kuchikami, a type of sake created by chewing rice and spitting the mixture into a tub. A. oryzae, S. lactis and S. cerevisiae are playing on top of the tub's cover. [ This is only an excerpt for the post! Go the the website for the full content + pictures + links. ]
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Haruka-neesan is amazing! Oops wait, wrong show… But wow, Moyashimon’s Haruka couldn’t possibly be more different from the eldest of the three Minami sisters. Fortunately it still makes for great entertainment. In episode 3 she goes into full femdom mode and lays the smack down on Misato and Kawahama. Also, this week’s Moyashimon equation was [...]
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Moyashimon’s yeast hero Aspergillus Oryzae-tan gets its own plushie! Surely a must-get for all fans of the show. I will make a purchase order on behalf of my college’s microbiology and food science departments and hang them all around! Going for the somewhat OK (for Japanese standards) price of 2600 yen, the 22-cm (wow what a [...]
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Reviewed this week: Baccano! 11, Clannad 4-5, Dennou Coil 20, Genshiken 2 5-6, Minami-ke 5-6, Moyashimon 3-4, Romeo X Juliet 22, SaiMono II 25-6, Shion no Ou 3-4 …and in manga: Tenshi Nanka Janai 29 Everything else to follow next week.
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E. coli O-157 Poor Sawaki. In the third episode of Moyashimon he learns that there are things with stronger fragrances than kiviak; in the fourth, he is publicly humiliated, he learns more about animal husbandry than he really wanted to know, and his stomach hurts. He ends up in the hospital, a particularly nightmarish place for [...]
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Cute talking microbes. That was the general summing-up of what could be the oddest but most inventive series of the season: Moyashimon (Tales of Agriculture). ANN’s listing gives the simple synopsis of “College student Tadayasu Sawaki has a unique ability. He can see and communicate with bacteria and other microorganisms. Hijinks ensue.” Not much to [...]
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Moyashimon episode 2. Thanks to Xerox for this week’s Moyashimon equation. It was inspired by her description of the bacteria: “…aren’t they just adorable? They’re like tiny, tiny marshmallows, don’t you just feel their squishy plumpness when Sawaki plucks them out of the air?” Yes, they are indeed adorable and plump. Adorable and plump bacteria. Yes. Since Guff and [...]
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