Expectations - Spring 2012 Anime

Right, the Spring 2012 Anime are coming up right as the Winter 2012 series end, so we're releasing this pretty early. Let's go! Oh actually - a note: we will not review series that nobody on our blog team will ever want to watch. That means we're not gonna review Furusato Saisei Nippon no Mukashi Banashi (a series based on Japanese folk tales) no matter how educational it is to children. Sorry. 


EXTRACAREFUL'S EDIT: As the final publisher, I apologize for the delay on this post - usually we would have been given 2 weeks or so to iron this out between the end of the last season and the beginning of the new one, but for some reason the Spring 2012 season started early (as in, right after Winter 2012 ended) so the blog crew did not have as much time to prep. We'll be good next time, we promise!


Colors: 
ExtraCareful 
BartreTheBeast 
LightRook writes in blood 
MorningLescue is purple cause orange can't be seen well

BtB’s "ExtraCareful's-been-out-so-make-do-with-this" Soundtrack Post

I-I-I-t’s not like I-I’m doing this for you or anything. In wake of ExtraCareful's recent lack of soundtrack posts, I've decided to finally pull this out of the drafts section, where it's been rotting for about a year now. Enjoy. Or don't enjoy.

First Impressions: Black Rock Shooter

You all are probably thinking, “What is this blasphemy? A first impressions post done by someone other than ExtraCareful!?”

Well, don’t worry. The post is split half-and-half, since I need his opinions to supplant my half-baked ones. But for now, bear with BtB’s spiel on Burakku Rocku Shootuh.
Also, this post is rather image-heavy. Sorry, I couldn't resist...

Happy New Year!

Ahoy there! It's the New Year and BartreTheBeast and I (ExtraCareful) thought it might be nice to have a New Years' post for you all. It's been a pretty hilarious year, and I hope the next year is better. There are a lot of big names coming out in 2012, so get ready for an explosion of awesome if the sky doesn't fall on our head and the U.S.S. Kennedy doesn't come crashing through the White House.

So here are five wishes for the upcoming year and some anime series awards for the year of 2011!

Happy Holidays: Otaku Style

Warning:  to say that this is image heavy would be an understatement.

Well, 'tis the season to be jolly, to drink hot cocoa, and to wait for gifts from an overweight man in red who constantly seems to barge down people's chimneys regardless of security measures. Don't ask me what he does if there aren't any chimneys. But it is also the season to write college essays take a well earned break, and perhaps marathon a series or two! So here are a series of pictures which should help get you in the holiday spirit! Most are christmas oriented (i.e. girls dressed up in santa outfits), some just have snow in the background (despite northern VA's lack of it), and some just look festive (i.e. red, green, yellow stuffs). But hey, it's all good.

...we'll keep this as SFW as possible. But I'm pulling a bunch from Danbooru (which in turn pulls them from pixiv), so no promises. Going along with that, no one at Infinity And One claims any ownership of these images unless otherwise stated.

Now...enjoy

Expectations: Winter 2012 Anime (January/February)

Happy holidays guys! To make your days even better, we've got a very convenient set of previews for you to read for each of the upcoming anime series (not OVAs, too many random ones popping up nowadays) this winter. Nothing like reading about how terrible this season's A Channel imitation will be by the yule log, eh? Furthermore, we have not one, not two, not three, but FOUR differing opinions to get the full blast of how each series will probably be perceived. So without further ado, here's the blog team and the color code - let's get on with it! (Note: due to the lower quality and high quantity of seemingly terrible series this season, please understand that some comments will be cut short, often to "urgh" or "god this is gonna suck". Bear with us.)

Extracareful - blue (because who the hell else would watch Tamayura with me)
NotMoe - green
BartreTheBeast - red
CrimsonMonarch - pink cuz im a boss

Oh and I'm only including series here that are not sell-outs OR create brain aneurysms. That means YOU, Tantei Milky Opera Holmes.

First Impressions: Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai

I don’t normally keep up with currently airing animes, mostly because I can’t seem to balance my time as well as my fellow contributors (the last anime I kept up with was Oreimo). However, I made a rare exception for this series, which I have had high expectations for after reading the light novels. It may have fallen a bit short of my expectations, but that is no reason to avoid watching this. Drum roll please for Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai. (WARNING: THIS POST IS IMAGE-HEAVY)

The Necessity

THERE WILL BE SPOILERS FOR THE MANGA SERIES SEIKEN NO KATANAKAJI IN THIS POST. DO NOT READ THIS IF YOU ARE A SPOILER FREAK. Also, this post is rather text-heavy.

Beware of Witch Burglary

Although it is not a visual novel, light novel, or anime (with the exception of a one episode doujin made work), I, BartreTheBeast, will introduce something new to this blog. And that is...