Hi, just finished uploading pics and vids that I got from Cool Japan 2015.
Please click the link if you want to see.

http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...postcount=2609

I make cosplay convention reports on a regular basis. Though this might be the only time that I can make something of this kind, because they might not visit again next year. @_@

Bigger group shot and more of them.

So my mate in Hong Kong had a doll meetup with his fellow kin there. This is a photo of their most prized ones in winter gear. His is the Rin on the top right.

I'm definitely never getting into them though. That takes so much money. But I have to admit he does get some decent shots of them and that he has enough sense to do group trips to avoid randoms trying to steal them.

What a lovely picture ^_^

Thank you for the well wishes

I finished the first half of Sword Art Online second season and I must say the second half look more boring than the second half of the first season

She is, and from one of my favourite anime. ^///^

Busy. Very very busy for the past few months.
Thank god, it slowed down that I can actually peek at the forum now and then. Oh and watch something for this season. Though, at first glance Fall 2015 line-up is quite uninspiring. But, then again, I haven't watched any of them. Nor, I don't think I can do my usual 3 episode taste test.

Are there any sleeper hits around this season? Anything you're watching?

P S. Thank you for inviting me, btw. ^^

Is the symbolism part because I have four Shaft shows in that top ten? I definitely get the artistic flair comment, but I've never actually thought of myself as someone with a strong preference for visual symbolism as I don't tend to think of myself as the kind of person who analyzes the symbolic meaning of scenes much.

As for Madoka's ending...

At this point Madoka would very likely make a top ten list for me. Can't quite edge onto that top five list though - EF, Hyouka and Bakemonogatari are very special shows for me and Shinsekai Yori hold together a tad better plot wise (Madoka's ending felt a tad too deus ex machina for me, which ironically means that it more or less has the same flaw as Yuuki Yuuna, just on a smaller scale). Moon Phase admittedly suffers from a weak final arc and anti-climactic showdown once it starts to deviate from the manga, but Moon Phase is a really fun show and the flaws don't start to show up until well into the second cour. The first cour is really good and ends with a fantastic showdown.

To turn it into a top ten I'd probably add Kurenai, Iriya no Sora, Madoka, Utawarerumono S1 and Hanasaku Iroha. The new Utawarerumono has been reminding me how much I love the original, particularly in terms of the aesthetics, the characters and their interactions (the story is decent but not great, I'm not fond of the final arc).