It's dead, Jim.

Yeah, I'm not updating this blog anymore.

Any future posts will be made to Media Mewsings on Tumblr.

I just can't devote my energy to another website, so I might as well pick up shop again once my deadlines have all passed.

This is going to be a general media blog, since every time I deal with media I have a lot of thoughts so I might as well talk about things I like in general.

Bye, Punch in the Mouth.  See you again on the other side.

--Cat-Puns McGee

2014 Anime Retrospective, part 2 -- Spring

Hoo boy, spring season. You had a lot.

Spring is typically one of the two seasons where projects that people think will do better than others tend to get put out. Spring 2014 certainly had its fair share of hard hitters, but it had its own select set of misfires at the same time. There's a lot to talk about here so let's not waste any more time.

2014 Anime Restrospective, part 1: Winter

Are we here? Are we all still alive?

Good, I was worried there for a moment.

I figured that since it's been well over a year since my first completed, full article on this blog that I would kick things back into gear with posts summarizing my thoughts on each anime season in 2014. I'm hoping to get these blogs out every few days, and they'll only get more and more packed as each season goes on. Winter 2014 will be my shortest post as I am mostly opening up discussion of shows that I completed or are on my list of stuff to complete. With that out of the way, let's begin.

Winter 2014 was not the most-crowded of anime seasons, and many of its shows actually fell under the radar for me. Perhaps it was because this season happened when I was getting used to a new job, and thus was trying to balance out watching other stuff on my pile with being extremely exhausted after every new day at that temp job. Regardless, though, there was plenty to talk about, including two of the biggest hits of the year.

Oh. Whoops.

     So, this blog has been left to accumulate dust for awhile.  Sorry about that!

     Many things got in the way.  Between the holiday rush at where I was working at the time, getting a new full-time job, leaving that full-time job over half a year later, looking for work, and releasing music, I've found that writing new posts for this blog went onto the backburner.  Whoops.

Who are you?  What is this?  What?

     I'm glad to say that this blog will see more activity in general now, though, as I've been drafting up posts on the following things:

• Some anime OST analysis.
• Some anime series reviews.
• Notes about series of things that I've been introduced to over the past year or so.
• Video games?  V I D E O G A M E S.  And I mean just talking about games I've been playing.

And more.

     But yeah, keep an eye out on Twitter, I'll be posting new things within the coming weeks.

     I also mentioned that I've been doing music, and I've been commissioned to do soundtrack work!  I'll make posts about them on this blog when releases are available, such as the soundtrack to the browser game Morning Commute (link will happen when game goes public).  Soundcloud has the full streaming playlist, Bandcamp has the pay-what-you-want (starting at free) download!

So, hey, I'm back!  This skeleton shambles and is ready for the skeleton war!

Series review: The Eccentric Family

     The last full series review I put together talked about P.A. Works' spring offering, Red Data Girl. More specifically, it showcased the idea of high concepts and ambition floundering under middling execution, leading to disappointment.

Today, however, we are tackling their summer offering, The Eccentric Family (Uchoten Kazoku), a show which did not have a strong amount of hype or excitement behind it that ended up being one of the most artful and enjoyable titles of not just the season, but the year.

Soundtrack review: Ben-To

     Going against schedule, but I don't care.  I follow my own rules, man!

     Much like the subject of this review, actually.  Ben-To was a 2011 anime about people engaging in wars over half-priced bento boxes in supermarkets, engaging in turf wars over grocery stores and fisticuffs when in the stores to save a few yen on some food.  It was a silly, irreverent, mean-spirited show, and its soundtrack was just as irreverent.  However, does this insistence on using its own rules make the soundtrack memorable, or does it just grate?  Look after the jump to find out.

Quick Glance: A Wind Named Amnesia

     Time for my first Quick Glance!  A Quick Glance isn't really a full review, but rather me typing out my thoughts on something as they come, definitely taking a more casual approach.  They'll be done while a piece of media is rather fresh in my mind, if not right after I finish something.  This article right here is an exception since I watched it 2 days ago, but hush, daddy's talking.

     To begin my look into 90's anime as mentioned in my previous post, I decided to look into a movie that caught my eye just under a year ago: a little known work called A Wind Named Amnesia.  I looked at the concept with intrigued eyes and thought, "Huh, why isn't this remembered by anybody?" After finally watching it, I realized that there was a reason for that.

Well, let's get started with this.