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Speed on the Beat Talks The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Today, I went on iTunes as I do now (Team iPhone and such) and saw that one of my favorite anime was available to purchase with the movie dropping soon via Funimation. It was kind of steep, but I tend to try and support the official releases. Plus, it’s also available for streaming via Funimation’s […]

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Kamina is More Shinji-Like than We (Want To) Admit

As much (warranted) shit as I’ve given Neon Genesis Evangelion for being a series in which brain bleach is required due to the sheer insanity lopped onto the last couple episodes because “whoops we ran out of money,” it did give us Shinji Ikari. As flawed as he is, he’s a pretty memorable character. And, […]

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PA Vol. 26: You Can (Not) Simply Feed Your Viewers BS

NSFW Warning/Disclaimer:  PA (short for “Profound Assholes”) is a series on SpeedontheBeat.com where I have a no-punches-pulled conversation with a friend about a hot-button issue (yay cliches!). That friend is usually none other than Drizzle Sez formerly of DrizzleSez.wordpress.com, who co-created the PA format (go check out his site. It’s still live and still kicks […]

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Speaking on "The New Wave"

(Or “Are Newer Artists Doomed?”) Over the past couple weeks, we’ve seen releases from newer artists such as Logic and Stalley. These artists, while not “new” in the traditional sense, are enjoying the fruits of their first mainstream LPs. I’ve reviewed both of these collections upon their releases and have noted that both, while disjointed […]

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