In a dream I found myself watching an episode of a Slayers anime. It wasn’t an OVA or a movie as it featured the TV series cast, though it did make a reference to the OVAs. In the one scene I “watched,” an unidentified character who knew Lina Inverse’s history notices a sleeping Lina and decides to mess with her. She gets close to Lina and then whispers a Naga-style laugh into her ear. No effect the first time, so she tries it a little louder, which startles Lina out of her slumber and puts her on edge.

When I woke up, I thought about my own history as a Slayers fan and recalled that, despite my anticipation I had never finished Slayers Revolution or even watched its sequel, Slayers Evolution-R. I laid there thinking that, for someone who once prided himself on having watched as much Slayers as he possibly could, this was quite a disappointment that needed immediate rectifying.

Then I checked Hulu and saw that both series are on there, and I thought, “This is a pretty good time to be an anime fan.”


Hah! It Was Only a Dream…

About two weeks ago, I made a post talking about the “spinning room” effect used in the opening to K-On!! Thinking that was going to be the end of it, I was surprised to have actually had a dream about the very same topic.

In the dream, I was showing someone the K-On!! opening, particularly the aforementioned effect, when suddenly the video started to act kind of funny. The video started to slow down, and at first I thought that maybe it was a problem with my computer as it’s not exactly what you would call “new,” but then the angle of the view itself changed, with greater focus on each individual character playing their instrument as the spinning room effect was still going on. I particularly remember the emphasis on Tsumugi and Ritsu, as the camera seemed to really sit there to showcase the size of their musical instruments.

Funny thing is that it actually took me a few hours after I woke up to even realize I had a dream, and didn’t actually try to show the K-On!! opening to someone. Also, I’m not sure if what I saw in my dream was the idealized version of the OP I had hoped for, but I think it was somewhere in that direction.

Robotech Pens, Steaks, Etc.








Conflating Fists and Faces





Of Course They’d Be Yakuza

I’ve been dreaming anime dreams recently, and this one might be one of the best by far.

I was playing mahjong with a bunch of Yakuza guys, looking like they came straight out of a Fukumoto manga. I get a hand, and it’s a really good hand. I could probably get into tenpai in one or two tiles. I think, “Yeah I can definitely win with this.”

Then suddenly the guy on my right gets up. He then comes over, puts a scoop of chocolate ice cream on my plate, and looks at my tiles.

“Hey!” I say to him. But then I see his confident look, and realize that those are the rules. Then I look at my plate and realize that aside from the chocolate I just got, I also have strawberry and vanilla on my plate (as well as some orange sherbert on the side). There I thought, “My Neopolitan Combination is ready. Just you wait!”

So yeah, ice cream mahjong. I think it’ll be big.

A dream which vaguely counts as anime-related

I had a dream last night, which I want to share with all of you.

In the dream, I had friends who I told to go to an awesome arcade on Thursday, but they didn’t. So I decided instead to go that following Friday. There, after playing some games and some trouble with my credit card, I noticed that the arcade was connected to a restaurant, and that connected to the restaurant was a Super Smash Bros. Brawl  tournament going on. There, the MC shouted, “Are we here to have FUN?” And the crowd shouted back, “NO!”

I was viewing this from a hidden entrance. I found out shortly after while eavesdropping that this was an entrance people weren’t supposed to know about to keep people from flooding in to play Brawl.

Then, in a seamless transition which happens only in dreams, I was watching an episode of the Simpsons.

…with guest star Nagato Yuki.

The Simpsons were under house arrest for bootlegging movies. Homer shouts, “THEY’RE CALLED VCDS!!!”

Luckily, Yuki has a plan. She has a robot marge distract the cops, while the Simpsons and Yuki are camoflauged to blend in with the fence. Yuki falls down, but tells the family to keep running.

Sadly, this is where I woke up, so I do not know how this episode ends.