Updates Received/Not Received 12/23/21 :: Time Warner Cable :: Albany, NY :: Zip Code 12203
The short version:
Everything has arrived on both Cutting Edge and On Demand and everything starts up fine this week. But now there are two members of the Decently Clad Club–Mysterious Girlfriend X #11 has joined Beyond the Boundary #10. But you knew that was bound to happen, didn’t you? Groaning-Mecha-print or not, bikini bottom or not, clothing is still clothing, and they’re all evil alien parasites…(You realize we could actually make Groaning-Mecha-print bikini bottoms–or panties, for you pervy anime purists–that groaned when exposed to light, using off-the-shelf tech from audio greeting cards and photoelectric cells. Just a thought for you last-minute Christmas shoppers looking for the perfect gift likely to offend, or at least earn you sad and dubious looks and the award for The Gift Least Likely to Earn a Sincere “Just what I always wanted!” and Most Likely to Elicit a Genuinely Sincere, “Oh, you shouldn’t have!” from your girlfriend–or boyfriend, as the case may be. Alas, I doubt they’re available with actual Moving Mecha animation–I don’t think flexible fabric liquid crystal displays for the animation is currently up to snuff. But I may be behind the curve, here…) Seeing her with scissors at the ready, our ten Streaker Society stalwarts frantically stalled for time by quickly mocking up a “To Be Continued Next Week” sign.
Last week’s problems with fast forward and rewind are gone, thank goodness. The general wonkiness that’s been been evident the last few weeks is still here. It takes the form of a lag time between when you push the button and when the player actually does what you’ve asked. For example, you hit Fast Forward, the time track displays, and then you wait for the episode to actually start fast-forwarding. The lag is up to three seconds long, or half that if you’ve just rebooted. I haven’t mentioned this before because I thought this was just the fault of TW Spectrum’s player and therefore nothing to trouble AN about, but given last week there may be something about AN’s bundling that partially contributes to this. I don’t know.
The long version:
Received:
Ahira no Sora 41 & 42
Beyond the Boundary 10
Chihayafuru II 15 & 16
D4DJ 3
Devil’s Line 7
Mysterious Girlfriend X 11
Non Non Byori III 4
Pet Girl of Sakurasou 23 & 24
To Love Ru Darkness II 2
Missing in Action:
None
Missing Promos and Mechas:
Ahira no Sora 41 & 42
Chihayafuru II 15 & 16
D4DJ 3
Devil’s Line 7
Non Non Byori III 4
Pet Girl of Sakurasou 23 & 24
To Love Ru Darkness II 2
Mecha But No Promo:
None
Arriving Unexpectedly:
None
Notes:
(1) On On Demand, D4DJ #3 was split off into a new, separate tile, and Pet Girl #23 & #24 were split between two separate tiles.
"And then, as he realized he’d been up all night,
’Merry Christmas!’ he said,
’May you all find the light!’"
Thank you one and all for your kind indulgence.
