| 3:51pm | Police Taser 10-Year-Old Girl for Not Taking Bath |  | | | Police who used a Taser to electrocute a 10-year-old girl for refusing to take a bath as her mother told her have been exonerated, and the girl in question has been charged with disorderly conduct. Police were called to the girl’s Arkansas home after a mother become exasperated with her 10-year-old... |
| 3:17pm | Imagedump: Anime Pre-Festival Asia 2009 | | | | I had a long post planned out, but circumstances and the demons of technology have conspired against my posting it. Therefore, this report shall have to do.What is not shown there are the myriad photos of us wandering around the festival, before it is a festival. We have witnessed a sort of prepatory... |
| 3:11pm | AAC: Animation Asia Conference 2009 | | | | I had the awesome opportunity to attend the inagural Animation Asia Conference 2009 which was held today at the Suntec City theatre, and got the opportunity to hear what some of the most prolific personalities from the animation and related media have to say on the topic of “Globalization of Asia’s... |
| 2:44pm | Sengoku Warlords Bento Boxes | | | | Sengoku BASARA was such a popular franchise that gotten Japanese folks all crazy about the Sengoku period and the warlords in that era. Now Bandai is jumping onto that craze and releasing special Sengoku Warlords Bento Boxes. The three warlords featured are Date Masamune [伊達政宗], Sanada Yukimura... |
| 2:42pm | Darker than Black - Ryuusei no Gemini - 07 | | | | An interesting choice for an episode this time. In a lot of other series, this episode was surprisingly formulaic, and yet I only noticed this when the end-credits rolled. There are only two real plot twists in this episode. The rest can all be reduced back to character-building. But I have to say... |
| 2:41pm | Pest Control, Chinese Style | | | | A huge nest of hornets responsible for a wave of terror and one death was assaulted by army units in a bid to annihilate it. The gigantic hornet nest, 1.6m wide and situated out of reach up a tree, had recently been responsible for numerous hornet attacks, including one fatality, and was forcing many... |
| 2:41pm | Pest Control, Chinese Style | | | | A huge nest of hornets responsible for a wave of terror and one death was assaulted by army units in a bid to annihilate it. The gigantic hornet nest, 1.6m wide and situated out of reach up a tree, had recently been responsible for numerous hornet attacks, including one fatality, and was forcing many... |
| 2:41pm | Shokotan’s Arrival at Singapore! |  | | | Eriol is proud to inform everyone that Shokotan had safely arrived in Singapore. Today no barricades are setup due to the number of fans welcome her is not much. I will roughly narrate my encounter. I was the first to spot her before anyone could, and used my GIZAMIMI PICHU folder to get her attention.... |
| 2:26pm | Naruto - Chapter 472 | | | | Fight To The Death In A Underwater PrisonSabu and Ponta won’t live much longer if they don’t leave the water. They realize the water "bubble" moves as Kisame does. So, he gets Kisame away and the other two finally get free.Underwater, Kisame ends up winning. The water prison collapses... |
| 2:07pm | Spice & Wolf Volume 01 (LN) – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy About the Mangaka Hasekura Isuna is a new writer on the block, with this series, Spice & Wolf, being his first published work. About the Manga When I originally watched the anime of this I was unimpressed, rather I thought it was crap. I also... |
| 2:04pm | AFA09 Media Preview | | | | This afternoon, the organisers of Anime Festival Asia 2009 had a short media preview during the lunch break inbetween Animation Asia Conference 2009. The 5 guest invited onto the stage were Kaname (renowned cosplayer), May’N (Singer), Ichiro Mizuki (Singer), Mamoru Hosoda (director of Summer Wars)... |
| 1:22pm | Press Preview For AFA ‘09 – Celebrities Up Close | | | | It was a whole lot excitement during lunch at Animation Asia Conference (AAC) 09, when Moe Moe Kyun head meido – Yoshimi gives the press a sneak preview with the celebrities up close. Needless to say, all the photographers swarm up like bees and start snapping. I am one of them. In the small... |
| 12:10pm | Philippines: Life Sentence for Loli Manga | | | | The Philippines has based a draconian ban on child pornography which means a potential life sentence for possessing books, comics or artwork considered by authorities to depict a child involved in sexual activity. Republic Act 9775, “the Anti-Child Pornography Act of 2009,” previously reported... |
| 11:35am | May’n Blogs About AFA | | | | Yes, you had received news, seen it, heard it about our guest Danny Choo @ the Merlion and Orchard Ion. On the other hand, hours ago at Changi Airport T1 and T2, some of the regional cosplayers arrived, followed by Aniki!, May’n and Kaname. The management had asked all the non-officials to... |
| 11:18am | Sengoku Meido Café & Bar Hold Bakumatsu Event | | | | Do you still remember the Sengoku Meido Cafe and Bar that opened in Akihabara back in July? Tthe Sengoku Maid Café and Bar Mononopu, will hold its Bakumatsu Event starting November 23. (Bakumatsu 幕末 refers to the close of the Edo period, when the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate came to an end).... |
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