| 2:54am | Hashi-hime previews Cheburashka Arere |  | | | The always reliable and encyclopedic Hahi-hime speaks (by quoting the standard press blurb in the first paragraph, but read on): Based on the Russian “national character” Cheburashka. From Eduard Uspensky’s story about a mysterious creature who gets accidentally transported to Russia... | | |
| 6:01am | Koharu Biyori / Indian Summer | | | | I don’t know if this little OVA (3 31-minute episodes) deserves a review, but since I don’t write reviews, only reflections, it’s ok. The executive summary is: surprisingly enjoyable. It needs to be said very clearly though: Indian Summer is not a surprising delight like Midori Days,... | | |
| 12:41am | DIVX has taught Japanese nothing | | | | Seen at Anime Nation with a reference to Variety: Japanese DVD distributor Visionare has introduced its first anime DVD offering pay-per-view access. Consumers can now purchase Ashita no Joe DVDs from Visionare for 525 yen ($5.83) each, then unlock the ability to watch individual episodes on the discs... |
| 5:27pm | Kritik on shoujo | | | | Otou quotes: kritik: I actually think when well done, shoujo is the most powerful of anime genres. What’s more powerful than the emotions of a teenage girl? rage, love, envy otou-san: you mean what’s more histrionic and melodramatic? kritik: melodramatic, yes, overboard, yes. I like that... |
| 6:38am | Cheburashka Arere coming Autumn 2009 | | | | Someone linked one of those season posters on 4chan, and there’s a new show announced: a Japanized Cheburashka. I can understand a plan to repackage and sell me my childhood at today’s prices, but how is this supposed to work for Japanese? It’s not their childhood. Something doesn’t... |
| 5:37am | Cameos in Koharu Biyori | | | | One remarkable thing about Indian Summer is how thick references are in it, such as posters for Shana, Dokuro-chan, etc. Normally anime does not go so far, or focuses on properties of the specific studio, but this is just insanity. If you thought Lucky Star was bad, watch this. So, at some point they... | | |
| 1:10am | Same-chan-sensei | | | | When I saw this fine young lady, she reminded me of someone very strongly, but I was unable to put my finger on it Now Andy calls it: Another teacher shown more this ep, reminds me of a cross between Mikuru [Asahina] and Haruka Nogizaka. Her name is Mayumi Usami (宇佐美真由美). Yoshinoya-sensei... |
| 3:24am | Canned Dogs on the death of GONZO | | | | The post is remarkable thanks to two tables, one of which is the sales rundown: Sales of the first volume DVD for Gonzo anime: 12,318 Strike Witches LE vol.1 11,906 Vandread vol.1 *8,486 Last Exile vol.1 *8,029 Vandread the second stage vol.1 *7,456 Rosario to Vampire vol.1 *7,403 Gatekeepers vol.1... | | |
| 2:57am | SDB on Hand Maid May | | | | I prompted Steven to elaborate on the rating of Hand Maid May, and it’s a very solid — interesting and informational — piece of advocacy The problem is that the discs are not available. So, should I download rips for the show that’s fully licensed, buy it on eBay, or ? But... |
| 4:04pm | Shinichiro Kimura and Popotan | | | | A look at Shinichiro Kimura’s track record reveals: Anime Seen Bad end SW-like Apprenticeship at Dai-Guard under Seiji Mizushima R: 3 no no Sugar a bit no? no Mahoraba R: 4.5 no no Cosplay Complex almost all... | | |
| 4:04pm | Shinichiro Kimura and Popotan | | | | A look at Shinichiro Kimura’s track record reveals: Anime Seen Bad end SW-like Apprenticeship at Dai-Guard under Seiji Mizushima R: 3 no no Sugar a bit no? no Mahoraba R: 4 no no Cosplay Complex almost all ... | | |
| 6:02pm | Ayako posts GA:GADC 03-05 | | | | After a long pause, Ayako made a 3-episode drop of GA. Coincidentially, I lost patience and downloaded raws yesterday. |
| 6:01pm | J.P.Meyer on studies of visual arts | | | | In an unlinkable discussion about Owen being inexplicably butt-hurt by failry innocous comment by SDS (of Ogiue Maniax), JP dumped like so — quoted in full, so we can link the blasted thing: ok fine, i’ll give you the best bankai i can despite all of my books/notes/stuff being in storage:... |
| 4:52am | Evirus on Macademy Wasshoi | | | | Due to circumstances, I studied the origin of “WORSE THAN COSPRAYERS” tag, and found this: I don’t know how I made it through the first episode. It’s God awful. It’s worse than Cosprayers, easily. It might even be worse than Limeiro CROSS. But, but Both SDB and Aroduc... |
| 3:08pm | Aroduc on the end of Juuden-chan | | | | He’s seen it all (including the thick hook for the next season), and now I must quote at length: If there was ever an argument for the advancement of censorship in anime, Juuden is it. So many episodes would have been been much improved by the simple removal of anywhere between 5 and 30 seconds... | | |
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