| 6:50pm | DiGiKerot on J-books |  | | | For those who’re into that kind of thing, Beta Waffle has a post up that takes a more palatable view on failures of Tokyopop and how ViZ applies its lessons. I didn’t even read what Omo wrote, his title was too clever and my eyes glazed over trying to parse its numerous “is-es”.... |
| 6:57pm | BayTSP is at it again | | | | Japanophile Isle reports on another Cease-and-Desist for an unlicensed show (Canaan) sent by BayTSP’s robots. BayTSP is well known for this kind of thing. In fact it’s even known outside of anime (for DoSing, too). The BayTSP case brings to light the problem outlined in the paper “Large... | | |
| 12:20am | Nova speaks truth to power | | | | Jinx (ephasis mine): Umineko started reminding me of the Moomin episodes with the Hobgoblin, except that at least the Hobgoblin’s pretty badass with his flying panther and shit. I only read the books and the only character in them with a flying panther was the Magician/Wizard. He was pretty badass,... | | |
| 4:45am | Bandai in August 2009 | | | | I received my True Tears from RACS, 10 days ahead of the revised street date, and a few weeks after the originally promised release date. Oh well, at least it’s here. I remember the announcement, and how a number of people (especially among inhabitants of #animeondvd) loudly proclaimed that Bandai... | | |
| 8:26pm | Learning Japanese by watching anime | | | | Back when Owen blasted so-called “poseurs”, I expressed significant doubts that many people were dumb enough to try learning Japanese from anime. I certainly never had enough success with it; it was fun, but the rate of adoption was such that my natural death were certain to interrupt the... |
| 8:11pm | Kurogane on GA:GADC | | | | In the post titled “GA is pretty much the best show this season isn’t it?”, Kuro exhalts: A slice-of-life show that is original, funny, entertaining and informative without being boring. That’s what my impression of GA Geijutsuka Art Design has been like. It’s pretty much the best... | | |
| 5:18pm | Kurogane Communication ends | | | | Who knew that post-apocalyptic wasteland was so cool. But jokes aside, it was a nice little anime with half-length episodes. Even when it turned to action/emo/conspiracy plot, it stayed the course. The two disposable playbots were adorable. Cartoony, true, but no more so than everyone else in the show.... |
| 3:55pm | Schneider on WAH | | | | Continuing World: [WAH] makes some valid points, but delivers it in typical wah fashion, which polarizes most bloggers to lash out instead of actually listening. WAH’s insolence and arrogance built a legend, I commend Schneider for finding words to describe its effect without placing epithets.... |
| 3:42pm | Theowne on TYM | | | | Omohide: I watched the first two episodes. This series has the best score (background music) I have heard this year, even better than Cross Game. It uses a primarily orchestral palette of sounds, but often with pentatonic melodies (naturally evocative of traditional Japanese music). Very fitting... |
| 5:51am | Hinano on Sora no Manimani | | | | Heard today: I wonder why zaitcev thought that Soramani stood a chance. Here’s one of the reasons: Yes it’s generic school romance comedy show, but it has nothing offensive and digusting and irritating about it that would stop me from watching it. Many might think Mihoshi is annoying but her... | | |
| 7:50pm | Sora no Manimani begins | | | | The first 9 minutes 40 seconds of Sora ni Manimani look very much like an extremely low-rent reprise of Honey and Clover to me. The art, on the average [1], is unimpressive. Yoakena was better, what to say about Toradora, Kimikiss, etc. So, I’m not optimistic. I’ll give the story a chance,... | | |
| 4:45am | Theowine on (melo)drama | | | | When I saw the title of the post, I thought he’s trying to discuss Toradora. I wonder if he permits a series to be both dramatic and melodramatic simultaneously, possibly in different aspects. UPDATE: Theowne replies with a deeper look. BTW, it’s refreshing to see someone referring to Ayn... | | |
| 4:32am | Otou on Haibane Renmei | | | | Otou reports on the greatest anime series ever. One of the unexpected turns (if not quite a twist) is like Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann’s most masterful one: it turns out the series isn’t actually about who you think it’s about. Well… it is and it isn’t. No need to be so cagey about it: the... | | |
| 4:09am | Crying for GA:GADC fansubs | | | | GA: Genjusuka Art Design Class is so comfortable, and the fansub situation is so bad, that I tried to go raw. Impossible, of course. One exception is when a text is present, like in case of soft-and-hard excercise. Also, turning Super-Saiyan needs no explanation. But otherwise, I’m helpless... |
| 3:58am | Wonderduck on TYM | | | | I actually linked the famous musical number before and that was enough to snare Sixten, but the geriatric animeblogger club at Meenuvia needed prodding by Wonderduck before they started paying attention (also, Mr. Duck embedded the video instead of simply linking it). It would not be a big spoiler to... | | |
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