| 7:30am | Engrish T-Shirts | | | | It’s been a while since our last humorous entry, and we haven’t talked about Japan much since our post about Junky Healthy Taco Rice and other fun Engrish stuff, so we thought a good way to kill two birds with one stone would be to show you guys some of the funny Engrish-style T-shirts those... | | |
| 6:30am | Spice and Wolf 2 - Not as Good as the Original | | | | OK, time to nitpick. Having read the first of the Ookami to Koushinryou novels, as well as read a bit of the manga, it is now my contractual obligation to tell you how the anime sucks and is nothing like the original, which is of course a paragon of excellence, prosaic and beautiful in ways this adaptation... | | |
| 6:15am | Aria the Origination 2 | | | | Aria banzai! Donuts banzai! Like pie and ice cream, like Alicia and “Ara ara”, like Akari and embarrassing comments, the gentle strains of Makino Yui’s beautiful singing go together perfectly with the beginning of an Aria episode. The whole concept of the “OP-that’s-not-an-... | | |
| 2:00am | Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 1 | | | | How I’ve missed Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei! The winter anime season doesn’t look like it’s going to be very strong on comedy shows, and Hayate no Gotoku has been kind of going downhill recently, so I’m extremely pleased that I’ll once again have the ever despairing Itoshiki-sensei... | | |
| 11:00am | Kaiji 12 to 14 - See You On the Other Side | | | | Oh my God, is that a woman in a Kaiji episode?! What has the world come to?? Up is down, left is right, J.C. Staff is KyoAni!! Hmm, well at least I think that’s supposed to be a woman, anywayI dunno, Guff? What’s your expert opinion? While the skirt and sweater vest may seem indicative of... | | |
| 10:00am | Shakugan no Shana Is BACK! | | | | Finally finally finally FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY after dicking around with filler arcs and side stories for what seemed like an eternity, they finally get around to the good part of the story. And thank goodness, because it is good indeed. I’ve been waiting to see this scene animated for a long,... | | |
| 10:00am | Shakugan no Shana Is BACK! | | | | Finally finally finally FINALLY FINALLY FINALLY after dicking around with filler arcs and side stories for what seemed like an eternity, they finally get around to the good part of the story. And thank goodness, because it is good indeed. I’ve been waiting to see this scene animated for a long,... | | |
| 1:30am | Responses to Epic Feedback | | | | While variety is the spice and wolf of life, and while we like always mixing things up here, it’s also good to know what kind of content you guys enjoy most. In our contest last month I asked, among other things, what you wanted to see more of here at Epic Win. Between that and our recent poll,... | | |
| 11:15pm | Shigofumi 01 - You’ve Got Mail! | | | | Shigofumi is one of those series that has an intriguing and quirky setting that can either become amazingly brilliant or turn into absolute rubbish, depending on the execution of the story. Speaking of which, using the phrase “execution of the story” when talking about J.C. Staff and light... | | |
| 10:00am | Spice and Wolf 01 - Cool and Spicy and Nekkid | | | | Despite being a recent fan of the light novels this show is based on, I had a lot of reservations about the series going into it. After watching the first episode, however, I’ve been solidly convinced - this show is going to be epic. So sit back, cut yourself a slice of sunshine pie*, and I’ll... | | |
| 3:30am | Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino- 01 - Meh | | | | Meh is indeed my overwhelming reaction to the new season of Gunslinger Girl. It’s not terrible, certainly, but I expected much better than mediocre from both Gunslinger Girl and from Artland. The art style is noticeably similar to Mushishi (which Artland also animated), particularly the shading... | | |
| 8:30am | Aria the Origination - 01 | | | | Dekkai ureshii desu~! Oh man, where would we be without Aria? Well, I suppose we’d probably be in very much the same place, just a lot crankier and more stressed, and our embarrassing remarks would not be prohibited. While other people have complained that anime prospects for the winter season... | | |
| 7:00am | What Makes A Good Anime OP? | | | | Steven Den Beste made an interesting comment last week in response to our choice of Lucky Star for OP of the Year in our Best of 2007 Anime Awards, and it really set me thinking. I know which OPs I like and don’t like, of course, but I had never really stopped to consider what criteria I use to... | | |
| 5:00am | First Thoughts on Gunslinger Girl - Il Teatrino - | | | | As a huge fan of the original Gunslinger Girl anime, as well as the ongoing manga, I’m definitely very excited about seeing how this new season will turn out. The change of studio and cast obviously means the second season will be different from the first, but for the most part I remain pretty... | | |
| 9:00am | Ringing in the New Year in Little Tokyo | | | | This year I decided to forego the usual western customs in favor of following a more Japanese approach to celebrating the New Year. Fortunately for me, the Japanese community in Los Angeles puts on quite a celebration on the first few days of the year, with traditional food, music, and dancing. After... | | |
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