| 11:06pm | Anime Summer 2009 -- full previews w/cast, staff, story, trailer, pic | | | | Last summer, I could find only 30 shows to preview. This summer, there are 36, without even counting movies.And that doesn't include strong continuing shows, such as Requiem for the Phantom, Pandora Hearts, Cross Game, Before Green Gables, Mazinger Z, Guin Saga, Hanasakeru Shounen, Saki -- and new episodes... | | |
| 9:32pm | Summer 2009 Anime -- full previews w/staff, cast, story, trailer, pic | | | | Last summer, I could find only 30 shows to preview. This summer, there are 36, without even counting movies.And that doesn't include strong continuing shows, such as Requiem for the Phantom, Pandora Hearts, Cross Game, Before Green Gables, Mazinger Z, Guin Saga, Hanasakeru Shounen, Saki -- and new episodes... | | |
| 8:03pm | Summer 2009 Anime Previews -- full previews w/cast, staff, story, trailer, pic | | | | Last summer, I could find only 30 shows to preview. This summer, there are 36, without even counting movies.And that doesn't include strong continuing shows, such as Requiem for the Phantom, Pandora Hearts, Cross Game, Before Green Gables, Mazinger Z, Guin Saga, Hanasakeru Shounen, Saki -- and new episodes... | | |
| 6:18pm | Hirano Aya-only TV ep2 | | | | Episode three of Hirano Aya dake TV is coming up Thursday, but I only just found episode two yesterday, on YouTube. And today it has been taken down.In any case, this time, Aya goes to an exclusive French restaurant and gets lessons in how to eat French food. She has clearly done this before, but still... | | |
| 4:18pm | A Great Day for Anime -- Haruhi, Eden, and Phantom | | | | What a wonderful day to be alive and watching anime: three great anime episodes back to back. A new episode of Suzumiya Haruhi, a mind-blowing episode of Eden of the East, and a chilling episode of Requiem for the Phantom.Suzumiya Haruhi: Bamboo-Leaf Rhapsody There may be slight differences in the character... | | |
| 5:30pm | New Spring Anime -- 16 favorite OP/EDs | | | | Tastes differ, but for me this season is the best I can remember for enjoyable anime OPs and EDs.I have only one way of judging: after several episodes, do I still keep watching the OP and ED or just fast-forward through them? I'm really listening for the music, rather than the words or the images, in... |
| 9:06pm | Hayami Saori -- A Producer's Praise | | | | Hayami Saori 早見沙織 will co-star in the much-anticipated dating-sim game Love Plus ラブプラス, which comes out this summer. The game's producer has loaded her with praise in terms that I think are wholly accurate."She has a deep understanding of the script and is able to communicate subtle... | | |
| 10:47pm | Yurumates -- Seiyuu Triumph | | | | Slipping in under the radar comes the hilarious one-episode OVA Yurumates ゆるめいつ, based on a 4-koma comic strip by saxyun.The simple Flash+2D animation is funny enough, but the script and the seiyuus really make this a great little show. Hidamari Sketch with a drier wit.Main character Yurume... | | |
| 3:17am | Hirano Aya Only TV -- episode 1 | | | | The first episode of Hirano Aya's hour-long TV show Hirano Aya dake TV 平野綾だけTV ("Hirano Aya-only TV") was broadcast on Fuji Television April 16.Here is part one on YouTube.Aya spent four hours working in a fast food restaurant, Lotteria. She made hamburgers (breaking a couple), salted and served... | | |
| 7:15pm | 2channel Popularity -- K-On and the Rest | | | | On 2channel, K-On is the big favorite among new shows, with over 101,000 posts.Hayate has more posts (>144,000), but I believe it is continuing on from the previous seasons' total. Whereas K-On's posts have largely come in past few weeks.Another moe show, Saki, comes a distant second, with >40,000... | | |
| 8:00pm | Spring Anime -- Brief Reviews and Early Favorites | | | | There are too many good new shows this season. Heading the list for me are Eden of the East, Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom, and Ristorante Paradiso.K-On, Guin Saga, Hanasakeru Shounen and Pandora Hearts aren't too far behind. Here are brief reviews of most of the new shows, from my own fairly idiosyncratic... | | |
| 7:56pm | Hayami Saori -- the new Kawasumi Ayako or the new Shimamoto Sumi? | | | | I keep rewatching episodes of Eden of the East, partly just to hear more of the beautiful voice of Hayami Saori 早見沙織. The 17-year-old Hayamin is coming into her own with her starring role as Saki.In the thread about her on 2channel, the Japanese discussion board, her growing number of fans have... | | |
| 6:07pm | Eden of the East -- episode 3 preview description | | | | Here is a translation of the episode 3 preview from the blog on the official site. Be warned: it includes spoilers for what I guess is the first third of the episode:"Akira and Saki finally get to the home address in Akira's passport. It turns out to be a shopping mall with a cinema complex. Does Akira... | | |
| 7:13pm | Jewelpet -- Characters and Seiyuus | | | | Jewelpet is a Sunday morning anime for young girls, and is a tie-in with a line of stuffed toys from Sanrio and Sega.But in fact, it's not half bad.And it has a very interesting cast. It's intended as a vehicle for Morning Musume member Kamei Eri, who does a decent job for a new seiyuu. And singer/TV... | | |
| 9:15pm | Higashi no Eden -- character and seiyuu pics and info | | | | I've made a page showing the characters in Higashi no Eden and their voice actors, with info and pics for both character and seiyuu.There are twelve characters, including eight whom we haven't seen in episode one.There is some slightly spoilerish info, including the fact that a fellow college student... |
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