| 1:38am | Too Many Good Anime | | | | There are just too many good anime this season.Here's my own watch-list of raws:Monday: Vampire Knight - Guilty, ef - a tale of melodies. (2)Tuesday: Kurozuka, Hakushaku to Yousei, Mouryou no Hako. (3)Wednesday: Toradora, Hyakko, Bounen no Xamdo. (3)Thursday: Chaos;Head, Tytania, Nodame Cantabile Paris,... | | |
| 8:40pm | Kurozuka -- Give It a Try | | | | I'm not much for violent anime, but the sleeper hit of the season for me is the unheralded Madhouse show Kurozuka. Even if you aren't into bloodbaths, this show just grabs your attention and runs with it. Give it a try.I'm not sure what genre this might fit into. Maybe it's a genre of its own: vampire... | | |
| 5:10am | Japanese Otakus' Choices -- What 2channel Likes This Season | | | | After three episodes of most shows, 2channel has declared itself.The Japanese anime fans who post to that vast complex of message boards favor Clannad After Story and Gundam00 among new seasons of old shows.And among new shows, they like Toradora and Kannagi, with To Aru Majutsu no Index only a little... | | |
| 7:23pm | Hirano Aya -- Semi-Secret Single | | | | I've posted about Hirano Aya's new single 涙 NAMIDA ナミダ, written by famed Hello!Project producer Tsunku.But she quietly released another single in late September that I enjoy more -- Mind Loop, a character CD single for the PS2 game Memories Off6 ~T-wave~. You can hear it on YouTube.It's a simple,... |
| 11:15pm | Hirano Aya -- Big Forehead | | | | One of the nasty things Hirano Aya is called by her 2channel detractors is "Deko Bitch," "deko" meaning "forehead."She certainly does have a high forehead, which is one reason she has usually worn a hairstyle with her hair covering at least part of her forehead.But one of the things I like about her... |
| 9:32pm | Seiyuu Tomatsu Haruka -- "nice legs" | | | | I mentioned in my previous post about this great young seiyuu that people say she has "nice legs" but that I couldn't find a photo that showed it. Today a photo was posted on 2channel that somewhat gets the point across (click to enlarge to 1090x1600) :The first post in reply was: "nice leg" (in English).A... | | |
| 9:24pm | Tomatsu Haruka -- Birth of a Star | | | | I haven't been a fan of Tomatsu Haruka's 戸松遥 ,voice until now. But in the first episode of the new show Kannagi, she was absolutely outstanding. Her voice dipped and soared, turned and shifted, going sure-footedly from offended goddess to stranded innocent to loopy comedienne to regal mother-figure... | | |
| 10:58pm | Hirano Aya's New Single Sneaks Into Top Ten | | | | Hirano Aya's new single 涙 NAMIDA ナミダ (Tears, Tears, Tears) is at number ten on its first day on the charts. It is the ED to the new anime Hyakko, in which she is part of the four-member main cast.And as it turns out, today is her 21st birthday.The single was written and produced by Tsunku♂,... | | |
| 6:59pm | First-week Favorites -- Kannagi, ef melodies, and many more | | | | As usual, our worst fears have not been realized. Some people expected a second-rate season this fall, but there are lots of entertaining new anime in various genres.I enjoyed many of the first episodes I've seen, but the two that rocked my soul were Kannagi and ef - a tale of melodies.In ef - a tale... | | |
| 3:01am | Eve no Jikan -- Don't Miss It | | | | There are some good new shows starting right now, but I want to talk about a little gem that has given us two brief episodes over the past couple of months: Eve no Jikan イヴの時間 ("The Time of Eve").The show is beautifully and atmospherically animated, with great voices, interesting characters... | | |
| 8:14pm | Seiyuu Sawashiro Miyuki -- One of a Kind | | | | SAWASHIRO Miyuki 沢城みゆき is a great seiyuu and a strange bird. She spends her time reading, likes classical music, dresses older than her 23 years, and speaks gently, but with great confidence in her own opinions.She started in anime at 14 (born in Tokyo 1985.06.02), and has been working ever... | | |
| 8:48pm | 2008 So Far -- My Favorite Shows | | | | As I see my taste drifting further and further from that of a lot of other anime fans, I thought I'd just run through the year and figure out which anime have been my favorites so far.My favorite show of the summer season was definitely Mahou Tsukai ni Taisetsu na Koto -- Natsu no Sora. Lots of people... | | |
| 7:24pm | Get Ready! -- Fall Anime Schedule, day by day | | | | Here is a calendar-style anime schedule for the fall.The season begins Sunday, with Hakushaku to Yousei ("The Count and the Fairy"), starring Mizuki Nana and Midorikawa Hikaru. Then it really gets going on Wednesday 1 October, with five new shows: Toradora, Hyakko, Casshern Sins, Rosario to Vampire 2... | | |
| 7:39pm | Takagaki Ayahi on Wrestling Radio Show? | | | | I'd read that Takagaki Ayahi (Noe in true tears) was supposed to be a fan of pro wrestling, but now she is going to co-host a wrestling-focused radio program.The show is called "Hustle Every Night" (夜ナ夜ナハッスル), and is produced by a wrestling group called "Hustle Fighting Opera." The purpose... | | |
| 6:59pm | Seiyuu Romance -- Do Nana-chan and Hana-chan Have Boyfriends? | | | | Fair warning: this post is pure tabloid fluff.This summer, we have had a couple of seiyuu romance rumors, one of them old but proven.1. A photo-booth photo has turned up showing Hanazawa Kana 花澤香菜 with her boyfriend in 2006.2. 2channel has been playing with a rumor that Mizuki Nana 水樹奈々and... | | |
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