| 4:06pm | Dragonball Evolution weekend estimate: $4.65 million | | | | I don’t think even the biggest doubters of the live-actin Dragonball: Evolution could have imagined that this movie would have bombed so much. After 3 days, Dragonball: Evolution opened at #8 with an estimated $4.65 million. One should note that these estimates are often revised downwards... |
| 4:00pm | Dragonball loses it’s balls at the box office - opens Friday at $2.1 million | | | | The question of whether the new Hannah Montana movie would do better than Dragonball: Evolution has been answered with a definitive yes. In fact, it turned into a blowout. Dragonball: Evolution opened Friday with a non-existant $2.1 million, opening in 8th place after one day, and averaging $951 per... |
| 3:33pm | Anime Review - Toradora | | | | The Essentials Name: Toradora Genre: Comedy, Romance Episodes: 25 Aired: October 1, 2008 - March 25, 2009 Based On: Toradora light novel series by Yuyuko Takemiya Director: Tatsuyuki Nagai Produced By: Genco, J.C. Staff US Distribution By: Not LicensedCastCharacterJapanese CastEnglish Cast (N/A)Taiga... | | |
| 4:26pm | Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom - Episode 01 | | | | It’s Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom episode 1, and some guy wakes up in an empty room without memories when a masked woman suddenly starts to attack him. A man invades a mansion near a tropical beach, killing to guards outside along the way. Inside, he runs into one of his fellow assassins... | | |
| 9:19pm | Cardcaptor Sakura - Episode 01 | | | | It’s Cardcaptor Sakura episode 1, and Sakura, a cheerful 4th grader, ends up starting out on her amazing magical journey. The episode starts with us meeting Sakura, a seemingly ordinary 4th grade girl who lives with her teasing high school brother and her kind father. However, one night she... |
| 8:02pm | Blogging Cardcaptor Sakura | | | | Yes, that’s right. In honor of it coming out in Blu-Ray and re-airing on Japanese TV in HD, I’m going to be blogging the entire series start to finish. This will probably be my biggest blogging job I’ve ever taken on, especially after I just said I’d only do one series because... |
| 7:25pm | Candy Boy - Episode 6 | | | | It’s Candy Boy episode 6, and it’s time for Kana to start seriously thinking about trying to get into an arts college. Kana finally turns in her reworked art project, but not before getting a gold scolding from the teacher. Later, Kana and Yuki look through the available rooms in the new... | | |
| 2:43pm | Re-Review - Howl’s Moving Castle | | | | This is just a note saying that I’ve re-scored my review for Howl’s Moving Castle. You can see the full review here. The new scores for this series are: Animation: 5/5 Story: 4/5 Music: 4/5 Dub: 5/5 Series: 4/5 |
| 11:23pm | CLANNAD: After Story - Extra | | | | It’s the CLANNAD: After Story special episode, and it’s a year before Nagisa and Tomoya’s fateful meeting. We finally see some of her old high school friends, as well as the original encounter between Kyou and Tomoya. We jump back a year before the first episode of the first season... | | |
| 2:33pm | Web Stats for March 2009 | | | | Here it is again…the post no one but I and a few other people in the known universe care about…the web stats post! Get all the numeric goodness below the fold! Percent change in ( ) is from February. Percent change in [ ] is from March 2008. Visits: 17,416 (43.3%) [255.1%] Page Views: 32,525... | | |
| 12:10am | Anime Review - Maid Guy | | | | The Essentials Name: Maid Guy; Kamen no Maid Guy; Masked Maid Guy Genre: Comedy Episodes: 12 + 1 OVA Aired: April 5, 2008 - June 21, 2008 Based On: Kamen no Maid Guy manga by Maruboro Akai Director: Masayuki Sakoi Produced By: Madhouse, Rondo Robe US Distribution By: Not LicensedCastCharacterJapanese... | | |
| 11:08pm | The Unsatisfactory Ending of Toradora | | | | I thought about adding this into my review for Toradora or adding it to my podcast review, but I thought this would be better written out in it’s own post, as it basically is an editorial. I’ll say it right front: I was a Ryuji/Minori shipper in Toradora until the very, bitter end of the... | | |
| 7:29pm | It’s Here | | | | It’s April Fools Day. Beware any blog posts that you may read over the next 36 hours. Edit: I should note that it’s April Fool’s Day somewhere, not necessarily here (yet). |
| 4:29pm | Anime DVD and Manga Releases for March 24 - April 6 | | | | Anime DVDs and Blu-RaysMarch 24, 2009 Aria The Natural - Set #2 (sub) Baccano! - Volume 2 Chrono Crusade - Box Set Claymore - Volume 4 I’’s & I’’s Pure - Box Set Maria Watches Over Us - Season 3 Box Set (sub) Solty Rei - Box Set Tokyo Majin - Season 1 Part 2 Trinity Blood... | | |
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