| 5:59pm | KEY’s Rewrite Site Officially Launched: New Character Info Revealed | | | | Exactly one year since the announcement of Key’s newest project Rewrite comes the true opening of the official site. Though several parts of the site have yet to launch, of great interest is the revealing of the main character cast in the form of site banners and of course the character page.... |
| 6:57am | Late Impressions: Mobile Suit Gundam 00 | | | | I love the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise, and every time a new chapter is added to the mythos, I feel the need to step back and evaluate what it adds to series as a whole. With Gundam 00 at its conclusion (for now), I have my own critical opinions and thoughts on the series to share. Gundam 00 was an... | | |
| 4:21am | Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei 2 | | | | Normally I don’t like to do episodic blogging but for an OVA of one of my favorite series ever, I can make an exception. Episode 2 starts off Saikoroshi-hen (Dice Killing Chapter) which is an epilogue for Matsuribayashi-hen (Festival Accompanying Chapter) and unlike the completely comedic Batsukoishi-hen... | | |
| 2:00am | Yuri on the Chalkboard Week 17 | | | | For various reasons last week I was not able to do my signature Yuri drawing so this week I decided to do another double feature. Gracing the board this week is no other than the Vocaloid 2 Girls Miku, Rin and Luka. Apparently having the ability to sing in English combined with her mature looks allows... |
| 12:41am | Umineko 4 First Partial Patch Released | | | | For those who don’t already know, The Witch Hunt recently released patch 1 of 3 for Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode 4: Alliance of the golden witch. This patch covers chapters 0 through 9 and includes a few bug fixes as well as an in-game Grimoire Tips system addressing the Japanese language... |
| 9:24pm | Sasameki Koto Manga Impressions | | | | With the announcement of the anime adaptation of the Seinen Yuri manga Sasameki Koto I being the yuri fan that I am decided to read the original manga version last night. The manga follows the story of Murasame Sumika, a popular girl renowned for her excellent grades and sports ability. However, she... |
| 2:24am | Yuri on the Chalkboard Week 16 | | | | Spring Break is finally over so that means back to school and more importantly back to drawing yuri on my favorite chalkboard. This time I decided to go with something whose art may have contributed to me giving in and watching fansubs in the first place, Yami to Boushi to Hon no Tabibito. Azuma Hazuki... |
| 2:30pm | Another New Lyrical Nanoha Manga Appears! Enter Nanoha ViVid | | | | According to the manga-ka Fujima Takuya’s blog, yet another new Nanoha manga titled Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha ViVid taking place 4 years after StrikerS is set to join the Nanoha 4th Series bandwagon. It is set to begin serialization May 26th in Monthly Comp Ace magazine with story written by... | | |
| 2:07am | Spring 2009 Anime Watchlist | | | | With a little less than a month left until the official start of the spring season, I felt it was time to finally compile my anime watch list. Compared to this season it looks like I will be viewing more new anime but that won’t be a problem since several series from the fall and winter seasons... | | |
| 1:32pm | 4th Lyrical Nanoha Series Debuts as Manga | | | | In the latest issue of Kadokawa’s new magazine Nyantype, the fourth installment in the Nanoha universe has been announced to be published in said magazine. The new story is titled Mahou Senki Lyrical Nanoha Force and Takamachi Nanoha is now 25 years old in this series. The first issue will be... | | |
| 3:13pm | Kugimiya Rie a Winner of The 3rd Seiyuu Award | | | | According to Voice Newtype magazine no.31, Tsundere Voice Actress Extraordinaire Kugimiya Rie won Best Actress in The 3rd Seiyuu Award. She also won Best Supporting Actress last year for her role as Sanzenin Nagi (Hayate no Gotoku). Other winners of this year’s award include the following:Best... | | |
| 2:33am | Seiyuu for Beatrice and Additional Character Designs Revealed for Umineko Anime | | | | According to Famitsu Online, the seiyuu for the Golden Witch Beatrice of Umineko no Naku Koro ni has been revealed as Ohara Sayaka probably best known for her role as Alicia Florence in the ARIA series. In addition character sketches for all 18 people isolated in the world of 1986 Rokkenjima plus Beatrice... | | |
| 11:10pm | Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon | | | | For the past few days I have been playing Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, a DS remake of the first installment in the series that made its appearance on the Famicon back in 1990, Fire Emblem: Shin Ankoku Ryuu to Hikari no Tsurugi (ファイアーエムブレ 暗黒竜と光の剣, Fire Emblem: The... | | |
| 4:57am | Higurashi Comic Special Calender 2009 | | | | Sasuga Japanese Bookstore was having a sale this week including 50% off of all in stock calenders so I decided to order SquareEnix’s Higurashi no Naku Koro ni 2009 Calender nearly two months after the start of the year. This calender features 12 full-color illustrations drawn by the various Higurashi... | | |
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