| 10:03am | Why the popularity on Kyonko? |  | | | I have been seeing a lot of genderbending characters(I even saw a Konata-kun, and that scared me.) The whole reason the craze started is because of one personKyonko.She has been popping up everywhere. Even Making a case in the Cutest Character contest I run in the forums I hang out in. So, a Question... |
| 10:55am | Joppy’s week in review- June 24- Of anime, PiQ, Mahoraba, and Saimoe08… |  | | | A lot of new anime seems to be announced in the past week:Queen’s blade, based on Fantasy books(And the infinite figures it spawned)KissxSis- Mahoromatic’s creator Ditama makes a story about a boy and two stepsistersSkip Beat- An interesting Shoujo Manga.Also- PiQ, ADV’s replacement... |
| 3:26pm | Joppy’s Collection June 17- Old school |  | | | Haven’t done one of these posts in a while.Here is what I picked up this weekend(the pic helps as well):Anime:1. Olde School- Golion (Voltron)Set 1 and Teknoman Complete set.2. Yuri- Strawberry Panic 23. Comedy- School Rumble OVA4. The Cute ones- Kanon 5 and “Shattered Angels” 15. Ecchi-... | | |
| 6:35pm | Media Blasters licenses Dokuro-chan(And other news) |  | | | Note-This post was supposed to be posted yesterdaym, but events caused me not to post itAt least some companies do not play around with their licenses.John Sirabella, the President of Media Blasters announced that he licenced:Dokuro-chan. I approve of this, and there were no games involved in this license.However,... |
| 7:34am | Slight Hiatus? Not really… |  | | | I haven’t posted anything in over a week. However, I am not in hibernation, just been working.In between, I have been watching Shana II. Shana herself enters the realm of top 5 Joppy’s girls throughout the series. Won’t pass Konata and Makie, but Shana is up there with the others. And... |
| 7:56pm | Negima Ala Alba PV |  | | | A PV to the special OAD of Negima: Ala Alba was released today. And it looks decent. The Happy Material remix I didn’t like, however, they combined both what made the first and second series good(Negima!-The story up till kyoto was all right, the animation was shoddy), (Negima!?- The animation... | | |
| 1:34am | Bandai Entertainment license- lol? |  | | | Today they have announced a “Major licence”:Tamagochi movie.Meh.Also: 2 more countdowns have been added:1 for 5 days from now.1 for OtakonAnd there is 34+ days from AX.Hmm |
| 1:11am | Bandai Entertainment- License May 23 |  | | | At the Bandai Panel, Bandai licensed the movie Sword of the Stranger.It was made by BONES. Unfortunately, not interested in the movie. Hopefully, this was not all Bandai has(There is a con next weekend)Source-Anime on DVD IRC Channel |
| 7:13pm | Bandai Visual USA dies horribly. |  | | | Today marks the end of one of the most interesting companies ever to try and sell anime in the US: Bandai Visual. For a while, they have tried to sell anime at exorbitant prices. Like.19.95 for 1 episode, 39/49 for 2/3 episodes, and no dub.That didn’t sit well with many anime fans. The only DVD... |
| 6:27pm | Jop’s week in Review(Or two)- May 22 |  | | | Since I was preoccupied with the wedding, I couldn’t post what I wanted to post last week.Last week, Funimation announced all week licenses, one per day. They are:Mamotte! LollipopKenichi the Mightiest DiscipleGunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-.Soukou no StrainShigurui: Death FrenzyAnd at Anime Central:Romeo... |
| 8:23pm | Ode to Rico- Part II |  | | | Picture unrelated.Well, the wedding has been completed. My Bro has been married w/out a hitch. Everything went well, so all is good.I even caught the Garter, so it looks like I am next in line O_O.Well, anyways. Congrats to my bro.We now return to Anime, And a new theme shortly. |
| 1:14pm | Ode to Rico- Part 1 |  | | | Not an anime post, but I want to say congrats to my brother- He gets married today, and all my family is here and everything, so everything is running smoothly.I’m a groomsman, so I get to stand for the wedding right next to my Bro, so he and I will be front and center.(Ugh, me |
| 8:50am | Jop’s Collection May 16 early morning~ “Stimulus Check ahoy!” |  | | | Living in the US can be beneficial. For instance, anyone who filed for taxes gets at least $600. So, I get two checks this week, a payday check and this “Stimulus” check. So, what better way to stimulate the economy then to do some Anime shopping. :3:3:3What I bought this week:Lucky Star... |
| 9:05am | Makieism 2.0’s 1 yr Anniversary~! |  | | | Today Marks the one year anniversary of Makieism 2.0.During that one years’ time:ADV scores Air and Kanon.Geneon Falls.ADV scores Gurren Lagann.Bandai Visual makes a total fool of themselves.ADV almost falls.Bandai Entertainment Licences Lucky Star :3.ADV loses Gurren Lagann.Bandai Entertainment... | | |
| 9:39pm | Joppy’s DVD Review- Lucky Star |  | | | Starting a new feature on Makieism, DVD Reviews-Starting with my favorite series, Lucky Star with disk 1, which came out by Bandai Entertainment for R1 on May 6th.Story- After watching this, with the “Food episode” It is kinda weaker than the episodes afterwords. It may be due to the switch... | | |
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