| 11:54pm | What Do You Mean I Haven’t Heard of These Shows? | | | | I recently discovered a Mahou Shoujo fighting game called Magical Chaser thanks to a link referral for my Comet-san review, and decided to play it for a bit. The first thing that surprised me though was that of the eight characters playable in the game, there were two I didn’t recognize at all.... |
| 12:43pm | Ishiguro and Pals’ Otakon Press Conference Full Audio at Ani-Gamers | | | | In my Otakon 2009 review, I mentioned a highly informative press conference with guests Maruyama Masao, Ishiguro Noboru, Kikukawa Yukio, and Matsubara Hidenori, and I implored you to listen to the full interview once it was released by some noble citizen. Well it turns out Evan Minto from Ani-Gamers... |
| 8:40pm | A Dance Opening is More Than Just a Dance: Haruhi 1 vs Haruhi 2 | | | | Yamamoto “Yamakan” Yutaka tends to divide the anime community with the anime he’s worked on, especially with his reluctant reputation as the most well-known creator of “dance segments” for anime openings and endings. Think Haruhi, Lucky Star, Kannagi, and you’ll... | | |
| 10:02pm | Ogiue: Definitive Fujoshi Icon | | | | Mousou Shoujo Otakukei Volume 3 has been out in America for a number of months now (under the name Fujoshi Rumi), and in the back of the book the author Konjoh Natsumi describes her experience meeting the guys who played her manga’s characters in the live-action Mousou Shoujo adaptation. In one... |
| 1:43am | No JLPT1 For Me This Year | | | | I just found out that all of the seats for the level 1 have been taken at my testing site (Columbia University in NYC), so even if I was 100% sure I wanted to take the test, I wouldn’t have the opportunity anyway. Of course, this doesn’t keep me from actually studying, and it might be better... |
| 1:29am | By Crom! Endings! | | | | In a previous post I made here on Ogiue Maniax, I talked about how as a child I was amazed when cartoons I watched had actual endings or resolutions or at least something resembling a good stopping point, and I specified Conan the Adventurer as one such show. Then, I found out that another show I loved... | | |
| 9:08pm | Let Me Tell You About My New Favorite Nico Tag | | | | You want to watch a lot of anime but you don’t have a lot of time. And you want it to all be about robots. Well, let me introduce you to ロボットアニメシーン 集 or “Robot Anime Scene Compilations.” Have you ever wanted to check out the awesome fights in a giant robot anime,... |
| 7:56pm | Reductive Production | | | | As of late, I’ve felt that quite a few anime creators have been taking a reductive approach to determining what is necessary for a piece of fiction to actually work. They’re examining the innards of animation as a story-telling device, and removing seemingly vital organs in order to determine... |
| 3:48pm | Aim for the Ace Anime Adaptations Analysis | | | | The year was 1973, and a young anime studio named Madhouse began work on its first big series, an adaptation of a popular tennis manga called Ace o Nerae! or Aim for the Ace! as it translates in English. Running 26 episodes, it was directed by Dezaki Osamu and had character designs by Sugino Akio,... |
| 3:34pm | Anipages Talks Kanada (Moreso than Usual) | | | | Animator Kanada Yoshinori died about a month ago, and as one might expect from the blog anipages, they have numerous articles dedicated to the man’s long and influential career, as well as prior articles from long before his death. The articles are all fascinating, as anipages articles tend to... |
| 8:22pm | Vertical Vednesday August 26, 2009: 4-Panel Manga | | | | I may be sounding like a broken record by now, but it’s totally worth having that reputation so that I can tell you about Vertical Inc Marketing Director Ed Chavez’s periodic talks on the various genres of manga and other related topics. This Wednesday, Ed will be holding a discussion on... | | |
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