| 2:12am | That damn Yoshida | | | | During the New Year months ago, Eureka Seven character designer Yoshida Kenichi posted an Eureka-themed New Year’s Card on his personal site. I looked at it back in January, not thinking much of it, only noticing that Eureka looked kind of young in it. Recently, I revisited the image and realized... | | |
| 1:35am | My Eyes, I Can’t See | | | | That is my reaction to catching up on over 100 chapters of Bleach. You see, because when you get that much Bleach in your eyes it Anyway, I actually started reading Bleach about 2 years ago and kept up with it pretty well, but the day my first external hard drive died was the same day I downloaded... | | |
| 2:58am | The Fujoshi Files 5: Ohno Kanako | | | | Name: Ohno, Kanako (大野加奈子) Alias: Kannazuki Yohko (神無月曜湖) Relationship Status: Dating Information: Ohno Kanako is a member of the Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture aka Genshiken at the prestigious Shiiou University, and is quite possibly the first willing female member... |
| 5:39pm | O-G-I-U-E | | | | Since starting this blog, I have been linked to and referred to a number of times by people looking for things related to Ogiue. Maybe they want to talk about how great Ogiue is, or maybe they’re just mentioning Ogiue for the hell of it. I have noticed a recurring problem in that people tend... |
| 8:41pm | The first step is sometimes the hardest: Starting a new series | | | | It’s happened to me quite a few times, and I’m sure that it’s happened to a lot of people too. Why is it that sometimes starting a new show can be so difficult? There’s nothing holding it back, there are no prejudices against it, many times I have the show in my possession specifically... |
| 2:28am | Part of the Culture: Identifying Oneself Relative to an Industry | | | | There is a way to play multiple games on a Nintendo DS on just a single card. Many people have utilized such a device, and I hold no ill will towards them for doing so. None at all. However, when asked why I don’t use one, my immediate response is that “it hurts the industry.” Now,... |
| 2:45am | Baccano Uguuuu~ | | | | The typical joke leveled at Kanon and other similar shows is that the characters’ appeal can be summarized by calling them “damaged goods.” I find myself watching Baccano! (and the extra episodes which have started coming out recently) waiting for the moments which show just how... | | |
| 3:52am | The Strength of Manga in Clearly Describing Deeper Concepts | | | | Sometimes I’ll see people say that western comics beat out manga because when they actually are written to be sophisticated they do so in a much more mature and literary fashion. Granted, Miyazaki’s Nausicaa is richly dense in this respect but he’s the exception that sort of proves... | | |
| 11:54pm | Hokuto Hyakuryuusei Ora Ora Ora Ora: Playing Jump Ultimate Stars | | | | A friend of mine kindly obtained for me a copy of the game Jump Ultimate Stars. I imagine a lot of you already know what the game is and have probably played it far more than I have. For those of you who don’t, Jump Ultimate Stars is a Shounen Jump crossover fighting game for the Nintendo DS... | | |
| 12:00am | Getting You Kicked Out of Your Hotel is Merely a Sign of Affection | | | | “Encountering a durian for the first time is not unlike encountering someone with an overbearing personality; the strong odor and strange taste are like a “facade” to protect a most delicate and delightful character.” With that we can conclude that durians are, in fact, tsundere.... |
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