| 5:30am | Ramble: Shugo Chara - 46 | | | | Bala-balance~ Because sometimes, buses explode Episode 46 felt like an oddball compared the last 45 episodes. It might be because it was just Amu and Rima and pretty much nothing about the episode related to the overlaying plot (save for the X egg). No Easter, no embryo, no Guardians, no neko boy in... | | |
| 1:45am | Ponyo on the Cliff coming to the US in 2009 | | | | It was expected, yes, but hearing some confirmation is always a good thing. Time Mag Confirms Disney’s U.S. Ponyo Plans for 2009 Miyazaki’s latest movie to be released in United States next year A positive review of Hayao Miyazaki’s Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea, written by Time magazine’s... | | |
| 9:00pm | Ramble: Zero no Tsukaima ~Princess no Rondo~ - 09 | | | | Watching Zero no Tsukaima with the brain turned off! “Hey we’ve got Cy Young winners over here!” What is it about Saito that women find irresistible? Is it because he is foreign? I remember when I was an undergraduate taking a course on cognitive development, girls always flocked... | | |
| 6:51am | Koihime Musou motherly love | | | | This summer season’s version of Tasty Travels with polearms just got infinitely more interesting with Kouchuu’s introduction. The sole character I’ve been waiting for since first scanning of the Koihime Musou CG. Really, what is there not to like about her? Hisakawa Aya-voiced characters... |
| 3:00am | Ramble: Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu - 08 | | | | Pancakes anyone? The lack of Haruka this episode made me sad but I sure do love pancakes. Pancakes for breakfast, pancakes for dinner, pancakes for a snack, it doesn’t matter. Pancakes rule! Pancakes with Haruka is double the pleasure, double the winnage. Yuto is living the dream. Love-love with... | | |
| 7:00pm | Minami-ke season 3?! | | | | Pleasantly surprising news–a third helping of Minami-ke! (Is it just me, or does Touma look strikingly similar to Black Diamond Utau in that image? Mizuki Nana tie-in, or simply coincidence?) I refuse to believe Mako-chan is a trap. It’s like saying the Earth is flat or that Sakura Diaries... | | |
| 6:50am | Hatsukoi Limited anime coming soon | | | | Koyoi, Nao, Ayumi, Yuu, and Misaki animated!? If it’s true, I’m so there. Hatsukoi Limited Anime, Drama CD to Be Announced Mizuki Kawashita’s manga depicts vignettes in lives of 8 female students The 40th issue of Shueisha’s Weekly Shonen Jump magazine will reportedly announce... | | |
| 6:45am | VIZBIG Rurouni Kenshin | | | | Oro? The quintessential “Aku Soku Zan” Over the weekend, I used a gift card I received for my birthday and some coupons to pick the first 3 volumes of Viz’s re-releases of the Kenshin manga in their new VIZBIG line (basically wideban re-releases). I’ve been seeing compilation/collection... | | |
| 9:20pm | Koihime Musou buffet | | | | Bishoujo buffet and no story. That about sums it. I can’t figure out Koihime Musou. While it definitely provides some great armpit-licking service and a bishoujo buffet with a crazy selection, one has to wonder what direction this series is going in. Yes, randomness and zaniness is the new hip... | | |
| 6:00pm | Nanoha R1 DVD collection out in November | | | | November 11, 2008 79 days from now. After a year of waiting, Nanoha DVDs are finally making their way into US stores, just in time for the hoidays. I was expecting individual DVDs, but the whole series at one time is alright to me. It would make more sense to me if the series was getting released without... | | |
| 9:30am | Ramble: Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu - 07 | | | | Haruka~ What a bastard! That’s hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise right there. Raiding Haruka’s room like she’s hiding porn or drugs Sideburns needs to ease up on the anti-anime, anti-manga, and anti-game talk because it’s not all bad. Some teach crime prevention and 5th... | | |
| 7:00am | Ramble: Zero no Tsukaima ~Princess no Rondo~ - 07 | | | | Well, look who’s back Siesta’s “use me already!” pose. Siesta you tease. Go whore yourself proudly! It’s always amazed me how Siesta can be considered Louise’s top rival, yet Siesta has nothing going for her other than Horie Yui and her chest. Unfortunately those... | | |
| 2:00am | Magical Nekomimi Kyouka-sama | | | | Would you eat Kyouka-sama’s special cake? Ouka is one lucky fellow. If standard Kyouka-sama is win, mahou shoujo Kyouka-sama is triple winnage. We’ve got 26-year-old magical wives and 19-year-old magical girls, so 20 is far from blasphemy. Uncommon, but not impossible. Even biological weapons... |
| 5:52am | Ai-chan arrives at Aria Company | | | | Undine Ai-chan is awesome. This Special Navigation was pretty self-explanatory, but it was nonetheless awesome to see Ai-chan’s official arrival at Aria Company’s doorsteps as a rookie undine. No sleeping like Akari, but a warm Aria Company welcome nonetheless. I makes me wish there were... | | |
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