| 6:13pm | An Exclusive Look at “Oblivion Island” |  | | | What ever happened to all those old toys and doodads you had when you were a kid? Doesn’t it feel like they have just simply vanished off of the face of the Earth? That is the premise behind the latest anime movie from Production I.G., Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror. As a child,... |
| 6:52pm | Anime Review: Dragonaut: The Resonance (Part 1) | | | | Dragonaut: The Resonance is the sci-fi story of Jin Kamishima, a boy who has felt alone in the world after surviving a space shuttle accident that killed the rest of his family. Suddenly one day, he discovers Toa, a beautiful and powerful pink-haired babe that has sworn to protect him and stay by his... |
| 6:13pm | Book Review: Sayonara, Mr. Fatty! | | | | Like most people, I made just one New Years Resolution last January: 2009 was going to be the year I was going to get in shape!I had gained a lot of weight from college, and I’ve kept it on for the few years since graduation. I was six feet tall and 238 pounds. So my goal was to be under 200 by... |
| 6:13pm | Book Review: Sayonara, Mr. Fatty! | | | | Like most people, I made just one New Years Resolution last January: 2009 was going to be the year I was going to get in shape!I had gained a lot of weight from college, and I’ve kept it on for the few years since graduation. I was six feet tall and 238 pounds. So my goal was to be under 200 by... |
| 5:19pm | Manga Review: Deka Kyoshi (vol 1) | | | | Detective Toyama is assigned to investigate the apparent suicide of an elementary school teacher. He goes undercover as a teacher himself and fills in for the victim’s class of fifth grade students. He is determined to find out if the suicide was just that, or if there was any foul play was involved... |
| 4:51pm | Anime Review: Blassreiter (Part 1) | | | | In a fictional modern day Germany, a new terror has emerged as bio-mechanical zombies called “Demoniacs” reek havoc on the unsuspecting masses. The XAT, Xenogenesis Assault Team, fight the Demoniacs in an attempt to keep the people safe and to figure out where these monsters are coming from.... |
| 4:56pm | Interview: How Vertical Owned the NYAF | | | | In an effort of oversimplifying everything I do, I tend to find one anime or manga company to point out in a blog post and declare my clear “winner” of every major convention I go to. Past winners have included Yen Press at the New York Comic Con in 2008, Bandai Entertainment in Otakon 08... |
| 5:16pm | Anime Review: Welcome to the NHK | | | | After a summer of amazing anime and with a packed November quickly approaching, FUNimation has been pretty sparse as far as October new releases go. A good bulk of the review units coming in lately have been either re-releases or re-releases of previous re-releases for the anime giant. So rather than... |
| 5:04pm | AKB48 - Cute Girls in the City | | | | In the top floor area of the historical Webster Hall venue in downtown New York City, a sold out house of anime and music fans wait patiently for a show to begin. It is the weekend of the New York Anime Festival, and on this Sunday evening, the fans are showing fatigue from days worth of events. Upon... |
| 4:34pm | Manga Review: Oh! My Brother (vol. 1) | | | | Masago has the best older brother a girl could ask for. Shiro is popular. He’s goofy. He’s good looking. He’s the head of his student council. But most of all, he’s a kind boy and loves his little sister dearly. But his niceness and his love ultimately leads to his death as he... |
| 5:01pm | Peter Tarara and the Merging of New York Cons | | | | Three weeks ago, Reed Exhibitions announced that they would be merging the New York Anime Festival and the New York Comic Con for one major convention in 2010. The next day, I posted an editorial about my disappointment over the news. I felt that when the two conventions merged, we would be losing one... |
| 10:29pm | REPOST: What’s Happening to the Anime News Network? | | | | Even before I became an anti-piracy advocate, I had a bone to pick when “professional” anime news site Anime News Network began reviewing TV shows that were not legally available in America and could only be obtained through online piracy. The website began doing this to drive up web traffic... |
| 2:11am | NYAF 2009 - Day 3 in Tweets | | | | Don’t you mean Webster Hall New York City? On Site: Deb Aoki from About.com: Manga Erica Friedman from Okazu Scott from The Anime Almanac Jon I. from JANAiBlog Edward Sizemore from Comics Worth Reading OutOfTimeProd from Out Of Time Productions DJ Ranma S from Anime Jam Session Brigid from MangaBlog... |
| 1:31pm | NYAF 2009 - Day 2 in Tweets | | | | FACT: Scott likes cute girls in short skirts On Site: Scott from The Anime Almanac Deb Aoki from About.com: Manga Jon I. from JANAiBlog DJ Ranma S from Anime Jam Session Edward Sizemore from Comics Worth Reading Michael Pinto from Anime.com NYAF from New York Anime Festival OutOfTimeProd from Out Of... |
| 2:54am | NYAF 2009 - Day 1 in Tweets | | | | So what’s the protocol for taking a photo inside of the bathroom? On Site: Scott from The Anime Almanac OutOfTimeProd from Out Of Time Productions Erica Friedman from Okazu Brigid from MangaBlog Jon I. from JANAiBlog Deb Aoki from About.com: Manga NYAF from New York Anime Festival Vince A Edward... |
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