| 10:58pm | Round two | | | | Who are the most frightening girls in the poll at right? You can vote for up to three. The top five will advance to the final round, where they will face the winners of the first round, Lucy/Nyuu (Elfen Lied), Shion Sonozaki (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni), Chloe (Noir), Enma Ai (Hell Girl) and Haruhi Suzumiya... | | |
| 4:17am | Grrr | | | | So I finally peeled the shrink-wrap off Gurren Lagann and put the first disc in the drive to see if it really is the greatest achievement of mankind since the invention of distilled spirits. The DVD player refused to play it. I took a close look at the disc, above, and I was not happy. One of the other... | | |
| 6:33pm | Miscellany | | | | Which of the fansub groups working on Madoka produces the most accurate translations? I watch the first sub available of each episode so I can see it before the otakusphere is rife with spoilers, but for rewatches I want to view the one that best catches the shades of meaning in the dialogue. Steven... | | |
| 5:27am | Not quite a rant | | | | A comment on an earlier post: There appear to be two underlying assumptions in your post. 1. Everyone or at least the majority of anime fans share your taste and thus would agree that everything in the first list are all very good to excellent while those in the second list range from mediocre to vile.... | | |
| 1:38am | Pedantic footnote | | | | The sorta-official alternative title for Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica is “Puella Magi Madoka Magica.” Grrr. “Puella” (“girl,” nominative singular) is a feminine noun in Latin, so the proper form of the adjective “magus” (“magic”) is “maga,”... | | |
| 5:21pm | Today’s question | | | | How is it that, when [Catwoman] does a backflip, she’s not clubbed to death by her assets? The question is applicable to many anime characters, of course. ***** Professor Mondo proposes the “worst action movie title ever.” I haven’t yet come up with anything better/worse, even when... |
| 7:04pm | This post is brought to you by the letter “K” | | | | Recent searches that brought visitors here: charles solomon doesn’t like anime — Who’da thunk it? analisis de cat soup and cat soup analysis — Cat Soup makes more sense if you don’t analyze it. anime about knitting, anime knitting, knitting anime costume, anime knitting pictures... |
| 6:49pm | A tale of two lists | | | | Here’s a list: Animal Yokocho Binchou-tan Dennou Coil Hakaba Kitaro Kaiba Mind Game Mononoke Here’s another list: Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-chan Eiken Galaxy Angel Rune Ikki-Tousen Otoboku: Maidens Are Falling For Me Peach Girl Princess Princess The anime in the first list are all very good... |
| 5:36am | Six | | | | Ubu is currently following eight shows. My tastes are different than his, and there are only six that have caught my interest this winter. Still, that’s noteworthy. During all of 2010, there were only four series that I watched more than two episodes of. Even in 2007, the best year ever for anime... | | |
| 5:07pm | Hot stuff | | | | Kirishima, a volcano not far from Sakurajima on Kyushu, is currently putting on a show, complete with lava fountains.1 Here is a webcam with good view of the eruption. Here’s another (scroll down to the seventh item from the bottom in the list at right, “霧島山”). Both of these... |
| 2:42am | New poll: who’s the most frightening? | | | | I ended up with 31 nominees for the title of “scariest girl in anime.” There will be two preliminary rounds, in which you can vote for three. The top five in each round will advance to the finals. Here is the list of candidates: Bernkastel (Umineko no Naku Koro ni) Chloe (Noir) Diva (Blood+)... | | |
| 6:45am | Butterflies and chainsaws | | | | Merry's eyes: leftovers from Katanagatari? I might follow up to five shows this winter, the most in years. In order of interest, they are: Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica Fractale Kore wa Zombie desu ka Yumekui Merry Gosick Random notes: • Do lepidoptera frighten the Japanese? When I see flocks of butterflies... | | |
| 3:04am | The Lantern Bearer | | | | There’s something vaguely familiar about him. I spotted him, along with Bat Demon Warrior and others, at Project: Rooftop. I forget where I found this useful how-to: |
| 10:24pm | Nothing to do with anime … | | | | but worth mentioning anyway: Mt. Etna in Sicily is putting on a spectacular show today, which you can watch here. (You’ll need to refresh the page every five minutes or so.) See Eruptions for commentary. (Scroll down to the later comments.) Update: The show’s over for now. According to... |
| 7:56pm | The purpose of digital rights management … | | | | is to punish the legitimate user. Please excuse me while I bang my head against the wall some more. I installed more capacious hard drives in my computer this weekend. To my immense relief, Photoshop didn’t have to be reauthorized (dealing with Adobe is no fun whatsoever). However, most of my... |
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