| 5:28pm | Instant-ish Review: CROSS†CHANNEL | | | | CROSS†CHANNEL ~to all people~1 is a ~visual novel~2 written by Tanaka Romeo and recently fan-translated. It was good, you should read it if you want to do that kind of thing. Don’t try to find out the plot first, as it seems like every single element is a spoiler. The main character is wildly... |
| 3:46am | Gohou Shoujo Sowaka-chan Explained | | | | Yes, it’s me again. This article is so dense I am going to give you two opportunities to back out, and I recommend you take them. One of the first popular Vocaloid videos, c. 2007, was a poorly drawn anime OP, as featured in the Chibu Miku-san comics. The reason it was popular was not for the... | | |
| 3:46am | Gohou Shoujo Sowaka-chan Explained | | | | Yes, it’s me again. This article is so dense I am going to give you two opportunities to back out, and I recommend you take them. One of the first popular Vocaloid videos, c. 2007, was a poorly drawn anime OP, as featured in the Chibu Miku-san comics. The reason it was popular was not for the... |
| 1:20am | The Laws of Eternity (and more Happy Science news) | | | | This is the last post about obscure Japanese religions, I promise. And look! It’s an anime! This is Thomas Edison. He used a spirit phone to call four Japanese teenagers to Heaven. This is all I’m going to say about this anime, because it is something you must see for yourself. Download... |
| 1:44am | Hold On To Your Sanity, It’s the Happy Science Platform | | | | Here’s the sequel to my original post about the Happiness Realization Party, in which I discuss their amazing party platform. This article has zero relevance to anime, but after the original story was posted to MetaFilter I feel like this blog is the best place to put it. I’ll make it up... | | |
| 4:02am | Otakon 2009 report [2/1] | | | | On Saturday I took this picture: I think that covers that. Otakon’s panel department has been a little… unprepared for the last few years. One of Surat’s more extreme clip panels got shut down 15 minutes into its two hours, apparently because they can’t plan for anything in between... | | |
| 6:42pm | New political party based on religious cult floods Japanese election | | | | The new religious movement Happy Science started a political party in May called the “Happiness Realization Party”, or HRP for short. Today the Japanese government announced figures which showed that Happiness fielded the most candidates of any party in the 2009 government elections. These... | | |
| 5:56am | We are attending Otakon and we are telling you about it | | | | I totally bought Kannagi even though I didn’t watch it. $35 for 7 episodes :o I also didn’t take notes, so I’d better write this down before I forget any of it Facts about Yamakan:He is coolHe composed the Haruhi dance in his apartment while standing on his bedHe recommends Summer... | | |
| 1:30am | Where do fansubbers get these broken fonts? | | | | > mkvextract attachments \[gg\]_Umineko_no_Naku_Koro_ni _-_02_\[F5D5399B\].mkv 1:BALZANO_.ttf > ftxvalidator BALZANO_.ttf ====== BALZANO_.ttf ============================== ============== ------ sfnt: Balzano, sfnt ID: 10644 ------ Error: Glyph 0 has no visual appearance Error:... |
| 12:34am | Moé defined as “related to child sex abuse” | | | | The long-standing issue of how exactly to define moé has been resolved by ECPAT (End Child Prostitution and Trafficking) International. I quote: The analysis estimates the market for moe products (books, images and games), which are related to anime and manga, was worth 88.8 billion yen (US$800 million)... |
| 4:24am | Japan bans eroge on advice of SGI; softhouses blame it on foreigners | | | | Now, recall that RapeLay was released in 2006, but mysteriously became big news starting on May 28. Yesterday the investigation culminated with EOCS changing its regulations, by brute force, without a joint vote, to outlaw naughty games. Who could have such political sway? Especially with Taro Aso being... |
| 4:56am | Instant Review: the contents of this package from Right Stuf | | | | In case you still remember kransom’s posts, you might think this is some kind of insightful and highly detailed blog. Unfortunately, you’re actually thinking of all the other ones on the sidebar. Sayonara, Zetsubou Sensei vol. 2 is a cool manga, you should read it. If you’ve already... |
| 1:02am | We went to Anime Boston and didn’t even tell you | | | | Actually, I didn’t go to Anime Boston; kransom did. I boycotted Anime Boston for reasons described in my previous post. He did a “Twitter” from Anime Boston, but just one, which goes as follows: Events and sec at ab is kidna bimyou The meaning of this is that despite the promises of... |
| 7:28am | Two literary masterpieces together at last | | | | In case you hadn’t already noticed, the published Haruhi novel reads almost exactly like a.f.k.’s old translation, to the point where it seems like he’s gone off and gotten a real job. Most of this can be dismissed – there’s only so many ways to write this, and it’s... |
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