http://antenna.animeblogger.net/ Series Blood+ - An aggregation of content from anime blogs. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss AnimeBlogger.net Antenna http://nakama-britannica.animeuknews.net/2008/10/05/244/ http://nakama-britannica.animeuknews.net/2008/10/05/244/ Having just reviewed the Trinity Blood series, the creativity, or lack of it, in the anime industry - something I often think about, and which my thoughts have been trying to give shape to in the back of my mind recently - seems like an appropriate subject for this article.It struck me, when the point... Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:57:25 GMT http://www.riuva.com/?p=1261 http://www.riuva.com/?p=1261 Toaru Majutsu no Index will be the best show of the season, mark my words. It has everything one can dream of, be it sci-fi, magic, super powers or hot girls. The animation is fluid and stylish, the seiyuu are well chosen and it’s basically a combination of a few good shows. Let’s see, it... Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:32:16 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/10/04/telepathy-shoujo-ran-15/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/10/04/telepathy-shoujo-ran-15/ Short Synopsis: Rui gets mysteriously transported back to a feudal version of Japan.Highlights: Nice set-up.Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10Well, so far so good. It’s episode 15 and there’s still no sign of this series getting old. The current arc is also significantly different from anything... Sat, 04 Oct 2008 21:32:36 GMT http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/10/04/fist-of-the-north-star-raohs-tale/ http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/10/04/fist-of-the-north-star-raohs-tale/ As we heard, the latest instalment in the titanic (literally in the case of the main characters) Fist of the North Star franchise is 北斗の拳 天の覇王ラオウ外伝 / Hokuto no Ken – Ten no Haou – Raou Gaiden, a story eschewing usual protagonist Kenshiro in favour of telling the tale of... Sat, 04 Oct 2008 08:07:49 GMT http://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2008/10/nabari-no-ou-episode-23.html http://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2008/10/nabari-no-ou-episode-23.html At last, a truly action-packed episode of Nabari no Ou. After so many episodes of this series that have failed to live up to expectations, episode twenty-three at least brings us to a real blood and guts step towards the series finale.After threatening to be some kind of Yoite flashback episode in its... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:55:00 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/10/03/some-quick-first-impressions-tales-of-the-abyss-tentai-senshi-sunred-and-kurogane-no-linebarrels/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/10/03/some-quick-first-impressions-tales-of-the-abyss-tentai-senshi-sunred-and-kurogane-no-linebarrels/ Tales of the AbyssShort Synopsis: Our lead character is a prince and has special.Highlights: Bad first half, second half with promise.Overall Enjoyment Value: 6,5/10I’m pretty much a fan of the Tales of-franchise, but I’ve never played Tales of the Abyss or Vesperia, so this was all new to... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 21:53:51 GMT http://animediet.net/uncategorized/linebarrel-episode-1-not-bad-not-great-but-not-bad http://animediet.net/uncategorized/linebarrel-episode-1-not-bad-not-great-but-not-bad A pretty fair mecha anime.Linebarrel is not a startling new anime. There is nothing here that was amazing, wowing, or surprising. If you enjoy mecha shows then you will at least enjoy the first episode of Linebarrel. The main character is a weakling boy who rides in a giant robot and gets cocky because... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:45:51 GMT http://animediet.net/anime-reviews/2008-q4-fall/linebarrel-episode-1-not-bad-not-great-but-not-bad http://animediet.net/anime-reviews/2008-q4-fall/linebarrel-episode-1-not-bad-not-great-but-not-bad A pretty fair mecha anime.Linebarrel is not a startling new anime. There is nothing here that was amazing, wowing, or surprising. If you enjoy mecha shows then you will at least enjoy the first episode of Linebarrel. The main character is a weakling boy who rides in a giant robot and gets cocky because... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:45:51 GMT http://that.animeblogger.net/2008/10/03/that-fall-first-impressions-casshern-sins-hyakko-and-kuroshitsuji/ http://that.animeblogger.net/2008/10/03/that-fall-first-impressions-casshern-sins-hyakko-and-kuroshitsuji/ If anime is about the “WTF moment”, I think I have reached the stage of Nirvana. I just watched some of the new offerings of the fall 2008 season, and one anime struck out as one of the strangest anime ever. Instead of following traditional convention to pick a series based on prior interest,... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:39:32 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/10/03/some-quick-first-impressions-yozakura-quartet-noramimi-2-and-hokuto-no-ken-raoh-gaiden-ten-no-haoh/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2008/10/03/some-quick-first-impressions-yozakura-quartet-noramimi-2-and-hokuto-no-ken-raoh-gaiden-ten-no-haoh/ Yozakura QuartetShort Synopsis: Our lead character is a human with superpowers that fights against youkai.Highlights: Excellent soundtrack.Overall Enjoyment Value: 7/10The thing that immediately catches your attention for this series: it’s awesome soundtrack. This series also has a nice sense of... Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:50:06 GMT http://www.koibitoanime.com/2008/10/01/macross-frontier-25-vs-code-geass-r2-25/ http://www.koibitoanime.com/2008/10/01/macross-frontier-25-vs-code-geass-r2-25/ So here it is boys & guys, the final faceoff between two of the biggest series of 2008. Last week saw Macross Frontier win, can it maintain its momentum and win the battle of final episodes? Sux for all the guys out there this is the last time you’ll see these ladies for a while.// –>//... Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:04:44 GMT http://rainbowsphere.oniichannoecchi.com/archives/1388 http://rainbowsphere.oniichannoecchi.com/archives/1388 With some of the shows already starting, I guess it’s about time for me to make my official Anticipated Fall Anime List. II might be pressed in time, but with moe overflow underway, I guess I wouldn’t mind. As for show priority, I guess I can just label it as BLUE for low, GREEN for moderate,... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:20:53 GMT http://www.tiamatsreviews.com/?p=1365 http://www.tiamatsreviews.com/?p=1365 About the MangakaI couldn’t find anything about Katsura Asuka really, so if you know anything hit the contact me button and drop me a line I have found some things out though, he has a website up and running, though as usual it’s all in Japanese. He also, has made his email address public.... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 19:19:29 GMT http://that.animeblogger.net/2008/10/01/macross-frontier-final-thoughts-analyses-and-verdict/ http://that.animeblogger.net/2008/10/01/macross-frontier-final-thoughts-analyses-and-verdict/ This is Mr. Kawamori, he’s crazyHopefully, by now the shock from the Kawamori’s troll has since passed, but suffice to say if you were never privy to the Kawamori’s talent for trolling consider yourself schooled. I had a slight suspicion ever since the infamous Pineapple Cake episode that we... Wed, 01 Oct 2008 16:00:15 GMT http://www.mangamaniaccafe.com/?p=2987 http://www.mangamaniaccafe.com/?p=2987 Title: Rosario + Vampire Vol 1 Author: Akihisa Ikeda Publisher: Viz ISBN: 9781421519036 May Contain Spoilers Tsukune is painfully average at everything - average looks, average grades, average at sports. When he flunks all of his high school entrance exams, things start looking pretty... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:48:46 GMT http://animehistory.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/some-early-super-robot-wars-z-impressions/ http://animehistory.wordpress.com/2008/09/30/some-early-super-robot-wars-z-impressions/ This post contains some spoilers about some events in the game so read ahead at your own discretion.  It’s mostly just general musings and reflections on my experience with the game so far though so I wouldn’t worry too much about ruining the game’s story as you read this since as... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 04:50:58 GMT http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ScrumptiousBlog/~3/406827274/ http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ScrumptiousBlog/~3/406827274/ I really think Japanese guys should stop posing _that_ way >_>I somewhat had the motivation to translate this fun little interview of the Seiyuu cast (and later on, director Sayama herself), though I got tired not long after and just summarized some of the parts orz. I asked help from my sensei for this... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 02:18:33 GMT http://that.animeblogger.net/2008/09/29/natsume-yuujin-chou-episode-12-five-day-mark/ http://that.animeblogger.net/2008/09/29/natsume-yuujin-chou-episode-12-five-day-mark/ Use the Fly Honey, Ness!Pretty dank contrast to the usual festivity of THAT’s front page, wouldn’t you say? Episode 12 is finally here (don’t blame me, blame the subbers if you must), and for a penultimate episode, it most certainly doesn’t disappoint. Perhaps the writers were... Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:46:40 GMT http://www.koibitoanime.com/2008/09/29/did-lelouch-die-%e2%80%93-vote/ http://www.koibitoanime.com/2008/09/29/did-lelouch-die-%e2%80%93-vote/ We’ll be back tomorrow with the final face-off between Macross Frontier and Code Geass R2, so check back to see which series Finale we think was better.  But in the mean time we wanted to get your opinion on this question from the Code Geass R2 EP 25 finale - did Lelouch Die?Ouch that looks painfulHit... Mon, 29 Sep 2008 23:35:53 GMT http://that.animeblogger.net/2008/09/28/code-geass-r2-episode-25-re-end/ http://that.animeblogger.net/2008/09/28/code-geass-r2-episode-25-re-end/ I’ll comfort you C.C.Well ladies and gentlemen, it’s finally over. It’s been quite the journey and I’m kind of glad it’s over because at times it was exhausting to spend so much time on it each week. Anyways, this post is limited to discussion of the episode itself, not the entire series.... Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:00:56 GMT