http://antenna.animeblogger.net/ Series Kaiba - An aggregation of content from anime blogs. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss AnimeBlogger.net Antenna http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/09/13/cross-game-24/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/09/13/cross-game-24/ I’d like again to hijack this post for a bit to post up some impressions of the past half year of anime. Now that most of the series of the past Spring and Summer Season are about to end, it’s time to reflect on them again, and how they matched up to previous years. My general impression... Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:42:47 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/07/20/shangri-la-16/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/07/20/shangri-la-16/ Muaha! I just can’t help but love this series. This episode yet again was an awesome instalment for Shangri-La, mostly focused on a battle of wits between Ryouko and Mikuni, of all people, and it definitely delivered. The thing I love about Ryouko is that the creators remembered to give her the... Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:35:43 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/07/15/shangri-la-15/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/07/15/shangri-la-15/ Okay, you know that a series is is badly received when even the raws of the local World Masterpiece Theatre series get released faster. It’s really such a shame to see that Gonzo is going through such bad times right now. In July 30th, they’re going to be delisted from the the stock exchange,... Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:30:09 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/07/11/anime-nowadays-is-at-a-standstill-true-or-not/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/07/11/anime-nowadays-is-at-a-standstill-true-or-not/ Okay, so the discussion has been going on in a number of posts and shoutboxes, but the subject is interesting so I decided to make one post about it. Blogsome unfortunately doesn’t support the option to move comments, so I’ll instead quote what the different people have said about it. It... Sat, 11 Jul 2009 13:59:20 GMT http://loli.animeblogger.net/?p=2036 http://loli.animeblogger.net/?p=2036 You don’t have to be a constant follower to know that I don’t review any other than doujin albums. There are some exceptions but this will be the first review of an official album or any such thing. Unless I’m forgetting a review somewhereThis is Seira-sama’s first album. Her... Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:03:23 GMT http://ogiuemaniax.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/somerset-somersault-animenext-2009/ http://ogiuemaniax.wordpress.com/2009/06/16/somerset-somersault-animenext-2009/ This past weekend I attended AnimeNEXT in New Jersey. While held this year in Somerset at the Garden State Exhibit Center and conjoined Somerset Doubletree Hotel, in years prior the convention was held at the Meadowlands Arena in Secaucus. However, seeing as this was my first ever AnimeNEXT this did... Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:28:16 GMT http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/summer-2009-anime-preview-and-watchlist/ http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/06/10/summer-2009-anime-preview-and-watchlist/ This seems to happen every time, just when I’m finally feel like I’ve got used to the season’s mix of shows, a new season comes along and offers a completely different set of shows to watch.At the start of the spring season, I was unsure if there’d be as many quality titles as the past several... Wed, 10 Jun 2009 07:42:56 GMT http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/birdy-the-mighty-decode-2-series-review/ http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/birdy-the-mighty-decode-2-series-review/ With spring impressions out of the way, I’ve got some time to finish up the previous season’s anime. First up is one of the best shows of the winter season, Birdy the Mighty Decode 2 but before we get there, I wanted to mention a couple new additions to my series review posts starting with this one.Both... Mon, 18 May 2009 06:46:52 GMT http://www.omonomono.com/2009/05/13/animation-quality-is-quality/ http://www.omonomono.com/2009/05/13/animation-quality-is-quality/ I occasionally praise the animation quality of something, but I usually don’t really convey the aesthetics aspect with those statements. I’m not very rigorous about those casual praises either. I do, however, talk about aesthetics separately because I think it’s important. Anime is... Thu, 14 May 2009 03:44:35 GMT http://animewriter.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/wow-the-crystal-tokyo-anime-blog-is-now-2-years-old-i-want-cake/ http://animewriter.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/wow-the-crystal-tokyo-anime-blog-is-now-2-years-old-i-want-cake/        Well, a funny thing happened this past week and I didn’t even realize it until one of my blog’s readers pointed it out to me, my blog is now two years old. I guess my reason for not really even noticing this fact is that as an ”older” anime fan and blogger is that personal... Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:00:04 GMT http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/anime-impressions-%e2%80%93-cross-game-%e2%80%93-aka-the-best-new-anime-not-involving-amnesia-or-a-light-music-club/ http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/anime-impressions-%e2%80%93-cross-game-%e2%80%93-aka-the-best-new-anime-not-involving-amnesia-or-a-light-music-club/ I wasn’t planning on watching Cross Game since it was a sports anime and I don’t normally do sports anime. There are exceptions, like Bamboo Blade, but generally speaking it’s a genre I don’t bother with. However, after a comment by JayyG mentioning character development in Cross Game, I figured... Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:10:41 GMT http://animediet.net/commentary/face-off-mike-ray-and-mori-meta-tate-on-anime-and-art http://animediet.net/commentary/face-off-mike-ray-and-mori-meta-tate-on-anime-and-art Yes, moritheil has become a discussion partner in this revival of our Face Off feature! Please enjoy this rather meta-level discussion about whether anime can be treated like art or not. Mike: today’s topic: “is anime art?”For myself, I actually addressed this issue at length in an... Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:00:31 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/14/birdy-the-mighty-decode-23/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/14/birdy-the-mighty-decode-23/ Short Synopsis: Birdy starts to search for Natoru.Episode Rating: 8,5/10 (Awesome)And so this series continues its string of utterly incredible episodes. Oh boy, it sure has set a incredibly high standard for the rest of 2009. It’s going to be interesting whether the rest of the year can produce... Sat, 14 Mar 2009 21:32:03 GMT http://www.omonomono.com/2009/03/07/haru-and-nakiami-going-at-it/ http://www.omonomono.com/2009/03/07/haru-and-nakiami-going-at-it/ I think I’ve had enough time spent stewing on the idea of a Xam’d post that it’s time to get down to it.The first draft of this post had a motif that combined the lyrics of “Vacancy” with “LISTEN TO MY SONG!” It is likely a good thing that I’ve dropped... Sat, 07 Mar 2009 18:40:52 GMT http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/02/19/the-proper-way-to-partake-of-sushi/ http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/02/19/the-proper-way-to-partake-of-sushi/ Those of you wishing to visit Japan should take note of this rather informative video on how to properly eat sushi.Subtitles are included so understanding the Japanese should not be a problem.The video is currently enjoying quite a bit of popularity on the NicoNico Daily Charts, ranked at number 9 with... Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:39:46 GMT http://kojioe.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/on-my-last-trip-to-tokyo-also-all-the-crap-i-got-in-akiba/ http://kojioe.wordpress.com/2009/02/10/on-my-last-trip-to-tokyo-also-all-the-crap-i-got-in-akiba/ Overall I liked my trip to Tokyo this last time. I think I tailored it well to the kinds of things that I personally like to do. I mean, I don’t go out of my way to see historic stuff but if I’m in the area I’ll check it out. As I’ve said before I enjoy the more mundane things... Mon, 09 Feb 2009 15:15:05 GMT http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/best-in-anime-2008-%e2%80%93-part-7-top-anime-5-1/ http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/02/06/best-in-anime-2008-%e2%80%93-part-7-top-anime-5-1/ If Kure-nai hadn't flubbed it's ending so badly, it might have made the listWe’re finally here, the last part of my reflection on the best anime of 2008 – the top 5 anime. If you’ve looked at the other parts then this list probably won’t be much of a shock so let’s not waste anymore... Fri, 06 Feb 2009 08:32:42 GMT http://theanimeblog.com/anime-news/december-2008-news-highlights/ http://theanimeblog.com/anime-news/december-2008-news-highlights/ On December 9, Bandai Namco Games released a variant of a karaoke machine using its Afrec! technology. Instead of having fans add their voices to music, Afrec! allows fans to voice over anime segments. The machine was released under the Joysound label.The process for the seiyuu wannabe has three steps:Select... Fri, 06 Feb 2009 01:27:23 GMT http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/02/06/electric-organ-frontier/ http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2009/02/06/electric-organ-frontier/ An extremely skilled organ player, known only as Miko, has put forth her own rendition of Macross Frontier’s 2nd opening theme “Lion”.Presently the video is enjoying moderate success, currently ranked at number 13 on the NicoNico Daily Rankings with over 80,000 views. Javascript is... Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:58:18 GMT http://kzi.animeblogger.net/2009/02/04/anime-inbou-awards-2008-pt-4-oshimai/ http://kzi.animeblogger.net/2009/02/04/anime-inbou-awards-2008-pt-4-oshimai/ I couldn’t think of a better way to end this then calling this last part the end, so you get your oshimai instead. This final entry has a whopping eight categories so this is where the best of the best lie. Our focus here is on the story and direction of the show and overall how it was handled... Thu, 05 Feb 2009 03:02:49 GMT