http://antenna.animeblogger.net/ Series Shikabane Hime: Aka - An aggregation of content from anime blogs. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss AnimeBlogger.net Antenna http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/07/11/aoi-hana-02/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/07/11/aoi-hana-02/ You know, I said in my Umineko post that I’d be blogging Bakemonogatari but its second episode was so underwhelming that I’ve nearly lost interest I mean, the awesome OP was gone and instead we have a random J-Pop song about staplers, the entire first half of that episode was filled with... Sat, 11 Jul 2009 08:48:23 GMT http://between-betwixt.blogspot.com/2009/06/summer-09-previews.html http://between-betwixt.blogspot.com/2009/06/summer-09-previews.html With several shows that I enjoy carrying on from spring; add 14 new ones, plus Haruhi new episodes, Zetsubou Sensei 3rd and Ookami 2nd season; this summer looks very promising! The highlights are of course Canaan from the Type-Moon team, Umineko from Higurashi creators and SHAFT's second TV show this... Fri, 19 Jun 2009 23:18:00 GMT http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/1711/Tokyo+Figure+Show+2.html http://www.dannychoo.com/adp/eng/1711/Tokyo+Figure+Show+2.html image ID#26678Lots involved in organizing a figure show which is taking just a wee bit longer than imagined. In the meantime, we'll use the "Tokyo Figure Show" title to go through my latest batch of figure samples.This photo article has 82 photos which will likely cause Google Reader to balk - click... Thu, 28 May 2009 04:46:48 GMT http://between-betwixt.blogspot.com/2009/05/winter-09-short-reviews.html http://between-betwixt.blogspot.com/2009/05/winter-09-short-reviews.html Only a couple of months late, but the new semester's schedule is really tough. Anyway, winter had a couple of good one-cour series and another couple of two-cour also concluded. Excellent:Maria Holic Good:Ride Back, To aru Majutsu no Index, Toradora OK:Akikan, Shikabane Hime, Zettai Karen Children Watchable:Asu... Thu, 21 May 2009 17:29:00 GMT http://animealmanac.com/2009/04/29/spring-2009-the-season-of-the-simulcast/ http://animealmanac.com/2009/04/29/spring-2009-the-season-of-the-simulcast/ A year ago, Japanese studio Gonzo was on the verge of financial collapse and tried to dig themselves out by experimenting with a new idea for the US market. They introduced the simulcast, a free, legal, fully-subtitled copy of their Spring 2008 series Drauga and Blassreiter. They would make each episode... Wed, 29 Apr 2009 18:17:03 GMT http://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2009/04/shikabane-hime-kuro-episode-12.html http://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2009/04/shikabane-hime-kuro-episode-12.html As the start of the last episode of Shikabane Hime: Kuro looked to bring the time of the Shikabane Hime themselves to an end, so the end of that very same episode brought them redemption, as those with a close enough bond with the world and their contracted priests found their energy and abilities restored,... Sat, 11 Apr 2009 13:27:00 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seaslugteam/~3/U8Tj6NkNWQE/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/seaslugteam/~3/U8Tj6NkNWQE/ Everyone slacks off sometimes, and for me it was last month. Between being busy and being out of town, I totally fell behind on Shikabane Hime and Michiko to Hatchin. I was strongly considering blogging FMA: Brotherhood, but Kungfucius has volunteered to take that series on now that he’s done... Wed, 08 Apr 2009 10:42:36 GMT http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/biweekly-anime-review/ http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/biweekly-anime-review/ Frequent readers of The Null Set might have noticed a recent lull in posts. There’s two primary reasons why and I thought I’d mention them before continuing. The first is that I recently started reading the books that the tv series The Dresden Files (an urban fantasy series) is based on and I had... Sun, 05 Apr 2009 06:05:06 GMT http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Happysoda/~3/eT-7JYtOa4s/875 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Happysoda/~3/eT-7JYtOa4s/875 Anime is weird for me right now. It is cheaper than ever, yet I have nothing to watch. When anime cost twice as much, I had plenty to watch every week. Now that anime is cheap, I wish I had something to buy when I go to the store. Or maybe March is just a slow month. I hardly got any figures either.I... Thu, 02 Apr 2009 19:26:09 GMT http://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2009/04/shikabane-hime-kuro-episode-11.html http://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2009/04/shikabane-hime-kuro-episode-11.html The last episode of Shikabane Hime: Kuro looked set to bring a swift and unavoidable end to the Shikabane Hime themselves, with the source of the "En" which connected them to their Contracted Priests irreparably and violently terminated. Hang on though, we've still got two episode left to go, so surely... Thu, 02 Apr 2009 18:28:00 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/31/march-summary-4/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/31/march-summary-4/ An interesting month this time. It featured a lot of very awesome finales, but also quite a few disappointing or lacking endings, unfortunately. What surprised me is that most of the shows whose endings went right are the ones who still have some sort of second season or OVA waiting, or at least whose... Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:35:55 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/28/birdy-the-mighty-decode-25/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/28/birdy-the-mighty-decode-25/ Short Synopsis: Birdy finally gets the chance to bring Natoru back to earth.Episode Rating: 9/10 (fantastic)What an utterly incredible episode. I’ve seen a lot of disappointing endings this season so far, but this one did EXACTLY what it promised, with some of the most amazing results. What a ride.... Sat, 28 Mar 2009 13:22:05 GMT http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/top-seven-anime-of-the-winter-2009-season/ http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/03/27/top-seven-anime-of-the-winter-2009-season/ About two weeks ago, I started penciling in the picks for the previous three parts as well coming up with the top shows of the season. In the time between the preliminary picks and the final picks there was a few shows that went all out to make me reconsider them. Changing my picks was most apparent... Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:42:46 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/shikabane-hime-review-875100/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/shikabane-hime-review-875100/ The first season of Shikabane Hime was a very solid build-up, it had great horror, and may have had some pacing issue in the beginning, but it was one of the stories that gets better and better as it goes on. Shikabane Hime Kuro (the continuation), however promised to decline into the standard shounen... Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:30:56 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/shikabane-hime-25/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/26/shikabane-hime-25/ Short Synopsis: The finale of Shikabane HimeEpisode Rating: ?/10 (wut?)Uhm yeah. This is without a doubt one of the more original endings I have ever seen, but what?But yeah, this is what you get when you combine Gainax with the director of Gilgamesh: both infamous for their unconventional endings. Here... Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:22:54 GMT http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/top-picks-%e2%80%93-winter-2009-anime-part-2-genre-awards/ http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/top-picks-%e2%80%93-winter-2009-anime-part-2-genre-awards/ The first part looked at the characters within the show and now this group of awards (minus one misfit) looks at the series as a whole. I used many of the same categories from the 2008 best awards but I trimmed a few because there was not enough competition. For example, the category of best slice-of-life... Sun, 22 Mar 2009 06:44:05 GMT http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/top-picks-%e2%80%93-winter-2009-anime-part-1-cast-and-character-awards/ http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/03/21/top-picks-%e2%80%93-winter-2009-anime-part-1-cast-and-character-awards/ If I was giving an award for best hair cut, the guy on the left would win.The winter season, as conventional wisdom goes, is one of the weaker seasons for new anime. Oftentimes this generalization has some truth to it but this time a combination of sequels to good shows and a handful of new hits made... Sat, 21 Mar 2009 06:25:25 GMT http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/weekly-anime-review-mar-9-%e2%80%93-mar-15/ http://thenullset.wordpress.com/2009/03/20/weekly-anime-review-mar-9-%e2%80%93-mar-15/ This week’s review is getting done much later then I wanted and there’s a few reasons for that but the primary reason is that the ending to Clannad gave my brain a bunch of things to chew on and I couldn’t get in the right mood to write this column. The ending adds greatly onto a post I’ve been... Fri, 20 Mar 2009 23:37:50 GMT http://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2009/03/shikabane-hime-kuro-episode-10.html http://hanners-anime.blogspot.com/2009/03/shikabane-hime-kuro-episode-10.html After waxing and waning during the course of the series so far, the last episode of Shikabane Hime felt as though the scales had finally fallen from Gainax's eyes, allowing them to see what they needed to do to create something truly magnificent. Put simply, episode nine of Shikabane Hime: Kuro was... Fri, 20 Mar 2009 21:15:00 GMT http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/19/shikabane-hime-24/ http://psgels.blogsome.com/2009/03/19/shikabane-hime-24/ Short Synopsis: Akasha finally reveals why he’s doing the things he did.Episode Rating: 8,5/10 (Awesome)Seriously, is there no end to this series’ awesomeness? While the second season started out with a bunch of really bad and questionable episodes, it picked itself up so well after that,... Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:18:40 GMT