| 9:17am | Weekly Round-Up: July 26th | | | | Reviewed this week: Amatsuki 10-11, Clannad Tomoyo Edition, Itazura na Kiss 15, Koihime Musou 3, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki 11, Mnemosyne 6, Nabari no Ou 15, Natsume Yuujinchou 3, Persona 18-20, Slayers Revolution 3, Someday’s Dreamers ~Summer Skies~ 3, Soul Eater 15, Telepathy Shoujo Ran 5, World Destruction... | | |
| 8:45pm | Tuesday Rumble: July 22nd | | | | Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei: the lost chapters2-H enters the classroom, only to see that the whole place is lit by candles- Sensei is in the shadows.Chiri: Sensei, what’s going on?Chiri switches the light on, causing Sensei to rise up and scream.Sensei: You mustn’t!Maria: Sensei’s a vampire!(Meru:... | | |
| 7:47pm | Tuesday Rumble: July 15th | | | | Dragons’ Den(UK readers, a new series of the real Dragons’ Den begins next Monday at 9pm on BBC2.) Welcome to our regular feature based on the TV program of the same name, in which anime characters try to market their great idea to five fat cats of anime! President Aria made his fortune in the gondola... | | |
| 10:12pm | Weekly Round-Up: July 11th | | | | There were times when we all felt that way about Busou Renkin.Reviewed this week: Allison and Lillia 12, Amatsuki 8-9, Amuri in Star Ocean 1, Antique Bakery 1, Aria DVD Special, Chi’s Sweet Home 47-52, Chocolate Underground 4, Hidamari Sketch x365 1, Itazura na Kiss 13, Kaiba 9, KgNE Next Season... | | |
| 12:14am | AX 2008 Wrapup: Smartphone Next Time Would Be Nice | | | | Today is the recovery day after the long weekend at Anime Expo 2008 and during the con, I felt disconnected from much of the stuff that was happening. My hotel didn’t have free wifi and neither did the convention center and I had varying success at 7th + Fig (it worked in the pit but not in the... | | |
| 12:14am | AX 2008 Wrapup: Smartphone Next Time Would Be Nice | | | | Today is the recovery day after the long weekend at Anime Expo 2008 and during the con, I felt disconnected from much of the stuff that was happening. My hotel didn’t have free wifi and neither did the convention center and I had varying success at 7th + Fig (it worked in the pit but not in the... | | |
| 8:55pm | Himitsu ~The Revelation~ - 14 | | | | On a completely unrelated side-note: consider Soul Eater dropped at this point. I’ll still continue to watch it, but I just don’t feel like blogging it anymore. Short Synopsis: A woman with red high heels commits this week’s murder. The question: who do they belong to? Highlights:... | | |
| 10:43am | Weekly Round-Up: July 5th | | | | Reviewed this week: Amatsuki 7, Chi’s Sweet Home 45-6, Chocolate Underground 2-3, Himawari!! 5, Itazura na Kiss 12, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki 9, Nabari no Ou 12, Real Drive 8-10, Shion no Ou 21, Slayers Revolution 1, Soul Eater 12, Telepathy Shoujo Ran 1-2, Wagaya no Oinari-sama 10 …and in manga: Slayers... | | |
| 5:28am | Gonzo Gets ‘Alive’ | | | | Hokay, moving on to some non-con newswait. I mean, non-convention news. Anyway! Moon Phase has some new details on the adaptation of the Alive manga– which, by the way, I checked out the first volume of from Del Rey Manga, and I’m definitely interested in the dark drama. Anyway, Gonzo and... | | |
| 1:34pm | June Summary | | | | Well, the end of the month couldn’t have come at a better time, because it offered me a good opportunity to experiment a bit with my new rating system. What caught my attention is that the average score seems to be lower than usual, but that can also be because this spring-season overall has turned... | | |
| 7:30pm | Paku Romi -- Power Packed | | | | -- played Loran Cehack in Turn A Gundam, Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, Oosaki Nana in NANA-- stage actress with Theatre Group En -- tough, calm, forceful (both her characters and herself)-- won first annual seiyuu award as top female seiyuu-- Korean ancestry-- 36 years old l-r: Loran Cehack (Turn... | | |
| 3:21pm | Amatsuki Review - ✩✩✩✩✩✩ | | | | I really like Studio Deen. Sure, they may screw up their series very often, but when they hit a classic, they really deliver an amazing series. Their newest series to add to that list is Amatsuki, with the interesting thing being that even after watching it I’m still not 100% sure why I liked it... | | |
| 2:30pm | Amatsuki - 13 | | | | Haha! Now I know for sure that the second season is only a matter of time. There is NO way that the creators planned this to be the final episodes. There were TONS of hints for a continuation. The fox-story could have just been resolved and everyone could have just happily returned home. Instead,... | | |
| 7:09am | Retroview: 3×3 Eyes OVA 1 | | | | “Wow, nineties anime looked like crap!” “No, stupid, Digital Boy watches streams!” So, I haven’t made a post on here in a, uh, while. That’s partly because I don’t really keep up well with current season shows, and the one that I’m actually interested,... | | |
| 12:02am | Summer 2008 ~ It’s summer! More anime! | | | | For those wondering the image is from Koihime†Musou which is in this summer block And with the spring block of series dropping like flies and faster than you can say “Bob’s-your-uncle” , Kaio and me are here again to tell you guys what we will be watching up on this coming summer... | | |
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