| 4:27am | Taishou Yakyuu Musume: Thoughts So Far |  | | | So, as this current anime season in Japan comes to a close, there have been a large amount of series that I’ve been watching that have been damn enjoyable. The interestingly epic combo (Bakemonogatari with SHAFT x NISIOISIN), the action-packed adventure (CANAAN), the juggernaut from last season (... | | |
| 11:30pm | 57 Fall Anime -- story, staff, cast, trailer, pic | | | | There are more new shows this fall than in any season over the past few years. But I'm not sure the quality -- or at least the appeal to my taste -- will be that high. I don't see any shows I expect to be as good as the great shows of this past summer season, such as Aoi Hana and Bakemonogatari. But... | | |
| 5:51am | Yuri on the Chalkboard Week 20 | | | | It’s been a while since I last posted here. School has finally started up again and after a little readjustment time Yuri on the Chalkboard makes its return as well. For this week I have decided to go with a little Bamboo Blade in the form of Kawazoe Tamaki and Chiba Kirino. I’ve been... | | |
| 7:01pm | Yuri Network News - August 29, 2009 | | | | As the endlessy rainy days of summer (here, at least) draw to a close, we look at bright sunny days of Yuri!Yuri Magazine NewsBased on the number of magazines that are covering Yuri and GL, I think we can say that Yuri is just about the new Black. There was Davinci last week and this week:YNN Correspondent... | | |
| 10:30pm | Bamboo Blade Vol 1 by Totsuka & Igarashi Manga Review | | | | Title: Bamboo Blade Vol 1 Authors: Masahiro Totsuka & Aguri Igarashi Publisher: Yen Press ISBN: 9780759530058 May Contain Spoilers Kojiro is a down on his luck kendo advisor who lives on cup noodles and is trying to ride out a tsunami of debt. Just when things look their worst,... | | |
| 5:05am | Taishou Yakyuu Musume begins |  | | | I was sold on the show after watching the musical insert. It’s like the best parts of Oh Edo Rocket, Sakura Wars, and Abenobashi, backed up by the most amazing animation in the season and led by a transplant from Bamboo Blade. She is even reluctant to participate! I don’t even khow what... | | |
| 1:27am | Bamboo Blade Volume 01 – Thoughts & Impressions | | | | Many thanks to Yen Press for providing a review copy. About the Mangaka Not a lot of info available on either Totsuka Masahiro or Igarashi Aguri, though Igarashi does have a website though its all in japanese. About the Manga I was sort of looking forward to this release, since I was hoping the... | | |
| 9:39am | Anime Expo 2009 loot (very slightly NSFW because of one picture) |  | | | I don’t think I bought too much at Anime Expo 2009, but that’s just me. Here’s a shot of all of them: Stuff on the left: Going clockwise the first three items are three Aria (non-H) doujins I got for $25 all together on day four. Not a bad deal considering they were $12.00 a piece... | | |
| 6:00pm | The Indecent Otaku Comedy Hour GIVEAWAYS! Part 6 | | | | I told you there were still plenty more figures to be given away at The Indecent Otaku Comedy Hour! The adorable Good Smile Company Nankyoko Sakura, a very cute figure and has been bumped to my want list! If i could keep any figure of the giveaways it’d be this figure. Might have to keep my eye... | | |
| 7:42am | 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... | | |
| 10:09pm | Bamboo Blade manga v1 |  | | | More proof that "it's all about Tamaki" Volume one of the Bamboo Blade manga arrived in the mail the other day. Despite sharing this blog-space with TheBigN, I was a late-comer to Bamboo Blade, but I’m intent on making up for lost time. Kendo comes to life on the still page It... | | |
| 4:00am | Summer 2009 Anime Watch List | | | | Taking a break from playing Moon. and with roughly a month left until the start of the summer anime season, I decided to comb through the new shows to compile my quarterly anime watch list. As far as I am concerned the lineup seems to be strong with plenty of variety catering to many of my interests.... | | |
| 7:39pm | Yen Plus Issue 07 February ‘09 - Thoughts & Impressions | | | | This is my fourth catch up post for the Yen Plus Anthology. I like both covers of this issue, neither are the cutesy type we’ve had previously. but both have a presence about them. Both covers are from the new series starting up this month, Hero Tales by the creator of FullMetal Alchemist;... | | |
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