| 7:39am | AX Idol 2008 Sings Basilisk OP |  | | | This is the full video of Pamela Moss of Makenai band singing her winning AX Idol entry, “Kouga Ninpouchou” (the OP of Basilisk). I think she does a great job here. Check out more works by her band, Makenai, at their Myspace profile–they do some great covers of other anime theme songs... | | |
| 8:35pm | Basilisk #24 (Final Episode) | | | | This post is spoilery…and emotionally driven. As a warning for people who haven’t watched this series yet: It’s very depressing. Only watch if you have the heart to stomach it. You know how the Japanese just love to indulge in their tragedies…Forgive me for taking so long to blog this final... | | |
| 7:28pm | Shinobi - Heart Under Blade: Blu-ray Review | | | | I got this Blu-ray disc a while ago from Funimation but I was never able to watch it since I didn’t have a player. Recently I bought a Playstation 3, so I test drove its high definition video skills with this movie. Unfortunately, I forgot to set the display to 1080i! orz Movie Blurb: The year... | | |
| 8:19am | Basilisk | | | | Name: Basilisk Genre: Action, Fantasy Year: 2005 Rating: Enjoyable In the past the two clans Iga Tsubagakure and Kouga Manjidani were engaged in a continous war that lasted centuries. The bloody feud was finally put to an end when Hattori Hanzo succeeded in creating an agreement of peace between the... | | |
| 4:39am | Nabari no Ou: Ninjas! Plants! Watercolor Backgrounds! | | | | Approximately two weeks late I finally manage to catch the first episode of Nabari no Ou. I was going to do two at once but that backfires when you don’t actually have the second episode on hand, so this reflects the first episode. I was actually fairly pleased with the first episode, much more... | | |
| 1:23pm | Gakuen + Shoujo = Wheeeee! |  | | | There are so many gakuen (school life) + shoujo (girls) animes this season, many of which are adapted from very famous and/or popular manga. Which would you – the shoujo anime lover – choose, I wonder? Here, I’ve gathered three popular shoujo + gakuen animes this season and made a comparison... | | |
| 1:00am | Waiting for Code Geass 2 |  | | | While waiting for the second season, let me share some of my thoughts on Season 1 which is probably one of the best anime 2006 had to offer. It’s not what I can call a unique series. The plot reminds me of the usual war themes in anime but the creators did quite well in presenting the story with... | | |
| 7:00am | gundam 00 24 | | | | Who switched my morning cup of Gundam 00 blend with the Basilisk blend? | | |
| 10:02pm | Basilisk: the manga | | | | For years, the Kouga and Iga clans have lived uneasily under an enforced peace- a peace that should only be strengthened by the marriage of their leaders, Gennosuke and Oboro. Before that can come to pass, however, outside forces annul the truce between them- and now, anything goes. From each side,... | | |
| 7:21pm | Get Your Free Anime Episodes (Legally)! | | | | According to ANN, Amazon is promoting a new service called Unbox in which it is offering some free anime titles for download. Specifically, the first episodes of a few select series are available (it is a promotion, after all) including Afro Samurai, Astro Boy, Basilisk, Bleach, Death Note, Naruto,... | | |
| 4:59pm | Annual Day of the Ninja | | | | Yesterday (December 4) was the release date for Basilisk Vol. #3 & 4, Naruto Box Set 05, and Ninja Nonsense Complete DVD Collection - Limited Edition. For those of you who still haven’t had enough ninja goodness, today (December 5), you can celebrate the Annual Day of the Ninja (aka “International... | | |
| 4:59pm | Annual Day of the Ninja | | | | Yesterday (December 4) was the release date for Basilisk Vol. #3 & 4, Naruto Box Set 05, and Ninja Nonsense Complete DVD Collection - Limited Edition. For those of you who still haven’t had enough ninja goodness, today (December 5), you can celebrate the Annual Day of the Ninja (aka “International... | | |
| 1:10pm | Togakushi Soba Matsuri: Noodles and Ninja | | | | In the heart of a cedar forest in Nagano prefecture lies one of the best places to get soba in Japan: Togakushi. Togakushi has more soba shops in its village than any other type of business. The little hamlet is so renowned for its soba, it has its own Soba Festival once a year. Soba are buckwheat... | | |
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