| 4:00am | The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya S2, Episode 10 - The Movie Business |  | | | So begins an arc that isn’t “Endless Eight”: instead, we’re now about to get the behind-the-scenes look at how that infamous film which launched the whole franchise, and a million Hirano Aya fanboys, The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina, came to be. Many have spoken about the K-ONification... | | |
| 6:59am | Spice & Wolf II – Episode 0 (OVA) | | | | Korosu! Poor Lawrence Craft may be a genius at business, but he sure is dense when it comes to other matters. I haven’t kept up with the Spice and Wolf manga or light novels much since the first season of the anime aired. Fortunately, the first anime season was brilliant and captured most of... | | |
| 7:00pm | Light Novel Maria-sama ga Miteru: Bara no Mille-Feuille, Part 2 | | | | Part 2Chapter 4To say this was not an adventure story might be understating it. In order to return the princess (Rei-chan) who was swept away by an evil demon safely to this world, you must go, brave Yoshino, with attendant Nana.In order to pull herself together, and bring the story to a climax: at... | | |
| 5:11am | Liar Game Gets 2nd Season and Movie | | | | Fans of Erika Toda and the Japanese Dorama “Liar Game” would be excited to know that a second season is being planned for Novemeber 2009, followed by a full length movie. The piece of good news was announced at a press conference on Thursday. The second season will continue the story from... | | |
| 5:11am | Liar Game Gets 2nd Season and Movie | | | | Fans of Erika Toda and the Japanese Dorama “Liar Game” would be excited to know that a second season is being planned for Novemeber 2009, followed by a full length movie. The piece of good news was announced at a press conference on Thursday. The second season will continue the story from... | | |
| 1:04am | Light Novel Maria-sama ga Miteru: Bara no Mille-Feuille, Intro & Part 1 | | | | IntroductionRei: I realize parts of this translation will sound stilted or exist only as frozen language, and I apologize. On at least one occasion I have been called, "too rigid" and this is due to the method I use to translate. Having studied translation to some extent in college, I tend to approach... | | |
| 10:46pm | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 2-2: Early Queen Move | | | | The second game has finally begun. As the pieces are being placed at their starting squares, Beatrice decides to take on Battler, with a very different approach Instead of cornering him, she is simply going full force, and thus, the queen is now in the playfield. ______________________________... | | |
| 5:38pm | Saki, Episode 19- This Hand of Mine… |  | | | Oh yeah, I was so pumped for this episode to air and it totally delivered. Edge of your seat comeback victory with my love, my anger, and all of my sorrow! Plus Saki uses her Nanoha friend beam on Koromo and the last scenes are full of yuri blushing and hand holding. This show is glorious. Scary!... | | |
| 6:27am | Crusher Joe | | | | One of the classics of the 80s I never got to see back in the early days was Crusher Joe. I've been curious about it for a long time, and finally got the chance to watch the movie from 1983 and the two OVAs from 1989 today. They're both very different but very nice in their own ways, and are a time... | | |
| 12:42pm | Guin Saga - 18 | | | | And here we have the big climax for the Naris Amnelis Marriage. Again, there’s no Guin, Remus, Linda or Istvan whatsoever and instead we’ve got an entire episode of political intrigue. I must say that after watching this arc in Guin Saga, Tytania is looking less and less impressive right... | | |
| 12:14am | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 1-5: Analysis, Thoughts and Random Comments | | | | [Disclaimer]: This entry might contain MINOR spoilers. However, while the analysis might push you to these minor spoilers, NO foretelling spoiler is present. Therefore, please follow the same guideline, and understand that any spoiler can just ruin this critical part of the story for any reader. ... | | |
| 12:14am | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 1-5: Analysis, Thoughts and Random Comments | | | | [Disclaimer]: This entry might contain MINOR spoilers. However, while the analysis might push you to these minor spoilers, NO foretelling spoiler is present. Therefore, please follow the same guideline, and understand that any spoiler can just ruin this critical part of the story for any reader. ... | | |
| 1:34pm | Bandai and the Marketing Blitz of Kannagi |  | | | When the Japanese company Aniplex held an industry panel at Anime Boston last May, their emphasis on the unlicensed series Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens baffled the audience and bloggers. “Why are they spending so much time talking about Kannagi?” “The show’s still unlicensed,... | | |
| 10:06am | July Summary | | | | I must say, that we’ve got ourselves an awesome Summer Season here. Sure, there aren’t many series, but a significant majority of the new series succeed at what they intend to do. There may not be a lot of shows with awesome and ambitious story-lines, but in terms of slice of life and characterization,... | | |
| 6:27pm | Final Thoughts: Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou | | | | Ever since Nyanko-sensei came into his life, Natsume Takashi has slowly learned that being able to see spirits doesn’t mean he has to distance himself from other people. But even as he juggles the responsibilities of human friendships and the Book of Friends, new challenges will arise that test... | | |
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