| 6:39am | August Summary | | | | August has definitely been an interesting and at the same time strange month. I keep seeing everywhere that the past Summer Season has disappointed, but I just can’t agree with those statements. Sure, there’s no absolute masterpiece airing now that Kaiba ended, but there are actually lots... | | |
| 4:40am | Is the death knell for scanlations and fansubs approaching?? | | | | Of late there have been a large number of C&D (Cease & Desist) letters being sent to various groups in both the fansub and scanlation scene. Gonzo especially have been targeting groups that are doing their series. All but one group complied with the notice, one however stated they would keep... | | |
| 4:24pm | Zyl on Blassreiter |  | | | Zyl opens Blassreiter thus: So, in addition to Mentar carefully anticipating and answering all my objections and worries (principally GONZO, then again Seto no Hanayome was enjoyable too - are they finally getting their act together?), there was also the invocation of the Shizuka Itou Doctrine for... | | |
| 4:24pm | Zyl on Blassreiter | | | | Zyl opens Blassreiter thus: So, in addition to Mentar carefully anticipating and answering all my objections and worries (principally GONZO, then again Seto no Hanayome was enjoyable too - are they finally getting their act together?), there was also the invocation of the Shizuka Itou Doctrine for... | | |
| 2:00pm | YouTube + Funimation Versus Pirates? | | | | YouTube is hosting full episodes of the following Funimation anime series: Blue Gender, Kiddy Grade, Peach Girl and Slayers. I guess it’s part of the ongoing battle against illegal anime downloads (i.e. BLASSREITER on Crunchyroll.com)Funimation Anime Series on Youtube!You won't embed my anime... | | |
| 9:32am | July Summary | | | | The summer-season has always been the season of short and varied series, and in 2008, it’s no different. There’s a wide variety of genres in this relatively small season, only horror seems to be missing at first glance. So far, there are a number of potential classics lurking among them. #30 (new)... | | |
| 11:50pm | Thoughts on Blassreiter 01-12 |  | | | I wanted to find some other pages about Blassreiter to comment on, and I was really disappointed to find that very few (if any) bloggers covered Blassreiter. I was also guilty of assuming that Gonzo + CG + Motorcycles = Fail, but so far the show has been very engaging. This post will be pretty spoilery,... | | |
| 8:47pm | Blassreiter Suddenly Gets Depressing |  | | | This post contains a ton of spoilers for Blassreiter up to episode 15. The first half of Blassreiter has been fairly intriguing at best, featuring some pretty cool fights marred by a lot of melodrama and the poor video quality I am forced to watch. So as the mid-season mark approaches Blassreiter follows... | | |
| 9:30pm | New Shows -- 2channel Popularity | | | | It's hard to judge, since totals for earlier seasons of the same shows may be bumping up their numbers, but it looks as if Strike Witches and Slayers Revolution are the runaway most popular new shows on 2channel. Zero no Tsukaima may be up there, too.Strike Witches has over 44,000 posts. I suspect some... | | |
| 9:28am | Kabitzin’s July List | | | | The summer season is in full swing, and some of the new shows are better than anticipated. A few of the shows from last month’s list have finished up, but I still haven’t had a chance to check out all the new shows. I also marathoned Blassreiter this month, and it was (surprisingly) glorious.... | | |
| 6:49am | Boarding Blassreiter | | | | Mentar’s recommendation carries a lot of political capital with me too. So, in addition to Mentar carefully anticipating and answering all my objections and worries (principally GONZO, then again Seto no Hanayome was enjoyable too - are they finally getting their act together?), there was also... | | |
| 8:16pm | Fighting against fansubs is pointless | | | | I read The Anime Almanac’s recent essay with a great interest. Effectively titled “Greg Ayres and the Fight Against Fansubs”, it presents an industry-biased perspective on the massive proliferation of anime fansubs, via the enthusiasm of Greg Ayres, a “hardcore otaku” turned... | | |
| 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... | | |
| 6:40pm | Druaga no To ~Aegis of Uruk~ Final Impressions | | | | Oh GONZO, why am I not surprised. (Warning: Spoilers etc) Summary: Needless to say I was pretty much expecting an ending like this. Le’see what happened in these final few episodes? So, Kally died, and then Ahmey dies trying to kill Druaga. The remaining climbers (minus, Pazuz and Neeba the... | | |
| 3:29am | The Daily Dose |  | | | I apologize for the lack of Daily Doses recently. The Summer 2008 Preview is taking a lot longer than I thought to write because I have quite a bit to say about some of the series. I'm compiling this Daily Dose because I don't want to fall too far behind on the news, and because I want to point people... | | |
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