| 5:31am | Emonaut - The Dragonaut Thumbnail Theatre Episode 3 | | | | Emonaut: The Dragonaut Thumbnail Theater Episode 3: Lots of Dragons Fighting Each Other For No Reason (This special feature, like all special features, is the result of two crazy nerds bashing their heads against a brick wall to make jokes fall out) *Nineteen years ago, on a pointless deep sea voyage*... | | |
| 1:02am | Food Safety in Japan |  | | | The CEO of MacDonalds Japan found himself making an official apology after it was discovered that 4 franchise chains tampered with the sell-by date on salads. (source) The boss of the MacDonalds franchise chains said that the salads were going to be thrown away (which was a waste) so they changed... | | |
| 6:15am | Blue Dragon on Xbox Live Japan |  | | | Microsoft announced plans to distribute the first two episodes of the Blue Dragon anime series via Xbox Live Marketplace. The downloads will be free and will be available to all Xbox Live members in the Japanese ver of the Xbox Live. This is to promote the 11/1 release of the Platinum Collection budget... | | |
| 2:20pm | Blue Dragon Review [Xbox 360] | | | | Derivative. Simple. Uninspired. After the first six hours of playing Blue Dragon you may well find yourself responding with, 'Yeah, and?' The criticisms levelled at this game (this review being something of a response rather than an analysis) seem to be built on misinformed expectations. Being... | | |
| 2:20pm | Blue Dragon Review [Xbox 360] | | | | Derivative. Simple. Uninspired. After the first six hours of playing Blue Dragon you may well find yourself responding with, 'Yeah, and?' The criticisms levelled at this game (this review being something of a response rather than an analysis) seem to be built on misinformed expectations. Being... | | |
| 12:35pm | Blue Dragon 1st Ending Theme - Fly So High | | | | Fly So HighVocals: Yamada YuLyrics: TIGERComposition: FLYING GRINDArrangement: FLYING GRINDHey girl, don’t be so depressedTry showing me your smile, U be fineHey now, it hasn’t only just began yetStart walking, here’s your life | | |
| 11:12pm | Viz Media Launches Blue Dragon Website | | | | VIZ MEDIA LAUNCHES BLUE DRAGON™ WEBSITE DEDICATED TO HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ANIME SERIES New Series Based On Xbox 360 Game And Features Notable Character Designs By DRAGON BALL Creator Akira Toriyama San Francisco, CA, October 4, 2007 – VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s... | | |
| 11:09pm | Animeyay’s stuff | | | | Last 5 torrents release:[Shinsen-Subs & Formula Sub] Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! 31 [Shinsen-Subs & Formula Sub] Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! 32 [Shinsen-Subs & Formula Sub] Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! 30 [Shinsen-Subs] Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai 07 [Huzzah] Reideen 23 More torrents... | | |
| 4:40am | Current Anime Series Popularity -- Japan vs. Abroad | | | | I'm taking the simplest possible method of judging how otaku in Japan and outside it grade the current shows: current number of threads on 2channel vs. number of posts on AnimeSuki. This is more an index of interest than approval, but it at least gives us some comparisons. Actual Japanese TV ratings... | | |
| 1:25am | Blue Dragon eps. 1-6 | | | | Based on the upcoming XBOX 360 game, Blue Dragon is looking to capitalize on the fact that it was designed by Akira Toriyama. Not that thats a bad thing! His art style is always fun to see animated, and this is no different. The show oddly seams to be aimed at a much younger audience than what the... | | |
| 7:14pm | Dropped: Blue Dragon (TV) | | | | Running time: half hourNumber of episodes: 51Vintage: 2007-04-07Age rating: ???Genres: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, SupernaturalAnimation Production: Studio PierrotSource: Anime News NetworkThe Good: Music by Nobuo Uematsu and character designs by Akira Toriyama.The Bad: Everything else.Status: DroppedMy... | | |
| 12:25am | 山田 優 - Fly So High | | | | “Fly So High” by Yamada Yui is the ED theme for Blue Dragon. An anime that I wish I could say that I liked, simply because the character designs were by 鳥山 明 (Toriyama Akira). I’ve been a fan of Toriyama since I was really young, when Dr. Slump and Dragon Ball was airing on | | |
| 9:35am | Viz Media at San Diego Comi-Con | | | | Receiving this press release made me realize that Comi-Con starts tomorrow, and I’m not going! *sob* VIZ MEDIA WELCOMES RENOWNED SHOJO MANGA CREATOR AND OFFERS EXCITING GAMING ACTIVITIES, PANELS AND SCREENINGS FOR 2007 COMIC-CON INTERNATIONAL Demos of Latest Anime Action Video Games in... | | |
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