| 8:16pm | Spring Anime -- 10 More First Looks | | | | So far, Kurenai is the only show that I think might equal my top shows of the past year (true tears, ef, Blue Drop, Hitohira, Lucky Star), but this is a very broad season, with many good shows, several of which could develop into something great. I covered 24 shows in a previous post. Here are ten more... | | |
| 5:45am | Nijuu-mensou no Musume -- Another Spring Favorite | | | | Nijuu-mensou no Musume 二十面相の娘 -- also known as Chiko, Heiress of the Phantom Thief -- debuted Saturday, starring Hirano Aya. I liked Nijuu-mensou enough that it is now one of my five early-season favorites: Kurenai, Macross Frontier, Vampire Knight, Allison & Lillia, and Nijuu-mensou... | | |
| 5:24pm | Seto no Hanayome 1-13 | | | | My interest in this series was piqued when Totali mentioned the OVA. Mermaid romance meets Married To The Mob sounded like a great premise - why didn’t I pick this up last year? And while looking for subs, I found my answer: GONZO. It wasn’t a pure GONZO effort (AIC was given equal billing)... | | |
| 12:24am | Kimi ga Aruji de Ore ga Shitsuji de | | | | I had been just a bit tempted by the reports that KimiAru had some light yuri fan service but only finally picked it up after reading two sentences over at SS!AB - Kabitzin, I blame you! OMG what a stupid series. But the LOLZ, KimiAru haz it. Other than the influence of the Namako empire, I had also... | | |
| 5:43pm | Blue Drop | | | | 本当にごくろでした、 ツバエル。 Tsubael, GG! Hashihime 1 2 3 | Okazu 1 2 3 | Random Curiosity | Omonomono | myucon ©2008 hontou ni sou omou?. All Rights Reserved.. | | |
| 1:18am | Winter 2008 Mid-Season Recap - March Madness Edition | | | | Kyou’s stroking it like it’s hot err I mean stroking three pointers and not that kind of stroking you sick freaksWith March already here, sports fans in the United States are preparing for one of the special multi-week events in sports: The 2008 NCAA Division I Mens Basketball Tournament.... | | |
| 9:57pm | Sawashiro Miyuki On Stage | | | | Sawashiro Miyuki 沢城みゆき has joined the Theatre Gekidango (Theatre劇団子) comedy troupe. The group performs live and creates video comedy sketches that are shown on TV.Miyukichi (her nickname) performed in their Harukanaru Yama de Yahoho 遥かなる山でヤッホッ ホ (I think that means... | | |
| 11:47pm | Yajima Akiko -- 150+ Seiyuu Roles | | | | Yajima Akiko's 矢島晶子 voice as Shinnosuke in Crayon Shin-chan is the most recognized voice in all Japanese anime. Everyone knows Shinnosuke's rough comic bleating.But Yajima-san also has one of the least recognizable voices. She does roles from young women and boys through adult women even to animals.I... | | |
| 3:30pm | 2007’s #5: Dennou Coil — Retreading Old (Home) territory |  | | | I’ve always found honesty to be the best policy, which is why I’m going to state upfront that I found Dennou Coil to be horribly overrated. Not in the “this is bad, what were you thinking” sense, but the “this is good, but there were other infinitely superior shows this... | | |
| 3:30pm | 2007’s #5: Dennou Coil — Retreading Old (Home) territory | | | | I’ve always found honesty to be the best policy, which is why I’m going to state upfront that I found Dennou Coil to be horribly overrated. Not in the “this is bad, what were you thinking” sense, but the “this is good, but there were other infinitely superior shows this... | | |
| 3:30pm | 2007’s #5: Dennou Coil — Retreading Old (Home) territory | | | | I’ve always found honesty to be the best policy, which is why I’m going to state upfront that I found Dennou Coil to be horribly overrated. Not in the “this is bad, what were you thinking” sense, but the “this is good, but there were other infinitely superior shows this... | | |
| 3:30pm | 2007’s #5: Dennou Coil — Retreading Old (Home) territory | | | | I’ve always found honesty to be the best policy, which is why I’m going to state upfront that I found Dennou Coil to be horribly overrated. Not in the “this is bad, what were you thinking” sense, but the “this is good, but there were other infinitely superior shows this... | | |
| 6:20am | Blue Drop 05 |  | | | Even without hard proof that Hagino took out the probe, Shibariel sends out the powerful dual core ship Gelbill after Blue. Gelbill fires powerful spears that look like ice lances, and Blue is badly damaged. However, before Gelbill can launch the coup de grâce, Hagino breaks curfew to devise a daring... | | |
| 1:25am | Hard Yuri Saves the Space? | | | | So there was this anime called The Legend of Black Heaven (by the way the Japanese name of this show makes a great pun), which the schtick was some mid-ager, in his crisis, saves the future with rock and roll. Oji, the main character, reunites with his old band and rocked on (sort of). A very anime-like... | | |
| 8:50pm | End of Autumn Season '07 | | | | Some pretty good series ended a few days ago. HiguKai was amazing, as well as Genshiken. Minami-ke, Night Wizard and Ninomiya were very funny and enjoyable. ef and Kodomo offered a good load of drama and the latter a lot of controversy. Finally, Sky Girls and Blue Drop can remind you the downhill that... | | |
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