| 2:19pm | An excellent German fandub of 'Le Chevalier D'eon' | | | | Today I learned a new word - fandub. It means a dub made by overseas fans who moonlight as voice-actors in their native language. Here is a German fandub of a section in Le Chevalier D'eon: Isn't that excellent? I was almost fooled into believing that it were the official German dub or something.... | | |
| 12:50pm | Attention Spans | | | | I just finished Seirei no Moribito earlier this day. I found to be a beautiful, meaningful piece of work, which is less to be said of other recent shows. Despite its many merits (I would sound very much like a fanboy if I wrote all of them down here, so just see it for yourself) SnM had never attracted... | | |
| 12:40pm | Anime Releases for October 2007 | | | | ADV Films ADVFilms.com October 2, 2007Air Gear Vol. #5 - 125 minWelcome to the NHK Vol. #1 - 100 minYugo the Negotiator Complete Collection (Thinpak) October 9, 2007Blood Reign/Kimera DVD Double Pack - 80/45 minKurau: Phantom Memory Vol. #4 - 100 min October 16, 2007009-1 Vol. #3 - 100 minBlue Seed... | | |
| 7:48am | Just what English-speaking anime/manga fans mean by 'angst'? | | | | I know pockets of English-speaking anime/manga fans who are into angst. They speak of angsty shows and characters angsting about something. It seems to me when they use the word angst, they mean something different from its dictionary definition, which is -angst [noun]: a feeling of anxiety and worry... | | |
| 4:07pm | Racial identity in anime | | | | I once read a theory somewhere that anime (and manga) allow Japanese totranscend the restraint of their national identity. It is like being non-Japanese/European in a vicarious way. Of course this all goes back to the whole historic debate since the Meiji Era of Japan (or at least some people... | | |
| 7:40pm | 42 New Fall Anime -- Cast, Staff, Story, Pic | | | | Here are just about all the series and OVAs scheduled to start this fall, according to the Japanese site MoonPhase -- 35 series and seven OVAs. I've tried to give a story intro, show a pic, and talk about the staff and cast of each one. Click images to enlarge.Nothing seems like an instant classic, but... | | |
| 9:09am | Blood+ - Ironically, more blood… |  | | | The watchings of yesterday, 07/09/11. Started off with a quick episode of Cromartie High School, some quick, mindless humor to kick off the day. The whole “we’re not things, we’re misunderstood” idea has near limitless potential. After that there was a bit of a break while I... | | |
| 6:49am | Interviews and changes on production IG’s website. |  | | | From Anime UK News - Production I.G (animation studio behind the likes of Ghost in the Shell) have been hard at work on their extensive official website for a long time now and with their recently updated interview sections, there are many new features worth reading; features that have been fully translated... | | |
| 5:12am | Le Chevalier D’Eon - Zombies in French History | | | | The 24 episode series Le Chevalier D’Eon is somewhat based on the real life activities of French spy D’Eon Beaumont who served under Louis XV. Although, the anime itself is directly based on the manga by Tow Ukabata and is produced by Production I.G. The show includes elements of fantasy... | | |
| 5:24pm | Autumn Season Preview | | | | When I first glanced upon the list of series that were slated for the Fall-Season, I thought that this Season would be even worse than the Fall-Season of 2006. Thankfully, I was wrong; there are quite a few interesting series out there, and there are way less shounen and harem-series than last year.... | | |
| 1:35pm | Markerting strategies of English anime ads and Japanese anime ads | | | | I just noticed a curious thing about anime ads in English-language press - there are almost always quotations from critics. Compare and contrast these two ads of Le Chevalier D'eon - The English ad obviously has a few obligatory quotations from critics (though those critics do not seem to be... | | |
| 11:21pm | ADV Announces Sept 18 Titles | | | | {For you anime fans, here are a couple of ADV titles to save your pennies for} FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ADV ANNOUNCES SEPTEMBER 18 TITLES HOUSTON, August 14, 2007—ADV Films, the number one producer-distributor of anime outside of Japan, is pleased to bring fans two great new titles, including... | | |
| 9:14am | Tuesday Rumble: August 7th | | | | Chevalier: Deleted Scenes Ever felt that there wasn’t enough to Chevalier? Maybe you just wanted the HARD GAY scenes to be shown onscreen? If that’s the case, then you won’t want to miss this exclusive look at the scenes that never made it into the broadcast version.Scenes included:Orleans’... | | |
| 8:05am | Baccano! First Impressions: The Invincibles | | | | The first thought when I saw the opening credits: man, this looks like Chrno Crusade (with its early 20th century American setting). The second thought was: just how many characters are there going to be? And how much more butchering of Western names will they do? The description on Animenfo.com promised... | | |
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