| 5:46am | Raki really changed in 7 years, right? | | | | I just finished reading Claymore - Chapter 81 and I swear, Raki changed a bloody lot. I literally thought that fellow would've been killed by Isley or Priscilla by now. What DOES Priscilla like about him that stops her from wanting to kill him, anyways? Whily I'm mentioning Isley, WHERE is Isley? Did... | | |
| 2:35pm | [Hynavian] Battle of the Publishers - The Good, The Bad and The HORRIBLE! | | | | Friends who know me well enough will know that I’m a manga collector who treat my manga like gold. I collect raw manga, the English version and sometimes, the Mandarin version (traditional/simplified). They’re kept in top notch condition, no dust, no dog ears and they’re as good as... | | |
| 5:02pm | On the context of dropping anime | | | | One of the most difficult decisions an anime fan has to make is whether or not to ‘drop’ a series. For me, it’s often a snap decision; not really based on any objective criteria, rather, it depends on how I’m feeling at that specific moment. As a result, I’ll often make... | | |
| 7:30pm | Paku Romi -- Power Packed | | | | -- played Loran Cehack in Turn A Gundam, Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, Oosaki Nana in NANA-- stage actress with Theatre Group En -- tough, calm, forceful (both her characters and herself)-- won first annual seiyuu award as top female seiyuu-- Korean ancestry-- 36 years old l-r: Loran Cehack (Turn... | | |
| 5:14pm | Soul Eater - 12 | | | | This was another one of those building-up episodes, mostly dedicated to show how l33t the powers of Medusa are. That’s one thing I rather dislike of shounen-series: it takes ages to get to the good stuff, and the building-up episodes hardly provide anything interesting. This episode was decent... | | |
| 10:36am | Martian Successor Nadesico DVD 1 | | | | The caption at the back of the DVD cover says it all: ‘Love! War! Giant Robots!’ Possibly in that order too. EP-01: To Go ‘Like A Man’ The Jovian Lizards brush aside the United Earth Armed Forces and invade Mars de arimasu. Amidst the carnage, male lead Akito is mysteriously... | | |
| 10:36am | Martian Successor Nadesico DVD 1 | | | | The caption at the back of the DVD cover says it all: ‘Love! War! Giant Robots!’ Possibly in that order too. EP-01: To Go ‘Like A Man’ The Jovian Lizards brush aside the United Earth Armed Forces and invade Mars de arimasu. Amidst the carnage, male lead Akito is mysteriously... | | |
| 4:00am | T.H.A.T.’s Summer 2008 Anime Preview (Updated 6/14) |  | | | Summer timeand the livin’s easy Since Impz has bailed on us for three weeks to go to some academic conference, the duty of creating the THAT Anime Blog Summer 2008 Preview falls to me. Thankfully it’s not a fall or spring preview or I’d have to kill him. This preview uses pretty much the... | | |
| 11:46pm | Itazura na Kiss to end properly | | | | The ending the manga never saw to be animated. Itazura na Kiss Anime to Show Creator’s Planned Ending Kaoru Tada told husband of unfinished manga’s ending before fatal accident The Mainichi Shimbun paper interviewed music producer Shigeru Nishikawa about the ongoing anime adaptation of... | | |
| 10:46pm | Claymore - Chapter 80 | | | | Seven Years Time Miria continues to explain the truth about the organization and how the awakened would be used in battle. The biggest problem the organization has is that they still haven’t found a good way to control the awakened. Alica and Beth are the first step but, they still have lots of... | | |
| 9:52am | Weekly Round-Up: June 13th | | | | Reviewed this week: Allison and Lillia 9, Itazura na Kiss 9, Kurenai 10, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki 7, Nabari no Ou 9-10, Real Drive 6, Soul Eater 10, Toshokan Sensou 9, xxxHOLiC Kei 10…and in manga: Claymore 80, REC 38 ANIMECURRENT SERIES RANKINGSKurenai (1) – just a mistake?Chi’s Sweet Home... | | |
| 7:38pm | Pumpkin Scissors parody 18 | | | | With Randel seeming depressed, Stekkin decides to find out more about his Pleasure habits to see if there’s anything that can be done to improve his love life. But when he claims that he wants all the lovers in the world, is there anything that can be done?I’m all for dancing……however……it... | | |
| 6:22pm | [Hynavian] Henceforth I Worship Raki - Claymore Chapter 80 | | | | Claymore chapter 80 is out! Just some warning, if you have not read it, you might want to skip this post and come back after you’ve read it. I like chapter 80 because of the fun moments between the warriors. All fight and no humor will make Claymore a boring manga. The ladies have been fighting... | | |
| 1:10am | Convention Report: Kublacon (or what I ended up doing instead of Fanime) |  | | | So it’s been a week or so after I went to my gaming convention (Kublacon) in lieu of Fanime. Just goes to show that while I love anime my soul belongs military history and war gaming. While the event was roughly a week ago I just handed in a 5 page paper last week and mulled over my humiliating series... | | |
| 11:52pm | T.H.A.T.’s Summer 2008 Anime Preview |  | | | Summer timeand the livin’s easy Since Impz has bailed on us for three weeks to go to some academic conference, the duty of creating the THAT Anime Blog Summer 2008 Preview falls to me. Thankfully it’s not a fall or spring preview or I’d have to kill him. This preview uses pretty much the... | | |
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