| 2:31am | xxxHOLiC Kei - 03 “Half” | | | | Synopsis: Watanuki is sent by Yuuko to rescue the Zashiki-warashi. With the use of the tengu fan, Yuuko transports Watanuki and the Karasu-tengu to where the Zashiki-warashi is being held captive. Watanuki and the others find themselves in front of an abandoned building reeking with malicious... | | |
| 11:04pm | Angel Densetsu vols 1-15 - Thoughts & Impressions | | | | About the Mangaka Yagi Norihiro won the 32nd Akatsuka Award for his very first piece of work, Undeadman, which went on to have two sequels. His first serialised work was Angel Densetsu. However what has made him famous in the west is his latest work, Claymore. About the MangaThis series ran for a total... | | |
| 1:34pm | Figure Review: Clare - Claymore No. 47 | | | | It’s quite rare for me to purchase figures that are outside the realm of moé. Often when friends, or even when my sister’s friends, look at my collection they notice that majority of the figures are all cute girls. That may be true but I do like to purchase a figure that is neither cute... | | |
| 4:54pm | [Hynavian] Female Ninja Blogger - 8 Ways to Smokescreen Yourself | | | | There’s a recent movement for female bloggers; the "All Girls Round Robin Movement" led by itsubun (edit: sorry for the spelling mistake), usagijen and Hinano. It has caused an uproar among the blogging committee and many female bloggers left their secret hiding spots and jump onto the... | | |
| 2:57pm | Weekly Round-Up: May 16th | | | | Reviewed this week: Alice the Adventure 1, Allison and Lillia 6, Baccano 14, Chi’s Sweet Home 21-4, Gunslinger Girl Il Teatrino 7, Himitsu 3, Itazura na Kiss 6, Kurenai 6, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki 4, Mnemosyne 4, Nabari no Ou 6, Persona 7-8, Real Drive 4, Soul Eater 3-6, Toshokan Sensou 4-5, Wagaya no... | | |
| 5:09pm | Cooking the books (2007 DVD Expenditure) | | | | I’ve been meaning to follow the examples of Adun and Stripey in consolidating my anime-related expenditure for 2007 (mainly for my own budgeting records and planning) but accounting for the August Japan trip has made it rather complicated. Have finally decided to split things up by product category;... | | |
| 6:44pm | The Return of Kano Yui -- Wagaya no Oinari-sama, ep5 | | | | Kano Yui was wonderful as Momoko in Sumomo mo Momo mo. One of the most hilarious performances I've heard. She even won a (controversial) seiyuu award for the role.But since then, she hasn't had a really good role -- until now. It may or may not turn out to be a major role, but YunYun is funny and touching... | | |
| 12:30am | Claymore - Chapter 79 | | | | Eastern RevelationThis chapter brings huge revelations. Suddenly, all the things currently happening seem less important now. Clarice concludes Clare and her group must be the ones who supposedly survived the northern war.Galatea is still in time to recover her arm, but her eyes are long lost. She can’t... | | |
| 4:00pm | [Hynavian] Claymore Chapter 79 - Information Overload! | | | | It’s out! Claymore is finally out after 2 months! And my exams will be over in 2 days time, that’s the best news of all. Claymore Chapter 79; there’s no action in this chapter, just words, words and more words. However, this chapter adds a new twist to what we know of the Claymore... | | |
| 12:56pm | A Week in Tokyo 14 |  | | | The gorgeous Mikatan from Good Smile Company. Was there this week again to go over the final production stages of Reading up on The Otaku market which is currently valued at 1.651 billion USD. On the way home from the Hobby Stock BBQ. Indy! Looking forward to this. Trailer below. Waiting for train.... | | |
| 5:45pm | Satoshi Kon - Why are you so good? | | | | After ages of having them recommended to me, and after ages of putting them off, I finally watched Paprika, Tokyo Godfathers and Millennium Actress, in that order. I officially hate Satoshi Kon because he’s just way too good at what he does. It’s like everything he touches, everything that... | | |
| 8:45am | Anime Diet Radio Episode “L”–The Lost Episode |  | | | As promised, this is the infamous unreleased version of Anime Diet Radio episode 19. It was a great episode, truth be told, easily standing up to any of our previous ones. Even if it was recorded on February 17which makes the three news sections about the Claymore licensing, Gainax hiring (deadline:... | | |
| 10:05pm | NYCC08: FUNimation | | | | Sorry for the shittiness of the picture, I was in a bit of a rush. =P Sheehan told me there isn’t much new in today’s presentation, but here we go anyway! Adam Sheehan, FUNimation’s events manager returns for his panel-y goodness. Well, it starts out the same way as Sakura’s... | | |
| 7:05pm | Allison to Lillia - 02 | | | | Okay, this is going to be the first series that I’ll be blogging for the current spring-season. At first sight, this series looks rather underwhelming when compared to the rest of this season, but as I watched this episode, I suddenly realized that I’ve actually got lots of reasons to... | | |
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