| 11:36am | Cool Products Wednesday, September 9, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 4:30pm | T.H.A.T. Fall 2009 Anime Preview |  | | | Deadpan lolis, my favorite Welcome to another edition of the T.H.A.T. anime preview! Out of a total of 26 series covered in this preview (I excluded the kiddie shows/educational stuff as usual), the statistical breakdown goes like this (some categories overlap): Sequels: 8 Spin-offs: 3 New Shows: 15... | | |
| 4:30pm | T.H.A.T. Fall 2009 Anime Preview |  | | | Deadpan lolis, my favorite Welcome to another edition of the T.H.A.T. anime preview! Out of a total of 26 series covered in this preview (I excluded the kiddie shows/educational stuff as usual), the statistical breakdown goes like this (some categories overlap): Sequels: 8 Spin-offs: 3 New Shows: 15... | | |
| 2:28pm | 「Saimoe ‘09」 “Groups A & B, Day 4″ ~ Round 2 Results | | | | Winners: Utau and Nagi. So Nagi pulls through even with the disappointing number of votes received. Actually participation in both matches was just awfully low. No matter, for today’s contest features Louise and two other high profile characters. Full results below Group A2-4 Results:1位 283票 (Hoshi... | | |
| 2:05pm | 「Saimoe ‘09」 “Groups A & B, Day 3″ ~ Round 2 Results | | | | Winners: Yuuki and Isumi. Saki and HnG continue to be as dominant as it were in the beginning of the tournament. Congrats to Yuuki for making it this far. Sad we have to let go of Kana after such a shocking upset in Round 1. Still, HnG fans must be very pleased with the performance of their nominees... | | |
| 12:24pm | Cool Products Wednesday, September 2, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 12:42pm | August Summary | | | | Overall, I’m very pleased with this season. There were unfortunately a few series that disappointed this month, but at the same time there were also a lot of shows that exceeded my expectations about them. I think that the most notable of this season is that it’s the very first season in... | | |
| 10:49am | Cool Products Monday, August 31, 2009 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 5:14am | Fall 2009 |  | | | So I heard you like sequels Most of this information comes from the chart at Denizen’s blog, as well as MAL and ANN. I’m excited because we’ll have three people blogging again, which means more series covered by SS!AB. I might cut my load to 3 new series (depending on episode counts),... | | |
| 6:05am | Take the X Train | | | | Many of the more significant anime directors of the 1970s and 1980s learned the ropes at Toei Doga or Mushi Pro in the 1960s. The different approaches to animated filmmaking learned at each respective studio consequently provide the foundation for these directors. Some started out at Toei Doga but... | | |
| 6:59am | The Restaurant of Many Orders and Kenji Miyazawa anime | | | | Many of the best directors working in animation in Japan have adapted early 20th century poet Kenji Miyazawa's timeless short stories. The last film made by Japan's pre-eminent indie animator of the 70s and 80s, Tadanari Okamoto, was an adaptation of Kenji's The Restaurant of Many Orders. Okamoto died... | | |
| 10:57pm | SDF Macross Episodes 03 and 04 – The Great Indoors |  | | | It’s Wednesday and that means Macross. We have two somewhat less eventful episodes this week but we do get an introduction and much screentime for Minmay as well as a bit of information on the capabilities and structure of the Macross. Fighting continues on South Ataria Island as the Macross lifts... | | |
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