| 4:39pm | Anime DVD and Manga Releases for August 18 – 24 | | | | Anime DVDsAugust 18, 2009 Ah My Buddha – Volume 4 Astro Boy (2003) – Volume 1 (dub) Astro Boy (2003) – Volume 2 (dub) Astro Boy (2003) – Volume 3 (dub) Astro Boy (2003) – Volume 4 (dub) Astro Boy (2003) – Volume 5 (dub) Big Windup! – Season 1 Part 1 Bleach –... | | |
| 7:00pm | Light Novel Maria-sama ga Miteru: Bara no Mille-Feuille, Part 3 | | | | Part 3High Tension and Roller CoastersThe morning of the amusement park date was a cloudy one."But you know, there's a zero percent chance of rain."The final examinations, which for so long had been a towering cloud of gray, had finally gone somewhere not to be found, and so her mood had cleared. If... | | |
| 12:06pm | Zone of the Enders - Dolores Review - 87,5/100 | | | | Sunrise and mechas go together like cheesecake and well, cheese. They’ve been producing their mecha-epics for decades now, ranging from the immensely popular Gundam and Code Geass to the lesser known Overman King Gainer and Zegapain. Still; call me crazy, but out of all their mecha-epics I’ve... | | |
| 6:45am | A little thought about us recently… |  | | | Hi everyone, I thought I’d share some of our progress taking over the world and fandom in maturing and growing as a site. This isn’t an official announcement so relax, nothing major is happeningyet. It’s funny, but recently I’ve got this incredible boredom for lack of work and... | | |
| 7:00pm | Light Novel Maria-sama ga Miteru: Bara no Mille-Feuille, Part 2 | | | | Part 2Chapter 4To say this was not an adventure story might be understating it. In order to return the princess (Rei-chan) who was swept away by an evil demon safely to this world, you must go, brave Yoshino, with attendant Nana.In order to pull herself together, and bring the story to a climax: at... | | |
| 10:35pm | This Was My Face After Watching Endless Eight | | | | After Endless Eight (Episode 1)After Endless Eight (Episode 2)After Endless Eight (Episode 3)After Endless Eight (Episode 4)After Endless Eight (Episode 5)After Endless Eight (Episode 6)After Endless Eight (Episode 7)After Endless Eight (Episode 8 ) Congratulations KyoAni for taking a short 1 chapter... | | |
| 7:39pm | Ponyo | | | | I got to see my first Miyazaki film on the big screen last night, and it couldn't have been a better film. Ponyo is my favorite Miyazaki film in a good long time, thanks in large part to its rich and dynamic animation, which makes it a film that truly benefits from being seen on the big screen. It's... | | |
| 7:39pm | Ponyo | | | | I got to see my first Miyazaki film on the big screen last night, and it couldn't have been a better film. Ponyo is my favorite Miyazaki film in a good long time, thanks in large part to its rich and dynamic animation, which makes it a film that truly benefits from being seen on the big screen. It's... | | |
| 6:15pm | 10 Conclusions of the Japan Trip | | | | Hey, in a blink of an eye, the entire 3-week long Japan trip is now over and I’m sitting back in my once-favourite spot here inside my own room. I pretty much stopped updating after one and a half weeks, because my girlfriend came over from the US to Japan, and the time I used for blogging was... | | |
| 1:04am | Light Novel Maria-sama ga Miteru: Bara no Mille-Feuille, Intro & Part 1 | | | | IntroductionRei: I realize parts of this translation will sound stilted or exist only as frozen language, and I apologize. On at least one occasion I have been called, "too rigid" and this is due to the method I use to translate. Having studied translation to some extent in college, I tend to approach... | | |
| 3:32am | Tomonori Kogawa's Cool Cool Bye | | | | A lot of OVAs were produced in the 1980s, most of which have been forgotten today, usually for the best. Some have been forgotten undeservedly. Cool Cool Bye (1986) is one of the ones that's been undeservedly forgotten. Not only does Cool Cool Bye boast one of the most awesome titles ever, it also... | | |
| 4:00pm | Review: Hatsukoi Limited (78%) |  | | | Animation: 85% Sound/Music: 75% Voice Acting: 80% Story: 75% Overall: 78% See explanation of scores here. Hatsukoi Limited is a best-of-breed shounen fanservice comedy, with enough emotional sincerity and empathy to make it better than the average show of its type. This is no surprise, of course,... | | |
| 10:41am | Cool Products Wednesday, August 12, 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... | | |
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