| 4:58am | Impressions: Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight |  | | | Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads!Any show that uses the Back to the Future theme has to be awesome, which Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight is looking to be. After the crappiness that was Coyote Ragtime Show, it seems ufotable might strike gold again like Futakoi Alternative. | | |
| 12:45am | Nominees in for ~Most ‘I want a remake’ show~ Vote Now!! | | | | This looks like another obvious one. At first when I was tallying the nominations up, Higurashi remained on the same level as Fate/Stay Night and Air Gear, but as I got near the end, almost everyone had nominated Higurashi. I would want a remake of Higurashi too, and it seems we might be getting one... | | |
| 8:11am | kozaihod’s anime rant: BEST OF 2006, day 4 - Epics of 2006 | | | | Day 4 - Epics of 2006. BUT FIRST AN ANNOUNCEMENT. Please vote in the poll that is present in the sidebar. In the last day of best of 2006, there will be a readers' choice category, and the poll results will be used to determine the winner. So, once again, vote. Right. Today, epics | | |
| 5:24pm | Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! - Anime First Impressions | | | | Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight! was one of the top anime that I wanted to watch this season. These characters are soooo freakin’ cute! This anime is based on a manga that’s being serialized in Dengeki Daioh. The very same one that brought us Azumanga Daioh and Yotsuba&! (but not the | | |
| 11:11pm | Nominees in for ~Most ‘Started well but ended up shit’ show~ Vote Now!! | | | | I was actually surprised with some of the nominees this time, such as Ouran and Asatte, which I think ended (or is ending) rather well. But oh well, if they were nominated then I’ll put ‘em up! And personally I would nominate Coyote Ragtime Show. It had a lot of potential but it flunked | | |
| 8:56pm | Watched List 2006 | | | | Last year has been a great year for anime especially with the release of some major titles based on popular mangas. There are even some which were unexpectedly good despite been a low profile series at the beginning. However, there's one series that really shines and that's Fate-Stay Night, my | | |
| 9:38pm | A3 2006 results: Have you made the critical vote? |  | | | This is A3 2006, where the underdogs, the unknown and the bizarre gets their place in history!All right, instead of writing witty comments, I will throw you with charts to illustrate each section’s results. I believe that is the easiest way to make totally unintelligent ways to make the | | |
| 12:18am | The Tsukihime Half-Time Show | | | | No wonder Coyote Ragtime Show sounded so familiar when I first heard of it.Sorry, this is not so much of a show and much more of a tell. But half way through Type-Moon’s first big-time hit, it struck me that what made the stuff tick is translatable. Stuff was ticking; people who I don’t | | |
| 11:45am | A3 2006: Let’s get the voting started on Alternative Anime Awards! |  | | | This is A3 2006, where the underdogs, the unknown and the bizarre gets their place in history!For now, the format has been decided. I will have 7 highly-professional judges (*cough*) from the anime blogging community. Please start voting while I hound my judges for the votes. This thing will last | | |
| 10:20am | Jumping on the Bandwagon, or Winter Season Picks |  | | | Since the winter season is almost here, I think it’s about time for me to get off my lazy ass and start looking at what’s coming out. This is more of a list to help remind myself, since I don’t even know the stories of half of the show’s coming out, and am relying on | | |
| 11:14am | Mixed Feelings About ANN’s Redesign | | | | Yesterday the popular website Anime News Network launched a new layout scheme. The first thing visitors will notice is that what was previously in the left sidebar has been grouped into tabs in the upper right corner. This leaves the top and left parts of the website open for large-space | | |
| 6:43pm | What *hrr* means, or: Come here, winter season! | | | | The *hrr* question is easily solved: Milkmaster says it simply means For those who don’t know: this is an “ugly”-smiley.Onto the serious matter: If I don’t suddenly decide to watch Code Geass (and seriously, if I didn’t have all that backlog, I’d immediately do | | |
| 4:08am | New Licenses for Broccoli Books | | | | Broccoli Books Licenses Coyote Ragtime Show, Hakoiri Devil Princess and Murder Princess Los Angeles, CA (December 8, 2006) - Broccoli Books has announced the acquisition of three manga titles, Coyote Ragtime Show, Hakoiri Devil Princess (Japanese title), and Murder Princess. Coyote Ragtime Show is | | |
| 11:24am | The 2006 Bishoujo Match : Round Three | | | | And so the Second Match for the 2006 BMs ends, with Suzumiya Haruhi holding the lead and keeping it all the way to the end with a 17% final, and Nagato Yuki sliding in second with 13%. In the end, the SHnY girls holded 33% of the votes in total. The highest non SHnY girl was Eri, holding 13% at one | | |
| 12:42am | May the Goth be loli | | | | I figured there’s no better way to get over Gretel’s death than to immerse oneself fully in goth-loli culture/fashion and as with any new-age spiritual journeys, it begins with wikipedia. After reading the wiki on lolita fashion, I realised, before meido, there was loli. That I loved the... | | |
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