| 3:18am | Ef:cross medium review extravaganza! | | | | let’s go in Chronological order. A while ago (a few months before the first season aired, I think), I stumbled across this little game called Ef the first tale. With it, I was disappointed beyond words. Naru Nanao’s soft and bright art turned stark and cold, Tenmon’s captivating music... | | |
| 9:59am | Junjo Romantica 2 Review - 75/100 | | | | Junjo Romantica: it may have been a yaoi-series, but it was an actually good one, focusing more than simply hawt bishie-on-bishie action, it explored what it meant to be in a relationship with another person. I hoped that the second season would be much of the same, continuing where the first season... | | |
| 7:11pm | Jigoku Shoujo - 65 | | | | Short Synopsis: A woman whose father was struck by a car calls Jigoku Tsuushin. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 (Awesome) OMG! OMG! OMG! At times like these, I just have to resort to pure and utterly biased fanboyism. Enma Ai is back in action, baby! This episode was so beyond all expectations that... | | |
| 8:33am | The 14th Day of Christmas 2008 - found my music | | | | found my music - Some of the best themes of 2008 anime Part 14 in the 12 Moments in Anime Countdown Counting down a few of my favorite songs from anime in 2008; I can’t claim to be a music enthusiast in terms of knowing terminology, or knowing musical theory, but anime music does make up a large... | | |
| 7:28pm | Shikabane Hime Review - 85/100 | | | | Gainax’ latest series: Shikabane Hime. The first thing that you need to know before watching this is the following: Shikabane Hime is NOT the next Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. While it still has a lot of very stylish action, this series is much more than a simple brainless action series, and... | | |
| 2:52am | Gundam 00 OST 03 Review | | | | First of all Merry Christmas everybody, hope you have a good time this year however you choose to spend it, second of all, wow that’s a sexy cover isn’t it. This one came out relatively quick and I guess I could consider it my first Christmas present so I consider this already a Christmas... | | |
| 8:36pm | ef - a Sequels of Some Disappointments, Shh. | | | | The more I think about it, the less I want to write about ef. As the second season, ef - a tale of melodies, comes to an end, it becomes increasingly clear to me that the two seasons were planned in conjunction. However there were a couple shocking continuity issues, one which is best cemented by the... | | |
| 7:00pm | Gundam 00 Second Season ep. 1 |  | | | [ Episode 1: The Angel's Second Advent ] Sorry for being late to the party! Ah~! Oh Gundam, I’ve missed you so! Easily one of my favorite shows of the early part of the year, the second season instantly grabbed me by the hand in the first second and never let it go. It was a great feeling... | | |
| 8:00am | Twelve Moments in Anime 2008 - #02: the two tales of ef | | | | “Seventeen years it had taken him to learn?what kind of meaning was hidden beneath the walls of text. O cruel, needless pretentiousness! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the world of logic and sensibility! Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. But it was all right, everything... | | |
| 4:54am | Happy Freakin’ Holidays | | | | Random yuletide rantings to confound and confuse. Oh, Canada. The second season of the absolutely spectacular Spectacular Spiderman series was finally announced recently for a broadcast. Canada will be picking it up with a few episodes airing starting on January 11th, though if Wikipedia is... | | |
| 2:05pm | Shikabane Hime - 12 | | | | Short Synopsis: “It” has happened. I’m not going to spoil here what exactly “it” is, but you can pretty much guess. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 (Awesome) After the previous episode, I already had some suspicion that this episode would be awesome, and indeed it did... | | |
| 11:54pm | Winter 2009 Anime Preview | | | | It’s that time again: It’s time to look at what anime is airing in the Winter 2009 season. Shows are listed in alphabetical order. There are 5 possible levels of ratings that I’ll give a show:Will BlogMay Blog (presumes Will Watch)Will WatchMay WatchWon’t Watch As usual, I’m leaving out... | | |
| 2:28pm | Nodame Cantabile - Paris Hen Review - 82,5/100 | | | | Well, it’s not fun to be harsh against a series that I originally fell in love with, but I have to be honest: The Paris Chapters of Nodame Cantabile are not as good as the original Nodame Cantabile series. It’s still a fun and engaging series, but in the end it didn’t live up to... | | |
| 10:49pm | Final Thoughts: Natsume Yuujinchou | | | | We all inherit things from our grandparents, but in the case of Natsume Takashi, his grandmother Reiko left him with a rather unusual legacy. Not only can he see sprits and supernatural beings, but he also has her ‘Book of Friends’, a collection of contracts binding various spirits to Reiko’s will.... | | |
| 8:00am | Twelve Moments in Anime 2008 - #10: Shugo Chara 44 | | | | (Credit to 9LAW, Dkun, and this person for the images I shamelessly stole off of Pixiv) (Part of a 12-day series fondly remembering some of the best moments in anime this year. Participants include: lolikitsune, lelangir, Owen S, FuyuMaiden, IKnight, Zeroblade, Nazarielle, ghostlightning, TheBigN, ETERNAL,... | | |
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