| 9:55pm | Ghosts in their own ghost stories: Shokuzai | | | | “If it cannot break out of its shell, the chick will die without ever being born. We are the chick-The world is our egg. If we don’t crack the world’s shell, we will die without ever truly being born. Smash the world’s shell. FOR THE REVOLUTION OF THE WORLD!” –Revolutionary... | | |
| 8:30pm | American-Born J-pop Idol Kylee to Perform Oakland Show | | | | by Elizabeth Chan | staff writer Japanese American pop-rocker Kylee first garnered attention from music producers after singing the National Anthem at an NBA game at the young age of 11 and has since enjoyed incredible opportunities one after another. The latest news for this vocal prodigy is the... | | |
| 7:40am | Anime Instrumentality Turns 5 – Looking Back On Our Brief History | | | | Anime Instrumentality has rocked and rolled, waltzed and jigged (the latter, possibly in a trance) its way through 5 years of existence. In that time, it has accumulated over 200 anime album reviews, over 10 concert reports, and just very recently, 1 million page views. With all of these accomplishments... | | |
| 7:00pm | iStalk – 1053 | | | | Today, Russian parents call for a Death Note ban, Appleseed to premiere on Neon Alley, and Katamari Damacy rolls on the PS3. Sources:Story 1Story 2Story 3 | | |
| 10:25pm | Shingeki no Kyojin – 04 | | | | Okay, so for clarity: the creators are pulling some of the later build-up chapters right to the beginning. I like that though, because even though I know the storyline, I really got startled there by the sudden appearance of that really big giant again. Having the build-up chapters scattered through... | | |
| 10:25pm | Shingeki no Kyojin – 04 | | | | Okay, so for clarity: the creators are pulling some of the later build-up chapters right to the beginning. I like that though, because even though I know the storyline, I really got startled there by the sudden appearance of that really big giant again. Having the build-up chapters scattered through... | | |
| 3:53pm | Power and responsibility in Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet | | | | There’s something of a power struggle going on in Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet. Although he doesn’t seem to want it, Ledo could easily become a tyrant. His robot is so powerful that the sheer disparity in strength between him and everyone else is frightening. What will he do next? One need... | | |
| 7:23pm | First impressions of the spring ’13 anime I’m watching |  | | | After a disappointing winter season, I’m happy to report that so far I’m pleased with the spring anime I’ve seen Attack on Titan Episodes 1-2 so far One of the most hyped anime of the season, Attack on Titan, a.k.a. Shingeki no Kyojin, has not disappointed. The first episode had... | | |
| 10:49am | The Cuteness of "Haafu" Characters Who Can't Speak English | | | | It's fun to analyze the way anime, game and manga companies go about creating characters that will win the hearts of fans. One common approach is to mix up an all-Japanese cast by adding in a character of mixed ancestry, called ハーフ haafu ("half") or クォーター kuo-ta- ("quarter"), who naturally... | | |
| 7:23pm | Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet episode 2 – More terrible OPs | | | | The reason episode 2 came out so soon after the TV broadcast of episode 1 was because there was some pre-screening event where they had a limited batch of Blu-Rays of the first 2 episodes for ridiculous prices on sale. I guess the assumption from them was a limited release like that would be seen as... | | |
| 9:38pm | Shingeki no Kyojin – First Impressions | | | | Shingeki no Kyojin or Attack on Titan is one the most hyped shows of the season. With the director of Death Note, Araki Tetsurou, and studio Production I.G. on board, the stakes are high for the manga adaptation. Does this opener live up to the acclaim of its drawn counterpart or fizzle in its giant... | | |
| 5:34pm | What makes Japanese cartoons “anime”? | | | | What is anime? All animation from Japan? All animation of a certain style? Then what about Japanese animation outside of that style? What about the international productions? An old debate, that is surprisingly common in more ad-hoc anime viewer groups; youtube comments, gamer forum threads, and... | | |
| 5:33pm | The anime-fication of Attack on Titan | | | | This season, I’ve found myself in the fun position of having two of my favourite manga series adapted into anime. We already know how things went with Flowers of Evil, but there’s still the case of Attack on Titan (Shingeki no Kyojin) to consider. Produced at Wit Studio and directed by Tetsurō... | | |
| 2:50am | Kii Kitano Stars In Jōkyō Monogatari Live Action | | | | BANDAGE star Kii Kitano will lead the cast of Rieko Saibara’s Jōkyō Monogatari live action project. The story is a loose autobiographical plot of Saibara herself, who has written the mangas Mainichi Kaa-san and Onnanoko Monogatari. The live action adaptation will be of film, and will hit the theaters... | | |
| 1:56pm | Zaregoto – Book 1: The Kubikiri Cycle |  | | | Careful not to lose your head. This light novel is also known as The Beheading Cycle: The Blue Savant and the Nonsense Bearer. And if you thought that was a mouthful You’re in for a loooooooooong trek through this story! First of all, I suppose it should be said Kubikiri Cycle is written by Nisio... | | |
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