| 6:03pm | We’ll Pull Through Somehow: Onanie Master Kurosawa | | | | Tell me if you’ve heard this one before: A young man is an outcast among his peers, and he spends each day barely interacting with them. When he’s alone though, his true personality emerges, and he makes grand displays of superiority, insisting that he is above everyone else. Here’s... | | |
| 3:17pm | Faust Volume 2 | | | | You know, I’m kind of surprised that this actually got released. This isn’t me being negative about the content, rather that the first volume came out in August last year and has since done an exceedingly good job of consuming shelf space at my local bookstores. As much as I’d like... | | |
| 4:10am | Otakon 2009 - Day 1 in Tweets |  | | | “Well, Mell was swell as hell.” On Site: Scott from The Anime Almanac Jon I. from JANAiBlog Kim Edward Sizemore from Comics Worth Reading animevice from Anime Vice Greg Peter Tatara from New York Anime Fest OutOfTimeProd from Out Of Time Productions Alex from alexleavitt.com Carl from Ogiue... | | |
| 9:51pm | [PR] VIZ CINEMA – OPENS IN AUGUST AT NEW PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO | | | | {Hey, Viz, open one here, too. Our unemployment rate is higher, but the state government isn’t bankrupt – yet} NATION’S FIRST DEDICATED JAPANESE MOVIE AND ANIME THEATRE – VIZ CINEMA – OPENS IN AUGUST AT NEW PEOPLE IN SAN FRANCISCO CINEMA KICKS OFF WITH THE PREMIERE EVENT OF... | | |
| 7:37pm | Viz Pictures Licenses the Combat Action Comedy Film Battle League Horumo | | | | Zany Action Film Based On Best-Selling Fantasy Novel Features Special Effects By Renowned Animation Studio GONZO And Will Screen At Several North American Film Festivals This Summer VIZ Pictures has licensed the combat action-comedy film BATTLE LEAGUE HORUMO. Based on the best-selling fantasy novel... | | |
| 3:23pm | Ashita no Nadja Review - 90/100 | | | | “Nadja Applefield grows up in an orphanage, but on her thirteenth birthday she finds out that her mother is still alive, and possibly even a noble. Thus she joins a band of travelling performers and travels all across Europe to find her.” That doesn’t exactly sound like a top-tier... | | |
| 1:59am | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 1-2: Analysis, Thoughts and Random Comments | | | | [Disclaimer]: This entry might contain MINOR spoilers. However, while the analysis might push you to these minor spoilers, NO foretelling spoiler is present. Therefore, please follow the same guideline, and understand that any spoiler can just ruin this critical part of the story for any reader. ... | | |
| 8:14am | Cool Products Friday, July 10, 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... | | |
| 12:16am | [PR] VIZ PICTURES LICENSES THEATRICAL & DVD RIGHTS TO 20th CENTURY BOYS | | | | VIZ PICTURES LICENSES THEATRICAL AND DVD RIGHTS TO 20th CENTURY BOYS TRILOGY OF LIVE ACTION FILMS FROM JAPAN Critically Acclaimed Movies Based On Smash Hit Manga Series Created By Naoki Urasawa To Open New VIZ Cinema In August San Francisco, CA, JULY 7, 2009 – VIZ Pictures, an affiliate... | | |
| 4:45pm | Bandai Entertainment licenses Eureka Seven movie | | | | Bandai Entertainment announced that they have licensed the movie Eureka seveN: Good night, Sleep tight, Young lovers at their Anime Expo panel. It is apparently getting a Fathom Theater release. Viz has recently used Fathom events to release several of their movies, most notably the live action... | | |
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