| 7:10pm | Anime Vice Check-In 12/15/08 | | | | Been a busy few days! Thursday 12/11 - TOKYOPOP Pops Up Manga Prices - Anime Express 999 - Another Day, Another Step Towards Sexbots - Bandai Entertainment’s Sneaky Messages ExplainedSorta? - Thursday is Userday! 12/11/08 - Beware of Fake FUNimations - When Cosplay Meets Street Performing - Mangarazzi... | | |
| 11:12am | Cool Items Monday, December 15, 2008 | | | | 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... | | |
| 10:05am | Twelve moments in anime 2008: #12 ef - a tale of melodies 07 |  | | | Part one of twelve in my part of CCY’s Twelve Moments in Anime 2008 project. These posts are not really in any particular order. The last two moments probably have the most intentional placement. This post also contains spoilers. ef - a tale of memories is still the only SHAFT show I’ve... | | |
| 11:49am | A Certain Magical Kanji Trick | | | | I've started watching an anime series with the rather unique name of A Certain Magical Index, which is about magic-using espers living in a futuristic place called Academy City, and a girl named Index who has 103,000 magical books stored in her memory. The name of the series is interesting because it... | | |
| 5:15am | My Favorite 2008 OPs (and Yours?) |  | | | Let’s do something we haven’t done here before on Anime Diet: end-of-the-year lists! Our first list is favorite OPs of the year, drawn from the various anime shown throughout 2008. My personal top five OPs are: 1.) Kaiba OP, “Never.” A deeply heartfelt, mostly-correct English... | | |
| 10:31am | I have Media pass invite | | | | wow just received a CC from STAC(organizers of EOY) stating that i have a media pass invite. Well i did cover the event last year(search EOY on my search bar) We’ve got it on good authority that you represent part of the local animation blogosphere, and as such, we’d like to extend our hand... | | |
| 4:28am | Come and go, come and go | | | | So I came back, then left again, and now I’m back. I at least have episodes queued up in wordpress for up to episode 6 for both ef and CLANNAD, so at least I’ve caught up to this seasons halfway point (I’m setting it up to post a new episode per day). Tomorrow I’ll try to... | | |
| 4:28am | Come and go, come and go | | | | So I came back, then left again, and now I’m back. I at least have episodes queued up in wordpress for up to episode 6 for both ef and CLANNAD, so at least I’ve caught up to this seasons halfway point (I’m setting it up to post a new episode per day). Tomorrow I’ll try to... | | |
| 3:56pm | “Miscarry!” – Fujoshi Vow Revenge over Seiyuu’s New Wife |  | | | Obsessive fujoshi fans of male seiyuu 宮野 真守 / Mamoru Miyano (25), noted for his performances in Death Note and Gundam 00, are seething with rage at the news that he has had the temerity to marry his girlfriend after conceiving a child with her. “Miscarry, you succubus!”, “I’ll hate... | | |
| 11:24pm | A Message From Miyano Mamoru To Everyone: Married and Expecting a Child |  | | | A video message from Miyano Mamoru popped up over at Nico Nico Douga (reposted above, with the original here), announcing the release of his second single, "Kimi he" 「…君へ」. Mamoru then goes on to make a couple of personal announcements, with the first being that his 25 year old self... | | |
| 11:24pm | A Message From Miyano Mamoru To Everyone |  | | | A video message from Miyano Mamoru popped up over at Niconico Douga (reposted above, with the original here), announcing the release of his second single, "Kimi he" 「…君へ」. Mamoru then goes on to make a couple of personal announcements, with the first being that his 25 year old self... | | |
| 2:51am | Winter 2008 – 2009 Anime Preview and Watchlist | | | | I figure it’s appropriate to start writing this on Turkey Day. Physically, I’m stuffed and yet I’m trying to figure out a way to have another piece of my Mom’s apple pie – it’s simply impossible to make a better pie crust then hers. Mentally, I’m stuffed from the huge number of great fall... | | |
| 3:08am | Hirano Aya -- Yokohama Tears | | | | Hirano Aya brought her four-stop Riot Tour to a close the weekend before last, with performances in Osaka and her hometown of Yokohama.The Yokohama concert was the highlight of the tour. Aya was at her best, and brought the house down with a tearful salute to her parents and her fans. This performance... | | |
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