| 6:04am | Otakon Recap Pictures | | | | Well, Otakon 2009 is behind us, and what a show it was. I met about zillion anime fans and shook a lot of hands, making some really fun memories in the process -- a major shout-out to everyone who dropped by to say hello. I also got to meet a cool 92-year-old guy named Smitty who had decided to visit... | | |
| 2:49am | Shuffle, Demonbane and Higurashi games licensed? – COOL | | | | Sometimes pictures speak louder than words. Wow, totally unexpected. I would never have expected such licenses 5 or 6 years ago. Truly shows how far anime has come since when I started to like it. People are willing to try and get a market for this stuff plus not to mention people ARE interested in... | | |
| 12:48pm | In dong news, Nitro+ and Higurashi to be available commercially | | | | I wish I were kidding, but it would seem that while everyone is panicking about NO MOAR EROGE FROM JAPAN, it would seem that JAST USA (obviously NSFW) and MangaGamer (obviously NSFW) are looking to release works from Nitro+ and Ryukushi07 respectively. Guess what that means? Seriously, take a guess.... | | |
| 8:34pm | Letter D | | | | Finally! Another installment of the “I love anime” section. All I do is blurb about anime within the specific letter of the alphabet. Today it’s Letter D. So get ready for some Digimon, Devil May Cry and what’s first? D.N.Angel :O D.N. Angel On Daisuke’s 14th birthday,... | | |
| 11:18pm | Summer '09 Previews | | | | With several shows that I enjoy carrying on from spring; add 14 new ones, plus Haruhi new episodes, Zetsubou Sensei 3rd and Ookami 2nd season; this summer looks very promising! The highlights are of course Canaan from the Type-Moon team, Umineko from Higurashi creators and SHAFT's second TV show this... | | |
| 10:59am | Cool Products Wednesday, May 13, 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... | | |
| 6:50pm | Spring '09 Previews | | | | There are several interesting facts about this spring season. First with the exception of FMA, Hayate and Polyphonica, all other series are new. Another noteworthy fact is that all series are adaptions from manga, novels or games with Eden and Basquash as the only exceptions! As for my expectations ... | | |
| 11:13am | Cool Items Monday, January 26, 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... | | |
| 11:07am | Cool Items Wednesday, January 7, 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... | | |
| 1:47pm | 1/8 Metatron PVC | | | | Alter announced preorder for this gorgeous figure of Metatron from the Demonbane series. She is scheduled for release in April 2009 and will be retailing for 7,800 yen. Her pose looks really awesome, especially how her hair flows around her body. I wonder if her hair will start to droop down over time.... | | |
| 12:28pm | 1/8 Lady Etheldreda PVC | | | | Really love this figure of Lady Etheldreda from the Demonbane franchise. She’s one of my favorite character because of her silent personality makes her just so cool. This figure produced by Atelier Sai is scheduled for release in February 2009 and will be retailing for 6,200 yen. I really like... | | |
| 4:56pm | Chäos;HEad, Episode 1 | | | | In the anime business, we often see VN adaptations, mostly eroge. However, we rarely got something different from the usual “school romance”, even though they are obviously different from each other. In some rare occasions, we got completely different visual novels, such like Higurashi... | | |
| 5:00pm | Autumn series 2008 ~ Where the orange leaves fall | | | | Uu! Uu! Cute girl! And just as we are about to finish summer and bid goodbye to those lovely, sunny rays (for some parts of the world anyway), Autumn is here again to bring us a bucket load of 30-something new series. As usual, summaries can be read from THAT blog whilst I go and copy-pasta their images.... | | |
| 11:37pm | OVA Review: Strait Jacket |  | | | Story: In Tristan City science and magic co-exist. Magic can only be used by special sorcerers through the use of Molds, special armor that keeps magic power in check. If the Molds fail then the user will use too much magic and turn into a Demon. Tactical Sorcerers are special Mold Users who eliminate... | | |
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