| 11:31am | Weekly Round-Up: September 20th | | | | How embarrassing for him.Real life keeps interfering with catch-up! How dare it?Reviewed this week: Allison and Lillia 16, Amuri in Star Ocean 2, Chocolate Underground 8, Detroit Metal City 4, Gunslinger Girl –Il Teatrino 9, Itazura na Kiss 22-3, Koihime Musou 10, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki 19, Nogizaka... | | |
| 6:50am | Ren’ai Round Table! RenAi Blogger takes on the big names in visual novels | | | | If perhaps you’ve been within a few miles of the otakusphere in the last few days, you will have noticed that something quite interesting has come out of its innermost workings in the form of a doujin-esque visual novel from Hinano, named RenAi Blogger. Now of course, like most things I write,... | | |
| 10:32pm | megane power rankings | | | | Ja**n M**o who now? About time I lived up to my name here at Mega Megane Moe (lit. I like glasses a damn lot) by providing an easy-to-use compendium slash ranking of all the people with glasses that I know from modern anime. Ever wanted to watch an anime just for the cute characters with glasses, while... | | |
| 6:47pm | 2008 Summer Anime Preview Pool Party and Daiquiri Making Contest | | | | Hot fun in the summer time. Obligatory mention that I’m going to end up watching the first episode of almost everything except sequel series anyway and doing a very very brief summarized tagline once I have actual information and can form an opinion that isn’t based on marketing and smoke... | | |
| 9:50pm | Your Doujin Work Sucks | | | | Hiroyuki, author and creator of Doujin Work, is not exactly a common name among anime fans. In some cases, I’d suspect that mentioning it would get more people thinking about To Heart than anything else. No, Hiryoyuki is probably better known around the internet for his comic involving a bespectacled... | | |
| 3:46pm | Touhou - Aya Shameimaru | | | | I always find it fascinating what a wide range of subject matter ends up being rendered as doujin art. And while art based on games isn’t unexpected, the huge quantity of doujin work based on the Touhou Project (AKA Project Shrine Maiden) is surprising. The Touhou Project is a scrolling shooter... | | |
| 12:42pm | Weekly Round-Up: April 18th | | | | Reviewed this week: Allison and Lillia 1-2, Amatsuki 1, Chi’s Sweet Home 7-8, Crystal Blaze 1, Gunslinger Girl Il Teatrino 6, Kurenai 2, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki 1, Tower of Druaga 2, Wagaya no Oinari-sama 1, Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 10…and in manga: Akagi 10-11,Chi’s Sweet Home 1, Doujin Work... | | |
| 3:40pm | Mainichi Junk: March 28th, 2008 | | | | News of the DayAnime: North Korean abductee anime “Megumi” releasedFigure: Fraeulein Revoltech Futami Mami preorder openFigure: Orchid Seed’s Nekomiya Nono preorder beginsFigure: Goodsmile presents Kimiaru Benisu, Nendoroid Pastel InkFigure: Figma Nanoha, Kyon preorders openOther HeadlinesAnime:... | | |
| 1:00pm | My Delusions as a Fanboy: On Adaptations |  | | | Written by TheBigN I try to make a conscious effort not to have any expectations on hand before I watch a series, which depending on how much coverage the show is getting, is more difficult for some shows than others. The effort to do so becomes that much harder when there’s previous or source... | | |
| 6:01am | Youshuu Ohepe second tankoubon on sale tomorrow | | | | Fans of well-rounded heroines with a sense of presence on the page take note: rising star doujin and eromanga artist Yoshuu Ohepe will unleash his second tankoubon (eromanga compilation) tomorrow, March 7th, under the title Daisuki da yo. The book contains eight stories formerly serialized in Comic Mujin,... | | |
| 10:17pm | Weekly Round-Up: February 22nd | | | | Reviewed this week: Aria 7, Clannad 18, Kaiji 19, Mai-Otome 0 S.ifr 1, Minami-ke Okawari 7, SaiMono II 36, Shigofumi 6-7, Shion no Ou 16, Shounen Onmyouji 20, Sketchbook 13, Sisters of Wellber 11, Zoku SZS 4…and in manga: Doujin Work 1-19, Minami-ke 1-21 | | |
| 11:55pm | SaiGAR 2008 - Group H, Round 1c |  | | | Justice (Doujin Work) - 194Nougami Neuro (Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro) - 167Roronoa Zoro (One Piece) - 321 (47.1% of 682 votes)Chirico Cuvie (Armoured Trooper Votoms: Pailsen Files) - 66Ali Al Sarshes (Mobile Suit Gundam 00) - 170Ryuuguu Rena (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai) - 423 (64.2% of 659 votes)Round... | | |
| 10:44pm | Series Review: Minami-ke | | | | "Haruka-neesama IS amazing."Actually, wait, that's not a quote, nor is that Haruka. Have your pick of catch-phrases for the obligatory quote to kick off the post, then:"NINOMIYA-KUN!!""Bakayaro u!" (spelling brutalized)"SENSEI!!""Rare expression!""*Hosaka's extremely strange laugh*"And I'm sure I'm missing... | | |
| 2:58am | Doujin Work Dakimakura / Room Cleaning | | | | Fans of characters Tsuyuri and Sora from Doujin Works might be interested in getting the dakimakura-ized versions that will be released on February 29th 2008. 2 more news items in this post. | | |
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