| 3:00pm | Chihayafuru 2 Episode 19--Remember to Breathe | | | | Muse: Where do I even start with this episode? Is this real life? Are we allowed to have a finals episode that is this perfect? The tension in the matches, the strategy seamlessly connecting to the character development, and that final moment of “holy crap, they actually did it.” I cannot praise... | | |
| 7:42am | Episode Review: Majestic Prince Episodes 2-4 | | | | Episodes 2 through 4 of Majestic prince give us a bit more action, a bit more back story, a bit more character development, and a lot more poor character designs. They also introduce a new character, a white haired beauty named Theoria who may be more than she appears. Impressions and Highlights:... | | |
| 1:10pm | Game of Thrones - 26 | | | | "The Climb"Well, that episode had a little bit of everything. Changes from the books confirmed, new changes added, torture, death and kisses in the strangest places, and a tasty little spoiler of events to come much, much later that isn't in the books at all. And a measure of... | | |
| 5:22am | Chihayafuru 2 - 17 | | | | I'll give this to Chihayfuru - more than any series, it's managed to turn poetry into a blood sport.After a cruel hiatus due to a poorly-timed recap episode, Chihayafuru is back, and things haven't changed in the slightest. Basically, in the first season Chihayafuru was a character drama... | | |
| 6:48pm | Ryu’s Musings – Atelier Totori Plus (PS Vita) | | | | Atelier Totori takes place 5 years after the previous game,[Atelier Rorona. It begins with Totori in the fishing village of Alanya, her hometown, and ends after five years pass. Totooria Helmold is Rorona’s student who is looking for her missing mother. After the events of Atelier Rorona, Rorona... | | |
| 2:08am | Spring 2013 – Week 3 Anime Review | | | | This week: thinking ahead on how the weather could be used as a means of conflict in Suisei no Gargantia, weighing in on two fascinating story mechanics in Kakumeiki Valvrave, the fantastic use of voices in Chihayafuru 2, and examining the personalities of Emi in Hataraku Maou-sama! and Misaka in To... | | |
| 9:12am | The Genki Dama Explained | | | | The Genki Dama is Goku’s signature technique, but do you understand it? What is the Genki Dama made of? Where does the idea for this technique originate? And why is it so powerful? By the time you finish reading this article you will fully understand the Genki Dama in a way that no else in... | | |
| 8:07pm | Episode Review: RDG: Red Data Girl episodes 2 and 3 | | | | FYI: Living in the US, I am following the US release schedule for this show. I realize that the pre-air episodes are up to episode 5, but I will be blogging on the Funimation release schedule. In addition, the video quality of the pre-air episodes is just too sad, especially for a PA Works show with... | | |
| 2:43pm | Japan Gaming Life |  | | | Spending too much time playing games is something I would not really recommend - the world waits for nobody and while you spend 50 hours or so to complete a particular game, you could have spent that time to make advances in your life career or even change the world. Having said that, if you spend... | | |
| 3:00pm | Winter 2013 Season Wrap | | | | Yet another season ends, while another begins! Quite a few of the anime this season were late add-ins either because they were backlogged or because I overlooked them the first time around. Many thanks to the people who convinced me to pick them up and catch up with everyone! So you see, I do take... | | |
| 6:31pm | Episode Review: Suisei no Gargantia Episodes 1 and 2 | | | | Synopsis (From MAL, edited by Zen*): The story begins in the distant future in the far reaches of the galaxy. The Human Galactic Alliance has been constantly fighting for its survival against a grotesque race of beings called “Hidiaazu.” During an intense battle, the young lieutenant Ledo... | | |
| 5:47am | Spring 2013 – Week 2 Anime Review | | | | This week: why I’m not buying the ‘death’ scene in Kakumeiki Valvrave and what leads me to believe so, some recommendations for Yamane on how to properly use a syringe in Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge, questioning the geographies, organizations and structures of cities in Shingeki no Kyojin, Suisei... | | |
| 10:35pm | Attack on Titan 2: Making More Out of What Isn’t There | | | | So let’s talk about a few choices the Attack on Titan staff made in regards to adapting the manga: bringing forth religion and trying to strengthen the characters. Last week in the manga section, I noted a minor name change — the scene where the Recon corps came back without figuring out... | | |
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