| 7:00pm | Light Novel Maria-sama ga Miteru: Bara no Mille-Feuille, Intro & Part 4, Final | | | | Part 4Chapter 4 Yumi felt a bit refreshed after she screamed through the roller coaster, and returned to find Sachiko-sama and Yuuki happily talking to each other. They were a boy-girl pair, but looked nothing like two lovers, and instead looked precisely like a princess and her retainer. The image was... | | |
| 7:00pm | Light Novel Maria-sama ga Miteru: Bara no Mille-Feuille, Part 3 | | | | Part 3High Tension and Roller CoastersThe morning of the amusement park date was a cloudy one."But you know, there's a zero percent chance of rain."The final examinations, which for so long had been a towering cloud of gray, had finally gone somewhere not to be found, and so her mood had cleared. If... | | |
| 7:00pm | Light Novel Maria-sama ga Miteru: Bara no Mille-Feuille, Part 2 | | | | Part 2Chapter 4To say this was not an adventure story might be understating it. In order to return the princess (Rei-chan) who was swept away by an evil demon safely to this world, you must go, brave Yoshino, with attendant Nana.In order to pull herself together, and bring the story to a climax: at... | | |
| 7:39pm | Ponyo | | | | I got to see my first Miyazaki film on the big screen last night, and it couldn't have been a better film. Ponyo is my favorite Miyazaki film in a good long time, thanks in large part to its rich and dynamic animation, which makes it a film that truly benefits from being seen on the big screen. It's... | | |
| 7:39pm | Ponyo | | | | I got to see my first Miyazaki film on the big screen last night, and it couldn't have been a better film. Ponyo is my favorite Miyazaki film in a good long time, thanks in large part to its rich and dynamic animation, which makes it a film that truly benefits from being seen on the big screen. It's... | | |
| 5:02pm | Do good things REALLY come to those who wait? | | | | When a good game is released, it will get ports and expansions, and modifications, and fandiscs, etc, etc. But is it better to wait for an expanded version before playing a game? Should I play H2O now, instead of waiting for a translation of Complete Story Edition? Should I play Chaos head now, instead... | | |
| 1:04am | Light Novel Maria-sama ga Miteru: Bara no Mille-Feuille, Intro & Part 1 | | | | IntroductionRei: I realize parts of this translation will sound stilted or exist only as frozen language, and I apologize. On at least one occasion I have been called, "too rigid" and this is due to the method I use to translate. Having studied translation to some extent in college, I tend to approach... | | |
| 10:46pm | Umineko no Naku Koro ni, Episode 2-2: Early Queen Move | | | | The second game has finally begun. As the pieces are being placed at their starting squares, Beatrice decides to take on Battler, with a very different approach Instead of cornering him, she is simply going full force, and thus, the queen is now in the playfield. ______________________________... | | |
| 3:32am | Tomonori Kogawa's Cool Cool Bye | | | | A lot of OVAs were produced in the 1980s, most of which have been forgotten today, usually for the best. Some have been forgotten undeservedly. Cool Cool Bye (1986) is one of the ones that's been undeservedly forgotten. Not only does Cool Cool Bye boast one of the most awesome titles ever, it also... | | |
| 4:26pm | Summer 2009 Mid-Season Report Card | | | | We’re about halfway through the Summer 2009 season, so it’s time to see where all the series that I’m watching currently stand. Number of episodes watched are in parenthesis:1st Tier 1. Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom (19) Phantom has shot up to the top of my list as one of the... | | |
| 4:14am | Driving to Colima, Mexico | | | | Went to Mexico recently, to visit my Mother’s Nanny. My mom was raised by her when she was young but family troubles they parted and my mom hadn’t heard from her in over 30 years. In our last trip to Mexico we found her old house and her brother who still lived in the house. He didn’t... | | |
| 8:38am | SHort VN reviews (Would a bishi kill you, HUH?) | | | | The game is about Bishoujos, I KNOW. But would a bishounen kill you? Huh? It didn’t kill Touka Gettan. Yes, purely because of these ugly people, I’ve dropped Edelweiss, a game that was translated into English by Mangagamer. They’re called VISUAL novels for a reason. If you won’t... | | |
| 8:38am | SHort VN reviews (Would a bishi kill you, HUH?) | | | | The game is about Bishoujos, I KNOW. But would a bishounen kill you? Huh? It didn’t kill Touka Gettan. Yes, purely because of these ugly people, I’ve dropped Edelweiss, a game that was translated into English by Mangagamer. They’re called VISUAL novels for a reason. If you won’t... | | |
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