| 4:21am | A Day in Tokyo 5 |  | | | image ID#26205Had a health checkup this time last year and wrote about it in the Health Care in Japan article. "You never know until you ask" has been a motto I've been religiously following and this time asked if I could bring my camera to take pics of the medical equipment used in the tests - the hospital... | | |
| 8:12am | Gundam 00 Second Season Final Analysis (Part 1: The Characters) | | | | The Events Of Gundam 00 Second Season Are All Said And Done, And It Is Now The Time For Making Speeches And Reflecting So let me start by saying this..”what a ride this one was”. I doubt anybody who really followed the show (I mean REALLY followed it), the forum and blog discussions (with... | | |
| 2:52pm | Tough Times For Manga and Anime Part 2 | | | | The current economic situation has taken its toll on the anime and manga industry. This 2-part series will take a quick look at the various parts of the industry. Part 1 looked at manga. Part 2 will concentrate on anime, primarily in Japan and North America. ICv2 has not yet released their... | | |
| 10:30am | from the ancient times IMO | | | | I! My! Me! Strawberry Eggs (Reviewed 2002-03-05 with revisions 2003-11-16) Mix of Tootsie and Great Teacher Onizuka i suppose. Guy can’t get a job at a girls’ school as the principal is anti-male. With the help of a rich, eccentric, techie ‘grandma’, he’s transformed into... | | |
| 12:00am | Keeping it Real Robot | | | | While watching FLAG, something really impressed me. Immediately after a particular mission, the mecha pilots are given medical attention. A team of medical staff attend to the combat team, even when they didn’t sustain any injury — from enemy fire or otherwise. Given this lack of injury,... | | |
| 9:16pm | New season thoughts | | | | Before I write a few thoughts on anime I've seen recently, behold Felix's Machines, one of the most ingenious concepts, constructions and videos I've seen in a good while. Felix Thorn, a young electronic musician living in the UK, has been putting together a DIY orchestra of cannibalized instrument... | | |
| 9:45pm | Tough Times for Manga and Anime, Pt. 1 Manga | | | | The current economic situation has taken its toll on the anime and manga industry. This 2-part series will take a quick look at the various parts of the industry, primarily in North America. Part 1 will concentrate on manga. First, let’s take a look at manga publishing:ICV2 Report On The Manga... | | |
| 9:45pm | Tough Times for Manga and Anime, Part 1: Manga | | | | The current economic situation has taken its toll on the anime and manga industry. This 2-part series will take a quick look at the various parts of the industry, primarily in North America. Part 1 will concentrate on manga. First, let’s take a look at manga publishing:ICV2 Report On The Manga... | | |
| 9:45pm | Tough Times for Manga and Anime, Part 1: Manga | | | | The current economic situation has taken its toll on the anime and manga industry. This 2-part series will take a quick look at the various parts of the industry, primarily in North America. Part 1 will concentrate on manga. First, let’s take a look at manga publishing:ICV2 Report On The Manga... | | |
| 10:13pm | Landscape With Anti-AT Rifle | | | | Armour Hunter Mellowlink arranges lots of fighting around a simple, sturdy story, leavened with drama and mystery in just the right (minimal) amounts. I owe it a certain debt for being my introduction to the VOTOMS franchise. It has, therefore, always pained me that the only available subtitled version... | | |
| 10:55pm | Putting Yen Press through the Meat Grinder… | | | | A few weeks ago I made a post saying I wanted questions to put to Kurt Hassler of Yen Press. Well the answers are in with some interesting results. Also stay tuned to the end for a Tiamat’s Reviews exclusive on an upcoming release!! TD: How is the recession hitting Yen Press, and how are you tackling... | | |
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