| 6:31am | Working at Amazon and Microsoft |  | | | image ID#24804Been meaning to post this for a while now - a summary of my working career at Amazon as Website manager and Microsoft as CGM Product Manager. This article is a follow on (with a bit o overlap) of the Tokyo 1999 - 2001 article. The first photo is taken from the canteen at the Pacific Medical... | | |
| 2:21pm | Dragonica Pre-CBT - Final Impression and Review |  | | | So, last Saturday at 9:00 GMT+8, the very successful Dragonica Pre-CBT came to a close, with many thousand characters having their character name reserved and many players entering the game for the first time. Among the spams for “Where can I find Farrel?” and “Where do I go for a... | | |
| 1:17pm | Jewel in the Palace: Episode 1 Commentary | | | | Back when I bought Janggeum’s Dream, I did so because I remembered being recommended the series at one time. The only thing I knew about it was that it featured “a young girl who wanted to be a cook in a castle” or something like that. When it comes to Jewel in the Palace, I was... | | |
| 6:35am | Dirty Pair | | | | TV Series (1985)Movie (1987)OVA (1990) Dirty Pair was one of the big titles for me back when I was first getting into anime. It probably doesn't get much attention anymore, as the last 'real' installment was made more than 18 years ago, but for people like me who got into anime through fansubs in the... | | |
| 5:38am | Gundam 00 S2 - 20: Lyle Does Nothing but Complain… |  | | | That should have been Katie’s 3rd Fleet! God bless democracy! I approve of it highly but suffer from it extremely. This incidentally is not for quotation. – Captain Revive Revival Letters to Anew Many celebrities and self-appointed authorities have returned from quick tours of war zones (some... | | |
| 5:49pm | Fortune Arterial - a luxorious school, student council and … vampires. | | | | A high class highschool on a remote island, fated reunions, new encounters and a touch of vampire mystery. I guess that about sums up the basic premise of Fortune Arterial in one sentence. Obviously sounds like the usual formula we have seen done to death a dozen times, but, what do you know - this... | | |
| 1:40am | Ouran High School Host Club, Part Two, Graduates Top of Its Class! | | | | Read my review of Ouran High School Host Club, Part One! The fiesty twins, Kaoru and Hikaru, try to steal away the heart of Tamki’s “baby”, the cute and out of place Haruhi, in the second half of Ouran High School Host Club!Plot Summary Haruhi can’t catch a break from the duties... | | |
| 1:52pm | Good Smile Company Live Broadcast 5 |  | | | image ID#24665Usually at around this time of year, a major figure event called the Wonder Festival takes place at Tokyo Big Sight where otaku can enjoy looking/buying the latest garage kits, figures, Dollfies and indulge in some cosplay too. Unfortunately there was an incident with an escalator at... | | |
| 1:40pm | Dragonica Pre-CBT Week 1 Review + Enter The Addicts |  | | | In the early hours of this morning, after spending the first few hours gathering the gold to form the faction, 5 out of the many addicts in Dragonica met up to bring the dream of a mysterious institution alive (There were many other members who donated however). This was the first of many highlights... | | |
| 4:33am | Final Fantasy: Home Of The Prodigy? (Part 2 - Final Fantasy IV) | | | | If Final Fantasy II got it started then I’m pretty sure Final Fantasy IV soldified it. Final Fantasy is the home of the child prodigy and once again I examine the evidence. Cecil Harvey: Eiyuu No Ojisan (at least to Rydia) Age Class: Military Academy Initiate Age: 20 Claim To Fame: First... | | |
| 9:12pm | Book versus anime | | | | I had intended to write a detailed comparison of the print and anime versions of Moribito, but I doubt that I will get around to it any time soon, and I’ve loaned the book to friends. Here are some highlights from the post I’m not writing: • When you make a movie from a novel, the challenge... | | |
| 3:02am | Anime Inbou Awards 2008, pt. 4 ~ oshimai |  | | | I couldn’t think of a better way to end this then calling this last part the end, so you get your oshimai instead. This final entry has a whopping eight categories so this is where the best of the best lie. Our focus here is on the story and direction of the show and overall how it was handled... | | |
| 9:45am | White Album - 05: Grace O’Conner is Still Superior |  | | | I’ll grab a Snickers So it seems that usagijen has declared that I am in denial, so very sad that she has yet to grasp that actions speak louder than words. Rina although meddlesome has yet to make good on the idle speculation that she is indeed interested in that loser Touya. To say that Rina... | | |
| 10:07am | MS Igloo 2 (Forward, King Of The Land!) | | | | Oh man, it’s been far to long since I’ve seen that monoeye flash and heard that sound. Getting goosebumps already It’s been a long time getting from their to here. It’s been a long road, but my time is finally here. Yep, MS Igloo 2 Episode 2 came out last week and I got... | | |
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