| 12:12pm | Over 9000 meaningless words | | | | Read this if you dare. If you do, then your masochism becomes you. It started out with lelangir bugging me about this Kannagi post he’s writing, then it turned into a 4-way-free-for-all involving Ponitfus and Cuchlann from Superfanicom. It actually has no images (but the language is graphic),... | | |
| 8:00am | The 18th Day of Christmas 2008 - resolving resolutions | | | | Well, one year ago I made a bunch of New Year’s Resolutions of sorts, in terms of anime viewing, as to what I definitely most absolutely must had to see (or experience, or rave about, in a few cases) over the next 12 months. And while it’s apparent that the last year in the anime fandom... | | |
| 5:12am | Impressions on a Year 2008: Happy Action Fun Time |  | | | By TheBigN Part 1: Interesting People Part 2: Awesome OP/EDs Part 3: Fun Phrases Part 4: Scintillating Soundtracks And so I finish with moments that made an impact on me in some way, shape or form. It makes me realize just how much has gone on this year that’s been interesting and fun to keep... | | |
| 3:00pm | Kiss x Sis OAV 1, a boy and his two hot step-sisters. | | | | This episode starts off with a high school aged (?) boy named Keita waking up in bed and finding his arms have gone numb because his sisters, Riko and Ako decided to use them as pillows. As soon as Ako wakes up, she takes advantage of Keita’s numb body to give him... | | |
| 8:00am | The 16th Day of Christmas 2008 - The Works on the works of 2008 | | | | WARNING ENCOUNTERED A POST The Works on the works of 2008 - a little bit describing every anime I’ve touched Part 15 in the 12 Moments in Anime Countdown BE ATTITUDE FOR GAINS 1: TL;DR IN SMALL BITS 2: EVERY SERIES IN A SHORT PARAGRAPH 3: RADIANT SILVERGUN REFERENCES NO REFUGE Akagi Show ▼... | | |
| 9:40pm | The 15th Day of Christmas 2008 - Club Nayuki | | | | “Club Nayuki” is this hip imaginary place in my head, a VIP locale for some of the underdog, underloved, or underrated characters in anime. Christened after a certain Miss Minase who gained quite the following in the great battle of Kanon, it’s a place I often reference when referring... | | |
| 2:09pm | 2008 in Review: The Only Moment They Were Alone |  | | | 2008 didn’t feel all that ‘anime’ for me. Honest. I think that the prolonged absence from my blog and the internet in general might have something to do with it, but I could be wrong. It was a Rip Van Winkle moment when I realised that, Code Geass aside, my peers were writing about... | | |
| 3:08am | 39 New Winter Anime -- full previews: staff, cast, pic, story, trailer | | | | The winter season is usually the least exciting of the year, but there are always surprises. Last year, there were true tears and Spice & Wolf. Here are some of this year's possibilities, followed by a complete preview of almost all the new shows:-- Genji Monogatari Sennenki is a new anime based... | | |
| 5:11pm | 12 Moments of Anime Day 11 - Hayami’s Shocking End | | | | I had a lot of problems with H2O: Footprints in the Sand, including the way that the main character, Takuma, got into his rather pathetic state by the end of the series in the first place. However, the show resolves this story arc in a sudden and shocking fashion. Hayami getting killed by a train... | | |
| 8:00am | Twelve Moments in Anime 2008 - #05: Midori Days ch. 82 | | | | (Part of a 12-day series fondly remembering some of the best moments in anime this year. Participants include: lolikitsune, lelangir, FuyuMaiden, Zeroblade, Nazarielle, ghostlightning, TheBigN, ETERNAL, Mike, A Day Without Me, digitalboy, Josh, otou-san, Culchann and Pontifus, IcyStorm, Cokematic, koneko-chan,... | | |
| 8:00am | Twelve Moments in Anime 2008 - #06: H2O ~Footprints in the Sand~ 08 | | | | (Part of a 12-day series fondly remembering some of the best moments in anime this year. Participants include: lolikitsune, lelangir, FuyuMaiden, Zeroblade, Nazarielle, ghostlightning, TheBigN, ETERNAL, Mike, A Day Without Me, digitalboy, Josh, otou-san, Culchann and Pontifus, IcyStorm, Cokematic, koneko-chan,... | | |
| 11:54pm | Winter 2009 Anime Preview | | | | It’s that time again: It’s time to look at what anime is airing in the Winter 2009 season. Shows are listed in alphabetical order. There are 5 possible levels of ratings that I’ll give a show:Will BlogMay Blog (presumes Will Watch)Will WatchMay WatchWon’t Watch As usual, I’m leaving out... | | |
| 8:00am | Twelve Moments in Anime 2008 - #07: Toradora 2 | | | | (Part of a 12-day series fondly remembering some of the best moments in anime this year. Participants include: lolikitsune, lelangir, FuyuMaiden, Zeroblade, Nazarielle, ghostlightning, TheBigN, ETERNAL, Mike, A Day Without Me, digitalboy, Josh, otou-san, Culchann and Pontifus, IcyStorm, Cokematic, koneko-chan,... | | |
| 7:41pm | How the Japanese are Reclaiming the Internet |  | | | If you have been following my blog for the past year, then you are familiar with my controversial narrative of the US anime market and how it reached its breaking point a few months ago. The giants of the industry formed their mighty empire after Toonami and Adult Swim brought in a new American audience... | | |
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