| 6:15pm | Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora Volume 1 | | | | Been ages since the last time I posted something in this blog! What have I been doing meanwhile? Among other things, I have been reading the light novel “Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora”. Some of you may remember this title thanks to the anime adaptation released a few years ago. I haven’t... | | |
| 8:19pm | Reviews on new artbooks | | | | 半月 -HANGETSU-, one of the artbooks that, regretfully, I didn't buy. More on that later. Of course, by new, I mean newly acquired. None of this are really “new”.First, up the Pixiv girls collection. Pixiv is like an American version of deviantart, and while the worst of its members... | | |
| 6:50pm | Spring '09 Previews | | | | There are several interesting facts about this spring season. First with the exception of FMA, Hayate and Polyphonica, all other series are new. Another noteworthy fact is that all series are adaptions from manga, novels or games with Eden and Basquash as the only exceptions! As for my expectations ... | | |
| 10:24pm | 46 New Fall Anime -- full previews (story, trailer, staff, cast, etc.) | | | | With just over two weeks to go until the new season starts, it's time to think about what's coming. Tastes differ, but the shows I myself am most looking forward to are:the mysterious moe romances ef - a tale of melodies and Clannad - After Story the absurd comedy Hyakko (with Orikasa Fumiko and Hirano... | | |
| 8:39pm | Beginning of Spring Season '08 | | | | Several promising series and a lot of new seasons from older ones. At last, after many barren seasons this one looks really solid! First of all the second part of ef - a tale of melodies finally airs; additionally, the delayed second season of Penguin Musume Heart has already started. Also, there are... | | |
| 9:14pm | Takahashi Mikako no Koto | | | | Mikako Takahashi (高橋美佳子) is a seiyuu and J-pop singer born May 29, 1980 in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. Under the alias Mikako Hyatt, she forms one half of the Excel Saga seiyuu duo The Excel Girls (the other half being fellow seiyuu Kobayashi Yumiko). She is employed by I’m Enterprise.... | | |
| 7:38pm | Review - Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora | | | | “Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora” (which means "looking up at the half-moon") is, for the most part, a drama and romance anime with the regular dash of comedy. The plotline revolves around a boy who resides in a hospital with a illness that isn’t life threatening. However, a new | | |
| 7:50am | Ballad of a Shinigami light novel review | | | | Light novels are the hottest new thing from Japan–a close sibling to manga that’s the basis for many popular franchises! These bite-sized novels include both black-and-white and color illustrations, and bring fans the most authentic reading experience short of learning Japanese! Thanks,... | | |
| 3:29am | Narcissu: Visual Novel Review |  | | | Narcissu, a visual novel by Stage-Nana, tells a story of two young people who are both terminally ill. Not wanting to die in the hospital or in their homes, they ran away together. They drove all over Japan without any particular destination until they decided to go to Awaji Island - to the narcissu... | | |
| 2:26pm | Freebies, Price Drop, Contests, and Sales | | | | There are a couple of freebies to note: On November, 26, a new online service was launched called BOST TV. The service is owned and operated by Tokyo based BOST Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. What is the goal of BOST TV? BOST Digital Enterainment’s President, Aaron Lai, commented about this... | | |
| 2:26pm | Freebies, Price Drop, Contests, and Sales | | | | There are a couple of freebies to note: On November, 26, a new online service was launched called BOST TV. The service is owned and operated by Tokyo based BOST Digital Entertainment Co., Ltd. What is the goal of BOST TV? BOST Digital Enterainment’s President, Aaron Lai, commented about this... | | |
| 4:02am | The Glorious Return of Michael |  | | | Missed me? You see, I was in the hospital since Wednesday, confirming just how unrealistic the details of hospitals in Hantsuki are recovering from a seizure that I suffered right smack in the middle of class. (Family Therapy class, no less.) Apparently, my calcium levels were dangerously low and phosphorous... | | |
| 8:29am | ... and the Beginning of Autumn Season | | | | Every beginning has an end. True but it works also the other way around. Now with only three shows continuing (Hayate no Gotoku, Higurashi no naku koro ni Kai and Sky Girls), it's time for the new season, packed again with romance/harem/comedy for the masses. I only bothered here with shows that are... | | |
| 7:40pm | 42 New Fall Anime -- Cast, Staff, Story, Pic | | | | Here are just about all the series and OVAs scheduled to start this fall, according to the Japanese site MoonPhase -- 35 series and seven OVAs. I've tried to give a story intro, show a pic, and talk about the staff and cast of each one. Click images to enlarge.Nothing seems like an instant classic, but... | | |
| 12:52pm | [Kokanaden] Emo? Nandesho? | | | | Okay, so I’ve been labelled as someone who is extremely emo and sensitive. In fact, I’m so emo that when I first saw my avatar, I was so happy I started dancing for joy and shouting myself hoarse, until I realised it was an apple and not an orange, at which I felt so sad I started sobbing... | | |
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