| 8:37am | The Daily Dose |  | | | A live-action feature film adaptation of Full Metal Panic! is being developed by Mandalay Pictures with Zac Efron as the potential star. Mandalay hasn't set up a studio for the film yet, but the company does have a first-look deal with Universal. I can only see this adaptation going two ways - the Dragonball... | | |
| 5:44pm | New Hidamari Sketch special announced | | | | Squeaky feet! New Hidamari Sketch Special Reportedly Announced Announcement said to have been made at Sunday’s “Chō Hidematsuri Z” event The Moon Phase Comments blog reports on Sunday that production on a new Hidamari Sketch Special Edition has been green-lit. The announcement was... | | |
| 7:11pm | Hidamari Sketch x365 Ex #01 — Kodachrome | | | | Momma don’t take my Kodachrome away. Impressions: I honestly completely forgot about this OVA, but I knew there was some reason to get the season preview done a little early stupid glut of OVAs released this week. Anyway, one of the more fun and silly episodes of the series. Sae digs out a... | | |
| 9:54pm | Final Thoughts: Hidamari Sketch x365 | | | | Ready to open the book for a few more chapters on life at the Hidamari Apartments? Good, because Yuno, Miyako, Hiro and Sae are back. Find out what happened when Yuno and Miyako first came to live at the apartments, learn whether Chika passed her high school exams, and fill in all the blanks of that... | | |
| 1:50am | DiGiKerot on K-ON |  | | | Beta-Waffle: KyoAni’s latest effort - a 4-panel adaptation K-On! - I can’t really imagine making the kind of impression that Lucky Star did. Lucky Star had something of a common base with those watching in that such a large part of humour was so otaku-centric. Whilst attempting to form a band without... | | |
| 5:15pm | καλλίστῃ — for the most beautiful |  | | | With that headline, it should be a golden apple, I suppose With apologies to SHAFT and Ume Aoki. Another contribution to the campaigning in the Megatokyo Anime Grand Prix, where Horo is currently a candidate.Posted in fanboy spiel Tagged: by dm00, hidamari sketch, Horo, Images, Megatokyo AGP, Megatokyo... | | |
| 5:30pm | Totali on Maria+holic finale |  | | | Subculture: I’m going to be completely honest here. Maria Holic was a disappointment. Not that the show was terrible by any means, but I was hoping for so much more from a Shaft production. What I was expecting from this series was a whacky show based around a lesbian and a trap; What I got was an... | | |
| 12:40pm | Spring 2009 Anime Preview | | | | It’s that time again: It’s time to look at what anime is airing in the Spring 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 anything... | | |
| 12:40pm | Spring 2009 Anime Preview | | | | It’s that time again: It’s time to look at what anime is airing in the Spring 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 anything... | | |
| 7:30am | Spring 2009 Anime Preview and Watchlist | | | | Just within the last few days, winter’s frigid fingers have finally loosened their grip around where I live. We had been experiencing high temperatures well below freezing and that’s not conducive to getting in the spring mindset. Yesterday we got into the 50’s and today our high was 65˚F (18˚C);... | | |
| 8:32pm | Seiyuu Awards Update | | | | I just found out from a post on Animesuki what performance each person supposedly won their respective awards for: Lead Character Performance Male - Kamiya Hiroshi (Natsume Yuujincho) Female - Kugimiya Rie (Toradora, Nabari no Ou) Supporting Character Performance Male (1 of 2) - Inoue Kazuhiko (Natsume... | | |
| 8:32am | A Sunny Place | | | | I’ve been rewatching Hidamari Sketch, as well as its sequel Hidamari Sketch x365, the title of which brings up the obvious question of leap years, but I digress. Anyway, even now, I’m not entirely sure what to say about it.It’s a happy series, to be sure. It’s the brighter, fluffier... | | |
| 3:13pm | Kugimiya Rie a Winner of The 3rd Seiyuu Award | | | | According to Voice Newtype magazine no.31, Tsundere Voice Actress Extraordinaire Kugimiya Rie won Best Actress in The 3rd Seiyuu Award. She also won Best Supporting Actress last year for her role as Sanzenin Nagi (Hayate no Gotoku). Other winners of this year’s award include the following:Best... | | |
| 4:31pm | Mikan Watch #16: Negima!? | | | | From the second ED sequence, Kaede using a Mikan Box as a table! Oh, and then there’s one on Asunas desk in episode seven and one in Chisames room in episode twelve. There’s also this one in the Bakarangers skit at the end of episode 7, but it’s not entirely clear what it’s... | | |
| 12:22am | Series Review: Hidamari Sketch x365 | | | | Hidamari Sketch tells the story of 4 high school art students who live in the same apartment building. x365 follows their daily activities throughout their second year at the building. Hidamari Sketch is not for everyone. Nothing happens. There are no life lessons or action or crying or implied sex... | | |
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