| 9:13pm | iDOLM@STER: Live For You | | | | This is mostly going to be about the OAV, since there really isn’t much to say about the game. It’s kind of fun, though there really isn’t all that much to it - it is a pretty easy 1000 gamer points, though the amount of travel in the 360 pads face buttons makes the higher | | |
| 4:36am | iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia vs. iDOLM@STER Live For You | | | | Recently another iDOLM@STER OVA was released along with the game of the same name that is completely unrelated to the Xenoglossia Mecha series of the same name. I got a chance to check it out and decided it would be worth my while to compare the two just for the hell of it as they are VERY different... | | |
| 12:15pm | [ファンのために!] THE IDOLM@STER 「L4U! Original Anime」 | | | | You guys must’ve heard about today’s THE IDOLM@STER - Live For You! release, am I right? Well, hurry up and check out the original anime bonus. Miki’s finally animated! Haruka, Azusa, Miki find themselves stranded in the middle of nowhere with 18 hours left ’till their fan appreciation... | | |
| 9:11pm | iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia DVD 8 | | | | Those who were hoping that the DVD with Azusa on the cover might actually have an Azusa themed omake will be sorely disappointed with this latest DVD. Those, like myself, who were disappointed with the craptacular Futami twins omake on the last disk will no doubt take a great amount of solace in the... | | |
| 9:04pm | iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia DVD 7 | | | | This is very much one of those posts I’m doing simply because I’ve posted about every other volume, and the next disk is due soon (along with the far more exciting first episode of S.ifr). The omake - a discussion between the twins - isn’t really all that interesting, nor does it have... | | |
| 12:48am | [Miki~] 「IDOLM@STER Live For You」 promo DVD | | | | THE IDOLM@STER MASTER LIVE 00 - shiny smile CD single finally hit the shelves yesterday. Being the last grand piece of fan paraphernalia before THE IDOLM@STER Live For You release on February 28th, the limited edition came with a promo DVD of this upcoming Xbox 360 game extension. Fans of moe moe animation,... | | |
| 6:32pm | They’re The Knights Of The Round Table They Blog When Er They’re Able | | | | Introducing Your New Code Geass CharactersWell actually no, but not far off. If people have been paying attention to Newtype releases then they are probably already familiar with the new characters slated to appear in Code Geass R2. If not right this way.They ARE The Knight Of The RoundsAnd Just... | | |
| 2:30am | SaiGAR 2008 - Group H, Round 1b |  | | | Guchuko (Potemayo) - 197Rokudo Mukuro (Katekyo Hitman Reborn) - 160Zaraki Kenpachi (Bleach) - 385 (51.9% of 742 votes)Ladd Russo (Baccano!) - 407 (62.7% of 649 votes)Sunohara Youhei (Clannad) - 194Joseph Shingetsu (iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia) - 48Sunohara didn’t have the strength; oh well. Tomorrow... | | |
| 8:03pm | Japan - Anime Copyright Violation Arrests | | | | Three users of the popular Japanese P2P application Winny were arrested today, 24th January 2008, charged with uploading anime images/video, in violation of Japanese copyright law. In Japan it is legal to download copyrighted material, however uploading unauthorized copyrighted material - as was the... | | |
| 6:33pm | Anican's Readers Pick Top Seiyuus of 2007 | | | | Anican have published their readers' choices for top seiyuus of 2007. Fukuyama Jun and Sugita Tomokazu are the favorite males, and Horie Yui and Hirano Aya the favorite females. The favorite up-and-comers are Inoue Marina and Miyano Mamoru, and the top seiyuu groups are Aice5 and the Lucky Star crew.Male1... | | |
| 5:48am | Jason on studios and quality |  | | | Seen at DbD: I’m looking for superior animation. I’m looking for things like “How well do they make use of HDTV?”, “How many frames are animated?”, “Does the background move?”, “When a character speaks, do they redraw the whole character or just... | | |
| 12:30am | SaiGAR 2008 - Group C, Round 1b |  | | | Uzumaki Naruto (Naruto Shippuuden) - 124Huang (Darker Than BLACK) - 382 (45.6% of 838 total votes)Madarame Harunobu (Genshiken 2) - 332Michishio Nagasumi (Seto no Hanayome) - 413 (51.9% of 795 total votes)Dante (Devil May Cry) - 331Imber (iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia) - 51And Naruto loses. Tomorrow will be... | | |
| 8:13pm | iDOLM@STER Xenoglossia DVD 6 | | | | The hypocrisy involved in me posting about this show the day after I complained about how by-the-numbers the Winter anime season looks is not lost on me.Not that I’m going to let that stop me. | | |
| 4:08pm | Year in Review: Potemayo | | | | 1. Potemayo You were probably expecting something epic, weren’t you? That’s how things went down last year, at least. Potemayo isn’t an epic show, however. It’s a simple show. So simple, in fact, that it’s a little difficult to write about. Yet, it seems perfectly... | | |
| 11:46pm | Best anime of 2007 |  | | | Reported by Yahoo Japan, over 2 million Japanese anime fans voted for their fave anime of 2007. The top 10 out of 100 titles where as follows. 1 - sola2 - Lucky Star3 - Katei Kyoshi Hitman Reborn4 - Ookiku Furi Kabutte5 - Higurashi6 - Gintama7 - Nanoha StrikerS8 - Nanatsuiro Drops9 - Sayonara Zetsubou... | | |
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