| 1:49am | Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae | | | | Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae was one of the anime from Fall ‘08 that I looked forward to. I made that choice while I was still watching the first season, but after finishing the second seasonI realized Mitsuganae was unneeded. The third season was solely to milk the Jigoku Shoujo franchise, nothing... | | |
| 3:27pm | December Summary | | | | For December, I decided to write my summary a bit earlier than usual, so that I can gather a bit more time to work on my 2008 Summary, where I list my highlights of the past year. Overall, this has been a very straightforward month without many big surprises: the series that I expected to do well did... | | |
| 7:04pm | Jigoku Shoujo - 64 | | | | Short Synopsis: A loser who works part time at a swimming pool “tries” to access Jigoku Tsuushin. Overall Enjoyment Value: 9/10 (Uhm yeah) The best episode of Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae yet. This episode was awesome, but god it is SO for the wrong reasons. This episode featured the single... | | |
| 6:23pm | Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae - 12 |  | | | Triplemonitors! Summary: At a pool resort, Yuzuki enjoys a popsicle while the rest of her friends have yakisoba. While doing so, Yuzuki’s friend Nozomi explains that she is working there in order to help her relatives. Another student of Saigawara Junior High, Nomura, works there as well to... | | |
| 12:02pm | Jigoku Shoujo - 63 | | | | Short Synopsis: A young teen kills people based on what he read in a novel. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 (Awesome) Haha! Best episode of the third season yet! It’s episodes like this one that remind me why I originally fell in love with this series. Sure, the normal episodes are entertaining,... | | |
| 4:46am | Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae - 11 |  | | | Triple threat! Summary: While Akie is at the book store with Yuzuki, she tells her about the frightening rumors about murders happening in the city. Further more, the events are supposedly identical to those that happen in a certain book. The author, Kamisaki, overhears the girls talking about this... | | |
| 8:01pm | Jigoku Shoujo - 62 | | | | Short Synopsis: A boy whose mother is nearly committing adultery calls the Jigoku Tsuushin. Overall Enjoyment Value: 7,5/10 (Good) (A small note: I’ve decided to pull the “highlights”-bit from my entry introductions. I just have too much trouble for each episode to come up with something... | | |
| 3:19pm | Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae - 10 |  | | | “Am I pretty?” Summary: When Yuzuki wakes up early one morning, she walks out to meet her classmate Ichimura Kazuya who is delivering newspapers. Yuzuki takes the chance to ask why Kazuya is working, even wondering if his family his poor, but he puts it off as something like training.... | | |
| 6:34pm | Sasaki Nozomi -- One of the Moe-est Voices in Anime | | | | I am addicted to the lovely liquid lisp of seiyuu Sasaki Nozomi (Nanami in Bokura ga Ita). I think she and Hanazawa Kana have the most moé voices in anime.The problem is, she doesn't get many roles. I heard her most recently last Saturday, when she played Kaede in episode 9 of Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae.... | | |
| 3:55am | Jigoku Shoujo Mitsuganae - 09 |  | | | Wagaya no Jigoku Shoujo. Summary: Hone walks in on a group of girls after hours, noticing that they are participating in a ritual dealing with Kokkuri-san in the classroom. Inuao Kaede, the girl performing the ritual, stops the girl she is helping from leaving in order to complete the activity. The... | | |
| 4:11pm | Stylish Seiyuu Gallery |  | | | Some interesting images of idol-seiyuu posing elegantly and stylishly (or valiantly trying to); the image above, also incorporating Jigoku Shoujo cosplay, in particular caught my eye. See also the preceding seiyuu moe gallery to continue your seiyuu research, where you... | | |
| 1:19pm | November Summary | | | | I must say that the current Autumn-season has been a really good one so far. There are lots of promising and charming titles, with a wide variety of different styles. #25 (32) - To Aru Majutsu no Index - (7,5/10) - I originally dropped this series, but after I found out that it was going to be 25 episodes,... | | |
| 9:36pm | Jigoku Shoujo - 61 | | | | Short Synopsis: A girl who believes she can use Kokkuri-san takes this obsession to the extreme. Highlights: Interesting take on bullying Overall Enjoyment Value: 7,5/10 (Good) Okay, so this was one of the most disturbing episodes of the third season so far. The sheer level of stupidity in this episode... | | |
| 12:20pm | Cool Items: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 9:04pm | Jigoku Shoujo - 60 | | | | Short Synopsis: A middle aged woman gets bothered by her neighbour who owns a Chihuahua Highlights: That’s a very smart dog. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 (Excellent) Okay, at this point, I don’t care anymore. I don’t care how politically incorrect this series becomes, I’m... | | |
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