| 10:12pm | Weekly Round-Up: July 11th | | | | There were times when we all felt that way about Busou Renkin.Reviewed this week: Allison and Lillia 12, Amatsuki 8-9, Amuri in Star Ocean 1, Antique Bakery 1, Aria DVD Special, Chi’s Sweet Home 47-52, Chocolate Underground 4, Hidamari Sketch x365 1, Itazura na Kiss 13, Kaiba 9, KgNE Next Season... | | |
| 6:16pm | Kaiba - 10 | | | | Short Synopsis: Thankfully, the hiatus “only” took two weeks. This week: Neiro’s background. Highlights: Kaiba’s back! Kaiba’s back! Kaiba’s back! Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 Okay, this time I didn’t care about the raws. I just wanted to watch Kaiba again... | | |
| 3:00pm | Ultraviolet - Code 044 - 02 | | | | Short Synopsis: 044 continues her hunt for the mob boss. Highlights: The subtle characterizations. Overall Enjoyment Value:8/10 While I’m waiting for Mission-E to appear (seriously, what the heck happened to it?) I might as well watch this one. Since the past Spring season featured a lot of... | | |
| 4:29am | Kaiba 9, Neiro’s tears of regret. | | | | This episode begins with the fake Warp being told by an electronic device that a suitable replacement body with the correct DNA type is almost ready, this new body will be the 99th. Then we see someone examining Kaiba’s first body and he determines that the body still contains... | | |
| 2:07am | Himitsu ~The Rantful Revelations~ | | | | People who have been keeping up with my MAL probably noticed that I already dropped Himitsu off my list, after mentioning nothing but praises for the show in my one and only blog post for it. With the first four episodes of Himitsu, I was spellbound. For the first time in my life I thought I was seeing... | | |
| 8:16pm | Fighting against fansubs is pointless | | | | I read The Anime Almanac’s recent essay with a great interest. Effectively titled “Greg Ayres and the Fight Against Fansubs”, it presents an industry-biased perspective on the massive proliferation of anime fansubs, via the enthusiasm of Greg Ayres, a “hardcore otaku” turned... | | |
| 8:53pm | RD Sennou Chousashitsu - 13 | | | | Short synopsis: Haru and Minamo go on a date. Highlights: Really, can RD get any more awesome than this? Overall Enjoyment Value: 9/10 If you’re wondering why this entry is so fast, I’m experimenting this time with Horribleraws. I’ve used them as well on Ultraviolet’s first... | | |
| 5:29pm | “ef–a tale of melodies” to Broadcast “Artsiness Waves” |  | | | TOKYO–SHAFT, the studio responsible for creating “ef–a tale of memories,” has said that the sequel series entitled “ef–a tale of melodies” will not only feature most of the same staff, but will also include “bonus artsiness waves” that will emanate... | | |
| 1:34pm | June Summary | | | | Well, the end of the month couldn’t have come at a better time, because it offered me a good opportunity to experiment a bit with my new rating system. What caught my attention is that the average score seems to be lower than usual, but that can also be because this spring-season overall has turned... | | |
| 3:42am | Kaiba 8 Review, “Warp’s real body” | | | | Note: (for those new to this series, Kaiba is the name of the main character in this series, Warp is the name that Popo gives to Kaiba in the first episode, and Warp is also the name of the King/Prince that rules the world, and Chroniko is the name of the female body that Kaiba’s memories inhabited... | | |
| 7:30pm | Paku Romi -- Power Packed | | | | -- played Loran Cehack in Turn A Gundam, Edward Elric in Fullmetal Alchemist, Oosaki Nana in NANA-- stage actress with Theatre Group En -- tough, calm, forceful (both her characters and herself)-- won first annual seiyuu award as top female seiyuu-- Korean ancestry-- 36 years old l-r: Loran Cehack (Turn... | | |
| 8:00am | Weekly Round-Up: June 27th | | | | Reviewed this week: Allison and Lillia 10-11, Chocolate Underground 1, Kaiba 8, Kurenai 11-12, Mnemosyne 5, Toshokan Sensou 11 …and in manga: FMA 1-84, Minami-ke 30-1 ANIMECURRENT SERIES RANKINGSKurenai (1) – masterfulChi’s Sweet Home (2)- Chi playsKaiba (3) – who am I?Nabari no... | | |
| 6:00pm | Kaiba and What We Expect Out of Our Anime | | | | Kaiba is an unusual show amongst unusual shows. Its visual style is not like any anime airing on tv, it visuals existing somewhere between Tezuka and 60s manga, and the high art of Japanese artists such as Aoshima Chiho. Kaiba is different, and people will inform you of this fact. I’ve heard... | | |
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