| 8:16pm | Wonder Festival Summer 2009 | | | | Now I know I’m a bit late on the barrage of pictures from Wanfesu but let’s just hope that these images are the ones that nobody else took while there. I tried to look for more of the unique and eccentric garage kits and models. The convention itself was amazing and would recommend anyone... | | |
| 8:24am | Cool Products Monday, August 3, 2009 | | | | 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... | | |
| 8:54pm | Anime Saimoe Tournament 2009 – Visual Bracket | | | | So with the preliminaries now over, a bracket for this year’s Saimoe main tournament has been released. Lots of old faces, as well as some new. As for whom I’m supporting early on, that will have to go to Nagi of 「Kannagi」. However much like every year, my first picks don’t seem to... | | |
| 1:34pm | Bandai and the Marketing Blitz of Kannagi |  | | | When the Japanese company Aniplex held an industry panel at Anime Boston last May, their emphasis on the unlicensed series Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens baffled the audience and bloggers. “Why are they spending so much time talking about Kannagi?” “The show’s still unlicensed,... | | |
| 5:29am | Otakon 2009 Day 1: (Ful)Filling |  | | | I find that it’s been hard for me to write up my thoughts on things like going to conventions (or just writing in general recently). Part of it is me worrying if I got everything down that I remembered or wanted to remember (but that’s what other people fact checking are for! \o). Part of it is... | | |
| 1:34am | Comic Con 09: Bandai Panel Liveblog |  | | | 6:34 PM - people are still filing in. Looks like this will be a popular panel. 6:39 PM - Lantis is putting anime music on iTunes US. Haruhi OST, Shuffle, Oneigai Teacher, Hirano Aya, JAM Project, etc. 6:40 PM - why is it that Powerpoint presentations rarely come off smoothly? Kannagi, of course, was... | | |
| 10:16pm | Otakon 2009: Panels, Loot, Wrap | | | | I enjoy Otakon every year, but I always get the feeling at the end of each one that I’ve had a good run and might skip it from now on. I’ve been saying it for three years now, so I’ll probably be back. This here is my convention report, panels, loot, and jabber at the end. Didn’t... | | |
| 6:15pm | Mike @ Comic-Con 09: Thursday and Friday Plans | | | | Mike is currently at San Diego Comic Con! Follow @gendomike for live minute-by-minute updates. We got free wifi here too, courtesy of Google–so expect some occasional liveblogging too. Thanks for saving me about $50, Google! Getting my press badge was surprisingly fast–I waited barely 5... | | |
| 2:38am | Anime Credits – Kannagi OP | | | | I thought this one was appropriate due to the brilliant announcement by Bandai just prior to Otakon last weekend. Also, posting this early since apparently no one wants to post raws of Aoi Hana to allow me to take screencaps. | | |
| 12:03am | Otakon 2009: When Guests Are the Real Deal | | | | Otakon 2009 was punctuated by a number of personal differences and changes in my life, not least of which were a new method of travel, as well as a variety of new travel buddies. It was also my first year at Otakon as a member of the Press (thanks to the existence of this blog), and while I can’t... | | |
| 3:27am | Otakon 2009 Wrap | | | | This is mostly a personal post about how the con it was for me. But if you’re reading this you probably don’t really mind, right? In a word, Otakon 2009 was a blast. Or is that two words, whatever. There were a few things put together that made it so. One, it’s that I managed to meet... | | |
| 1:42am | Otakon 2009 – Day 2 – Yamakan Stalking with Kanon Wakeshima | | | | Surprisingly, got some good sleep for Day 2 of Otakon 2009 waking up at 9AM with little planned or to do or at least so I thought. Thanks to my roommates and how the stars aligned, Day 2 became what I will be calling “Yamakan Stalking 101″ with Kanon Wakeshima and karaoking as side dishes... | | |
| 12:45am | Otakon 2009 – Day 1 – MELL A Forever17 Dancing Meme Director | | | | I think when you get unfortunately woken up at 6AM after way too little sleep, you just know it’s going to be one of those days. If it was any other day, I probably would have just tried to crash and put off as much of whatever I have to do as I could, but this being Otakon meant the complete... | | |
| 3:59am | Otakon 2009: Day 3 | | | | Just for you, Mr. Strange. 1. So. Tired. 2. I spent a lot of time doing nothing in karaoke, which was bad because I hear the Matsubara panel that I wanted to go but skipped was actually p. good. I forgot the sign-up began at 9am so my ninja plans failed miserably when I showed up at 10am. 3. At Otakon... | | |
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