| 6:36am | My Love, My Anger, and All of My Fanime [2009]: Part 1 - Panels | | | | Starting now, ending later: a summary / review of everything and everyone I did at Fanime 2009, for the purposes of entertaining the masses and enlightening future congoers on what I think is a good idea to check out. It’s how I found a couple interesting panels and things to do, myself. There’s... | | |
| 3:32pm | Anime DVD and Manga Releases for May 26 - June 1 | | | | Anime DVDs and Blu-RaysMay 26, 2009 Azumanga Daioh - Box Set Digimon: Data Squad - Season 1 Box Set (dub) Gad Guard - Box Set Ikki Tousen - Box Set Irresponsible Captain Tylor - Box Set Naruto - Uncut Box Set 14 Sky Crawlers (DVD & Blu-Ray) This Ugly Yet Beautiful World - Box SetMangaMay 26, 2009... | | |
| 4:31pm | Funimation Box sets - True bargains or a discount in quality? | | | | My latest anime DVD haul was received in a mix of joy and apprehension. Joy because I could finally chuck my crappy subs but apprehension crept in when I realised SHUFFLE! was packed onto 4 discs while Soukou no Strain - 2 DVDs. Such compressions are typical of bootlegs but unheard of in legit DVDs,... | | |
| 1:58am | July Calender - Kannon Wakeshima - Otakon | | | | July 17-19Kannon WakeshimaOtakon - Baltimore, MarylandSource: PR (See below)Cellist/Vocalist Kanon Wakeshimato Make US Debut at Otakon©Baltimore, MD (May 11, 2009) – Rising star Kanon Wakeshima will make her US debut at Otakon 2009. Wakeshima brings a unique and haunting sound composed of baroque... | | |
| 5:31pm | Who’s the babe? — Finals | | | | Here are the 22 candidates of the 59 nominated who survived the preliminary rounds. This time, I’m going to make it harder for you all: you may only choose one. Who is the outstanding anime babe of all time? Akane (Ranma 1/2) Balsa (Seirei no Moribito) Eineus (Macademi Wasshoi) Faye Valentine... | | |
| 3:31am | Shitapai Stripping |  | | | An alluring scene greets viewers of this idol, who looks to be in the processs of removing her top, to the probable delight of all. More of this sort of thing in the appropriate gallerys. Related posts:Haruhi Cosplayer StrippingShitapai GalleryStripping Idol GalleryMinase Akiko Kanon Shitapai Nude... | | |
| 9:50pm | Manga Releases for May 2009 | | | | It’s almost summer, and there’s a bunch of manga just in time for vacations, breaks from school. Manga titles of note this month include Tokyopop’s Return to Labyrinth volume three (finally! - editor), Dark Horse’s Blood+: Adagio Volume One TPB; CMX’s King of Debris,... | | |
| 4:50am | Kanon Minasesanchi CD Drama 3.4-3.6 |  | | | OTL is back with more Kanon CD dramas, recently releasing tracks 4-6 of Akiko-san no hirugohan, the third disc in the series. This one took a little more effort because of the artwork, but their releases are always worth the wait. 3.04: Mishio’s Errand While carrying home another heavy bag... | | |
| 9:07am | Key Announces Angel Beats!, Fans Ponder Heroine… |  | | | Key, creators of famous visual novels such as Clannad and Kanon, has announced a new visual novel project, entitled Angel Beats! The game will have characters designed by artist Na-Ga, and a surprise return storyline by senior writer Maeda Jun (Little Busters!, etc.). Fans have immediately noticed... | | |
| 6:50pm | A Tour of the Key Atelier |  | | | Top visual novel production studio Key (Kanon, AIR, Clannad, Little Busters!) gives an interesting tour of its undeniably shabby offices. The first desk visited is that of Itaru Hinoue, responsible for some of the most beloved character designs in recent memory Not the most technologically impressive... | | |
| 1:05am | Winter 2009 Wrap-up: Clannad ~After Story~ & Maria-sama ga Miteru 4th |  | | | The winter season’s been over for a few weeks now, but I’ve only recently finished the shows from the winter season (and some from the fall) that I was watching. I’ve yet to finish Akikan! and RideBack, and I haven’t caught up to the latest episodes of Churuya-san, Haruhi-chan,... | | |
| 1:05am | Winter 2009 Wrap-up: Clannad ~After Story~ & Maria-sama ga Miteru 4th |  | | | The winter season’s been over for a few weeks now, but I’ve only recently finished the shows from the winter season (and some from the fall) that I was watching. I’ve yet to finish Akikan! and RideBack, and I haven’t caught up to the latest episodes of Churuya-san, Haruhi-chan,... | | |
| 3:26am | Nanachan, Yukarin, Hocchan, and some other folks | | | | I want to tell myself this is the last time I’ll randomly buy seiyuu magazines but I know how well that’d work out ^^;; Think my life would be a lot easier if I could just get subscriptions to these magazines, so at least that way I won’t cry everytime I see 100USD+ in Amazon charges... | | |
| 7:53am | from the ancient times #ABC | | | | No, not Gachapen. While struggling to remember and add pre-2005 anime to MAL, I dug out the handful of old anime reviews I wrote which predate this blog. It’s been fun re-reading them; I’ve been surprised at how some of my views have changed. Or not. 801 T.T.S. Airbats (Reviewed 2001-12-27)... | | |
| 12:43am | Who’s the babe? Round two | | | | Here are the candidates: Akane Tendou (Ranma 1/2) Balsa (Seirei no Moribito) Eineus (Macademi Wasshoi) Falis (aka Alita) (Murder Princess) Grandis Granva (Fushigi no Umi no Nadia) Haruka Urashima (Love Hina) Laetitia (Tytania) Lexshue (Crest of the Stars) Lina Inverse (Slayers) Mai Kawasumi... | | |
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