| 2:54pm | Umineko no Naku Koro Ni, Episode 1-1: Opening | | | | The time has finally come for Umineko. Pretty much like the other series I have blogged in the past, the summary will be in black while my comments will be colored in blue. As a VN player and leader of the translation group of the said VN, you can certainly expect few comparisons and the like: I will... | | |
| 10:18pm | Aoi Hana -- Main Characters and Seiyuus, with pics | | | | Aoi Hana is a delightful yuri manga, with fascinating characters and moving relationships. Now director Kasai Kenichi (Honey & Clover, Kimi Kiss) has made it into an anime, and the first episode was both excellent and true to the spirit of the manga.Helping Kasai get it right are lead writer... | | |
| 10:17pm | Sea Story #02 — 10.0 From The Russian Judge | | | | Sure, she’s good at the floor exercise, but how is she on the pommel horse? Whew. Busy day. And it ain’t over yet. Impressions: I had hoped this episode would have solidified my opinion one way or the other, but unfortunately, it really didn’t. The first half of this episode was... | | |
| 1:49pm | Umineko no Naku Koro ni – Visual Novel 1 “Legend of the Golden Witch” Review |  | | | If you consider it, I said I would do this review about a year and a half ago but never actually got around to doing it as I never actually bothered trying to translate anything. Now that the translation team WITCH HUNT has been translating all four episodes so far which has been happily encouraged by... | | |
| 11:41am | Coming x Humming – Cute Kids And Pets | | | | Why do so many bishoujo games have a token cute animal (for varying degrees of "cute")? The Key anime adaptations featured theirs, with Piro in Kanon, Potato in Air, and Botan in Clannad. Nursery Rhyme has Azu, and Heart de Roommate had Toshibo. I first noticed this during the fake opening for the last... | | |
| 9:32am | Umi Monogatari - 01: Baby Got Back |  | | | Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in... | | |
| 1:17pm | Summer 2009 Anime Season Preview | | | | Before I knew it, the end of the Spring 2009 Anime season is coming to an end really soon, and that means it’s time to preview what will be airing in Summer season. Also I think I’m starting to lose my memories if it’s the Summer season that is a let down or another season. But looking... | | |
| 12:29am | The new Haruhi OP is ewww | | | | It looks and sounds like shit. It just can’t hold a candle to the original. Also, that isn’t Aya Hirano singing is it? Aya Hirano can’t sing too well either but at least she doesn’t sounds like a screeching old grandmother. Wait a minute it is Aya Hirano. Oh well, I guess she... | | |
| 9:30pm | Sea Story #01 — Magnetic Mermaid Butts | | | | Even the women were staring. New Season Disclaimer: I try to watch at least the first episode of every new show in a season. However, do not expect anything I say to be fair or balanced. I value my own entertainment above all else and there are some genres or methods of presentation that I just... | | |
| 8:36pm | Summer 2009 Anime Preview | | | | It’s that time again: It’s time to look at what anime is airing in the Summer 2009 season. Shows are listed in alphabetical order. There are 5 possible levels of ratings that I’ll give a show:Will BlogMay Blog (presumes Will Watch)Will WatchMay WatchWon’t Watch As usual, I’m leaving out anything... | | |
| 6:30pm | Yamakan to Direct Special OP OVA for Tonari no 801-chan Manga | | | | Bad-boy director Yamamoto Yutaka 山本寛 (Yamakan) will direct a 90-second OP animation to be released with vol4 of the comic Tonari no 801-chan, on September 10.Maybe it's more common than I realize, but I've never heard of releasing an OP animation with a manga. A special anime episode, yes. But... | | |
| 11:18pm | Summer '09 Previews | | | | With several shows that I enjoy carrying on from spring; add 14 new ones, plus Haruhi new episodes, Zetsubou Sensei 3rd and Ookami 2nd season; this summer looks very promising! The highlights are of course Canaan from the Type-Moon team, Umineko from Higurashi creators and SHAFT's second TV show this... | | |
| 4:55pm | Umineko Episode 2, Pt. V | | | | Shannon and Genji have told Kinzo what happened. He is happy that the game has finally begun. Shannon asks what she should tell Rosa, and Kinzo freaks out, telling them to spend their remaining time doing whatever they want, servants included. Genji and Shannon decline, saying, as furniture, their... | | |
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