| 1:45pm | 3 Week Hiatus | | | | Yeah, I’m leaving today for China, mainly Shanghai, so I won’t be blogging anything until I get back (in 3 weeks i guess). Also, I have exams after that, so I’ll only be blogging the reaaaaly essential stuff (Bleach, Shana, Clannad, Gundam 00, maybe ef). I hope my blog doesn’t... | | |
| 11:10am | Eva>Gurren Lagann> Haruhi : Explained in Contemporary Philosophy | | | | I had a very interesting Japanese Studies lecture today. I spent half the time laughing, but it was serious business indeed. Today was a special lesson, for it had 3 guest lecturers rather than my usual prof. The first was a woman professor who had studied the local cosplay scene, I think she’s... | | |
| 3:08am | Gundam 00 gets trio of side stories | | | | Gundam Imperfect Web reports the following details from Hobby Japan about upcoming serialized side stories coming up alongside the Gundam 00 anime:Mobile Suit Gundam 00V- Begins in the December issue of Hobby Japan- Mecha commentary + short stories + scratch built models- The main character opposes Celestial... | | |
| 10:49pm | Fall Shows Start Monday -- Day-by-Day Lineup | | | | The fall season starts with a bang with five new shows on Monday and seven new shows on Tuesday. Here is the lineup for the week (including shows that start later in the season). For more information, see full schedule with staff/cast highlights, and/or detailed previews.Monday- Chocomimi- D.C. II ~Da... | | |
| 10:25pm | Fall Season Shows (07), Only because it’s October 1st | | | | The stuff I might be watchingBecause the guys are kinda cute Night Wizard Summary - Borrowed from Japanator: When the red moon rises to heaven, our common sense will crumble away and reality will become nothing.” In this parallel world, people with magical abilities (the wizards) fight the Emulators,... | | |
| 10:14am | Gundam 00 ED theme clip | | | | Speedstar Records put up an audio clip of "Wana" ("Trap") on their The Back Horn site (click the red ad on the left side of the page). The single comes out November 14 and comes with a Gundam 00 sticker and a Lockon character card. | | |
| 8:22am | Gundam 00 truck | | | | Sunrise has pics of a truck they're using to advertise Gundam 00 in Shibuya. It'll appear in various places in the area until mid-October. | | |
| 7:00pm | Shy politics and Literature Otaku becomes the future of Japan |  | | | From ANN - Hidekatsu Shibata , an anime voice actor (seiyū) famous for playing Mazinger Z ’s Baron Ashura, Mobile Suit Gundam ’s Degwin Zabi, and Fullmetal Alchemist ’s King Bradley, recalled Fukuda as a former classmate growing up. “I felt he was shy and didn’t express... | | |
| 1:02pm | Gundam 00 - MS profiles updates |  | | | Gundam 00 updates on MS profiles. AEU-05 Hellion Head height: 15.4m Base weight: 58.2t AEU’s MS. Mass-produced MS and exported outside of AEU member nations. As a result, they have been used by terrorists and others in some cases. Although having similar features, such as flight form support... | | |
| 7:40pm | 42 New Fall Anime -- Cast, Staff, Story, Pic | | | | Here are just about all the series and OVAs scheduled to start this fall, according to the Japanese site MoonPhase -- 35 series and seven OVAs. I've tried to give a story intro, show a pic, and talk about the staff and cast of each one. Click images to enlarge.Nothing seems like an instant classic, but... | | |
| 4:34pm | Gundam 00 @ Gundam Expo Tokyo 2007 | | | | UPDATED! 10:42pm, 19th August 2007- Trailer is up!Here are a few images from the trailer shown during the Gundam Expo Tokyo 2007, taken from Famitsu.com. The trailer features the opening song, "DAYBREAK'S BELL" by L'Arc-en-Ciel. New characters (as seen in Newtype magazine) are revealed other than the... | | |
| 4:10am | Not-so-Instant Review: Bartender | | | | I’m back from Japan, much poorer in yens, much richer in useless wota crap, and with a horribly broken LCD on my laptop. While there, I met some cool guys (a post-doujin event trip to a bar with 400 kinds of whiskey and an actual beer selection and talking Nerd with a few hundred dollars of doujin... | | |
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