| 3:28am | Anime DVD Sales Early August – Miyazaki & Gundam |  | | | The latest weekly Anime DVD Sales rankings have been released by Oricon, highlighting the many mecha fans that are purchasing the flood of Gundam 30th Anniversary re-releases of classic Gundam titles, and of course the immense popularity of anything directed by Miyazaki. NotesOricon lists this as... | | |
| 2:05pm | 「Saimoe ‘09」 “Group C – Day 2″ Block ~ 1st Round Results | | | | Winners: Louise, Tsuruya-san, Kyou, and Kotomi. No surprises here. For the next match, I was tied between Mugi and Becky, but I think I’ll go with Mugi just because she doesn’t get enough love as the others from K-ON. Full results after the jump Group C-2 Results:1位 413票 (Louis... | | |
| 2:05pm | 「Saimoe ‘09」 “Group C – Day 1″ Block ~ 1st Round Results | | | | Winners: Hisa, Mion, Mika, and Megumi. Two Saki characters advance today. This year belongs to that series it seems. Let’s see if the strength of their campaign continues on in the future. Full results after the jump Group C-1 Results:1位 473票 (Takei Hisa (Buchou) @ Saki)2位 257票 (Charlott... | | |
| 11:08am | Cool Products Monday, August 10, 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... | | |
| 6:36am | Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket – What a tease | | | | I agree with this, but this kid doesn’t know what he’s saying. I know Zeon are the bad guys and I still think they’re cool. Ok imagine if those annoying kids from the original Mobile Suit Gundam had their own animated show. You’d basically get War in Pocket. I really didn’t... | | |
| 8:00pm | Gundam 08th MS Team – Cool battles but everything else meh | | | | Those Zaku look so beat up from battle. Moe~! 8th Ms Team was an excellent watch, but not because of the story or characters but more for how the field of battle using mecha was portrayed. The mecha battles in MS Team were much more on the realistic side for once. Instead of seeing giant robots moving... | | |
| 11:09am | Cool Products Friday, August 7, 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... | | |
| 9:32am | Cool Products Wednesday, August 5, 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... | | |
| 5:11am | How To Make A Successful Anime (The 5 Golden Rules) | | | | Following the events of Welcome To The NHK the dynamic duo of Sato and Yamazaki would go on to publish the best selling anime of all time based off of the failure of their self-published erogeMan moe series sure are popular eh? It sometimes can seem like it’s all that really sells these days... | | |
| 9:35pm | Senjougahara Fascination -- Saitou Chiwa in Bakemonogatari | | | | In Bakemonogatari, seiyuu Saitou Chiwa 斎藤千和 is helping to create a character that could become one of the most memorable in anime: Senjougahara Hitagi.Senjougahara has been verbally sparring with the male protagonist from the start. She is beautiful, tough and strange. And Chiwa (her given name... | | |
| 2:45am | Chihhi’s Big Collaboration | | | | Looking slightly ahead, there are a couple albums I’d like to pick up down the road. Unfortunately I don’t know much about them. If you do, please let me know! [Also, silly CD Japan affiliate links inc.] 1. On 9/30, Ishikawa has a new album out, something about “Daremo Oshiete Kurenakatta... | | |
| 8:59am | Cool Products Friday, July 31, 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... | | |
| 5:52pm | 斬!!! (Zan!!!) | | | | Its coming. The XN Raiser conversion kit, its coming on the 25th next month with the October issue of Hobby Japan. Ok, this post will kind of recap on this furoku kit and talk about 2 interesting fan variations (8 swords? 13 swords?) involving the XN Raiser design. About the title, XN(ザン) is pronounced... | | |
| 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... | | |
| 2:51pm | Anime DVD and Manga Releases for July 21 – 27 | | | | Anime DVDsJuly 21, 2009 Eureka Seven – Box Set 2 Hayate the Combat Butler – Part 1 (sub) Kyo Kara Maoh! – Season 2 Box Set Mobile Suit Gundam 00 – Season 1 Part 1 Naruto – Box 15 Uncut Paradise Kiss – Box Set Rozen Maiden Träumend – Box Set Strawberry Panic!... | | |
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