| 7:54am | Newtype Male Character Poll – Kyon, Lelouch & Shinji |  | | | The masculine half of the regular monthly character rankings poll results from the August issue of Newtype have become available along with the female version, with Kyon returning to the #1 spot with other otaku icons Lelouch and Shinji close behind. Newtype August 2009 Male Character Rankings 1.... | | |
| 12:00am | Tomino Yoshiyuki: Laughing Out Loud (LOLTOMINO in Gundam) | | | | [Spoilers for Mobile Suit Gundam, Turn A Gundam, and other works directed by Tomino] When I first tried watching the Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy, something really disturbed me. I’ve said this before, but I think it merits repeating for the sake of my subject in this post: In Soldiers of... | | |
| 2:45pm | Anime Releases for July 2009 | | | | ADV Films July 7, 2009Grave of the Fireflies – 89 minNow and Then, Here and There Complete Collection – 650 minThose Who Hunt Elves Complete Collection (2009 Edition) – 600 min July 14, 2009Aquarian Age Complete Collection (2009 Edition) – 325 minBurn Up! (2009 Edition) – 45 min... | | |
| 12:00am | Remembering Love as Homage in Anime: Eureka SeveN x Mobile Suit Gundam | | | | [This post is infested with spoilers] Paying homage in the context of a media work is the recreation of one work of fiction in the context of another, with the referencing done as an ‘inside joke’ or an ‘easter egg’ for those familiar with the referenced work. Often this is... | | |
| 3:08pm | History of Gundam Armed Force Emblem | | | | In celebration of Gundam 30th anniversary, Bandai is releasing another commemorative collectible – the Zeppin series Mobile Suit Gundam 30th Anniversary Emblem Pins Collection. The collection features 32 emblems of the armed forces from 13 Gundam titles. The entire set is scheduled for release... | | |
| 12:00am | Bishounen in the Mecha Genre Did NOT Begin with Mobile Suit Gundam Wing | | | | There are female viewers of mecha anime now, as evidenced by the success of shows like Code Geass and Mobile Suit Gundam 00. As far as I’m concerned this is a fantastic development. I imagine that the declining birth rate in Japan makes the people behind these works at least welcome the idea... | | |
| 1:17pm | Armored Trooper Votoms Review - 87,5/100 | | | | I’ve been a fan of Ryousuke Takahashi for quite a while now. This guy always manages to combine realism with an intelligent plot, that yet are epic and full of action. Because of that I obviously had to check out the series that put him on the map: Armored Trooper Votoms. And like most of his... | | |
| 7:03am | More DaiCon Updates – Events | | | | Some updates for the upcoming Daicon 09 event:We’re proud to announce a few new additions to our growing list of DaiCon attractions!Seiyuu Exhibition – Ever wondered what exactly a ’seiyuu’ is? Interested to know more about them? Then come to our seiyuu exhibition to know more... | | |
| 12:00am | I Love Gundam, I don’t Love Gundam Wing | | | | [No spoilers here] I’m pretty much a Gundam fan. I totally buy into the whole thing: the toys, the significance in otaku culture, the inside jokes, and whole tradition. I haven’t seen all of the franchise (nor have read the manga and novels, nor have played all the video games), but I... | | |
| 7:16am | Eden of The East Finale=Gundam 00? | | | | Don’t know what the gg half time break is talking about with regard to Code Geass R2 comparisons, but so many parts of this finale made me feel like I was watching Gundam 00 without the mecha and with a different goal and a smaller scope that I’m wondering what the deal is:Ato SaizoJuizSelecao... | | |
| 12:45am | The Recency Bias and How it Affects Anime Appreciation | | | | [Pic somehow related] I just finished watching a lot of shows in the past 2 months, as well as read a lot of manga. I look at my recent archives and see how much samurai anime and manga I’ve bee consuming. Sometimes I catch myself thinking, ‘oh wow, this is just the best thing ever.’... | | |
| 10:56am | Cool Products Friday, June 19, 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... | | |
| 11:15pm | Gundam 00 - Episode Fifty |  | | | As Gundam has a tradition of making the last episode of the series an action orientated episode, that’s what this episode is. This episode has Setsuna battling Ribbons, and I thought that it was interesting that their fight made each other forces each other to pilot another Gundam. Besides Setsuna... | | |
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